Evening star., 1952-06-10
Barrett BaIks at Quiz
On 0nFinances;W Won't Be
Witness Against Self
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with respect to your finances, bank
accounts or income. or anything
bearing upon your finances. your
income or otherwise?
Mr.. Ford-That Is correct.
Senator Welker-And any ques-
tions we may PROFOUND at this
time or in the future will not be
answered on the grounds of self
Iincrimination?
Mr.. Ford-I find no justifica-
ton in the Constitution of the
United States for the use of the
term Standardization. The Con-
stitution states that a man may
refuse to testify against himself.
No Point in Continuing.
At this point, Committee Coun-
Isel Arnold Bauman told the COM
mittee that, if Mr.. Barret were
going to refuse to answer queS-
Itions about his finances, there
weuld be no point in further ques-
tioning.
Chairman Nicely then adjourned
the meeting.
Mr.. Bauman established that
Mr.. Barrett as chief had promoted
Mr.. Beach from captain to in
spector several months after the
latter was criticized in the Davis
House Committee hearings two
years ago.
MIR. Barrett said he approved
the promotion after Inspector
Beach had conferred with former
Commissioner John Russell Young
but hastened to add that the de-
cision was his own.
The Davis Committee criticism
hinged on statements that only
three gambling arrests were made
in No. 7 precinct over a period
of A months under the command
of Capt. Beach.
Approved Promotion.
Mr.. Barrett testified he had
known Inspector Bullock for ~
years. In answer to a question he
said he approved the promotion
of Mr.. Bullock to inspector in
1850, despite newspaper reports
of "unsavory connections" be-
tween Mr.. Bullock and gambling
elements in a precinct he once
commanded.
He said he had no direct
knowledge Of any such unsavory
connections.
Mr.. Bauman pointed out that
Mr.. Barrett transferred the then
captain Bullock from No. 8 pre-
cinct to No. 13 on the day he
became superintendent. Reply
ing to a question he conceded
that there is more crime in No.
13 than in any precinct in the
city"
The witness declared he did
not know that Inspector Bullock
was acquainted with Charles E.
Nelson. convicted numbers over
lord, and never heard that In
spector Bullock was in q position
to make unusually large cash de-
posits. The inspector was indicted
last year. for conspiring with the
Nelson ring, but was acquitted by
a directed verdict.
Much Going On.
Doesn't 1t strike you that an
awful lot was going on among
top officials Of the police depart
ment without your knowledge, {"
asked Mr.. Bauman.
Mr.. Barrett agreed that that
was true.
Mr.. Barrett admitted that in
1949 he received a complaint i'm
plicating 1t. Carper with q notori-
GUS dope peddler but took no
disciplinary action in the matter.
Carper's Affiuence Cited.
In connection with the Carper
case, Senator Welker asked:
Didn't you ever look into 1t.
Carper's owning q Cadillac and
belonging to a country club. TAX
ing a trip to California. and his
heavy expenditures which you
and no one else in the police
could afford?"
Mr.. Barrett replied that some
thing happened" about that
time. He said 1t. Carper leaked"
a story to the newspapers that
hurt the case, after being told
to consult superiors before giving
out the information. Then the
lieutenant took 80 days leave, the
former superintendent said.
Senator Welker sharply criti-
cized Mr.. Barrett for taking no
steps to discipline 1t. Carper for
this. which Mr.. Barrett agreed
was a violation Of his concept of
good law enforcement.
The Senators brought out that
Mr.. Barrett had supervision Of
the Narcotics Squad for the last
10 years of his administration
and they sought to fix upon him
the responsibility for the squad
and activities of the personnel.