Evening star., 1935-03-24
Detective Shouts DeniaIS of
Accusations at Crime
Hearing.
BROWN ORDERS BEAN
TO UNDERTAKE INQUIRY
Police Chief Intimates Fifth Pre-
cinct Shake-Up Due, With.
holding Details.
BY JAMES E. CHM.

An effort to clear up the mystery
as to who clipped off" a gambling
house at 1l3 B street southeast to
an impending raid provided another
sensation yesterday before the Special
Crime Committee of the House.
Capt. Joseph E. Morgan, in whose
precinct, No. S. the gambling place
was located. indirectly accused one of
his own officers, Detective Watson
Salkeld. of doing the tipping"
But Salkeld shouted his denial al
that accusation. and declared he had
told Capt. Morgan the name of the
person responsible, but nothing had
been done about it,
Several hours after the expose of
the gambling house "tip-off," Police
Supt. Ernest w. Brown ordered a
special investigation to determine
whether any disciplinary action should
be taken.
The inquiry will be made by In
spector Thaddeus r. Bean instead of
Inspector Albert J. Headley, who has
administrative supervision over the
fifth precinct Maj. Brown said he
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tion because he is an assistant super
intendent
Shake-up Imminent.
AS soon as Maj. Brown heard the
story of the "tip-off," he issued the
following statement:
Il have directed Inspector Bean to
make a thorough inquiry into Capt.
Morgan's charges, with view to as
certaining whether disciplinary action
is warranted. He will undertake this
investigation Monday morning"
Irrespective of whether any action
is taken against Salkeld. Maj Brown
intimated a Shake-up in the person.
mel of the fifth precinct is imminent.
He declined to indicate. however. the
changes he has in mind.
Morgan and Salkeld were two OF
the six witnesses who faced the COM
mittee during a continuous three and
a-half hour session. which was devoted
principally to incidents in the fifth
precinct. The other witnesses were
Capts. William E Holmes of the first
precinct and Ira Sheetz of the tenth
precinct. Sergt. Alvin S. Bohrer and
Pvt. John O'Connell, both of the fifth
precinct.
Raid Follows Complaint.
The B street gambling place was
raided several weeks ago after Rep
resentative Blanton, Democrat, of
Texas complained to the committee
that Joint" was operating within
the very shadow of the room in which
it was conducting the investigation.
There was no "tip-off" in connection
with that raid which was made by
Lieut.. George NJ Little and members
of his vice squad
The "tip-off," according to devel-
opments before the committee, in
volved another raid on the same place
about a week before Lieut.. Little and
his men surprised the proprietor and
a crowd of customers. That partic-
ular raid was led by Detective Salkeld,
who cut his way into the place with
an ak and found lot of dust, boards
and other things that bore no evil
dence Of having been used for
gambling
Capt. Morgan said he was sure a
"tip-off" was responsible for Salkeld
not finding anything. He was not
quite certain who did the tipping"
but explained that he and Salkeld
were the only ones who knew of the
plans to make the raid.
Schultz Puts Question.
When Salkeld took the witness
stand Immediately after Capt. Nor
gan, Representative Schultz. Demo-
crat. of Indiana, bluntly asked him:
Did you tip-off the owner of lib
B street that it was to be raided?"
"On my mothers soul I didn't"
shouted Salkeld. Il didn't have time.
It was only few minutes after the
captain told me about that place be-
fore went there without a warrant
and made the raid"
You have been accused by your
captain of being a 'tip-off. said
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