Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
ID. C.. Heads Get
Decision in
Letter.
MEETING CALLED
TO PLAN ACTION
Attorney for Hunt
Demands Trial
for Officer.

Former Policeman Orville Sta
Piles, who was cleared by the grand
jury last week of charges on which
he was dismissed from the force
in 1928, today voluntarily offered
to remove his case from consider
alton of the District Commission
ers so that full attention can be
devoted to cleaning up rotten
conditions" in the Police Depart
ment.
Recommended by the grand
fury for reinstatement. Staples, in
a letter to the Commissioners, said
he is willing to step aside and not
press them for restoration to duty.
At some future time, when de-
velopments indicate that his only
sin on the police force was to
incur the diSpleasure of superior
officers, then the Commissioners
voluntarily may then take up the
case. This indicates that at no
time will Staples personally pre~s
the issue.
Demand Trial for Hunt.
A few hours after the Commissioners
received the Staples letter. Albert W.
Jacobson. attorney for Policeman Joseph
H. Hunt of the second precinct, who
the grand jury said should be dismissed
from the force issued a statement de-
manding an immediate trial for the
officer before a duly constituted trial
board
Jacobson announced Saturday he
would seek to have the grand iurv's
report eXpunged from the record of the
District Supreme Court on the ground
that 1t was illegal, but in his new state
ment said this contemplated move
would be deferred until after Hunts
trial He said Hunt did not want 20
hide behind technicality such as the
expunging Of the record. and welcomes
complete and thorough investigation
Of the grand jury's charges.
Special Meeting Called.
The Staples letter was laid aside
until this afternoon, when A special
meeting of the Boord OF commissioners
will be held to consider it. and make
further arrangements for carrying out a
plan to create special civilian board to
consider and act on all of the recon-
mendations in the grand jury report.
In the meantime, Henry 1. Quinn, at
torney for Inspector Louis J. Stoll. who
supervised the investigation, which led
to the dismissal of Staples, issued a
challenge to the grand jury to indict
the veteran police official for perjury.
Although the statute of limitations pre-
vents the prosecution of Inspector Stoll,
Quinn said the officer is willing to waive
immunity and stand trial If the pur-
pcse of the grand jury report is to i'm
pute to hirH perjury. sunornation of
perjury or arfS other crime"
Staples pointed out in his letter that
he feels the action Of the grand jury
revealed that he was the victim of
vicious police frame-up" and that his
Vindication Of any wrongdoing is
enough" at the present time. But
rather than divert official attention
from the third degree investigation, now
intensively under way, he suggested
that all plans which involve further
consideration Of his case be dropped
Immediately.
Would Bring Suffering.
Further. Staples said he believes any
attempt to retry him before civilian
board such AZ the Commissioners pro-
pose to create to consider and act on
the grand jury report would infict on
him a great expense and bring ONLY
additional suffering and heartache" to
his wife and family as result Of the
attendant publicity.
Il feel that my name has been
dragged in the mud by reason OF the
vicious frame-up which the grand jury.
in its recent report. said was made with
knowledge of or through the incompe-
tence or negligence OF certain police
officials" the letter declared. Since
the police officials permitted frame-up
in my case before. and If those officials
or any OF them are still members of the
Police Department. l am of the opinion
that they, not ]. should be the object
OF your investigation. From the past
experience IN my own case. I believe /
can say that those responsible for
framing me wouldn't stop at anything,
Nobody knows how l personally have
suffered from all this and my family,
after all, have suffered more. I can see
no reason for inf3icting further suffer-
ing and embarrassment upon them"
Dropping of the Staples case a. this
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