Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
Beach
Face Quiz by
Trial Boards
Murray Acts After
Grand Jury Reports
No Indictment

ton today on charges to be pre-
ferred by their boss, Chief Rob-
ert V. Murray.
Although q grand jury in Dis
trict Court reported yesterday
that it found no evidence of
perjury on the part of InSpec-
tors Albert I, Bullock and Bev-
erly c. Beach, the officers were
notified they must do some fur
ther explaining.
Chief Murray said that. tn all
fairness to the public and the
rest of his department, the two
high-ranking policemen will have
to tell more about their personal
finances. He said they will be
called before the trial boards.
Couldn't Explain $4,000.
At the Senate District Crime
Subcommittee hearings in 1852.
Inspectors Bullock and Beach
could not explain how they
managed to pocket $4,000 more
than they received in reported
income.
The names of both men were
linked with gamblers who en-
joyed a charmed life in Wash
ington.
Both inspectors were suspended
by Chief Murray as soon as the
Senate committee exposed their
unexplained affluence. They re-
manned under suspension today,
because Chief Murray said he
wants them to tell their stories
to the trial boards.
The grand jury that reported
yesterday had been in session
since last September. 1t con-
sidered the Beach and Bullock
cases at periodic sessions.
United States Attorney Charles
M. Irelan, a Democrat who is
retiring from office next week,
told reporters the jury had
made a thorough investigation
of the policemen's testimony be-
fore deciding there was no evil
dence to sustain perjury charges.
No Tax Angles Studied.
Mr.. Irelan pointed out, how
ever, that the jury did not study
any tax angles. This is field in
which the Federal Bureau of
Internal Revenue is reported to
be interested.
Inspector Beach was unable to
account for about $4,000 of his
income while ne was testifying
before the Senate committee.
Inspector Bullock and his wife
a former officer in the Womens
Army Corps-did not account
for about $4,000 they received.
Both Inspector Beach and In
spector Bullock have figured
prominently in the news over a
period of many years.
Inspector Bullock has been
suspended from duty twice. The
first time was in 1851. when he
was linked to the Charles E. Nell
son numbers ring, a nultimillion-
dollar racket that covered WASH
ington, Prince Georges County,
other Southern Maryland COM
munities and a part of Northern
Virginia.
Bullock was indicted as a con-
spirator in that powerful syndi-
cate, but subsequently the
charges against him were thrown
out by District Judge James r.
He had been under
suspension from the Police De-
partment between the indict-
ment and acquittal.
Slow to Answer.
Bullock was slow to comply
with an order of the District
Commissioners to answer the
Senate Crime Committees ques-
on finances. While fell
low officers were required to file
on their finances, his
QUESTIONABLE lay untouched in
the mailbox at his fashionable
residence, the Dorchester House.
Belatedly Inspector Bullock
complied with orders and re-
turned the financial statement.
When he did the investigating
Senators were not satisfied with
what he reported. The inspector
and his wife were questioned be-
hind closed doors. but the COM
mittee decided later to- make
public their testimony.
According to the record, the
high-ranking police officer could
not remember, for the most part,
where he obtained $5,151 in cash
that he deposited in banks over
tWo-year period. And Mrs.
Bullock refused to divulge where
she got almost $4,000 in the
months preceding her marriage
to the policeman.
Beach Indignant.
Inspector Beach was indignant
about the Senate inquiry into his
aff1uence.
Last May he told the crime
probers he once deposited 81 900
he had received from a brother
The probers Immediately
called the brother-in-law, who
denied the story.
Overnight, Inspector Beach
switched his story. He said his
wife had refreshed his memory.
On this occasion, he said, he OBJ
tanned the money from a police
man now dead.
The Senate investigators were
enraged. One of them, Senator
Welker, Republican. of Idaho.
caustically commented that the
Inspector had no confederation
for the revised story and the
Senator noted that the police
mans witness was "a dead man
with sealed lips"
Inspector Beach's name crept
into 1850 hearings conducted by
the Davis House committee