Evening star., 1951-01-20
Witnesses Disagree
AT Trial Of Chew on
Drunk Driving Charge

Trial of F. Freeland Chew, Ar
lington County Board member, on
a charge of driving while drunk,
was continued until Tuesday after
a day-long hearing in Fairfax
Trial Justice Court yesterday.
Virginia State Trooper j. S.
Atkins testified that the former
board chairman had difficulty
walking in a straight line when
he was arrested September 80.
Trooper Atkins said he stopped
Chew's car because another motor
ist had complained of his driving.
On arrival at Fairfax police
headquarters. Trooper Atkins said
Mr.. Chew told him he was a
county commissioner in Airing
ton and wanted to get in touch
with Arlington Police Chief Harry
woodward.
Joseph Bennett, justice of the
peace who issued the warrant,
said Mr.. Chew seemed very
drunk" and that he had difficulty
making telephone calls.
"He kept insisting he wasn't
drunk" said Mr.. Bennett.
When asked by Defense At
torney T. Brooks Howard if he
had stopped Mr.. Chew from r.sk-
ing telephone calls mfr. Bennett
replied that he knew the defend
ant had made five calls and
thought that was enough to per-
NIT any prisoner to make
Sergt. Pierce Lysinger and Pvt.
Roland Heath gave the following
account of Mr.. CheW's actions at
police headquarters:
They tried to call Chief Wood
yard for him, but were unsuccess-
full. Then police assisted him in
calling an Arlington physician be-
cause Mr.. Chew said he wanted
an examination to prove his So
briefly. After the call to the
physician, DR.. Stacy Noland. the
operator called back for GA cents,
and Mr.. Chew at first insisted he
had not been talking on the tele-
phone.
Blood Showed No Alcohol.
The first defense witness was
DR.. William Dolan, Arlington Hos
pital pathologist. who testified
that blood specimen taken
from Mr.. Chew about five hours
after his arrest showed no trace
of alcohol. He said it was highly
improbable that Mr.. Chew could
have had enough alcohol in his
system at the time of his arrest
to be drunk, if no trace of alco-
hol showed up five hours later.
The court was told that the
blood test was made when Mr.
Chew went to Arlington Hospital
after being released on bond.
DR.. Noland said Mr.. Chew called
him, but that he was unable to
go to Fairfax. He testified that
he told Mr.. Chew to call a DR..
Waring in Fairfax Defense At
torney Howard told the court his
client was preparing to call DR..
Waring for the blood test when he
was prevented from making fur
ther calls.
Mr.. Chew's wife and Kenneth
Joseph FarroW, a University of
Virginia student. who was in the
Chew car at the time of the ar
rest, said Mr.. Chew drank two
"shots" of whisky between Cul-
peper and Fairfax where the ar
rest took place.
Mrs. Chew said her husband
| had a bottle of beer with his
dinner in Culpeper. She said they
opened the bottle of whisky to
offer some to Mr.. Farrow and
another university student, be-
cause they heard on the radio
that the University of Virginia
was losing it's football game with
the University of Pennsylvania.
Visitors Thought Him Sober.
Miles Spencer Bray, substitute
justice of Arlington County Court
and John C. Shepherd, deputy
sheriff, insisted Mr. Chew seemed
sober when they visited him at the
Jail three hours after his arrest
Mr. Bray said he could smell nc
alcohol on Mr.. Chew's breath.
Mr.. Chew testified the two
drinks of whisky and the bottle
of beer were the only drinks he
had had throughout the day. He
thought the complaint of his
driving probably came from g
ynotorist who wanted TO pass him