Evening star., 1950-03-03

having had only one meeting since
its organization year ago. Wall
rodt discussed an incident per-
tanning to 1t. Roy Blick. concern
ing qualifications of vice squad
members which ended with Blick
telling Wallrodt that it took a
higher man than he to ap-
point anybody to the vice squad.
(Wallrodt is a police inspector). !.
Fischbach then called in Rep
resentative Davis, the subcommit-
tee chairman. and introduced
Davis and Fischbach. He told me
to repeat the Warning story.
After hearing it, Representative
Davis told Fischbach to investi-
gate it. Fischbach then asked
me if I would go before the Attor-
ney General and repeat that story
l said, I will 60 anywhere and tell
that story"
Capt. Richitt then jumped to
February %: II was seated in my
Office when Ed Ryan of the Wash
ington Post asked to talk to me
in private. I told Reid to re-
main and Ryan sat close to
his desk. He leaned over. pulled
from his pocket some notes and
cautiously laid them before me.
I glanced at the notes. They were
the highlights of the conversation
concerning Warning which he had
with Fischbach. I told Ryan, no
comment
Then I was called from the
Hill. I don't recall who called
me but was told newspapers had
the Warning story. After Ryan's
visit. I went home and was seated
there when another Post reporter
came in and was sitting there
when my transfer was delivered
by Inspector William j. Cunning
ham. Five hours later Cunning
ham delivered the counter order"
Tells of Barrett Call.
At that point in his story, Rich
lit. looked at the reporters sur
rounding him and told them:
Il said I was going to shoot the
load. Now I am going to shoot it."
He told of getting a call from
Maj. Barrett that a third precinct
policeman was pumping the
book" of a gambler in the pre-
cinct. This is a gambling term
which Capt. Richitt thought
meant shakedown. From what
the policeman told him when he
asked about the majors accusa-
tion, Capt. Richitt went on, it
appeared Maj. Barrett had been
told about the policeman by En-
mitt Warning.
Capt. Richitt's wife interrupted
his story then to put her arm on
her husbands shoulder.
I'm mighty proud of you," she
said. 1T takes lot to do what
you're doing and I'm proud of it.
Capt. Richitt then told about a
precinct detective who had re-
ported an attempted bribe to him.
Describes Difficulties.
Capt. Richitt then went on to
describe his own difficulties:
Il received a message that Mai.
Barrett wanted to see me con-
corning q report written by In
spector Clarence Lutz about me.
When I went to headquarters, II
saw Inspector Truscott who in
formed me the report complained
that I was always at the Blair
House and not in the station
house at No. 3. s~ ~, i
Il later met Maj. Barrett at a |
downtown hotel when he was leav-
ing the city and l was told by
Barrett, You know the Lutz set
UP, don't worry. The hell with the
report, you're doing a good job.
Capt. Richitt said that after he
went to Key West with President
Truman's party. Inspector Lutz
again made a written complaint
concerning his inability to locate
Capt. Richitt in the station house
"On January S, or thereabouts,
Inspector Lutz came to the third
precinct to discuss a White House
detail, and, Ted Crown reporter
for Thes STAR was seated In my
office when Lutz arrived. There
was considerable wrangling con-
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