Brawley Home Burglarized but Family Bars Probe of Break-In

Glenda Brawley’s home was burglarized early today while the black woman took sanctuary in a church to avoid arrest for refusing to testify about her daughter’s alleged abduction and rape by whites, police said.

However, police this morning were told by Brawley’s sister, Juanita Brawley, to stop their investigation of the break-in, Lt. William McCord said.

About $700 in cash was stolen from a telephone book in a book rack at the apartment, which was entered about 1:40 a.m. by breaking a pane of glass in a door and unlocking it, McCord said.

‘Last Place I’d Look’

“I think that’s the last place I’d look for money, the phone book,” he said. The break-in was reported by Juanita Brawley, McCord said.

The apartment was ransacked, but there was no apparent damage, he said.

“They told us not to take any fingerprints, nothing. We’re going to comply with their wishes,” McCord said. “That’s the farthest we can go without the further cooperation of the complainant.”

At the time, Glenda Brawley, 33, was in a New York City church. She was found in contempt of court and sentenced to 30 days in jail Monday for refusing to cooperate in an investigation of the alleged attack on her 16-year-old daughter Tawana.

Cover-Up Alleged

The Brawley family’s lawyers contend law enforcement authorities are engaged in a racist cover-up.

Tawana Brawley disappeared for four days in November and was found wrapped in a plastic bag about 10 miles from her home. Some of her hair had been chopped off, animal excrement was smeared on her body and racial epithets were scrawled on her.

In sketchy interviews with authorities, she said she had been sexually abused by six white men, one of whom had a police-style badge. A hospital found no evidence of rape.