The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-01
POLICE ARE REPR|MANDED
Major Moore Submits His Report
on the Carr Bungle.
STUPIDITY AND CARELESSNESS
Officers Responsible for the Raw
isher's Escape Severely Censured
M Dismissals or Reductions
station Keepers Ordered to Re
main on Duty All Night.

Commissioner Wight and Major Moore
Yesterday concluded their investigation OF
the circumstances which led 10 the escape
of the rsyisher Carr. and concluded that,
while several OF the officers concerned In
the affair are deserving of reprilnands, none
was enough at fault to warrant dismissal
or reduction in the service.
A report emSodying this was submitted
IN the Commissioners by Ma jor Moore yes
terday. II may be said in this connecuon'
however, that this report considered only
the Carr incident, and that the invesu-
cation was not in any sense . general one
OF the Second precinct. The escapes OF
Foultz and Hurley were not included, but
If is possible that they will be in general
Investigation of the Second precinct which
win probably occur later.
1t was found by Major Moore tnas o"-
ing to the practice OF the night station
clerks, who leave their posts 10 go 70
sleep from the hours OF II TO IN sNo
morning, an incompetent man was iets
in charge OF No at the time Oh the
occurrence To prevent a recurrence VI
this, it viii be ordered that hereafter ene
station clerks must be awake the entIs
night.
Commissioner Wight, In speaking VI the
affair. SAID that Cars escape was the
result of u series of unfortunate events
Several men were serving In other mer s
pIaces. and a number committed overSghts
which, small in themselves and really nos
deserving of serious punishment, yet, In
the aggregate, led to this important es-
cape.
Major Moore's report was as follows;
To tne honorable commissioners or tho
District of Columbia;
GeuLleuen-After OOtatning Iecuation
OF the facGs, and investigating eiis sanle >
concerning che escape OF one fatuck
Carr CHAR ged with felonious aSsaHe III
the second precinct, have to report as
follows;
Seco,Id. sergt McTaggart was fully in
formed OF the facts by O'CLOCK, ana
err ed In Judgment In not reporting the Iaets
ait once TO mis- precinct, so that inrofma-
ton could be given through neadqual yer
to all precincts. His record shows him To
have been an unusually eIIlclent OIL
and for this reason 1t is recomme ndeu That
he be repfoved for not giving the m
formation TO the precinct as soon as No
learned of the facts In the case.
Third 1t appears that OFFICER CLIFFORD
was acting SUaJloDkeeper In the place OF
Stationkeeper Butler, who mad been ex-
cused for a perI0d OF rest. Inc omission
or the names OF the persons making the
record as well as his failure 10 inform
INSPECTOR Pearson OF this occurrence, lis
to some extent eXcusable, ina srnucn as he
was not the official whose duty IL was TO
perform such duty. II. howeyer, shows great
want OF Judgment on the part OF CIlford
TO omit such Important Information, whether
ne was acting In his own capacity or In
the place of another W hose duties he mad
undertaken to perform. 1t Is, therefore,
recommended that Clifford be repTinanded
for performing those duties IN so careless
manner and IN inns Son nnsy on sna' an
shall remain at Their desks continuously
until y a. m
Fourth. OFFICER Kennedy, who received
this report from the telephone operator
| at 1880 q. M, cannot say to whom he
delivered it, or at what time, showing
that he was incompetent to perform the
duties Temporarily assigned him In the
Fifth Lieut.. Boyle appears to have
one all that was necessary in the case,
excepting that he might have insisted on
the second precinct furnishing more
complete description of Carr to assist in
his arrest.
Sixth. Inspector HolIinberger: It ap-
pears that the system devised by In
spector Hollinberger provides that all dis
patches coming In at night should be
placed on the desk of Officer German, to
be handed to him upon his arrival on the
following morning.
Seventh. 1t appears that it is tn duty
of Officer German to receive and care
fully preserve all dispatches coming In
during the night and to hand them to the
Inspector on the following morning; that
on the morning In question he t0uh the
dispatches from hts desk with the en-
ception OF the one relating to Carr, which.
through inadvertence, he failed to collect
with tho othersand which co1aeQuentlywa ~
not brought 70 the attention Of the tn