Evening star., 1950-09-09
Williams Seeks
To Refute Note
.Faking Charge
Defense Experts Hope
To Show Daughter
Did Not Pen Letter

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The Government yesterday
charged that the 18-year-old
daughter of a church trustee con-
victed of indecent exposure was
the writer of two anonymous let
ters "confessing" to the crime.
but defense attorneys Immediately
promised to produce witnesses to
refute the accusation.
Handwriting expert Ira N. Gull
lickson said he believes the writ
ing on the anonymous notes is
the same as that of Miss Evan
geline Williams, daughter of Rob-
ert Snead Williams, jr., trustee
of the All Souls Unitarian Church.
The charge came during hear
ing on a motion for a new trial
for Williams. Municipal Court
Judge Aubrey B. Fennell immedi-
ately ordered Mr.. Gullickson to
prepare charts showing why he
thinks the daughter was the au-
thor. The hearing was continued
to Monday.
To Produce Other Experts.
Defense attorneys said they will
produce at least two handwriting
experts who will testify the blonde
girl could not possibly" have
written the letters.
Sentencing of Williams on the
charge that he exposed himself
last April to two teen-age girls
near American University has
been held up for months, while
his attorneys have been fighting
for new trial.
The case was further cornpli-
Gated when Assistant Corpora
tions Counsel Clark F. King, who
prosecuted the case, received the
anonymous notes for a person
purporting to be a man who ac-
tually committed the act. The let
ters gave detailed descriptions Of
the incident.
will Blast Assertion
Immediately after yesterdays
hearing, which was cut short by
Judge Fennell's demand for the
charts, Defense Attorney James
c. Rogers told reporters:
1--WE are prepared with qualified
experts to blast completely this as
sertion of the Governments. II
any publicity is given to the Gov
ernment's charge, we want equal
publicity for our contention that
this girl could not possibly have
written the letters.
1--WE would also like to point
out that police, after they were
told Miss Williams was believed
to have been the letter writer,
made no further check on hand
writing samples in their files"
Mr.. Rogers pointed out that Pvt.
A. B. Masters Of the Police
Identification Bureau testified that
f1ngerprints found on the anony-
nous notes were not those of Miss
Williams or her father. None Of the
prints has been identified, except
one of Assistant Corporation
Counsel Joseph A. Lowther, who
handled one of the letters.
Miss Williams at Hearing.
Williams said he will deny with
my dying breath" that his daugh-
ter was responsible for the let
| tiers.
| "She just isn't that kind of a
kid" he said.
Miss Williams, who attended the
hearing, sat expressionless while
Mr.. Gullickson gave his opinion.
A June graduate of Wilson High
School. she is to leave next week
to enter the Connecticut College
for Women.
Mr.. Gullickson made his analysis
from a handwriting sample sub
mltted to him by defense attor-
neys. Samples from the daughter
and defense witnesses, including
the Rev. DR.. A. Powell Davies,
pastor of the All Souls Church,
were demanded during a bitter
hearing last month by Mr.. King.
The move led to a demand by
DR.. Davies that Mr.. King apologize
for the insulting and offensive"
request. No apology was made.
Checked School Gard.
The handwriting expert said he
checked his findings by examining
a registration card made out by
Miss Williams at the Wilson
school. This card also will be
brought to court Monday.
Defense attorneys, who said
they learned through a leak" of
the accusation the Government
planned to make, had their experts
in court and ready to testify.
These experts had with them sew
eral charts, such as those Judge
Fennen requested from Mr.. Gull
lickson. They sought to have the
defense witnesses testify at the
hearing, but Judge Fennell said
he preferred to hear the complete
testimony of Mr.. Gullickson first.
The defense has been particu-
larly critical of the Governments
investigation of the anonymous
letters. At hearing last month,
Mr.. Rogers and his associate, Paul
Connolly, demanded that police
be instructed to check the prints
on the letters with all prints in
police files. Judge Fennell ordered
this be done.
Print Tests Halted.
However, Pvt. Masters testified
yesterday the check of finger