Evening star., 1941-07-07

whether they withheld information
from one another.
1T is not a common practice" he
replied.
Bulletin Discontinued.
1t. Barrett identified a bulletin
of crime conditions displayed BY
Acting Chairman Herbert. 1t con-
tanned lists of cars stolen and re-
covered and of men wanted. The
witness said this formerly was dis
tributed to the force and was help
full, but had been discontinued.
1T was distributed" suggested
Mr.. Herbert, before the efficiency
of the Detective Bureau was brought
to the present low ebb?"
Il don't know about that"
well, its efficiency is at low ebb?"
"Somewhat. 1t is not as efficient
as it might be-"
Referring TO list of alleged gam
blers which Acting Capt. Hartman
had showed the committee. most
of whom had forfeited s25 bail each
after they were arrested in raids.
Mr.. Herbert asked if such bail
could be accepted on gambling
charges.
The witness said no, that from
81 900 to $4,000 bond would be fixed
on gambling charges and the de-
PENDANTS could not forfeit bail. but
would be picked up on attachments
if they did not show up for trial.
Praises Three Detectives.
The men referred to by Acting
Capt. Hartman could have been
charged only with disorderly con-
duct, 1t. Barrett said. adding that
this charge was used sometimes IN
an effort TO put the men out of
business when there was not enough
evidence to charge them with set
ting up gaming table or some other
gambling offense.
In response to further questions,
1t. Barrett said there were three
outstanding men in the homicide
squad-Detective Sergts. jeremiah h
Flaherty, Aubrey Tolson and John
Wise.
You couldn't get any better men"
the officer added, Il don't care where
you might 60
Asked how the head of the squad
1t. George Darnal, stacked up with
the three sergeants. 1t. Barrett
said: "Darnall is not to be COM
pared with them. He does not have
the ability they have"
1t. Barrett said "a lot of changes
could be made in the Detective
Bureau.
Pressed to say whether the al
legged spies in the department be-
longed to Acting Capt. Hartman's
squad, 1t. Barrett said he did not
know, but knew policemen some
times were put in that squad Sc
cretly. He cited the instance of a
rookie policeman who served for a
while under Capt. Hartman and
then was sent to No. 3 precinct.
where other officers learned of his
assignment.
He was a dne fellow said 1t.
Barrett, but I had to square things
for him. The others called him
the Boogie Man and l had to tell
them there was nothing wrong with
him
1t. Barrett also told of bellhop
he knew who secretly became a
policeman and remained on the
force some time before he was known
in his new capacity. The witness
said he knew the man as bellhop
and was surprised one day to find
him with a list of stolen cars.
Il asked him what he was doing"
the officer recalled, "and he told me
he was selling autos. Later I found
out he was a member of Hartman's
squad"
Asked by Representative Sauthoff
if there were conferences among de-
tectives when cases were being
worked on, 1t. Barrett said there
were not.
Referring to the unSolved criminal
attack murder of Jessie Elizabeth
Strieff. 1t. Barrett said he felt that
such conferences would have been
helpful
IN instructing my men in the
precinct" the officer added, II never
knew what had been done on this