Evening star., 1945-07-19
Carmen Beach
Raid on Hearsdy
Evidence Denied
Situation Reported
By Undercover Men,
Police Declare

charge, were the source of evidenct
which led to a raid on an alleged
disorderly house in the 1700 bloch
on Pennsylvania avenue that wa.
operating as licensed massage par.
lor, police said today.
The claim was made after attor.
neys for Mrs. Margaret Locke anc
Carmen Beach, who face charges ol
operating house of assignation
filed motions to quash warrants fol-
the two women. The warrants wert
issued by United States Commits.
sioner Needham Turnage, on appli-
cation of Detective Sergt. Murray
Kutner of the police vice squad
before the raid. The motions te
lquash asserted that Sergt. Kutnel
had no personal knowledge of pro-
ceedings inside the place where he
obtained the warrants.
The Commissioners today received
two communications which grew out
of the raid. One is a recommended
ton by police that the massage par
lor license granted last February to
Mrs. Locke be revoked. A hearing
will be held on this, according to
Edward E. Bailey, District license
supervisor.
Malicious Destruction Charged.
The other was request by Mrs
Locke's attorney, T. Emmette Nc
Kenzie, that 1t. Roy Blick, head OF
the vice squad, and other officers
on the squad be brought before a
police trial board for "wanton and
malicious destruction of private
property"
Mr.. Mckenzie sent the Commits
sioners set of pictures of wreck
age in the place following the raid.
The pictures were signed by a COM
mercial photographer who was en-
gagged to take them after the raid.
Acting on what his wife said were
his physicians orders, Col. Edward
]. Kelly, ailing superintendent of
police, today began referring all
queries on the case to his personal
attorney, James A. O'Shea. Mrs.
Kelly said that all other telephone
calls likewise are to go to Mr..
O'Shea.
Unavailable for Comment.
The action was unusual. Sew
eral days ago Col. Kelly said IN
spector Harvey Callahan is run
ming the police department" in the
absence Of the superintendent
However, today. instead of referring
tinquirers to Inspector Callahan, he
sent them to his personal attorney
for information. Mr.. O'Shea was
in court this morning and unavail-
able to tell why he is in the case
and what he knows about 1t.
Government officials were still
puzzled today over an assertion by
M. Edward Buckley that the Beach
woman recently obtained plane pri-
critics to visit her present husband
Chief Petty Officer Charles E. Mar
tin, in Hawaii. Mr.. Buckley said
she was there for three months
before returning to Washington the
night of July 8 and said she has
a refund check from United Air
Lines to prove it. Hence, he as
serted, she could not have beer
operating a disorderly house, as she
is formally charged with doing along
with Mrs. Locke.
Record Of Priority Denied.
State, War and Navy Departments
all have denied that they have any
record of plane priority granted
to Carmen Beach or Carmen Beach
Martin.
United Air Lines, at San Fran.
cisco, told the Associated Press today
that 1t has no record there that
Carmen Beach or Carmen Beach
Martin took a plane TO return tt
Washington on July s.
Mr.. McKenzie's letter to the
Commissioners said:
There are inclosed herewith copies
of photographs which portray the
condition at 1713 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. That condition was
caused and brought about by 1t
Blick of the Metropolitan Police
Department and his associates
when they raided the premises the
later part of the past week.
| No Search Warrant.
"The raid was on United States
commissioners warrant for arrest
of one Margaret Locke. There was
no search warrant.
II am requesting you to bring 1t
Blick before the Police Trial Board
on charges of wanton and malicious
destruction of private property, to-
gether with his assisting officers.
"It Is impossible for me to be-
lieve you gentlemen countenance
this sort of thing, which is clearly
not required to effect the arrest of
a 57-year-old woman making no
resistance"
The pictures showed furniture
and household articles strewn on
the floor and window drapes torn
down in several rooms. They also
showed beds or massage tables over
turned.
Hearing Planned.
The recommendation for revoca-
ton of Mrs. Locke's massage par
lor license, Mr.. Bailey said, will be
sent by the Commissioners to q
license revocation board made up
of an assistant corporation counsel
an inspector of police, the executive
secretary Of the Public Utilities
Commission, and himself. That
board will send Mrs. Locke notice
Of hearing at which she will have
a chance to show cause why the
/ license should not be revoked.
/ A check of license records in Mr.
Bailey's Office today showed Capt
Oscar L. Letterman of the third
precinct recommended approval oi
Mrs. Locke's applications for re-
newal of her massage parlor license
for the three license years prior to
the present one. Each time, his re-
port said, there was no record of any
arrest in the preceding year and
that Capt. Letterman believed the
renewal should be granted.
| Capt. Letterman, along with 1t
Blick, objected last October to re-
newal of the license. On their adj