Evening star., 1950-06-01

PVC. RelQ stated LnaC on the prcVl-
Gus night that he had checked
the patrol signal system book and
had ascertained that on the morn
ing of January 81, Capt. Richitt
and Corpl. George E. Causey had
called from Box IL at Eighteenth
and L streets NV, and that he
had caused a telephone call to be
made to Jack Leonard's delicates-
sen, 1903 l. street NV, and that
Mr.. Leonard had been asked to
call Capt. Richitt from Murphy's
Restaurant, at 1901 l. street NV.
and that he had given the message
to call Maj. Barrett. Pvt. Reid
also stated that he communicated
with both scout cars on duty that
day to attempt to find Capt.
Richitt. Pvt. Thomas B. Basnight
of No. precinct has no recol-
lection of such an instruction. Pvt.
Joseph F. Cappanelli denies that
he ever received such an instruc-
ton. Pvt. Joseph I. O'Connell
recalls no such instruction. Pvt.
Wallace K. Valentine denies that
any such instructions was given to
him. All of the foregoing were as
signed to the two scout cars in No.
3 Precinct on January 81, from 8
a m. to 4 pm. The records of the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone
Co. disclose that a telephone was
installed at Murphy'S Restaurant
on January "a, 1850. Mr.. Jack
Leonard, who runs Leonard'S
delicatessen, recalls receiving such
a message for Capt. Richitt and
states that he has been taking
messages over the telephone for
the Murphy establishment and
states that he knew they had a
telephone installed but he can't
recall the date; that if there had
been q phone installed on the date
the telephone message was re-
ceived that he would probably
have told the caller to communi-
cate directly with Murphy's.
States Meeting Held.
Corpl. Causey states that he did
have a meeting in Murphy's Res
taurant with Pvt. Norman Rich
ardson of the Second Precinct and
Capt. Richitt and that in the
course Of this meeting, which oc-
Cured early in the morning be-
tween $50 and 900 am, a call
did come for Capt. Richitt; that
in the course of the conversation
Pvt. Richardson stated that Mai.
Barrett wanted to see him and
that to the best of his knowledge
Richardson had not yet seen Maj.
Barrett. Corpl. Causey states that
on December 81, 1949, that Maj.
Barrett had told Sergt. Gernhofer
he wished to see Pvt. Richardson
about his transfer from the Third
Precinct and that it was shortly
after that the meeting in Muir
phys occurred.
Pvt. Reid's testimony before the
subcommittee was broadcast. 1t.
Henry Heflin heard Pvt. Reid refer
to the Patrol Signal System book.
He went to the Third Precinct at
once. This was on March 4, 1850.
He looked at the Patrol Signal
book and noticed an apparent
erasure opposite Capt. Richitt's
name. This was brought to the
attention of Maj. Barrett on
March Z, 1850. The book was sub
mitted to a handwriting and ink
expert, Charles A. Appel, formerly
chief examiner for the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation. His
examination disclosed that oppo-
site Capt. Richitt's name there was
a notation "32/840" which would
indicate that Capt. Richitt was at
Twentieth and P streets at $40
am. on the morning of January
81. He also identified the hand
writing as that of Pvt. James Salt
who was on the Patrol Signal Sys-
tenn from 8 am. to pm. on jan
uary 81. 1t is established by the
testimony of some 20 witnesses