Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10

to arrest the murderer Of Pat Branson, He
crime, and by that clue he was able to ar
rest Gus Dyson, who was afterward con-
victed OF the crime.
While In the sixth precinct he arrested
Nelson Colbert for the murder Of Philip
WentzelL The prisoner was afterward
hung for the crime. Harry Coleman, who
received sentence OF six years in the
penitentiary for HOUSEKEEPING, was also
arrested by Sergt. Faivey. When he was
In the sixth precinct he was sent TO the
prize fights which were then held In Odd
Fellows Hail. and he won dis1avor among
the sports one evening by stopping a box
Ing match when he thought It was becom-
ing brutal He carries a scar on his head
which 10 the mark of stone thrown by a
lang OF rowoies with whom he had to fight
IN Swampoodie. There were many des-
perate struggles there then. and Sergt
falvey had Ids share OF them In a fight
IN 'Foggy Bottom" when the sergeant was
stoned by crowd of desperate Characters
he shot James O'Doanell In the leg I'm ar,
resting him. Sergt. Falvey has been inter
ested In many raids since his appointment
he was especially active against the Chi
nese gamblers when he was In the sixth
precinct. and has been in 'speakeasv'. raids
In the ninth precinct.
Sergt. c. T. Wright, the second foot SER
u
In the service of the police department.
and his long familiarity with the CITY ana
It's Inhabitants makes him valuable OFF,
Ger for the service. Sergt Wright was
bern In this city July 20 1915. At the
Tune or the outbreak of the civil war he
was only fifteen years old but he enlisted
as member of the original District Guard
ana served with Company C. 18th RattaIi3n
IN the District volunteers for three months
AFTER his honorable discharge from service
ne learned the trade of timer. In Sep
tember, 1880, he secured an appointment 10
the police force and was sent to the ffth
precinct. He served there sixteen years
running many important beats and secur-
ing promotions for efficiency In 1892 he
was sent to the fourth precinct for year
put was soon returned TO the fifth He
was made private of class 2 January l.
1880, and was promoted to the rank of act
ing sergeant July 1, 1892, his record COR
the previous twelve years being excellent
August 16. 1897 his promotion to the rank
OF run sergeant was announced, and he
was then transferred to the ninth precinct
where he has since served
Sergt. Wrights record of arrests Is long
one, and includes many important ones,
especially when he was running beats in
southeast Washington. He arrested George
ioimes on h street southeast for murder
The offender had made his escape from tho
city and when the whole city was looking
FOR him he slipped into the city from Vir-
Glnia, when he was arrested by Serst.
wright The sentence for manslaughter
OF which he was convicted was for five
years. SergtI Wright ran the commons heat
In Southeast Washington for two wears and
the Pipetown" beat for about five years
and many arrests and raids were made on
both beats by the active private While
he was on duty around ST. Elizabeth one
night he tried to arrest Henry Powers. a
powerful eolored man. Powers did not
agree to the arrest and a long fight fol-
lowed, in which the officer was Injured
but in which, despite his injuries, he was
victorious.
The Junior foot sergeant in the ninth pre-
cinct is 0. c. Ryon. He was born IN
Prince George county Md, August IL
1s6o, and remained on his fathers farm
there until he was seventeen years Old
when he came to this city to learn the
grocery business. July 20, 1892 he was
appointed on the police force and assigned
TO the Foggy Bottom beat in the third
precinct. He received his initiation there
but was soon transferred to the fifth pre-
clnct, where he remained for nearly thr-
Teen years as a private. In February. 1905
ne was made an acting sergeant. and was
transferred to the ninth precinct, where
ne mas since remained. His promotion to
the rank of sergeant was made, after a
successful try-out, October 1. 1905, when
he succeeded Daniel Sullivan, promoted 10
lieutenant.
Sergeant Ryon's most conspicuous service
was when he was on the Capitol Hill beat
IN the nfth precinct. For years he COW
cred the territory adjacent to the Capitol
and he handled many important cases dur
Ing that time. At the time Coxies army
marched here he was selected as one of the
seven best men In the precinct to guard
the Capitol. 1t was a desperate crowd
which the police had to handle that day,
but with Sergt. Mulhall and Officer Bloom
he fought the crowd Of thousands for sew
oral blocks, clearing the grounds and
streets. He arrested the notorious Dan
Hart for robbery on a lookout which had
been sent out by the department after
Hart had knocked down and robbed man
In the botanical gardens. He has been
detailed to the White House on several
occasions
OF the mounted sergeants in the ninth
precinct. Sergt. j. E. Hartman Is the Sc
NOR; and he has won that distinction by
hard work. He is native of British Co
llsmbia, where he was born May Il, 1855.
In his youth he was almost constantly N
the saddle. and when he became old enough
he entered the service of the government
a scout. When he first enlisted, in
1865, he acted as a scout IN the campaign
against the Sioux Indians. performing ex-
cellent service. He was also in the fights
around the gold mines in the Little Bla tx
Hills, when he was made chief of scouts.
He also went against the Crows at the foot
of the Black Hills and the Cheyenes around
the Little and Big Horn rivers.
He enlisted with the army in 1874, was
in Washington with the I'd Cavalry, across
Montana with the 7th and across Colorado
with the 9th. He also served in New
Mexico, Texas and Colorado and was In
the campaign against Geronimo in 1885.
During his service In the army he served
as a scout in the quartermaster ordnance
and cavalry branches of the service, took
part in many sharp encounters with the
enemy, and when he was discharged. in
December 1883. at Fort Myer. it was as a
Ion-commissoned officer. He was appoint
ed to the police force July !, 1889. For
the first six years of his service he was
IN the first precinct. March 13, 1895, he
vas mounted on horse and sent to :he
seventh precinct for duty. He was re-
turned to duty around the agricultural
grounds and the Center market June l,
1897. When the mounted man was taken
from that detail he was sent to the ninth
precinct. February 1, 1900, saw him pro-
NOTED to the rank of acting sergeant, ana
four months later the advancement to mis-
present rank Of sergeant was announced.
While he was in the first precinct he was