Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-03


eighth precince was the first to which he
was assigned He remained there only
short time, however when he was sent to
the third precinct. where he received MS
real initiation. "Foggy Bottom" was the
scene of his work, and he made many ar
rests for important crimes while patrolling
south of Pennsylvania avenue and east OF
Rock creek. He assisted in the raid In
that section on Christmas night, 1892, when
thirty persons were taken prisoners to the
station house and separated from the large
amount of liquid refreshments with which
they had stocked up for the celebration of
the occasion From the third precinct he
was sent to the second, where he ran the
Poodle beat for some time. Those three
years were strenuous years and many I'M
portant arrests were made. He made many
HOUSEKEEPING cases in that precinct.
When the project of having police officers
mounted on bicycles was started Officer
Duvall was one of the original four who
were picked out to initiate the service. He
wheel for about a year and a half, re-
porting to headquarters. During that time
the bicycle men practically broke up the
fast riding habits of the many cyclists in
the city at the time. In November, 1899
he was made an acting sergeant and did
duty as a night inspector for some time
and later was sent to the second precinct
for street duty He was promoted to the
rank of sergeant July /, 1901, and about
month and half later he was sent to the
newly organized tenth precinct. After be-
ing there for a few months and after being
in the fourth for about six weeks he was
sent to the eighth precinct, where he has
since remained. He has acted as lieuten-
ant on various occasions and has made
a good record at those times. His reputa
ton as bicycle rider is wide. He
possesses a $50 gold medal which he OBJ
tained in a one-mie championship race for
the police department He competed in
many races and never failed to take
prize. AS an athlete he will compare ia
vorably with the best on the force. His
prowess in this direction was shown once
in arresting a noted woman police fighter
of the "swanpoodle' section. After he had
overpowered her alone 1t was found that
six men were required to put her in the
patrol wagon.
Sergt. J. L. Kilmartin the next ranking
sergeant of the eighth precinct, was born
in this city November 10, 1865. His IA
milarity with the city and its streets has
aided him materially in the vocation in
which he is now engaged. He learned the
trade of blacksmith when he grew to ma
turity and remained in that business for
some time until he was appointed on the
police force September /, 1892. He was
assigned to the first precinct and for nine
years had a difficult beat in that section.
His record was so good that in July, 1901,
he was made an acting sergeant. His
transfer 10 the sixth precinct IN that ca
pacfty was registered, but he remained
there only six months. when he was re-
turned to the first precinct, being promoted
to the rank of sergeant February /, 1902.
He remained in the first precinct until Sep
TENDER. 1903 when he was transferred to
the eighth precinct, where he since has re-
manned.
Sergt. <ilmartn has many important ar
rests to his credit on the records of the de-
partment. He was with Lieut.. Moore and
Detective Helan in the first precinct in their
policy crusade and he arrested George
Gardiner for policy writing. Also with De-
tective Helan he arrested Casey Brooks
and Henry Dasher for kicking to death
Henry Patterson on 1919 street northwest.
The arrest was made after the criminals had
. escaped and had several hours start. Bill
ly Williams was also arrested by Sergt.
Kilmartin for robbing a man in the White
Lot, where he was found in a serious con-
dition Another arrest, which came only
after much headwork, was that of Jim
Smith and Charles Mellen. A visitor to the
city was taken over into Jackson City and
there robbed of his jewelry and money in
a large quantity. The spoils were taken to