Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-05

here about two years The camp was To-
Gated near the site Of the Church of the
Covenant at 18th street and Connecticut
avenue northwest. At that time, Sergt
Kaucher says, the present Dupont Circle
was a forest, with a brick yard nearby.
After he was honorably discharged from
the army he went to work for the Adams
Express Company here and for six years he
was their representative at the Baltimore
and Ohio depot, in the handling and trans
fer of express. He liked police work, how
July !, 1880 and was sent to the famous
"Swampoodle'' beat in the sixth precinct.
He was transferred from there to the first
precinct and ran beat for some years
Later he went back to the sixth precinct
where he ran the beat, on which were To-
Gated Bates and Hogg alleys, two Of the
toughest In the city. At that time he ar
rested Scott Coates for murder. A colored
girl was shot in Bates alley and the SER
geant did not come on duty until an hour
after the murder He at once started work
on the case and within hour had ar
rested Coates. In 1885, he was sent to the
corner Of 7th street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. as one of the three possibility men OF
that time. His work on that corner was
excellent and in the two years he was there
he did much to break up fast driving
around the corner by the market wagons
He had been tried in hard beats and found
good, so he was promoted to the rank of
acting sergeant June q. 1890, and Of sergeant
on December Of the same year He was
sent at that time to the second precinct,
where he did duty for about ten years.
While there he handled the Strother wife
murder case. He was sent to the fifth pre-
cinct in April, 1900 where he did duty until
sent to the fourth precinct in February,
1903. Sergt. Kaucher's talents run in sew
eral directions. He Is a great reader and
plays the plano for recreation. He has also
arranged an electric alarm clock BY the
electrical attachment which he himself ar
ranged for the time piece, the clock will
ring an electric bell near his bed at any
hour or half hour during the day or night.
The Junior Sergeant.
The junior sergeant Of the fourth precinct
is Robert c. Yates. He is a man of quiet
disposition. modest and genteel. but he
knows police duties from A to z. He was
born in the state of Nebraska on December
Is, 1865 and was raised on his fathers
farm In that prairie land. After he had
grown up and wanted to get out into the
world he enlisted In the army and was as
signed to the I'd Cavalry. He was soon pro-
NOTED and became LIST Sergeant of l. troop
Most of his service was in Arizona and Old
Mexico, chiefly in policing Indian lands. He
was not engaged in the Indian warfare at
all. but had many lively skirmishes with
parties of raiders and Indians who were
wanted for crimes. After his term of en-
listment ran out, Yates left the army and
returned to his home But he came to this
city on a sightseeing trip and met here
home district. This man took a fancy to
young Yates and through his influence
Yates was appointed to the police force on
January II, 1892 He was assigned to the
ninth precinct. He was first on the Swan
poodle" beat of the ninth precinct and later
was sent to the second precinct, doing duty
on 14th street for four years. On July l,
1904, he was promoted to be sergeant and
was sent to the fourth precinct, where he
has done duty since. While he was in the
ninth precinct he arrested DIR. Middleton for
assaulting his wife. When Sergt Yates
reached the scene of the trouble Mrs Mid
dleton was supposed to be dead and the Of
hcer started out to locate the husband. He
was soon near DR.. Middleton and called to
him to stop. AS the doctor turned around
and saw the officer, he threw up his hand.
The hand was covered with blood.
Frank P. Holmes Is the station keeper In
the day time, in charge of all the records
of the station. He was for eight years In
the marine corps and for many years after
ward he was foreman Of laborers at the
Capitol. He was appointed station keeper
at the first precinct In January, 1900 where
he remained until October. 1902 when he
was sent to the fourth precinct. He han
dies his work carefully and well, and his
ability Is shown In many ways.
The station keeper at night is ]. J. Bourke.
His connection with the police department
has been short but characterized by good
work. He was appointed to the force as a
private on March IA, 1903, and was as
signed to the third precinct. He ran a beat
III that precinct for about two years, when
he was sent to the tenth precinct as desk