Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-08

to over seventy, on account of absences of
men on details, sick leave and on regular
leave. These seventy include twenty cross
ing officers, not Ola the regular rolls of the
police department, but performing impor-
tant auxiliary duties. OF the remaining fifty
ten are mounted on bicycles and eight are
on post duty, leaving only thirty-two men
for the patrol work. There are twenty-four
hours of the day when policemen must be
on duty, and the men must therefore be
divided into four shifts to relieve each
other. 1t will thus be seen that there are
only eight men on duty at time, besides
the bicycle officers, who work at certain
hours. These eight men protect the prop
erty worth millions and the thousands OF
lives which are included within the pre-
cinct boundaries.
There are eight police beats in the pre-
cinct and at all hours there is a man as
signed to each. During the night from
o'clock until O'Clock the next morning.
there are two men on each of the beats.
One section works from I'm. to pm;
another from 4 pm. to II midnight; an
other from II midnight to am. and the
fourth Is on duty as reinforcement from
D. m. to am. At the station house there
is a reserve force consisting of half of the
section which goes off duty at the close
of each trick The bicycle men are di-
vided into two sections of five men each,
one section working from 8 am. to pm,
and the other from pm to - midnight.
They do no duty from midnight until
clock the next morning. The crossing
officers work the same hours as the bicycle
men. and are also divided Into two shifts.
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The man in charge of this most important
precinct who is responsible for its protec-
ton and order, is James A. Moore, the
lieutenant recently transferred from the
sixth precinct That he Is capable of filling
this responsible position is assured, in the
opinion of his superiors. from the capable
manner in which he directed the affairs
of the sixth precinct for six years, and
by the way he handled the police arrange
ments for the Roosevelt reception the night
of September 30.
Lieutenant Moore is among the younger
lieutenants of the force, and enjoys the
esteem of his superior officers. He was APP
pointed to the police force December IL,
1884, and has served continuously ever
since. He was made a private of class
July l, 1889, five years after his appoint
ment, having served all this time in the
first precinct. He was promoted TO be a
sergeant March 3, 1892 AS a sergeant In
the first precinct he showed himself tc be
an active, energetic and intelligent officer,
and for his general proficiency he was pro-
NOTED January 49, 1900, to the rank OF
lieutenant, and was given charge of the
sixth precinct, In many ways the second In
Importance. His record there was such
that he was the natural choice for the first
precinct when a vacancy was caused
through the promotion OF Lieutenant
Amiss.
Whea a sergeant in the first precinct
Lieutenant Moore was active under Lieu
tenant Aniss in the campaign against
gambling, policy selling and violations of
the liquor law. And to Sergeant Moore,
aided by Detective Helan and Sergeant
Kilmartin of the eighth precinct, who were
then privates in the first precinct is due
the fact that the violations of the gambling.
policy and liquor laws were stopped. 1t
was long. hard uphill fight. but the
young sergeant won.
During his period of service in charge
of the sixth precinct Lieutenant Moore had
about a dozen murders to handle. and he
was generally successful in apprehending
the accused parties Two of the murderers
committed suicide, two were hanged, an
other is awaiting execution In Jail, one was
declared insane and another was acquitted.
Among the notable ones in which the lieu
tenant figured were the murder of Seymour
Ayres, the Hill wife murder and the Schaf-
fer wife murder.
Connected with the first precinct station
in active duty are three sergeanis, one for
each eight-hour trick of duty. The senior
is Sergt James Hartley. He Is regarded as
one of the best of the younger policemen
on the force. account of his activity, In
teiligence and willingness to do hard work
He has handled many important cases. He
is a Hoosier, having been born In Indiana,
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