Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-09
Crime Pr0bers Exceeded P0,uer
In Proposals, Blanton Charges
Garnett and Police High Command
Defended by Texan in 22h Pages
of Congressional Record.

II hate injustice wherever I find It,"
Blanton continued. "Fitzpatrick's at
tack upon Garnett Is so uncalled for
that, since it has been printed into
55-page document entitled Report Of
the Subcommittee on Crime Of the
Committee on the District Of
Columbia, House Of Representa-
tives, Seventy fourth Congress-
and numbers Of such copies have be-
come scattered over the country, and
although the report has not been ap-
proved by the committee, and will
never be approved by the House of
Representatives, I thought that 1t was
only just that Mr.. Garnett's side of
the controversy should be preserved
in this Record; hence requested him
to give me an exact frank statement
Of facts that he had not made public"
Garnet Statement Given.
At this point Blanton inserted Gar
nett's statement. It follows:
THE framework Of the subcommit-
tee report and the report itself are
so obviously the handiwork of the
counsel for the committee that the
background Of his actions may be
interesting.
ION November 20, 1894, from an
important conference in my office
with Treasury officials, ! was sum-
moned before Justice Proctor In
Criminal Court No. 2, where q mo-
ton to continue for q short tine
the Buccolo case had been presented
by counsel for Mrs. Buccolo. Upon
entering the court room I was in
formed by Justice Proctor that my
assistant, Mr.. Fitzpatrick. had been
both insolent and impudent and that
he ought to have put him in Jail. I
naturally expressed my regret that
anything unpleasant should have &C.
CURED, and after discussion with coun-
sci and with the court a day certain
was set for the Buccolo case. Later
in the afternoon I was told by Jus
tice Proctor that this was not the
first occasion Of insolence on the part
of Mr.. Fitzpatrick, and that he would
be glad If I would relieve him from
service in his court. I acceded to
this request, and informed Mr. Fitz-
patrick that his usefulness in Justice
Proctor's court was over, and
inasmuch as the other Criminal Court
was functioning smoothly it would be
necessary for me to assign him to
civil work until the end of the term
of the court. He expressed no in
tention then Of resigning. The morn
ing papers carried the Information
that he had resigned on account Of
the incident, and ] found a sealed en-
velope on my desk when ! arrived at
the Office containing his resignation,
which was Immediately accepted. In
this letter Of resignation Is the fol-
lowing assurance from him:
"T take this occasion to convey to
you my sincere appreciation Of the
personal courtesies which you have
extended to me as q member Of your
staff and express to you my good
wishes for your future welfare
Denies Giving Press Story.
Shortly after accepting his resig-
nation he appeared In my office and I
expressed to him my surprise that he
resigned to the press before he re-
signed to me. He denied that he had
submitted his resignation to the press
and could not account for the origin
Of the newspaper story. was after
ward informed by the newspaper re-
porters that the story came wholly
from him, and that he had discussed
it with them for two hours. Upon his
leaving my Office, In accordance with
the cordial terms of his letter of resig-
nation, he assured me and he assured
Assistant United States Attorneys Pine
and Underwood Of the same thing
that he had not criticized this ONCE,
that he had the kindliest feelings and
highest regard for me and that II in
the future any one informed me that
he had criticized this ONCE could
count 1t as Q damn lie.
"I cannot square his conduct In &C
cepting employment to hold o star
chamber inquisition into cases and
transactions In the office during the
time which he had been entrusted as
assistant with any rule Of conduct
that obtains among gentlemen In any
profession, and the sinister character
Of this report gives rise to the grave
suspicion Of o design to foul his own
nest.
And in submitting this report sug-
costing my removal from ONCE, be-
cause Of delay In the trial Of criminal
cases, the chairman of the subcom-
mittee forgets that not only he but
other prominent Democratic politicians
In West Virginia requested the dis |
missal Of an indictment charging |
perjury against r. Hugh Jarvis, o |
prominent West Virginia Democrat,
because the FIRST trial Of Jarvis had
resulted In hung jury, and, in addi- |
ton, the day before the subcommittee
first met, the day before the Jarvis
case, which had been repeatedly con-
tinued ON Jarvis behalf, was set for
trial the chairman called my first
assistant, Mr.. Pine, and urged another
delay. This request was referred to
me and was denied.
Attached hereto ID . copy Of .
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