Evening star., 1952-05-30
D. {. Police Facinq
Tax Inquiry Into
Mystery Funds
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could not corroborate his lates
statement because his witness wa
dead. The committee chided th'
inspector for the change with OBJ.
servations that his testimony OF
this point Wednesday was tn,
thing about which he was mos
positive.
Mr.. Beach said he and his wife
had lived frugally. saving and in.
vesting their money. He said HI
made numerous loans to friends
and frequently charged no inter.
est. This activity accounted fol-
many of the cash financial trans
actions about which the probers
were concerned. he said.
Hardship Testimony Recalled.
But Senator Welker said this
admission of finances contrasted
sharply with his story of hardship
at closed hearings in January. AT
that time. the Senator recalled,
the witness testified:
MY wife does not own a fur
coat. We have had three vaca-
tions in the last five years. None
of those cost more than $500.
I'VE have used the tinsel on our
Christmas tree for the last five
years. We will purchase a 5-pound
roast of beef, consume it as a
roast for three consecutive days
and reduce 1t to stew on the fourth
day. Sixty per cent of the furni-
ture in our apartment now was
the property of my wife at the
time of our marriage"
Under questioning by Commit
tee Counsel Arnold Bauman
Inspector Beach said he could not
recall the source of numerous cash
deposits he made in the period
from January l. 1949, until Sep
tember 30. 1851.
Not Clear on Events.
1T must have been a repayment
on a loan or q return on an in
vestment." the witness would say,
over and over. But he couldn't
be sure where he obtained the
money. except in the case of the
Selby- -Wyckoff transaction.
The second-day story on this
money was developed in the ques-
tioning as follows:
Mr.. Bauman: Inspector Beach,
do you want to make some further
statement with respect to the de-
post of 81 900 cash on March
81. 1850?
Mr.. Beach: My bank book on
the Hamilton National Bank shows
a deposit on March 81, 1850, of
$1,000, which yesterday I very
honestly explained to the COM
mittee, I was not in position to
state definitely but my recollec-
ton was thus and so. The record
further shows that on May 10,
1949. I withdrew $4,000 from the
Hamilton National Bank.
Confers With Wife.
have conferred with my wife
and we have tried desperately to
figure just who gave us this $1,000
back. Her best recollection and
my best recollection at this time
Is that this $4,000 was loaned to
Ernest Franklyn Wyckoff. at that
time member of the Metropoli-
tan Police Department and as
signed to the seventh precinct.
Mr.. Wyckof bought new Olds-
mobile with that money. He had
a Chevrolet and he sold that
Chevrolet and returned to me ap-
proximately $1,000 on the sale
price Of the automobile.
That, Indebtedness remained
dormant until the date of this
deposit, which was recollection
that I did not have at the time of
the (police Financially question
naire, since it was over two years
old. Unfortunately. in the mean
time, Mr.. Wyckoff is deceased but
his wife is still living.
@. Do you remember how the
$1,000 was paid to you by Wyckoff.
A. It was paid in cash, to the
best OF my recollection.
Questioned on Place.
@. Where did the transaction
occur?
A. It would have happened in
Georgetown some place, either at
the bank or the precinct station.
@. On what day?
A. It would be in or around the
month of May. I couldn't give
you date to save my honest life
Senator Welker: Yesterday
afternoon. inspector. I spent nc
less than half an hour asking you
aboNt people that you had made
loans to and people who had
handed back money to you as q
result Of loans. Not once did you
ever even intimate that a man BY
the name of Wyckoff owed you II
cents or $4,000 or $1,000.
A. He doesn't owe me cent
today, sir.
Sold Insulation to Carpenter.
@. You told me you sold insula'
ton back to carpenter =. That
you sold pieces of pipe back ane
got some money but never did yot
mention the 81 900 to Mr.. Wyckoff
A. ] sincerely regret it and
didn't even think Of it until
conferred with my wife and sh,
thought Of it.
@. In all of this testimony, Mr.
Inspector. yesterday not once die
you mention loan to Wyckoff.
A. That is entirely correct,
@. And you never thought o1
Wyckoff until after the Selby tes-
timony?
A. That is correct.
@. And you stated to Counse
Bauman when he finished his in
terrogation of you with respect t,
A. mn avo~ rIa[ t1NNYroL,