Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
TWO DETECTIVES
TRIED ON WOMAN'S
BEATING CHARGES
Tenth Precinct Officers Ar
raigned After Making
Arrest in Home.
ACCUSING WITNESS SAYS
POLICEMAN HIT ESCORT
Refused to Arrest Man Accused of
Burglary, She Tells Trial
Board.

Two tenth precinct detectives were
arraigned before the Police Trial Board
today on charges that they beat and
verbally abused woman who had
called them to her apartment 10 arrest
an alleged burglar.
The officers involved are r. r. Nc
Carthy and r. l.. Jones. The first
witness heard by the board was Miss
Elsie Williams. 1867 Holmead place
Miss Williams testified that on the
night Of June q, while living at 1922
Spring road. she called the officers To
her apartment to arrest man she
suspected OF entering her residence
and stealing a ehild's bank. When the
ofncers entered, she said, they asked
WHATS going on here?"
Didn't Like Her Looks.
Il pointed to the man I suspected and
asked the officers TO arrest him. the
witness said. Officer Mccarthy asked
what he'd done and told him. He re-
piled, I don't give a damn If he did
break in. / don't like your dirty looks.
ana I'm going to arrest you for disor-
DERBY conduct
AsAASS Whi4dInS SAID ner companion,
PVt. Joseph PeSavage, a soldier sta
toned at Walter Reed HosnIfaI fhsn
objected to the officers threat to arrest
her. Detective Jones, she said. took a
pair OF brass knuckles from his pocket
and Knocked PeSavage down.
she said the officers swore at her and
were generally abusive before taking her
70 the station house She accused Me-
Carthy of jerking her arm so Violently
mat the sleeve Of her coat was torn out
Charge Dismissed in Court.
At precinct station house. she said
she was charged with disorderly cnns
quot. This charge was dismissed later
m Police Court. She also accused Me-
Cafthy OF obiecting to a fellow Officers
suggestion that she be given a chair
while in the station.
On cross-examination, ATTORNEY James
. Shea, representing the detectives
asked Miss Williams If she had NOT
made charge against a coIored man
IN 1913 which resulted in q race riot at
That time. She said she had made
sucn charge, but did not know wheth-
er IL was responsible for the riot.
DeSavage was then called to the
stand, his testimony corroborating IN
substance that given by Miss Williams
lie added. however. that he had neen
struck By Mccarthy as well as Jones
Both Miss Williams and peSavape
testified they had smelled the odor Of
liquor on the officer.
NeighbOr Accuses Police.
The next witness was Walter SAWYER
VINO occupied an apartment adiof,iine
tthat OF Miss Williams. SAWYER said he
neard Miss Williams phone for the DO
nee and Jones came to his apartment
ABOUT 10 minutes later. He said his
wife opened the door and the detective
walked in and ordered her. in an Of
Ienslve tone to "cut out the noise i'm
TINS apartment. Jones, he continued
told his wife that police had received
complaints about them for six months
He said his wife then explained they
had been living in Washington only
three months.
then walked to the door" SAWYER
testified, land told the policeman We
were respectable people and he could
not talk to my wife in that tone of
voice. The officer then grabbed me bv
the throat and choked me into uncon-
seriousness. l did not come to until the
next day"
DIR. Joseph .. Rogers then took the
stand and testified he had treated Saw
yer Tor bruises on the head and he also
had examined bruises on the body and
over the left eve Of Sawyer's 4-year-oid
daughter Phyllis.