Evening star., 1952-11-14
PVT. Green Testifies
Another Policeman
Stole From Market

in the trial Of two suspended 18th
precinct policemen on charges of
receiving 80 cartons Of stolen
cigarettes each.
The two defendants are Pvts.
Richard c. McCargar and Louis
L. Lawson. being tried by ajury
of seven men and five women in
the U. S. District Court for
the District of Columbia. The
trial was recessed yesterday AFTER
noon until Monday merning by
Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews.
A highlight Of the trial.. which
has taken several unusual twists,
has been the testimony of the
Governments star witness, Police
Pvt. Doctor M. Green, Is, also Of
No. IL precinct, who testified he
delivered the cigarettes to his two
fellow officers after stealing them
himself. .y5 .~s, p,
Pleaded Guilty.
Green, who also is under sus-
pension. pleaded guilty in Sep
tember to stealing the cigarettes,
ST ITO in cash and two hams from
the Food Fair market in the 1900
block of Michigan avenue NE,
last May II. Green awaits SEN
tence for that theft and for two
other housebreakings and lar
lcenies to which he also pleaded
guilty in September.
Green testified he found the
market open at the time of the
theft last May. For the first time,
he told of seeing another police
man taking cigarettes from the
market and placing them in a
scout car occupied by a third
officer. Green's Identification of
the other two he named as being
at the market was not entirely
clear in his testimony.
That portion of his testimony
came as a surprise to Assistant
United States Attorney William S.
Mckinley.
Implicated No Others.
Police Capt. Aubrey M. Tolson,
who investigated the case of
Green, McCargar and Lawson,
testified that Green had not i'm
Iplicated other officers in connec-
ton with the May theft job.
Defense counsel sought to learn
from Capt. Tolson whether Green
had implicated any other police
men in connection with other
thefts. But Judge Matthews sus-
tanned a prosecution objection to
this line of questioning on grounds
it had no bearing on the case on
trial.
Green testified, though, that, in
1851. he observed two policemen
from No. 8 Precinct with a patrol
wagon, in which loot from the
market was being loaded. He did
not name the two officers.
He told about the policemen
from No. 9 in explaining how he
had learned the combination Of
the stores safe. After the 1851
theft had been reported, Green
testified, he learned the combina-
Ition of the safe by watching the
manager open 1t while in the
course Of police work. Green tes-
titled he later used the knowledge
to open the safe and take out a
stack of money.
Woman Also on Trial.
Also on trial is Mrs Geraldine
u. Newman, 33. who is charged
Jointly in the indictment with
Green of the Food Fair store
looting. Mr.. Mckinley, in his
Iopening statement. said he would
lprove she was an accessory in the
Ihousebreaking and theft.
Mr.. Mckinley sought to intro
Iduce evidence to show that Mrs.
Newman drove Green's car near
jthe scene to be loaded with loot.
On. the stand, however, Green
testified he already had the car
near the scene and indicated Mrs.
Newman had nothing to do with
the job. Mrs. Newman, a friend
of the officer, lived at the home of
Pvt. Green's parents.
Mrs. Newman is represented by
Defense Attorney H. Clifford ALL
der. Attorney j. A. Moran is
counsel for Lawson. and Attorney
Merritt r. Kotin represents Nc
'Cargar.