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with the rate of carpenters mate,
third class.
Dove did not disclose he was
awaiting sentence, Navy officials
said. If Capt. Funk finds any ir-
regularity, he will SO report to the
Bureau of Naval Personnel with his
recommendation.
Doves papers were handled by
Chief Machinists Mate L. P. Stoger
at the Naval Air Station. The cap
tain explained the application asks:
Have you ever been arrested and
in the custody of police?" To this,
Dove wrote: Yes"
IF so, for what2" asks the ques-
tionnaire.
Dove replied: Assault and bat
terry"
Under the question: Have you
ever been convicted of crime?" Dove
wrote, NO"
There is nothing in the applica-
ton that asks if the applicant is
awaiting trial.
Arranged Enlistment.
Before court convened and SEN
tence was passed yesterday, re-
porters went to the Office of Doves
chief defense counsel, Wilson Farr,
in Fairfax. The Star reporter asked
Mr.. Farr how Doves enlistment was
arranged. Mr.. Farr told The Star
reporter he had arranged 1t. The
reporter asked Mr.. Farr with whom
he had talked at the Navy.
Mr.. Farr replied: "A Chief Mate
Stoger-or Stogley-or Soper; I be-
ieve it was Soper."
Last night, Mr.. Farr was asked:
Did you personally arrange for
Doves enlistment in the Navy?"
Mr.. Farr replied, You are total
ly-mistaken-to put 1t politely
about my use Of the word ar
ranged.'".
Navy Called Him.
He then was asked If he called
the Navy or the Navy called him
He answered that the Navy had
called him.
The reporter informed Mr.. Farr
that it had been learned that Chief
Machinist Mate L. P. Stoger had
been connected with Doves enlist
ment and asked the attorney if that
name would recall the person with
whom he had talked.
Mr.. Farr replied that Dove had
requested him to call a number and
ask for a man with a name similar
to Soper or Stoger-he did not re-
member the name. Mr.. Farr said
he called the man and was told he
was not in. He said he called the
next day and talked with the man
who told him Dove already had en-
listed. At this point he empha-
sized he did not arrange" Doves
enlistment.
Associate Counsel Questioned.
Hardee Chambliss, jr., associate
counsel with Mr.. Farr in the case,
yesterday was asked: What, If any,
thing, did you have to do with Doves
enlisting in the Navy?"
His reply: Il had no contact what
soever with the branch of the serv-
ice in which he enlisted. I do not
believe that Mr. Farr did, either. I
did not have anything to do with
his present enlistment. I will not
60 beyond that"
Capt. Funke said Chief Stoeer
did not know that Dove was await
ing trial on the assault and battery
charges when he accepted him for
enlistment.
Capt. Funke's Account.
Capt. Funke gave this account of
events leading up to Doves entry
into the Naval Air Reserve Train
ing Unit at Anacostia:
Somebody called Chief Stoger on
the phone several days before Oc-
tober 10 and asked him about Dove.
The chief does not know who tele-
phoned him. During that CONVEX
sation, however, the chief was told
that charges against Dove had
been dropped.
Then on October 10, Dove him
self came into the Naval Air Station
and told Chief Stoger that the
charges of assault and battery had
been dropped and that there were
no charges pending against him.
1--WE thought that Dove was COM
pletely in the clear" said Capt.
Funke. otherwise, we would not
have taken him in. We would not
have enlisted Dove if we had known
that he was awaiting trial"
Lawyer Denies Talk.
Doves lawyer, Mr.. Farr, never
talked to Chief Stoger, Capt. Funke
said he was informed.
The captain said that he can find
nobody in his Office who talked to
Judge Brown about the case. The
judge said that before imposing
sentence, he had received call
from a Navy recruiting station about
it,
Capt. Funke pointed out that an
applicant does not have to swear
to the truth of answers in his ap-
plication. But he does have to sign
the form, certifying that the an
swers are correct. On its face,
Doves application was lin due form
and correct the captain explained.
The FBI makes routine check
on applicants and reports to the
Navy Department on it's findings,
the captain said. This is being done
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