Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
CAPT. DOYLE BACK
ON ACTIVE DUTY
Informal Ceremony at No. 8
Precinct Marks Return
After AcquittaI.
continued From FIRST Page.l

Der of witnesses on the stand, it intro
duced only one, Maj. Henry G.. Pratt,
superintendent of police, who preferred
the charges against the officer for his
outspoken defense OF Policeman Robert
j. Allen. And by some strange paradox
the police superintendent proved to be
the star witness by praising Doyle's
character and reputation as citizen
and policeman. and disavowing any
personal affront from his frank letter
supporting Allen on which the charges
were based.
Find Verdict in 20 Minutes.
Immediately after the conclusion of
the trial the trial board. composed of
Inspector Louis j. Stoll and Capts.
Charles T. Peck and C. p. M. Lord, the
same men who convicted Allen and sem
fenced him to be dismissed from the
force, went into executive session to de-
hberate over the findings. Twenty
minutes later it reached the not-guilty
verdict, but guarded it with utmost
secrecy until Maj. Pratt had been noti-
fed.
Maj. Pratt was in his office at the
District Building, surrounded by a group
OF newspaper men, when Inspector Stoll
called to report the verdict, which he
did verbally. with an announcement that
1t was reached on the first ballot. The
ponce superintendent almost Immediate
~ summoned a clerk and ordered the
otnclal papers drawn up restoring Capt
Doyle TO duty with fun pay from the
date OF his suspension.
Inc order restoring Capt. DOYLE to
outy must yet be approved by the Com
mlSSloners. however. but that is now a
mere formality. Such approval always
follows as matter of course when an
onlcer who has been under suspension
Is acquitted by trial board.
Capt: Doyle had been home only a
rev minutes when newspaper men in3
formed him of the verdict. els It really
soy ne asked impatiently. "T've always
been square shooter and ALWAYS will
De-, he said. land I feel that I am
verdict"
Advised OfficiaI Of Findings.
Later Lieut.. Raedy made a personal
can on the captain and officially adj
vlSed him fthe trial boards findings
6oIn We're so overjoyed their eyes filled
Capt. Doyle took the stand in his own
defense at the afternoon session of the
trlal board, and, after denying any in
tent 70 be d1sreSpectful to Mai. Pratt
or the Police Department in the letter
defending Allen, he sketched briefly his
nearly 40 years of service on the police
Iorce and called particular attention to
MS enVlable record of service. which
only once in this period had been Of
hc1ally blemished. That was back in
1892, when he was fined SIS by a police
trial board for eating a sandwich and
drinking cup of coffee in a Iunchroom
In violation of police rules.
Capt. Doyle also related the slIndrv
events leading up to the actual drafting
OF his letter to Maj. Pratt and pointed
out that when he submitted 1t in per-
son TO the police superintendent he
informed him then that he meant no
diSrespect in his candid comment on
Aliens activities. The oficer. often
against the advice of T. Norris Wam-
pier and Chapman w. Fowler. his
counsel, gave the trial board q frank
and full statement of the details in
connection with the preparation of the
report, revealing for the first time that
1t had been submitted to three LAWYERS.
who advised him 1t was not disrespect-
ful. before he forwarded it to Mai.
Pratt.
Worked Late on Letter.
The officer said he stayed up lntfl
late into the night to write the letter in
obedience to Maj. Pratt's command for
comment and recommendations on
Aliens threat to investigate the United
States attorneys office, and the follow
ing day submitted 1t to Fowler. who
typed 1t for him after making several
reVisionS in rhetoric. Later, he de-
clared, he took 1t to Judge Theodore
Risley, solicitor of the Department of |
Labor, and Judge Booth, former solicit |
tor of the Interior Department, both |
OF whom declared it was in no way
or insubordinate. He also |
denied he had confided its contents to |
Policeman Allen or newspaper men be- |
fore presenting 1t to Mai. Pratt.
In approving Aliens statement that |
he intended to investigate the United |
States attorneys Office for failure to |
prosecute an investment broker indicted |
more tha1 year ago. Capt. Doyle ex- |
planned that he had in mind that the |
officer proposed only to check up the
court record of the broker, procedure
which he himself had frequently fol-
lowed.
The defense put on the stand only a