Evening star., 1952-03-19
Nicely Denounces Young, Barrett
And Fay Says They Did Nothing
To Stamp Out Police Corruption
Ex-Wife Supports
Jim Yellow Story
Of Curper Bribes
By John Y. Horner and
jock Jonas

0cIldLUT NCC1y IOOdy OCAVCICN'
o singing denunciation of Com
missioner John Russell Young,
former Police Chief Robert j.
Barrett and former United States
Attorney George Morris Fay,
charging they had done nothing
about hagrant police corruption.
The chairman of the Senate
District Crime Investigating Com
mittee challenged all three to
come forward and explain to the
people of Washington "how, even
on remote basis, in view of the
sordid testimony we have heard
here, this could have. existed un-
der their noses without their
finding out about it and doing
something about it,"
The Senator said the Crime
Committee would be happy to give
Commissioner Young, Mr. Barrett
and Mr.. Fay ample opportunity to
be heard on the subject upon
request to APPEAR"
Testimony Corroborated.
The caustic remarks conclued q
session of the hearing on District
crime in which three witness cor
roborated testimony by a con-
victed dope racketeer, James M.
(Jim Yellow Roberts, who told a
detailed story of protection payoffs
to two Metropolitan policemen.
Senator Neely's rebuke to the
three officials followed a dramatic
incident in which Police Inspector
Clarence II. Lutz was called as q
witness.
According to earlier testimony,
Roberts and other dope peddlers
in Washington operated freely by
passing bribeS to the police in
the period from November, 1947.
until October, 1949.
Senator Nicely called Inspector
Lutz to the stand and quietly
asked:
who was superintendent of
the Metropolitan Police during
that period?"
Young, Barrett Named.
Maj. Robert j. Barrett, SIR
replied the inspector.
Through which of the District
Commissioners during that period
were matters of the police depart
ment handled?" the Senator in
quired.
Commissioner John Russell
Young" said the officer.
t'And who in that period was
the district attorney?" Senator
Nicely asked.
eff I'm not mistaken, sir, it
was Mr.. Fay, sir" Inspector Lutz
answered.
Senator Hunt, Democrat, of
Wyoming, drew from Inspector
Lutz statement that "to all in
tents and purposes" 1t. H. H.
Carper. suspended head of the
narcotics squad, who has been
named as one of two policemen
accepting bribes from dope ped
dlers, was the commanding Of
ficer for all police narcotics work
and the departments liaison man
with Federal drug agents.
''RascaIs" Denounced.
Before excusing Inspector Lutz,
Chairman Nicely observed acidly
that "there have been few ras-
Gals and few bribe- takers in the
Police Department who not only
have been conniving with crime
but were in collusion with it..
Then he assured Inspector Lutz
that the crime committee con-
siders his reputation to be beyond
reproach.
But, the Senator added, the
committee is determined to do
what it can to clean up the situa-
ton so the honest and efficient
policemen can benefit as well as
the citizens generally.
Then the chairman launched
into the denunciation of Commits
sioner Young, Mr.. Barrett and Mr..
Fay. He concluded his remarks
\ with a resounding bang of the
gavel to close the days session.
The three witnesses this morning
who corroborated various parts o1
Jim Yellow's sensational testi-
mony yesterday were Mrs. Evalins
Robertson (Tinky) Roberts. for
mer wife of the dope peddler; Her
bert j. (Jack) Scott, ex-house de-
tective at the Dunbar Hotel, ano
Herbert Buckle Jaw Johnson, ar
admitted peddler of drugs.
Through Johnson, Committee
Counsel Arnold Bauman obtained
a number of statements to the
effect that 1t. Carper took bribes