The Washington times., 1929-12-20
CHANGE IS
To TELL
WHY
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board" said Allen. IT referred
to other parties"
'You wish to retract that
Statement2"
I'm so far as it applies to mem
bers Of the board"
Attorney O'Shea demanded
that the witness be directed to
answer yes or no and not to
make 3 speech.
'T have no desire to make q
speech" interjected Allen.
You'll abide by the boards di-
rection." shouted O'Shea.
Fair enough" smiled back
Allen.
Allen said that he had been
asked by Fowler in 3 letter to give
what information he had on the
case, and in his reply said that he
was willing to testify.
Major i. E. Atkins, chairman Of
the board, then directed that Fow-
Ter examine the witness. As the
qIlizzing started, O'Shea asked the
board II 1t did not think that "this
man should be made to apologize
to the board FOR his contemptuoIS
action Of yesterday. Atkins re-
piled that the board thinks the
record shows q retraction, and
Allen shouted, "Jtst q moment, I
didn't withdraw my statement, but
Just don't want 1t to show as In
cIuding members of the board"
Tells Of Visiting Apartment
Allen said that he went to the
apartment on the day the body
was discovered but did not enter
the bedroom where the body was
found. On the following Sunday,
he said, he went to the apart
ment and asked the manager,
Wilmer Ruff, to let him enter
the Mcpherson apartment. He
went In, he said, and satisfied
himself on points In his mind
that you could see g man from
the apartment at the corner Of
Twenty.firSt Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue. He then said
that he had seen q man early on
the morning Mrs. Mcpherson is
supposed to have died leaving
the apartment by window. He
said that Policeman Lawrence
Bolts was with him and that he
told Bolts about seeing the man
and left him to go to the rear
and Investigate.
Yesterday Bolts told the board
that he had not heard any men
tion Of the matter from Allen.
Allen said that he did not re-
port seeing the man to his superior
officers that night, nor did he
make such q report after the body
Of Mrs. Mcpherson was found.
Allen seemed to get tangled UP
Of this point and said he told
about It to the District Attorney,
but then hurriedly corrected this
statement, saying that he had
told Shelby about It on the Mon
day following the Tuesday upon
which the Coroner's jury con-
ducted its inquest.
Fowler emphasized that Allen
had made no report Of the mat
ter. He brought out that al.
though Allen was at the coroner's
inquest he did not mention it
there.
Allen said that between the
time Of the discovery Of the body
on Saturday afternoon and the
inquest on Tuesday he had Wis
tied the apartment four times.
Fowler asked him If he ever had
any trouble entering the McPher-
son apartment, and he replied
that he had not. He said that
on. the Modany after finding the
body he went to the apartment
and made q minute examination.
Handled Things In Room
ibid YOU take UP or handle
anytting2"
eyes. d couple Of things
Allen said that he returned to
the apartment on Tuesday after
noon, after the inquest, IA COM
pany with two newspaper re-
porters and the apartment house
manager and said. II explained
how the murder was committed. !"
Again Allen testified that on
this occasion many things were
handled In the apartment by him
and others with him. Allen then
told Of an attempt by his commar.
der, Captain Stott, to get him to-
ten what evidence he had given
to Inspector Shelby.
on the day after his visit to
the apartment with the reporters,
Allen said that he went to the
Evening Star which he was try