Evening star., 1951-04-07
County tyIsForced
10 Yield Data
For Custer Trial
Crime Probe Gets
Copy of Report in
Arlington Inquiry

The Arlington County Board to-
day was forced by court order to
give a State prosecutor the secret
report on an investigation of
county police.
At the same time one of the
investigators disclosed that a copy
OF the report had been turned over
to the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee.
The court order required Mrs.
Florence Cannon, chairman of the
board, to make the 900-page docu-
ment available to Oren r. Lewis.
who will prosecute custer charges
against two of her follow members
of the board.
Mrs. Cannon had resisted the
step, but Judge John L. Ingram Of
Richmond, who will hear the
custer charges against Daniel A.
lDugan and F. Freeland Chew late
this month, said Mr.. Lewis was
entitled to the bulky report in the
preparation Of his case. Mrs.
Cannon wanted the prosecutor to
have only sections of the docu-
Iment.
Lieb Charges Threats.
Joseph Lieb, one of three mem
|bers of the Police Investigating
Committee, said he had turned
his copy of the report over to the
Kefauver committee and said that
if the County Board did not make
the document public he would
take steps to force it's publica-
ton.
Mr.. Lieb, a free-lance writer
and professional investigator, also
said he had received several
threats since the inquiry was COM
pleted and added that he found
it necessary to move his family
out of Arlington County.
A county grand jury which last
month cited Mr.. Dugan and Mr..
Chew on charges of malfeasance
and misfeasance in Office, stated
in it's presentment that Mr.. Lieb |
was associated with Sam Lano, q
|pinball machine distributor whose
name has figured in police cases
in Arlington and Prince Georges
Counties.
The grand jury accused Mr.. Du- /
gan of having Mr.. Lieb appointed
to the police investigating commit ,
tee although he was aware of the
association. Lano was indicted for
perjury at the same time.
Situation Explained.
Today's developments are com.
plicated by local politics. Mrs,
Cannon and Mr.. Dugan are two
of three independents on the
County Board. Mr.. Chew is a.
Democrat.
Mrs. Cannon has been at odds
| frequently with the leaders Of
the Democratic Party. Mr.. Lewis,
Ia Republican, was named to
handle the case in place of Com
monwealth's Attorney Denman T.
Rucker, who was excused.
According to Mr.. Lewis, the
board chairman wanted him to
have only certain sections of the
police investigation report copied i;
for his use. He said he would ac-
cept no conditions and asked
Judge Ingram to issue a subpoena
so he could obtain the entire
record. The judge directed Mrs.
Cannon to comply.
Effort to Withhold Data Denied.
In the furor today at the county !
courthouse, another independent !
board member, Robert w. Cox,
said the board was not trying to !
withhold any information relat-
ing to the Dugan-Chew cases, but
that the board wanted to keep
of the record the statements
given to investigators in conf
dence.
The Investigating Committee, in
addition to Mr.. Lieb, consisted Of
E. j. Steger and Vic Gauzza, jr.
Mr.. Dugan has denied that Mr..
Lieb had associations with Lano.
Both Mr.. Dugan and Mr.. Chew
have denied the malfeasance and
misfeasance charges. Besides
being accused of accepting gifts
from persons who hoped to gain
favorable consideration in board
matters, Mr.. Dugan was accused
by the grand jury of aiding, abet-
ting and counseling at proposed
violations of the laws against
gambling.