Evening star., 1950-03-09

CORPL. GEORGE E. CAUSEY.
Shown testitying before House
crime group.
intendent called the captain to
discuss the subcommittee in
terest in the gambling situation in
No. 3 precinct.
Barrett Notes Absence.
Maj. Barrett insists he was in
Richmond on January 81 and did
not call Capt. Richitt until the
following day. He broke his si-
lence at last nights press confer
ence long enough to reaff1rm this
assertion.
Mr.. Maher read from Pvt. Reid's
testimony at the hearing Satur-
day to the effect that he received
Maj. Barrett's call for the cap
tain at No. 3 about o:45 am. on
January 81.
Pvt. Reid testified he asked
others "out front" if they knew
where the captain could be
reached and was told he had just
pulled a box" at Eighteenth and
l. streets NV. He then called
a delicatessen near the corner
and asked that a message be de-
livered to the captain. his testi-
mony showed.
An employe, he testified, took
the message to restaurant
next door. 1t was to the effect
that Maj. Barrett wanted the cap
tain to call him. Capt. Richitt
said he called the major soon
afterward. ....r. 49,.
Asked by committee counsel how
he fixed the time, Pvt. Reid testi-
fed: 'I verified the facts from the
signal book of that date the
book shows that Corpl. Causey
pulled the box at $40"
Mr.. Maher said the record, be-
fore it was altered. showed that
Corpl. Causey did call from Box
IL at that time, but it also shows
that Capt. Richitt called from
Box 80 at the same time.
Mr.. Maher stated there is moth
ing in the record book to show
that Capt. Richitt was with Corpl
Causey at the time.
Handwriting Identified.
Mr.. Maher told reporters that
Pvt. Salt told him yesterday, in
the presence of other investigators,
that he had made the entries in
the book on the day in question.
He denied making any erasures,
it was said, and stated he had been
on the switchboard and had never
received any personal call made
by Maj. Barrett.
1t was the opinion Of the ex-
pert, Mr.. Maher said. that some
of the erased notations were in
Pvt. Salts handwriting.
Pvt. Salt said he never used
ink eradicator on official records,
since this was against the regula-
tions.
Mr.. Maher said two ink eradi-
Gator sets were found at the pre-
cinct, one in Pvt. Reid's desk and
the other on top of a desk.
The investigator quoted Pvt.
Salt as saying that many men
have access to the book, since it
is kept on a shelf behind the rail-
ing in the front Office.
Pvt. Salt, Mr.. Maher said,
stated that, on March 4, he was
put on plainclothes duty and that
he received a card in his mail
box, asking him to see Pvt. Reid
He said that last Monday morn
ing he waited for Pvt. Reid to
ask what he wanted, Mr.. Mal1er
continued.
HE said, It's all over now
Pvt. Salt was quoted as saying
1T was something about the in
vestigation of the patrol book, and
something he wanted me to col
laborate with"
Torn Up Card.
The policeman, Mr.. Maher said,
kept the card until he saw Pvt
Reid, and then tore it up. Cues
toned further, Pvt. Salt was said
to have answered:
HE said something about
wanting me to collaborate with
him, about the day in question,
or words to that effect. I got the
impression it was about the date y
"You got the card when?" Mr.,
Maher said Pvt. Salt was asked
"On Sunday. The card was writ
ten on the 4th and I received ii
on the 5th."
Mr.. Maher said Pvt. Reid
stated, in his presence and that
of committee investigators, that
Pvt. Salt had admitted to him
that he made the erasures.
pvt Reid Mr. Maher continued