Evening star., 1950-03-04

sit a short distance from Maj
Barrett at the witness table.
Maj. Barrett began by testify
ing that, on February /, Special
Counsel Hyman I. Fischbach called
his attention to the fact that no
gambling arrests were reported by
the Third or Seventh Precints for
the 1949 fiscal year.
At $3.50 o'clock that afternoon,
he went on, he got in touch with
both Capt. Richitt and Capt.
Beach and told them to send him
memoranda by the next morning,
explaining why there were no
gambling arrests reported in their
precincts.
Calls Captains In.
The next afternoon, he said,
he called both captains to his
Office. He SAID he told them that
the subcommittee was concerned
about the lack of gambling arrests
in their precinct.
"Richitt said, I don't care-I
can answer" Maj. Barrett went
on. Beach said his record stood
up better than others and that
there was very little gambling in
No. T."
Mr.. Fischbach noted that the
report sent in by Capt. Beach was
dated January 81, although Maj.
Barrett had said he did not even
know the subcommittee was con-
cerned about the lack of gambling
arrests until February /.
What is your best interpreta-
ton of that fact" asked Mr..
Fischbach. "Is it discrepancy?"
Eyes, sir" replied the major. "I
had no conversation with Beach
or Richitt on January 81"
Richitt Tells of Call.
Capt. Richitt then was called to
give his version of the story.
The captain said call reached
him in a restaurant about 3 am.
on January 81 that Maj. Barrett
wanted to talk to him immedi-
ately. He said he called the chief
from a patrol box.
HE told me Danny Maher had
been talking to Fischbach and
that Fischbach was concerned
about the lack of gambling cases
in the Third and Seventh Pre-
cincts," Capt. Richitt said. He
asked me if I had anything to re-
port on gambling cases because of
Warnings operating in those pre-
cincts. I said we have made cases
and I'm not worrying about the
committee saying we haven't"
He testified that he got 1t.
Henry H. Hef1in working on the
report for Maj. Barrett that day
but that it took a long time to
prepare because of the necessity
of going through the arrest books.
Before he had chance to submit
the report, he said. 1t. Heflin told
him about meeting Maj. Barrett
at a fire and relayed the majors
order to send in the report by the
next morning.
In Richmond, Barrett Says.
Throughout the hearing, the
subcommittee repeatedly went
back to the question of dates. At
one point, Maj. Barrett told the
subcommittee with some heat:
"On January 81. I left Wash
ington at o'clock in the morn
ing and made a speech at the
Rotary Club in Richmond. I
didn't get home till midnight"
Continuing to deny a January
81 call to Capt. Richitt, the chief
went on:
"If there's a mistake made in
one thing, there could be mistakes
on many other things
Capt. Richitt set the stage for
Warnings appearance by repeat
ing virtually word for word the
story of Warnings visit as he had
told it at his press conference.
He described getting a call from
Warning, refusing to meet War
ring at a restaurant owned by
George ''Pete" Daley and telling
Warning that, if Warning wanted
to see him, he would have to come
to the precinct.
He then went on to describe
Warnings visit, from the time 1t
James L. Rockford announced the