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utsaisps PO
PSI AC
V.. A
ll M
EI
LOA
N P
OU
CE
DE
PA
RT
ME
NT
. W H
INO
TO
N,
Watergate: Now II All Started W
AS
HIN
GT
ON
, D.C
.
Be
low
is a
po
lice
blo
tter—
a d
ocu
-m
en
t fam
iliar to
law
en
force
me
nt
auth
oritie
s eve
rywhere
, but w
hich
th
e g
enera
l pub
lic seld
om
gets to
see.
Th
is p
artic
ula
r po
lice
blo
tter is
pe
r-h
ap
s th
e m
ost im
po
rtan
t of its
kin
d in
U
.S. h
istory, fo
r it marks th
e b
egin
nin
g
of o
ne
of th
e g
rave
st inte
rna
l crises th
is co
untry h
as e
ver fa
ced—
the W
ate
rgate
ca
se
. It is th
e fo
rma
l po
lice
reco
rd o
f th
e a
ppre
hensio
n a
nd a
rrest o
f the five
m
en w
ho trie
d to
burg
le th
e D
em
o-
cratic N
atio
na
l He
ad
qu
arte
rs ea
rly on
th
e m
orn
ing o
f June 1
7, 1
972.
Sm
art police work
That a
rrest, w
hich
triggere
d th
e w
hole
tra
in o
f eve
nts clim
axin
g in
the cu
rrent
Senate
inve
stigatio
n, w
as th
e re
sult o
f sm
art p
olice
wo
rk by th
ree
Wa
shin
gto
n
cop
s, stup
idity b
y the
five su
pp
ose
dly
exp
ert b
urg
lars, a
nd sh
eer lu
ck. Yet fo
r all th
e su
bse
quent p
ublicity, m
ost p
eo-
ple
are
still unfa
milia
r with
the te
nsio
n
by Fred B
lumenthal
an
d d
ram
a th
at to
ok p
lace
at th
e W
ate
r-gate
itself o
n th
e n
ight it a
ll began, a
nd
of th
e m
an
y "ifs
" tha
t pla
ye
d a
pa
rt in
the
bre
akin
g o
f the
case
. If, fo
r exa
mp
le, u
nm
ark
ed
Ca
r 72
7
of th
e M
etro
po
litan
Po
lice D
ep
artm
en
t h
ad
n't b
ee
n th
e p
articu
lar ve
hicle
to re
-sp
on
d to
the
ca
ll ab
ou
t an
ap
pa
ren
t bre
ak-in
at 2
600 V
irgin
ia A
ve., N
.W.,
the w
hole
affa
ir mig
ht n
eve
r have
de-
velo
ped.
Actu
ally
, Car 7
27 h
ad n
o b
usin
ess
answ
erin
g. U
nder n
orm
al c
ircum
-sta
nce
s the
call w
ou
ld h
ave
be
en
take
n
by S
qu
ad
Ca
r 80
, a cle
arly m
arke
d a
nd
easily
identifia
ble
polic
e v
ehic
le. B
ut
Ca
r 80
wa
s tem
po
rarily out o
f service
, and N
o. 7
27 w
as p
atro
lling th
e a
rea.
And it w
as m
anned n
ot b
y th
ree u
ni-
form
ed o
fficers
, but b
y th
ree c
asually
d
resse
d m
em
be
rs of th
e "B
um
Sq
ua
d,"
or C
asu
al C
loth
es S
qu
ad
, Sg
t. Pa
ul
Leeper a
nd O
fficers Jo
hn B
. Barre
tt an
d
Ca
rl M. S
ho
ffler. L
ee
pe
r, wh
o w
as a
t th
e w
he
el, w
as ty
pic
al in
his
ga
rb—
a
7 s
loppy g
olf h
at, a
light-b
lue V
-necked
T-sh
irt, light-b
lue tro
use
rs, bro
wn co
n-
stru
ctio
n b
oots
and a
dark
-blu
e n
ylo
n
win
dbre
aker ja
cket w
ith "G
eorg
e
IW
ash
ing
ton
Un
ive
rsity
" in w
hite
let-
I ters
em
bla
zoned o
n h
is le
ft bre
ast. H
e
did
n't lo
ok lik
e a
cop, a
nd h
e w
asn't
suppose
d to
.
'That extra step'
"Nearly e
very d
epartm
ent h
as a
'Bum
S
quad,'" e
xpla
ins th
e 3
5-y
ear-o
ld
Leeper, a
12-ye
ar ve
tera
n o
f the W
ash
-in
gto
n fo
rce, w
ho sp
orts a
Fu M
anch
u
mo
usta
che
. "It give
s us th
at e
xtra ste
p
when w
e're
cove
ring stre
et ro
bberie
s, bu
rgla
ries, a
nd
mu
gg
ing
s. W
e d
on
't co
me
roa
ring
up
with
a sire
n. W
e b
len
d
into
the b
ackg
round. W
hen so
meone's
about to
com
mit a
crim
e h
e u
sually
looks a
round a
t the la
st m
inute
. With
us h
e d
oesn
't see a
nyo
ne h
e's a
fraid
of.
We h
ave
a ve
ry hig
h p
erce
nta
ge o
f -ar-
rests."
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Th
is p
olic
e b
lotte
r, pu
blis
he
d h
ere
fo
r the
first tim
e, is
the
offic
ial tra
n-
script o
f the o
rigin
al W
ate
rgate
arre
sts. H
ere
are
som
e n
ote
s to
help
you fo
l-lo
w it.
There
are
45 sp
ace
s to b
e fille
d o
ut,
but n
ot a
ll are
pertin
ent to
this ca
se.
Sp
ace
No
. 1 e
rron
eo
usly
giv
es th
e
com
pla
ina
nt's n
am
e a
s the
De
mo
cratic
Natio
nal "C
onventio
n" ra
the
r tha
n
"Com
mitte
e."
In S
pace
No. 8
"Burg
lary II" m
eans
force
d e
ntry in
to u
noccu
pie
d p
rem
ises.
Sp
ace
10
ind
ica
tes th
at th
e a
rrests
to
ok p
lace
at 2
:10 a
.m., S
atu
rday, Ju
ne
17
, 19
72
. In
Space
13, 0
502 is a
code fo
r the
data
pro
cessin
g c
om
pute
r at P
olic
e
He
ad
qu
arte
rs. S
pace 1
4 in
dic
ate
s th
at e
ight e
xtra
copie
s w
ere
made fo
r dis
tributio
n to
va
riou
s po
lice u
nits th
rou
gh
ou
t the
city. In
Space
17, C
B528 in
dica
tes a
geo-
gra
phica
l loca
tion o
n th
e P
olice
Depart-
ment's m
aste
r map o
f the city.
In S
pa
ce 2
2, th
e n
am
e S
tan
ley G
reig
g
is that o
f the E
xecu
tive D
irecto
r of th
e
Dem
ocra
tic Natio
nal C
om
mitte
e a
t the
time.
In S
pace
25, the letters "W
M" in
di-
ca
te "w
hite
ma
le." T
he
na
me
s o
f the
arre
sted b
urg
lars a
re a
ll alia
ses.
In S
pace
40, th
e in
dica
tion "C
lose
d"
refe
rs o
nly
to th
e p
olic
e p
hase o
f the
case. In
vie
w o
f all th
at h
as fo
llow
ed,
the te
rm se
em
s ironica
l. S
pa
ce 4
4 b
ea
rs the
sign
atu
re o
f Se
r-g
ea
nt L
ee
pe
r.
PA
RA
DE
• AU
GU
ST
76
,19
73
MU
G S
HO
TS
O
F T
HE
H
AP
LESS F
IVE
Mc
CO
RD
GO
NZ
ALE
S
MA
RT
INE
Z
SE
RG
EA
NT LE
EP
ER
As it tu
rne
d o
ut, th
e ca
sua
l dre
ss of
men in
Car 7
27 w
as c
rucia
l to th
e
Wa
terg
ate
arre
sts
. Th
ere
we
re fiv
e
burg
lars a
ctually in
the o
ffices o
f Dem
o-
cra
tic N
atio
nal H
eadquarte
rs o
n th
e
six
th flo
or o
f the
Wa
terg
ate
offic
e
bu
ildin
g. A
cro
ss th
e s
tree
t, the
y h
ad
poste
d a
looko
ut in
the H
ow
ard
John-
son M
ote
l, whic
h h
as a
cle
ar v
iew
of
the
Wa
terg
ate
. He
wa
s Alfre
d C
. Ba
ld-
win
3rd
, a fo
rme
r FB
I man. H
e h
ad a
w
alk
ie-ta
lkie
, an
d h
is jo
b w
as to
ale
rt th
e b
urg
lary
sq
ua
d if a
nyth
ing
we
nt
wro
ng
. T
he ca
ll to th
e p
olice
was m
ade ju
st b
efo
re 2
a.m
. by F
ran
k Wills, a
Wa
ter-
ga
te se
curity g
ua
rd w
ho
se su
spicio
ns
we
re a
rou
sed
by a
pie
ce o
f tap
e p
lace
d
ove
r the
do
or th
rou
gh
wh
ich
the
bu
r-gla
rs had e
nte
red th
e b
uild
ing
. It took
Ca
r 72
7 o
nly tw
o m
inu
tes to
drive
the
six
blo
cks fro
m 3
0th
an
d K
Stre
ets
N
.W., w
here
it rece
ived th
e ca
ll, to th
e
Wate
rgate
com
ple
x on th
e P
oto
mac.
Lo
oko
ut fo
iled
W
hen th
e c
ar a
rrived, in
ste
ad o
f double
-park
ing a
t the e
ntra
nce o
f the
bu
ildin
g, S
erg
ea
nt L
ee
pe
r fou
nd
a n
or-
mal sp
ace
about 5
0 fe
et a
way. T
hen h
e
and h
is two fe
llow
office
rs walke
d—
not
ran—
into
the b
uild
ing. T
he lo
okout
acro
ss the stre
et w
atch
ed th
e e
ntire
ar-
rival—
and d
idn't g
ive it a
second
tho
ug
ht.
"lookin
g b
ack o
n it," s
ays L
eep
er,
"there
were
four c
rucia
l thin
gs in
our
favo
r. Th
e lo
oko
ut to
ld m
e la
ter w
hy
he.fa
iled to
sp
ot u
s as p
olice
office
rs —
the u
nm
arke
d ca
r, the le
gal p
arkin
g
space, th
e la
ck o
f unifo
rms, a
nd th
at
we ju
st walke
d in
to th
e b
uild
ing."
This
is h
ow
Leeper te
lls th
e re
st o
f th
e sto
ry: "A
fter se
arch
ing a
num
ber o
f office
s and fin
din
g n
oth
ing, w
e w
ent in
to th
e
De
mo
cratic h
ea
dq
ua
rters. T
he
re, o
ne
o
f my p
artn
ers sp
otte
d w
ha
t ap
pe
are
d
to b
e a
man's
elb
ow
juttin
g o
ut fro
m
behin
d a
n o
ffice d
esk. H
e s
aid
: 'Put
your h
ands u
p a
nd le
an a
gain
st th
e
wall P
"W
e a
ll ha
d o
ur g
un
s o
ut a
nd
ex-
pe
cte
d to
se
e tw
o a
rms g
o u
p in
the
air. B
ut w
e w
ere
flabberg
aste
d w
hen 1
0
arm
s sho
t up
tow
ard
the
ceilin
g—
rub
-b
er g
love
s an
d a
ll." T
he th
ree o
fficers h
ad o
nly tw
o p
airs
of h
andcuffs
betw
een th
em
, Shoffle
r
havin
g le
ft his in
the ca
r. So tw
o p
airs
of th
e b
urg
lars
were
linked to
geth
er,
on
e p
air o
f cuffs e
ach
, wh
ile a
close
sur-
llaie
was k
ept o
n th
e fifth
man u
n-
til the
pa
dd
y wa
go
n a
rrived
. W
hile
they w
ere
still a
t Dem
ocra
tic
headquarte
rs, Serg
eant L
eeper re
ad to
th
e five
me
n th
eir co
nstitu
tion
al rig
hts.
The a
ction w
as re
peate
d b
y Assista
nt
Po
lice C
hie
f Ch
arle
s Wrig
ht a
t Se
con
d
Dis
trict P
olic
e H
ea
dq
ua
rters
. Th
ere
th
eir m
ug
sho
ts we
re ta
ken
. A
t Se
con
d D
istrict, the
po
lice b
lotte
r w
as fille
d o
ut. A
ll five o
f the m
en g
ave
p
ho
ny n
am
es, a
nd
som
e re
fuse
d to
tell
the
ir ag
e o
r the
ir ho
me
ad
dre
ss.
Som
ething big
Jam
es M
cCord
gave
the n
am
e o
f Ed-
wa
rd M
artin
, Be
rna
rd B
ark
er s
aid
he
w
as F
rank C
arte
r, and F
rank S
turg
is,
Virg
ilio G
onza
les a
nd E
ugenio
Martin
ez
use
d re
spective
ly the a
liase
s of E
dw
ard
H
am
ilton
, Ra
ul G
od
oyn
an
d J
en
e
Va
lde
s. L
ee
pe
r an
d h
is fe
llow
offic
ers
su
s-
pecte
d a
lmost im
media
tely
they w
ere
on
to so
meth
ing
big
. For o
ne th
ing, th
e
suspects
were
found to
be c
arry
ing a
to
tal o
f $1528, m
ost o
f it in $
100 b
ills
nu
mb
ere
d in
se
qu
en
ce
. Fo
r an
oth
er,
they d
eclin
ed th
e o
ptio
n o
f phonin
g
for a
law
yer, sa
ying sim
ply: "A
n a
ttor-
ney is o
n th
e w
ay."
Appare
ntly
they s
urm
ised th
at a
r-ra
ng
em
en
ts ha
d b
ee
n m
ad
e fo
r a la
w-
yer to
be ca
lled if th
ey d
idn't re
appear
from
the W
ate
rgate
. Sure
enough, a
t 1
0 3
0 a
.m. a
ttorn
ey M
. Do
ug
las C
ad
dy,
wa
lked
into
po
lice h
ea
dq
ua
rters.
Sa
ys De
tective
Ge
org
e B
ad
ovin
ac:
"Wh
en
I sa
w th
at la
wye
r we
arin
g a
$300 s
uit a
rrive to
. rep
rese
nt th
em
, I kn
ew
we
we
re re
ally o
nto
som
eth
ing
."
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