Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-12
Beach Case Based on This Testimony

In support Of a trial board
charge that Inspector Beverly
C. Beach made false state
ments to his Superiors, the
charge cites these questions
and ANSWERS. recorded iOhen
the inspector tDds questioned
by Police Chief Robert v. Muir
ray last December IL:
A. (By Inspector Beach) Dur
ing the month of February. 1851
1 received a repayment of a. loan
from Roy Lamar of $500: James
Beach. my brother. Of 500:
Herbert Faulconer. $50. and $3.50
came from my wife. which was
a gift to her.
@ (By Chief Murray: In
spector, from whom was the gift
of $3.50?
A. From a very close friend Of
hers
@. Can you state from whom?
A could. but she told me
conf1dentially who it was from.
@ We are trying to account
or trying to get you to account
for this $515.12. and you state
$3.50 was a gift to your wife. I
now order you to state who that
was from.
A. don't recall.
@. Inspector, did you ever re-
ceive some $3.50 in cash as a gift
from a member Of the Whitney
family?
A. No, sir: ! did not.
@. Did you ever receive
A. On that you see, that
wasn't given directly to me. Now
it comes out: so. we may as well
that $350-that is my recol-
lection--it comes to me now
that is the one I couldn't think
of the exact name of the person
who gave it. They didn't give
it to me directly. They gave it
to my wife.
@. Is that the $3.50 we spoke
about?
A. Yes.
@. And what was the purpose
of the $3.50 gift to your wife?
A. I am not empowered by the
manual to receive gifts of that
nature; and when they expressed
a desire to give it, I told them to
give it to my wife.
@. What year was that. In
spector, that the $3.50 gift from
the Whitney family was re-
ceived?
A. That was about 1949 or so.
I want to make this state
ment right now for the record,
since this $3.50 has been pretty
we'll kicked around here; that
that $3.50 was not received as a
result of police services fur
niShed.
@. Would you like TO explain?
A. Yes. sir.
@. For the record?
A. It was an admiration gift,
I'd say. Those people got money
to burn. ! guess I'm the first per-
son they ever gave money to.
They didn't give it to me, any
way.
Q. Did the donor. the Whit
ney family. or members of the
Whitney family that made the
gift. know Mrs. Beach?
. A. No.
@. Did she ever do anything
for the Whitney family? In
other words. was there any. serv-
ice. or services. rendered by Mrs.
Beach that might cause the
Whitney family to want to give
her such a gift?
A. To my best recollection,
Mrs. Beach was at a party with
me there, and whether they knew
her-there were so many people
there and so many people much
more important than we were
that / doubt seriously they would
have recalled her features, would
have recognized her.
@. How was this gift given
by check or by cash?
A. Check.
Q. BY check?
A. Yes.
@. And who was it made pay
able to?
A. Mary B. Beach.
Q. And how come they made
the check payable to Mrs. Mary
B. Beach?
A. Because I requested it.
Q. And they first offered to
give 1t to you. Inspector?
A. Yes. and I wouldn't accept
it.
In support of a CHARGE that
inspector Beach made false
statements When he appeared
May 20. 1852. before the Senate
District Crime Subcommittee.
me charge cites these Ques-
tons and dnSUers:
Q. (By Arnold Bauman, sub
committee counsel.) On July II.
1851. II days after you paid the
$210.99 in cash for a washing
machine. you deposited in your
account in the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank, in your savings &C
a