Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
HARKER TO TELL
BRUTALITY STORY
Testifies to Events Leading
I Up to Arrest When
Court AdiournS.

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suspect. A lunch room manager also
gave similar testimony.
r. Three of these witnesses declared
Harker was suffering from black eye
and other bruises when they saw him
following his release from the nrst
precinct station house, where, the gov
eminent alleges, Harker was severely
beaten with a rubber hose and fists.
The trial today was marked by nu-
merouS DELAYS occaSioned by wrangnng
between counsel over admiSsibility OF
portions of testimony sought from the
witnesses At one point the Jury was
excluded from the room, while defense
counsel and United States Attorney Leo
A. Rover argued a technlcality. Inc
opposing attorneys also held NUMBER
OF private conferences at the bench.
Apprentice Baker Testifies.
Dewey Stewart, an apprentice baker
at Sandy'S Bakery where Harker was
employed was the first witness TO-DAY.
He said he worked beside Harker
throughout the day and observed no
bruises or other marks on Harker s
face.
Charles E. Sanford half owner OF the
bakery, also declared that Harker's face
showed no evidence of a beating on the
afternoon and evening of August Il,
which was the eve of his arrest by
Policeman Burroughs in connection with
the robbery of d lunch room IN the
same block with the bakery. Sanford
said he next saw Harker on the morn
ing of August % following his release
from the station house, and that he had
a black eve swollen face and black
stripes OF his back and some scratches
on the shins.
Sanford said he went to the station
house with Mrs. Nellie Harker, mother
of the arrested boy, but the court sus-
tanned an objection by defense counsel
as to the conversation which took place
with police officers there.
Observed Black Eye.
RAYMOND A. Weldon, another en-
ploye of the bakery, gave testimony
similar to that of Stewart and Sanford
regarding Harkers appearance prior TO
his arrest The witness said he saw
Harker the day after his release and
observed a black eye.
George G. Price. manager OF lunch
room at Sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, said he tack Harker to WORK at
the bakery on the afternoon OF August
81 and that his physical appearance
was normal at that time, except that
Harker had been drinking. Price was
the first person to see Harker when he
came out of the station house after mis-
alleged beating and when Rover sought
to have the witness repeat converse
ton which Harker had with him at that
time, defense counsel entered vigorous
objection.
It was then that the jury was sent
from the room, while the attorneys ar
p1led over the adInissibility, of testi-
Inony as to what Earker told Price. Ine
court sustained the defense objections.
Price Cross Examined.
Price was subjected to gruelling
cross-examination, during which it was
brought out that Harker had loaned
Price $40 from q roll of bills and had
given him S34 additional with which
to buy him (Harker) a suit, shirt ana
other clothing The government prose-
GATOR objected to efforts OF the defense
to show that Price was biased IN his
testimony because OF an apprehension
that he might be charged with receiving
stolen money.
price said in response to questions by
defense counsel that Mostyn had de-
manded that Price give up the money
on the ground that it had been stolen
from a lunchroom.
Two other Sanford brothers, LinwoOd
L. and M. L. Sanford, testified that
Harker's face was not bruised prior to
his arrest Joseph G. Sabbagh, coun-
terman at a nearby lunchroom, told OF
a visit to the lunchroom on the night
in question by Harker, and said the
latter bore no noticeable marks on his
face.
Four Witnesses Called.
Four prosecution witnesses testified
before court adjourned yesterday aft
ernoon.
Walter S. Rice, photographer Of the
Bureau of Standards, identified four
photographs of the interior Of the first
precinct station house and photograph
Of the rear of the Post ONCE Visible
Lunch, 727 North Capitol street. which
Harker was suspected of robbing.
Capt William z. Holmes, command
ing the first precinct, identified the
record of Harker'S arrest in the pre-
cinct arrest book or "blotter." The
record was introduced with the excep-
ton Of a pencil notation, mo mes
sages in or OUT to which the defense
objected. Capt Holmes explained this
notation meant that Harker was held
for investigation and could see no one
but his attorney or members OF his
family Capt Holmes denied Rovers
assertion that Harker was held in
communicate" and said members OF
his family made no request to see him,
so far as he personally was aware.
Barber Testifies.
John S. Privott, barber, testified he
shaved and maSSaged Harker's face on
the morning of August 81. 1t was that
night or about 3 o'clock in the morn
ing of the next day that Harker was
arrested. Privott said Harker's face
at that time was normal" that he saw
him again on August % or ~ and
Harker was suffering from black eye
Philmore L. Sanford, employed with
Harker at Sendyis Bakery. told OF
visit early on the morning Of August
% by Policeman Burroughs and night
Waterman, who brought HaTEeT for
Identification. Sanford stated he saw
no bruises on H2rker's face on that
occasion,