Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
Disfigured With Lye.

Persons who have met Capt Daley. the
controller of the destinies Of the nnt
precinct, have no doubt remarked upon
the fact that he does not wear the high
and close-fitting collar prescribed by the
rules and regulations of the local police
department.
Capt. Daley never even attempts to Try
on such collars. Instead he wears low
one-one which is of the very exaggerated
white wings variety, and finally one
that fits SO loosely that it cannot touch
his neck al any place. And behind al
this there is story. a story which, while
unwilling TO relate il. the captain consid-
erS one OF the most dramatic and exciting
of his long term on the metropolitan
force.
There are scars on the captains chin
Part of his right ear is missing: and
finally his neck and chest are marked
with disfieuring scars, and these. too, are
the results Of the same incident which
prevents him from complying with Maj
Sylvester'S orders about collars.
Capt. Daley is a reticent man. When
first seen by the interviewer he denied
ever having encountered anything which
was in the least out of the ordinary.
But when the interviewer noticed the
scars and called attention to the fact the
captain actually blushed. Finally after
much urging he explained their presence
with the following story
IL was III 1881 J. was III the 1Ouflil
precinct and was detailed TO what was at
that time the most wickedly pernicious
and dangerous district of all Washington
l mean the notorious Bloodfield.
Il was a sergeant. and for some two
weeks my men had been watching Il sus-
pected speak-easy located near the cor
ner of Delaware avenue and 9th street
southwest. Finally when it was consid-
cred that sufficient evidence against the
alleged proprietor of the place had been
gathered a raid was planned
II was placed in charge of the leading
squad. | picked six men TO accompany
me, and when we arrived at the suspect
ed house placed two at the rear and
three in front. The remaining man and
myself opened d window which had been
left unlocked. crawled through and opened
the front door. The three in front, of
course, entered, and the five of us made
a concerted rush against d pair of closed
folding doors. while the two men who
had been left in the rear alley climbed
the fence and forced an entrance through
the back door.
We reached the rear room almost ST.
simultaneously, and within we found about
a dozen men being served with various
liquors by big woman who must have
weighed at least three hundred pounds.
"Of course there was an awful fight. The
men outnumbered us, but we were armed,
and in addition we had taken them I'M
aWdfeS. Consequently, after a short struS-
gle we had them fairly well subdued, with
the more vicious ones wearing handouts.
Indeed, we considered the raid practically
ended. and one of my men was telephon-
ing for the wagon when the thing hap
pened which left me with these scars.
with my club ready for any new trou-
BILE that might arise, l was standing on
guard over two of the most unruly of our
prisoners, when, suddenly, everything
seemed to grow red. 1t seemed as though
some one had thrown heaping shovelful
OF live Goals into my face. l burned with
an apparently unearthly fire My face
tortured me, and my right ear felt as
though it had been suddenly submerged
into boiling oil. while my chest seemed
to be scared with white hot steel rod.
/ reeled, / staggered, and at last l fell.
1 had no idea OF what had happened to
me. l only knew that l was in agony.
u probably lost consciousness for a