Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21
.U.5.Drops Prosecution
OF Policeman Fired on
8 Indeeeney Charges
By John w. Stepp

Dismissal oy virginia autnOrl-
ties of an indecency charge
against a former park policeman
here drew criticism yesterday
from the chief of the protection
division OF the sPubiic Buildings
Administration.
L. v. Milici. the PA Official.
aimed the criticism at the United
States attorneys Office for the
Eastern District OF Virginia for
declining to bring TO trial Lloyd
w. Chisholm. %. colored. dis
missed from the park police after
being named in series of eight
charges. All counts accused him
of cratic conduct in the presence
Of women in the Pentagon and
Agriculture Buildings last Feoru-
airy and March.
Mr.. Miiici cited a letter sent
PBA. by the Richmond Office of
United States Attorney George r.
Humrickhouse sometime after
April II. when the prosecutor de-
clined to press the Virginia charge
before United States Commissioner
Stanley King In Alexandria. Mr.
King had held Chisholm under
$500 bond. pending trial at Alex
andria.
Two Reasons Given.
The United States attorney
gave two reasons for his action,
neither of which convinced me he
took a proper course" the PBA
official said.
The first. he said, was that the
alleged offense was q matter best
settled by administrative action"
The second was that Chisholm
faced court action on other similar
charges.
Commissioner King revealed he
dismissed the complaint against
Chisholm on the written request
of Mr.. Humrickhouse's Office.
Mr.. King added that no witnesses
were present, nor was the de-
PENDANT or his lawyer, George E
c, Hayes.
Reached in Richmond, Mr..
Humrickhouse said 1t was
his policy not to discuss reasons
for action taken by his Office in
any case.
The Virginia development was
learned after Washington author
tiles dropped three charges against
Chisholm In Municipal Court yes
terday.
Acquitted in One Case.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney j. Warren Wilson said he Or
dered this action as the result of
a jury's acquittal Of Chisholm last
April s. The charge In each Of
these four cases was simple as
Sault of an indecent nature.
The three cases were dropped
yesterday. Mr.. Wilson said, be
cause the exclusion by the court
of certain evidence in the first
trial destroyed the prose-
cutive value Of the subsequent
Chisholm Is awaiting sentence,
8, by Judge Aubrey B.
Fennell. who convicted him on
the three pending charges-mak-
ing obscene gestures in the pres
ence of women employees of the
Agriculture Department. Maxi
mum sentence is q $25 fine on
each charge.
Chisholm was dismissed from
the force on April 20, according
to Park Police Mark Raspberry,
after an investigation by National
Capital Parks officials.
Dismissal Appeal Pending.
Chisholm appealed his dismissal
to the Civil Service Commission.
which conducted an all-day hear
ing last Thursday and took the
case under advisement.
Chisholm, who is married and
lives In the 300 block of Jay street
Me-, was q member of the force
for more than two years. His
record in the past war
was spotless. as we'll as his police
and civilian record, according to
his attorney.
He was arrested March Is in
the Pentagon Building after a
chase along the corridors where
q number of women reported to
police they saw q man expose him
self. The Virginia case stemmed
from these complaints. The Dis
trict charges were made after
Department complain
ants swore out warrants for his
arrest.