Evening star., 1946-01-07
Ruling Expected
Tomorrow in
Gill Suspension
Commissioners May
Discuss Jail Break
With Welfare Bourd


pension as superintendent of Dis
'trict penal institutions, is expected
to nigh light a meeting at II am
tomorrow between the Commission
ers and members of the Board O
Public Welfare.
Edgar Morris, Welfare Boart
chairman, said the meeting hat
been called but did not confirm 1:
District Building rumor that tn,
Gill case was No. on the agenda.
Reports have persisted that thu
Commissioners would uphold Mr.
Gil's contention that charge.
brought by the Welfare Board wer,
vague and insufficient. They ars
empowered to dismiss or reinstat,
him.
Charges Returned.
Earlier the Commissioners had or.
dered returned for revamping b,
the corporation counsels office tht
charges brought against Mr.. Gil
following escape of five prisoners
from the District Jail November "a
Mr.. Gill was suspended Decem
Der 6 on recommendation of the
Welfare Boards Institutions Com
mlttee after an investigation into
the Jail break Mr.. Gill quickly
blamed unsatisfactory security con-
dltlons at the Jail on the Welfare
Board, and said he would fight the
custer action.
Shortly after the suspension, Mr.
Gill was given 80 days in which tc
answer the charges. once they were
drawn up by the Corporation Coun-
sells office. So far, the more specific
charges requested by the Commits
sloners have not been rendered.
Virginia Guard Suspended.
In addition to Mr.. Morris. others
invited to tomorrow's meeting are
Ray l.. Huff, welfare director, and
members of the institutions com
mittee. A. j. Driscoll, chairman
Fred S. Kogod and DR.. Ethel Nixon
In another phase of the District
jail case, 15-day suspension with
out pay has been imposed against
Virginia penitentiary guard whose
alleged negligence permitted two
prisoners to carry eight hacksaw
blades from the penitentiary at
Richmond to the District Jail
Virginia Prison Supt. w. F.
Smyth refused to reveal the Off
GERS name because he was "a vet
eran returned to duty after two and
one-half years in the Army.
Our investigation showed the
officer failed to strip the prisoners
completely, but allowed them to re-
main in underwear" the superin-
tendenN said.
Blades TAPPED to Thigh.
Rutherford r. Patrick. 10. one OF
three prisoners transferred from
Richmond to answer charges of kid
naplng and robbing a prominent
Washington physician, had two
hacksaw blades taped to his thigh
when examined at the District Jail
according to Thomas R. Sard, as
sistant resident superintendent.
Another youth, James Edward
Doss, 20, carried six blades in his
shoes, Mr.. Sard reported.
The Virginia investigation failec
to disclose how the youths OBJ
tanned the blades, but Mr.. Smytf
assumed they were picked up al
one of the prison industries.
Carelessness Charged.
"It is something that never hap.
pened here before. and will mo-
happen again if the regulations arr
observed" he said "It simply wa.
carelessness on the part of ont
officer"
Meantime, the number of District
prisoners who have taken French
leave since November "a increased
to nine with the walkout from Lor.
ton Reformatory of Ulice Perry %
a first offender.
A trusty at the institution, Perry
walked away about $50 am. yes.
terday from an assignment of clean.
ing up the yard of Resident Supt
Edward J. WEIGH. The superin.
tendent's cottage is off the reforma
tory grounds.
Trusty Escape Not News"
w. French Fleming, acting super
intendent of District penal institu-
tions, said it was not news wher
TRUSTEES occasionally walked away
from the place.
They can do it any time they
like and sometimes we just don't
pick them right" he said
Mr.. Fleming said he supposed
Perry had thumbed a ride with
some visitor leaving the reforma-
tory.
Perry had served seven months
OF a one-to-th three year sentence fol-
the theft of bank books and bonds
which were cashed under a forged
name for more than $500, police
said.
On Christmas eve another trusty
Theophile Tiverney, sentenced fol
ROBBERY on nine counts, escaped
from a prison laundry truck in
downtown Washington Both liver
ney and Perry are still at large.
Trials OF six persons charged with
having part in the November "a
jailbreak have been postponed from
Wednesday to January 80 to give
the prosecution more time to pre-
pare its case, Assistant United
States Attorney John c. Conliff, jr.,
said.
Bench warrants have been issued
for the arrest of six others accused
In the break, including Michael j
Quinn, John Mansour and William
A. Reed, three of the escapes
Quinn also is wanted for question
ing In several gang killings COM
mitted since he has been at large.
Bailey Kills Indictment
In Boiling Field Bribe Case
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