Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
Davis and Stott, Younger
Than Defendant Captain,
Are Removed in Answer to
Plea by Counsel.
ALTERNATES TO TAKE
PLACES FOR HEARING
Defense Attorney Indicates He Will
Be Ready to Proceed Wednesday,
When Group Meets-Allen Re-
tains Two Lawyers-Plans Are
Unprepared.

Reorganization of the regular
Police Trial Board was ordered
today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt.
superintendent of police, as the
first definite preparation for the
trial of Capt. Robert E. Doyle,
veteran commander of the eighth
precinct, and Policeman Robert ].
Allen of his command.
Maj. Pratt removed Capts. o. T.
Davis of the second precinct and
william G. Stott of the third pre-
cinct from the regular board and
replaced them with Capts. Will
liam E Sanford of the fifth pre-
cinct and C. P. M. Lord of the
thirteenth precinct CaptS. San
ford and Lord are alternates on
the regular board and, with In
spector Louis j. Stoll, the third
member of the regular board, will
constitute the reorganized board.
The move of Maj. Pratt was made
at the request of Chapman w. Fowler,
who was selected late yesterday by Capt.
DOYLE as his counsel from the IA law
yers who offered their services to de-
fend him. Fowler challenged Capts.
Davis and Stott to sit as members of
the board to try Capt. Doyle, because
both are juniors in age to his client.
Two Substitutes Are Older.
DoyIe is So years old, and Davis and
Stott both are 81. The two substitutes
are older, Sanford being go ana Loro
two years his senior.
Fowler said that in fairness TO
Can't. Doyle he did not believe he should
be tried by men younger than himself.
Mai. Pratt concurred in this opinion.
Unless there are some unforeseen de.
velopnents, Fowler announced he would
he prepared for the trial wednesday
when the trial board meets for its regu-
lar weekly session.
Like Capt. Doyle, Fowler is confident
of the outcome of the trial. III the Po-
lice Department can get three men VINO
can find any evidence OF ofnclal mlscon-
duct in Capt. Doyle's report defending
Aliens criticism of the United States
attorneys offce I'll be surprised" he
declared I'VE feel pretty safe in our
position"
Fowler also announced that Capt
Doyle's trial would be conducted in an
orderly and dignified manner. There
will be no mud throwing" he said.
Trials to Be Separate.
Doyle and Allen will be tried sepa--
rately. Fowler indicated he preferred
to have a separate instead of joint
trial
Fowler is a brother of DR.. William C..
Fowler, District health officer, and flg-
ured prominently in another case be-
fore the Police Trial Board several
years ago, when he appeared as counsel
for Policeman Leo Hunt OF the third
precinct, one of the prosecution wit
nesses against Orville Staples, who was
removed from the police force. Former
Representative Thomas L. Blanton OF
Texas. who defended Staples. and Fowler
often had verbal clashes at the trial.
Allen has retained Attorneys H. Ralph
Burton and Tench T. Marye as his
counsel. but definite plans for his trial
have not been made. although he Will
be ordered to appear before the IrlaI
Board Wednesday with his command
ing officer. The policeman announced
several days ago that he would object
to being tried by the regular Trial
Board, but there was no indication from
he would accept the reorganized board
as now constituted. 1t is likely, how
ever, that Aliens trial will be post
poned pending completion Of the trta!
of Capt Doyle.
Complete Formal Charges.
Harry M. Luckett, chief clerk of the
Police Department. today completed
framing the formal charges against
Doyle and Allen and they are expected
to be served on the two officers tonight.
NAL Pratt instructed Luckett to confer
with Stanley H. De Neale, assistant
corpora ton counsel and trial board
prosecutor. before the papers are served.
While the general charge against
Doyle and Allen is conduct prejudicial
to the good order, reputation and dis
cipline of the police force, number of
specifications have been added but
Mai. Pratt declined to reveal them on
the ground that 1t was not the policy
of the department to make public the
specifications before the formal charges
are served
All of the specifications. however,
Pratt said. are based on Aliens defiant
letter of explanation of his statement
! that he proposed to investigate the
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