Evening star., 1902-01-01

Daniel J. White. census Office clerk. took
carbolic acid, and the fourth victim was the
young woman. Mary L. Benner.
Police Circles.
In police circles. the year was an es-
peeially eventful one. for Major Sylvester
succeeded in completing the work of reor-
ganization. A number of promotions We're
necessarily made. the most important one
being the one affecting r. H. Boardman.
who had been chief of the detective corps
He was made captain and assistant chief
of police, and in this capacity he has charge
of the workings of the department during
the absence of the superintendent. Those
who were made captains were Isaac Pear
son. J. E. Heffner. F. E. Cross and Harry
l.. Gessford. Sergeants Byrnes and Jordan
were promoted to be lieutenants and Ser
geant Matthews was made acting 1euten-
ant
In connection with the reorganizatf ton of
the department many new methods of car
rying the work were adopted. Capt. NJ
A Austin, who had spent quarter of a
century in the department, was retired.
Major Sylvester was highly complimented
at the meeting of the National Association
of Chiefs of Police by being elected presi-
dent of the organization. AS president OF
the association he Is chairman of the board
of governors of the national bureau of
criminal identification. 1t was due to the
untiring efforts of Major Sylvester that the
bureau was removed to this city from Chi
cago. He also hopes that Congress will
make the bureau a government institution
to be made branch of the Department of
Justice. In connection with the work Of
the chiefs association a move has been
made in the direction of suppressing an
archy and chiefs of police of the principal,
cities of Europe have been invited to at
tend the next annual gathering. The usual
number of policemen were tried for viola
tions of the rules of the manual. Some
were dismissed others were fined and many
were acquitted of the charges preferred
against them. The new tenth precinct was
opened. giving the people of the thickly set
tied suburbs north of the city better po-
lice protection. Several members of the
force died during the year. Major Sylves-
ter renewed his efforts to have play
grounds established for children and defined
at length the duties of the railway cross
ing policemen. On the occasion of the an
nual parade the members of the force made
fine showing. Should Congress take ia
vorable action on the recommendations of
the chief of police the force will be
strengthened and made more effective at
the beginning of the next fiscal year.
The Crime Record.
Numerous crimes and misdemeanors were
committed during the year and many
charges entered against defendants were
dismissed. There were cases enough of
more than ordinary Importance to claim the
attention of the police and give the de-
tectives ample opportunity to display their
abilities. During the month of May the
case of Mrs. Ida Lola Bonne for the al
legged murder of James Seymour Ayres at
the Kenmore Hotel claimed the attention
of practically the entire detective corps.
Again, in the early part of December, the
detectives were called upon to solve a mys-
terry which proved much more difficult than
the Kenmore Hotel tragedy. Mrs. Ada
Dennis was assaulted in her bed and al
n6 hn r-ao 10 fhn,,r
being piano stool. In the hotel
tragedy circumstances pointed to Mrs Bo--
nine as the one who could assist the police,
but in the case of Mrs. Dennis there was
not suspicion of a clue left by the perpe-
traitor of the murderous assault Nothing
of interest in the criminal line occurred un-
til the 18th of January, when John W.
Gaines attempted to kill Mrs. Elizabeth
using knife. He was anxious to marry
the woman, who was separated from her
husband, and because of her refusal he
assaulted her in brutal manner. The
jury found his mind was affected and rec
commended medical treatment.
Charles Foulke, who was known to the
police as a safe blower, was killed by
train near Alexandria, and a companion,
who was fatally injured, was not identified.
Safe blowers visited the Brookland post Of
fcc in February, but their visit was not
very successful. The Sd of March, William
q. Taylor went from this city to Balti-
more and killed the second wife of his
father, who was divorced He returned
here and was arrested. Upon his return to
Baltimore he was convicted and sentenced
to serve term of years in the Maryland
penitentiary. An unknown vandal visited
the house of ]. r. Gull No. ia I'd street
southeast two days after the inauguration
and slashed furniture. Burglars visited the
post office at College Park and secured a
sum of money and a quantity of postage
stamps. Charles H. Moreheiser, an elderly
wi al h, Ela
OF March, and as he then committed sui
eide the police were given trouble in ar
resting him. S. A. Abel, a Maryland CEN
sus enumerator, went from here to Balti-
more and answered a charge of padding the
census returns. Shortly before the end of
March a warrant was received here for
T. H. Pickford Aaron Bradshaw, J. H.
Walter and G. C. Shaw accusing them of
knowing something about the burning of
dwelling at Four Corners, Montgomery
county, Md Pickford went to Maryland of
his own voltion and the charge against
him was dropped. The other men We're ar
rested and discharged from custody on a
writ of habeas corpus.
During the month of April Capt. Board
mans detectives We're kept busy looking
after band of gypsies encamped below
Jackson City. 1t was believed that the
band of nomads knew something of the
whereabouts of Willie Mccormick, who had
disappeared from his home in New York.
Because of the investigation the gypsies
left the old dominion several of them were
arrested for robbing Blanche Ferguson
school girl, and fined. James Hudson and
F. Hops were accused of conspiracy in
connection with the Montgomery county
arson case. T. H. Pickford preferred the
charge against them. From the 4th of
April to the 18th of May, the date of
the Kenmore Hotel tragedy, nothing of
more than ordinary Importance happened in
the criminal world. c. j. Kuhnert, James
Riley and Henry Taylor We're subjects for
coroner's inquests and Speaker Hender-
sons room at the Capitol was entered by
thieves. In May case of Importance de-
veloped in competition with the sale of bo-
gus street car tickets on the Metropolitan
line. Thousands of dollars were involved in
the case and the plates and many of the
bogus tickets were recovered in Scotland
and brought here by local detectives.
The Sth of June Miss Mary Renner was
taken from her room at 1927 4th street by
the police and health Office authorities
She was hopelessly insane and had lived
in a filthy room for more than eight years.
Her removal to the insane asylum was due
to information furnished by The Star
Several serious assaults. two homicides and
several arrests for fraud We're recorded in
July. The 1st day of the month William
Snowden was accused of being responsible
for the death of Florence Marshall and on