The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-10-08

The fifty-etght precautionary pOi1ce-
mon of the School Of Recruits at po-
lice headquarters have shown unusu-
al skill with the revolver. Nineteen
Of them left the school on September
for precinct duty. The probation.
ors all get a thorough training in the
handling Of fire arms. In revolver
practice the men shoot at regulation
army targets. The department may
soon install life size papier mache
men for the policemen to shoot at.
These manikins work automatical.
". They appear suddenly in front
Of a screen to remain In view for h
few seconds, when they as quickly
disappear. Their use teaches the
men to be quick on the trigger. The
automatons have been adopted by the
Philadelphia police force with sue
cess.
The New York Police Department
has several hundred men who are
classed as good shots as many who
qualify as sharpshooters. The cham.
pion pistol shot of the department is
Acting Captain william Jones. He
has shown more policemen how to
shoot than any other man in the Uni.
led States. Captain Jones has taught
revolver practice at police headquar.
tiers on and of for many years. On
August last, Commissioner Woods
placed him in charge Of the Third
Branch Detective Bureau in Harlem.
He has made a study Of powder
marks, and from this knowledge has
often been able to tell at what dis
lance the fatal shot was fired in MUIR
der cases.
In revolver practice the men shoot
st four inch bullseye from a dis.
lance OF fifteen yards. It is seldom
that Jones fails to hit the mark. He
learned to shoot when a boy in the
Connecticut woods. He asserts that
the average craftsmanship Of the
department Is good. Some policemen
he said, failed to become good marks
men because they anticipated the re-
coil OF the weapon, uncOnsciously
lowering the pistol as they pulled the
trigger. A bad stomach, he said, al
fected a mans Workmanship more
than anything else.
Another sharpshooter is Lieuten
ant Detective George f. Haerle.
With Detective Joseph Guarnieri,
Haerle went on April last to fiat
in the east side of Harlem to arrest
William Horgan, drink crazed la
borer, who had shot a saloonkeeper.
Horgan was hiding in the fiat behind
a green curtain. When Guarnieri
drew the curtain aside Horgan fired
killing the detective instantly. The
fat was in darkness, but before Hor-
gan could fire again Haerle sent a
bullet through his forehead, killing
him. Haerle fired where he had seen
the glow of light from Horgan's gun
when the latter shot at Guarniri. Had
Haerle been less quick on the trig-
ger he would have met the same fate
as his fellow detective.
In the lives of many policemen
there comes time when they are
called upon to enter dark cellar
after thief. Crooks have a way OF
taking refuge In such places. and po-
licemen in following them into cell
lars often have been shot and killed.
Detectives Peter Carmody and Emil
Panevino were shot by drug Graz
ed negro in fiat In East Seventy
second street on May 26 last. Detec'
tives Stanley German, son Of Po-
lice Surgeon German. and Detective
Steven Birmingham learned that the
negro was hiding in cellar at 234
East Seventy-fourth, street. The two
detectives entered the cellar and be-
gan to creep about its dark fioor IN
search Of the fugitive. The negro was
hiding in h corner and suddenly open
ed fire on them. His fire was return
ed. The negro, rea' izing that the de-
tectives knew how to shoot, finally
surrendered.
1T is bad enough under any cir
cumstances," one of the detectives
said, TO go into a cellar after des-
perate thief who is well armed, but
You feel much more confidence In
Yourself II you know you can sbo
Detective George Thompson of the
Fourth Detective Branch Is crack
shot' Several years ago negro dis
pulsed as woman was terrorizing
harlem. Thompson arrested the ne
gro one night and was taking him to
the station when the negro suddenly
urew razor and cut Thompson s
throat from ear to ear, Just missing
tne )ugular vein. The detective drop
pea to the pavement. AS he fell. half
,alhting from loss of blood, he pulled
uN revolver and sent bullet after
,he fugitive fifty feet away. The bull
,e. entered the negros back and pass
'ns through his heart, killed him in
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