Evening star., 1936-03-18
ALL|GOOD TO FACE
HEAR|NGBYB BOARD
Detective Sergeant Involved
in Intoxication and As.
sauIt Charges.

Although said by doctors to be suf-
fering from brain tumor, Detective
Sergt. Frank NJ. Alligood, champion
stolen-automobile recoverer Of the Po-
lice Department. will be ordered to ap-
pear before the Trial Board on charges
involving intoxication and armed as
sault on a superior officer, Supt. Ernest
w. Brown revealed today.
The charges, Brown explained, will
be "in line with the contents of a de-
tailed report" prepared by Inspector
Bernard w. Thompson. chief of de-
tectives, on whom Alligood Is alleged
to have drawn his revolver the night
of March 7.
Thompson, it was said, disarmed AL
ligood after a struggle in which the
two officers rolled on the sidewalk out
side the Willard Hotel, where both had
been assigned to cover President
Roosevelt's attendance at the annual
dinner of the White House Correspond
ents' Association.
On Sick Leave.
Alligood, widely recognized as one of
the ablest automobile theft investi-
gators in the country, has been on
sick leave since the night the incident
occurred, and, according to Brown,
has been recommended for retirement
by the Police and Fire Department
Board of Surgeons.
"Alligood has wonderful record" )"
Brown said, "but in view of the nature
of accusations against him, we feel
it is necessary to take him before
the Trial Board"
The case, Brown added, will be pre-
sented to the board at its regular
meeting next Tuesday-"unless the
doctors report Alligood is not in shape
to attend" Meanwhile, the charges
are being written up" by Howard
Crawford, chief clerk of the Police De-
partment, "in line with" Thompson's
report.
Although Thompson's report was
not made public, its contents were
outlined as follows by both Brown
and the detective chief:
Reported With Woman.
Thompson, on duty in the hotel,
was told by Capt. Harvey Callahan,
first precinct police commander. that
Alligood and a woman companion
were acting peculiarly" in the de-
tective's car, parked outside. Pre-
viously, Alligood had failed to re-
port for either the daily police head
quarters roll call, at $50 pm, or the
dinner assignment, an hour later.
Outside, Thompson found the wom-
an in the police machine assigned to
Alligood, but the detective was not in
sight. While Thompson was ques-
tioning the woman, Alligood appeared.
An argument ensued, Alligood final
ly drawing his gun and threatening
Thompson, according to the detective
chief. Thompson said he grappled
with Alligood, and the two men fell
to the sidewalk. With the aid of Lieut.
Ira Keck, Thompson finally over
powered Alligood. disarmed him and
took both him and the woman to
headquarters. .
There Alligood was examined by
DR.. John A. Reed, q member Of the
Police and Fire Department Board Of
Surgeons. Although Thompson de-
clared he had smelled liquor on Alli-
goods breath, DR.. Reed decided there
was no evidence of intoxication. He
attributed the detectives actions to
the effects of brain tumor.
Under Doctors Care.
The woman, described as an en-
ploye of the Veterans Bureau, was re-
leased after questioning. Alligood, on
DR.. Reeds suggestion, was placed un-
der the care Of the Board Of Surgeons.
Alligood, 48, and a native of North
Carolina, was appointed to the force
on November 8, 1916, becoming .
detective sergeant On July J. 1920