Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-06

by my assistants in any OF the
cases was Influenced by friendship
for the person involved.
VERY sincerely yours,
VERNON E. WEST,
Corporation Counsel
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Phillip N. Brophy reported today to
Chief Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Clark King that Judge Raedy
did not specifically mention the
name of the case to which she was
referring when the accusation was
made.
Brophy Explains Action.
MIR. Brophy said he simply as
sumed" the Judge was referring to
the case of Thomas L. Dabney
which the prosecutor nollied last
Tuesday. Both Mr.. King and Mr.
Brophy reiterated that they are not
personally connected with any one
associated with that case.
Mr.. Brophy said today he dropped
the charge of drunken driving
against Dabney because urinaly-
sis showed an alcoholic content OF
less than OILS of i per cent-less
than the concentration which medi-
cal authorities declare indicates q
person is under the influence OF In
toxicants.
A search of the corporation coun-
sells ONCE files this morning failed
to turn up the court jacket on the
Dabney case which contains a police
report of the circumstances of the
arrest.
Judge Called for Papers.
Mr.. Brophy recalled that after the
case was nol-prossed last Tuesday
Judge Raedy asked for the jacket,
as we'll as that Of another case
which he could not remember. He
said he believed that Judge Raedy
still has the papers in her office.
Judge Not Available for Comment.
Judge Raedy was not available
for comment today. Reporters were
told by her secretary that the judge
was busy and would be busy for
some time" Judge Raedy will not
take the bench today, the secretary
said, but is conducting hearings on
cases with lawyers in her chambers.
Thomas L. Dabney, 81, of Wood
haven boulevard, Bethesda, to
whose case Judge Raedy apparently
referred yesterday in making the
accusation against the corporation
counsels Office, told reporters to-
day that he is in the contracting
business. He denied that he has,
or ever has had any connection with
the corporation counsel's office, or
that he had friends there.
There's one thing I can tell you, "
he said, And that is that my case
was certainly not fixed in any way"
Attorney Refused to be Quoted.
His attorney, Harold F. Hawkin,
told reporters he was not to be
quoted in connection with the case.
He said he had not even prepared
the case for trial because he had
been informed by the corporation
counsels Office that it would be
dropped as the result of the usual
procedure based on the result Of
urinalyses.
The lawyer also denied that he
received favoritism from the corpo-
ration counsel's office. He said
he never had seen Mr.. Brophy be-
fore the case came up.
Police records of Mr.. Dabney's
arrest were confusing. According
to the record at No. Is precinct, he
was booked there on a charge OF
drunken driving at 1852 pm, July
5, after his arrest on Connecticut
avenue. He was arrested by Pvt
j. D. Cornett of No. 7 precinct, the
record shows.
Police Unable to Explain Case.
A record OF the urinalysis taken
on the case in the Accident Investi-
cation Unit sat police headquarters
shows that a urinalysis was made
at 10 am. July S. Police oficers
were unable to explain the dis.
crepancy, or say whether the uri.
nalysis was taken at 10 pm July
S or 10 am. July 8.
Pvt. Cornett told reporters today
that there was no lapse at all" be.
tween the time of Mr.. Dabneyi
arrest and the making of a uri.
nalysis at No. Is precinct. Judg,
Raedy had said in court yesterda,
there was l4-hour interval
The policeman said he arrested
Mr.. Dabney at 1852 am. on tn,
Connecticut Avenue Bridge, ant
took him directly to No. Is precinct
He said that police records which
showed the arrest as occurring a
$50 pm. were in error. He said {
urinalysis was made at the precinc
as soon IS the prisoner was booked