Evening star., 1941-07-07

case. All could do was tell them
to find out what they could"
Was complete dragnet ever put
around the district where this girl
was killed and every house in
vestigated, every person question:
ed?" asked Mr.. Sauthoff.
Il only know what various detec-
! tlves told me" said 1t. Barrett.
Il think it was done"
Mr.. Hebert referred to the report
! ed lapse of six hours between the
time Miss Strief was reported miss
ing and the first police effort to
| find her. 1t. Barrett said he did not
know what was done, since he did
not work on the case.
DO you approve of allowing such
time to elapse when a person is re-
ported missing?"
Civil Service Assailed.
NC" said the officer, in nv pre-
clnct, when a person is reported d
missing the police on the beat is put
to work at once TO trace him."
Later Mr.. Hebert remarked that
the civil service could promote YOU
to captain, and after that it was up
to you and the gods"
1t. Barrett agreed He explained
that such appointments as chief of
detectives were made outside of
civil service; that all appointments
I TO the Detective Bureau were.
1 think said Mr.. Hebert. "the
CIVIL service is the weakness of the
Police Department and of MANY
other things?"
Il think So said 1t. Barrett.
The civil service is Just a cloak
behind which certain people hide?o
1t. Barrett said he was inclined
to agree.
Two uniformed sergeants. both
former detective sergeants Robert
B. Murray and Richard F. McCartv,
agreed with 1t. Barrett that the
uniformed assignment was more de-
Slraole, because it gave more Sc
curlty, relatively better salary.
better hours and better working
conditions.
Sergt. Murray said he found he
had more money as a uniformed
sergeant at s2750 a year than as q
detective sergeant at $4,000. be-
cause In the plain clothes work he
had to use his own car and pay for
the gas and oil out of his pocket.
Worked 16-Hour Day.
This officer said he put in an
average of 16 hours a day as a
detective.
1 like detective work better" he
added. and would ask to be assigned
to 1t If there was any inducement. ="
He termed lack of security the
main reason" he had asked for a
uniform job, pointing out that a
precinct detective or detective
sergeant could be denoted to a
private in uniform at any time.
On the Whim of SUPERIOR" he
was asked.
Yes, that could be done"
Asked If he knew of a "Gestapoo
IN the department, Sergt. Murray
SAID the hrSt time he had heard the
term IN connection with the police
was at this hearing. He added that
he had heard of spying, but did not
know anything about it.
He described one case in which
he hid in a store every night for
weeks and finally ambushed three
holdup men, shooting one. The
other two escaped and he received
certain information regarding their
identity. Others in the Detective
Bureau had information, but failed
to inform him of it, he said.
Then you were kept in the dark
on your own case?' asked Repre-
sentative Hebert.
Yes, but I have no complaint.
The two men were caught-that was
the main thing
Attitude Is Praised.
Your attitude is magnanimous,"
Mr.. Hebert remarked, but don't you
think you should have been informed
that others were working on the
case?"
"Yes, I think So"
Were you treated fairly in that
case?'
II would rather not say"
do you feel that the Detective