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TO

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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

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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

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me

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ring

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a sire

n. W

e b

len

d

into

the b

ackg

round. W

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meone's

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com

mit a

crim

e h

e u

sually

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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-

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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."

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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

."