The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
GARRETT FLAYS
CRIME REPORT
AS UNFAIR
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3. Representative T omas
Blanton, of Texas, the most
vocal member of the House
when District affairs are under
discussion, sent a letter to mem.
bers of the House District Com
mittee criticiSing the crime COM
mittees report and asking the
committee to modify it by delet-
ing it's condemnation of Inspec-
tor Albert J. Headley, saying
mot a breath of scandal had
ever touched him." Mr.. Blan-
tons "gentleman's agreement"
with Assistant Superintendent
of Police Thaddeus R. Bean, by
which Bean was to retire to
make way for the promotion OF
Inspector Headley and his ulti-
mate advancement to the super
intendency of police was con-
demned by the crime commit
mittee in it's report. The COM
mittee had also demanded In
Spector Headley'S removal, char
acterizing him as unfit.
Police Lauded
Mr.. King, in making public the
views of the citizens groups, said
he had canvasSed the members
of the onsolidated committee and
that they agreed unanimously
that:
major Brown and the entire
police force on the whole are
doing an intelligent anC honest
job with the inadequacy in
numbers"
Garrett Raps Report
Pointing with pride to his rec
ord, ability and reputation as
lawyer and officer, District At
torney Garrett today denounced
as unfair, warrant e d and
biased the demand that he and
his assistants be ousted.
Mr.. Garrett said the report
was unfair and prejudiced" and
represented merely erroneous de-
auctions and was not based on
the actual facts. He said he is
certain of exoneration of the
charges, adding:
81 am entirely willing to
submit my claims as a lawyer
and officer, first, to the con-
sidered opinion of the judges
of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia and of
the Court of Appeals, and
second, to the judgment of
practically every reputable
lawyer in the District"
Charges of "lax enforcement"
and apathy" of officials and
citizens toward the Districts
crime problem were met by Mr..
Garnett's statement that the re-
port was not based on facts and
statistics
Defends Kindleberger
After discussing in detail the
testimony of various witnesses
before the crime committee,
District Attorney Garrett said
in concluding his defense of AS
sistant District Attorney Kindle-
berger and himself:
"No judge of any court in
this District has complained to
me of the conduct of the Dis
trict Attorneys office nor of
any assistant save MI. Fitz-
patrick. The work of the office
in the Police Court has never
been more efficiently conducted.
The trials of jury cases there
are current.
when became United
States Attorney the Bar AssO-
citation of the District of Co.
lumbia had appointed a COM
mittee to investigate the bond
ing situation in the District,
especially with regard to the
Police Court, and most sinister
rumors were current regarding
this matter. Since have been
District Attorney and Mr..
Kinder has been in charge of
the Police Court. all complaint
has stopped, and there has
been no occasion for the COM
mittee to function. and the
bonding business, as all other
business in that court, is on a
satisfactory and high plane.
CITES RECORD
''Tn answer to the unfair and
prejudiced deductions of the re-
port as to my capacitv as a
lawyer and the efficiency of
my office, it is distaSteful in
the extreme to present my quail
ficationS and accomplishments.
hope. however. it may not be
urs~ep"Iv for me to say that
while I have not been a police
court LAWYER. have heen as
sistant attorney general of Vir.
ginia, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral of the United States. and
have nreserted and won for the
Government in the Supreme
Court Of the United States 16
ont of 2N cases. including the
Ma"Crackon case.
"In my private practice it has
been my fortune to secure vari-
GUS JUDGMENTS against the Gov
errment ranging in amount
from $4,000 to more than $780,
900. Assuming, and the fact
seems certain. that Mr.. Fitz-
patrick's conception of me as a
lawyer and District Attorney is
reflected bv this report, am