Evening star., 1952-06-29

deposits In cash over and above
his pay checks, ranging from
$100 to $500 at monthly inter-
walls. Carper first sought to ex-
plain these deposits on the basis
that he had borrowed the money
from banks. When asked to
name the lenders and confront
ed with records which estab-
liShed these deposits. and that
he had sought no loans
whatsoever during the year
1949, he parried. Il do not re-
call them at all I do not
recall it. no sir I have no
idea where it came from, SIR"
Maj. Barrett
When the subcommittee un-
dertook its investigation. Bar
rett was still in of1ice as Major
and Superintendent of the
Metropolitan Police Depart
ment. He organized and led the
resistance against the sub-com-
mittee'S QUESTIONABLE, as has
been noted, and when he lost
this fight, he suddenly took sick.
The Board Of Police, Surgeons
recommended his retirement,
and on November 80. 1851. he
was honorably retired from the
force-on a tax-free pension of
over $500 per year. He had
held the Office approximately
AZ years. from July l. 1947.
It was pointed out to Barrett
that gambling arrests in the
18th precinct, which en-
braces a hotbed Of numbers
activity, dropped OFF so percent
in the first year of his admin
istration (under the captaincy
Of his appointee, Capt. Albert
I. Bullock. and half again in
the second year, from 100 fell
onies and 162 misdemeanors in
1946-47 to 80 felonies and 80
misdemeanors in 1948-49. Bull
lock was replaced by Capt.
Robert Chenault in 1949-51, and
the record fell to an unbeliev-
able 2 felony and II misde j..
meanor gambling arrests for the
entire 2-year period. Barrett
said: "My best answer to that
Is that things didn't exist that
existed before" Similarly as
tonishing records were made
with respect to gambling arrests
by other Barrett selections:
Capt. Anthony Richitt in the
Third precinct; Capt. Beverly
c. Beach in the seventh; Cap
tain Strange in the second and
18th; and Captain Murphy
in the 18th and ninth pre-
cincts. His own headquarters
vice. squad made no gambling
arrests whatever for months at
a time. and maintained a shock
ingly low level Of activity in this
respect throughout his admin
istration.
A Challenging Task.
The task Of verifying infor-
nation submitted in Barrett's
financial QUESTIONABLE was
most challenging to the sub
committees staff because it de-
veloped that his personal affairs
had been very largely conducted
on a cash basis, without records
or receipts, for a number Of years
past. There was abundant evil
dence that he lived in unexplain-
able affluence during the years
that he was running the police
force. He owned a succession of
new cars, paid for outright. He
Joined two yacht clubs and
owned a series Of expensive
boats. He bought and remodeled
a summer residence, paid for
in cash. When his daughter was
married, he staged an elaborate
wedding at a cost of around
$5,000-also disbursed in cash.
He Travelled extensively about
the country. He later bought q
a farm for $28. 900.
Typical Of Barrett's evasive
answers before the subcommit-
tee were the following relating
to the repair Of his summer cot
tage, the records of which were
destroyed on his insistence:
The chairman: Did you
have the checks destroyed
Mr.. Barrett: They wasn't
checks, Mr.. Senator.
The chairman: I mean the
bills. Did you have them de-
stroyed?
Mr.. Barrett; They were de-
stroyed In my fireplace.
The chairman: viii you please
repeat that?
Mr.. Barrett: They were de-
stroyed in my fireplace.
The chairman: Did you have
them destroyed?
Mr.. Barrett: Mr.. Mayo de-
stroyed' them.
The chairman: Were they de-
stroyed at your request or upon
your order?
Mr.. Barrett. They were de-
stroyed after an argument.
The chairman: I say, were
they destroyed upon your re-
quest or by your order, major.
Answer that Yes" or NO."
won't you?
Mr.. Barrett: I will say Eyes. :"
Mr.. Bauman: Why couldn't
you have said that long ago?
Mr.. Barrett: I wanted to make
an explanation.
In spite Of his penchant for
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