Evening star., 1938-01-03
VICTIM Of BEATING
). BACK IN HOSPITAL
Man Held for II Hours as
"Drunk" After HoId.Up Is
Due to Recover.

A4tcr Oelng lOcked up IN tne 1Ourtf
precinct station for II hours as s
drunk" following examination anc
treatment at Gallinger Hospital
Thomas P. Gallagher, Al, of 629 F
street S.W.. lay in a semi-conscious
condition in the municipal institution
today from a brain conclusion that
had caused his drunken-like stupor.
e. Police found Mr. Gallagher lying
unconscious in front of 1888 Virginia
avenue S.W at 1:50 am. Saturday
and it was not until about 7:30 am
yesterday that it was discovered he
had been injured severely. the victim
OF a beating and robbery.
DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent
OF Gallinger, said Mr.. Gallagher ap-
peared better today, ard there was
every indication he would recover
Two colored men and a colored
woman, said by police to have ad-
mitted robbing and beating Mr.. Gal
Agher, were held at the fourth pre-
cinct. They were booked as Ola
Haston, 25, and Willie Dorsey, 25
both Of 333 Virginia avenue S.W.
and Edward Keyser, 20. of 11l2 F
street NV.
Treated at Hospital.
Policemen W. w. Knox and E. NJ
Gorely, who found Mr.. Gallagher in
the street, put him on stretcher and
took him to Gallinger in the fourth
precinct patrol. There he was treated
by DR.. Jack Sullivan a staff physician,
for bruises over the forehead and in
'toxlcation," according to the police
report.
Still semi-conscious, Mr.. Gallagher
was returned to the precinct station
and locked in a cell early on New
Year Day.
Meanwhile, Mrs Gallagher became
frantic over her husbands unusua,
absence from home. She said he got
of from work about midnight at the
Benning road plant of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. She expected him
home about l am, and, when he die
not come, she sat up all night at the
front window waiting for him.
After dawn Saturday, Mrs. Gallagher
began calling police stations and hos.
pltalS. She said she called the fourth
precinct station about am. and was
told no person named Gallagher was
held there. She then described hel
y husband as wearing high boots anc
corduroy breeches, and was told nc
one OF that description was there. sh,
said. Later in the morning she said
friend went to the police station anc
"A got the same response.
Posted $40 Collateral.
Mrs. Gallagher said she called thu
police station again about Z pm. ane
was told to come and see if she coulc
Identify her husband. She found him
lying in a cell, his eyes open but unable
TO speak. She posted $40 collateral
for his release on the drunk charge.
: II don't know how 1 got him home,
Mrs. Gallagher said, but we got there
somehow. 1 laid him on the sofa anc
pulled off his boots. He lay there ir
"a stupor all night"
- About dawn yesterday Policeman
s-Gorely and Knox went to the Gal.
lagher home to get Mr.. Gallagher tt
identify the three accused Of robbins
him. When they saw his condition
they advised Mrs. Gallagher to cal
q doctor.
- Mrs. Gallagher summoned DR.
George r. Sorrell from across the stree,
and he Immediately sent the injured
man back to Gallinger.
DR.. Bocock said the Gallinger stat,
was amazed at the circumstances. He
said that, according to the physician
who treated Mr.. Gallagher early Sat.
urday, he obviously had been very
definitely intoxicated" The symptoms
OF alcoholism completely masked the
symptoms OF the brain injury, DR.
Bocock said. He added that in dis
missing Mr.. Gallagher the physician
had told the policemen to bring him
back II he did not come around in
three or four hours.
Can't Believe 1t.
Capt. jeremiah A. Sullivan said
u can't believe it happened" when
Informed that Mrs Gallagher had
been turned away while her husband
was locked In cell there throughout
Saturday.
= Policeman Knox said he and Officer
-GoreIy arrested the three colored
persons within an hour after they had
found Mr.. Gallagher. Although the
injured man had not been able to
complain of the robbery, the police
men acted on other evidence, includ-
Ing the fact thas his trousers had been
cut around the hip, obviously to ge,
At his wallet, which was missing, Mrs
Gallagher said she did not believe her
husband had more than SIS in his
pockets.
Police did not explain how they
connected the colored persons arrested
with the robbery. Capt Sullivan said
they were arrested on the basis "of q
little information here, and g little
there" After questioning Saturday
they admitted "robbing and striking
Gallagher on the head" according
to the police report.
Mrs. Gallagher said she had beer
Informed that her husband stopped
with some friends at a tavern at Fit.
teenth and H streets NE. after leavins
work and drank two or three glasse.
Of beer. She surmised that he the,
had walked toward home She sale
he worked for the power company TO,
nearly 20 years.
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