The Washington times., 1903-09-13

stances well, and I am not an adept at
fixing up such stories so as to appear
as hero when they are told. I think
that policemen. like thieves. often talk
too much I have always tried to DO
my duty from day to day. and think I
have succeeded. believe stand pret-
ty we'll In the department. and that is
the thing for which am most anxious. -
Kennedy lives on Eighth Street north
west in cozy home where the reporter
and photographer found him taking his
ease. He was having high time with
his two children, one Of whom. a boy of
six, bids fair 10 excel his distinguished
father in height. Kennedy likes gun
ming for amusement. and spends much
of his leisure after game. He is a dead
shot with the rife or revolver He is a
member Of the Analostan Gun Club. and
has a record for good shots in that or
ganization. He won the medal for being
the best shot with the revolver among
the crack marksmen of the Metropoli-
tan police
Kennedy told OF an arrest he once
made in company with another officer
which he thought the funniest incident
he ever saw. a colored school house
on Central Avenue had been entered
once or twice and a number OF articles
taken The sneak thief would cut the
putty from around the glass in one Of
the lower windows, and leave it in that
condition until night He would then
take out the glass crawl through he
sash and go through the building. taking
whatever struck his fancy.
The fact was reported at the Eighth
precinct that the putty had been re
moved from one of the windows and tne
janitor Of the building thought the thief
was preparing for another raid on the
school house Kennedy and his partner
cuIprit. They went into the building and
locked themselves. taxing seats in the
very room which the thief would enter.
About 10 O'Clock that night the police
men heard the man climb over the fence
and drop to the ground. He came eau
tiously 10 the window. removed the
glass, turned his coat wrong side out
and put It On. The thief, who turned out
to be a negro, then backed through the
window sash and let himself down into
the basement room, where the two DO
licemen were sitting still as mice. The
negro then lighted a match to find his
way. and as he did so the policemen
Ill IA 70 nit N
saying a word Never was a negro moro
surprised He hollered murder" over
and over again, and was so thoroughly
scared that it took the two men some
time 10 quiet him. Kennedy in telling
the story said he had laughed n thou
sand times at the terrible fright they
gave the poor coward when his lighted
match disclosed the cold steel of two
reyolvers pointing at HIM.
He Took to the Woods.
The next biggest policeman on the
Washington force Is Otis J. Trenis, OF
the Seventh precinct, who is feet 5iz
inches high, and weighs about 260
pounds. After making an appointment
with a Times reporter to have his pie
ture taken he declined 10 submit to the
ordeal and thought best to be left out
Of the count.
Big Fellow of the Sixth Precinct.
Charles F. Osterman is a big fellow
in the Sixth precinct, who measures
6 feet 31z inches in his stock
ings, and weighs 23s pounds. He
was born thirty-two years ago in Mount
Adams. a suburb of Cincinnati and for
many years had no thought of becoming
a policeman The family came 10 Wash-
ington when he was nearly through his
teens" and Osterman and his father
engaged for some time in the dairy bust
ness. Not finding IL so profitable as they
had hoped, the young man became an
and learned the carpenters
trade. While working in a house one day
the chance remark of q friend led him to
think OF Joining the police force. He
made an investigation, found out that
he was eligible, and, because the posi-
tion offered a steady salary, decided TO
don the blue coat and helmet. He Joined
the force July /, 1897. He was first as
signed TO No. . precinct, where he re-