Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-21
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

claimed bicycles are in the property
i room al headquarters awaiting claim
| ants
1T is merely a question of provin g
ownership and taking away the prop
erty. remarked one of the officers in
charge. and if they are not claimed in
| a week or two they will be sold and
the money poid into the pension fund"
| The property room is accessible be-
| tween m. and pm, and there is an
officer on duty to accommodate losers
| wheels.
| of bicycles who call and request per-
| mission to make an inspection of the
! It's strange where so many bicycles
| come FROM. one of the officers re-
| marked Most of them probably were
stolen and abandoned. and it's singular
! that their owners have not taken in
| terest enough in them to come and look
! them over
Many of the wheels in the property
| room are in splendid condition, 1t Is
| stated, but when put up at auction, the
| police say, they will bring nominal
| prices.
| During the work of overhauling the
! contents of the property room the past
| week the officers IN charge found
scores of empty bottles of all kinds
! not the Kind of bottles that are per-
| mitted in prohibition citleS-and they
| Were consigned to the refuse heap.
! They were not emptied here ex-
| planned one of the officers in charge.
but came here with odds and ends of
| stolen, abandoned and unclaimed prop
| erty.'
! Lieut.. Russell Dean. in charge of the
| harbor precinct, may be one of the
| first members of the department to ask
| for an increased number of policemen
| hon, nd
| charge of the affairs of the police de-
| partment.
| Mai sylvester fully realized the i'm
portance of increasing the harbor pa
! troll he said, but felt he did not have
! the men to spare from other precincts.
! II sincerely hope the new chief will
| see his way clear to increase the har-
! Dor patrol, remarked the owner Of a
| river craft. THE present force is wholly
| Inadequate to meet the demands upon
it
| At this season Of the year. when
scores of launches are put overheard
| and when fishermen are getting busy,
| it is argued by interested persons,
| there is much work to do in the matter
| of protecting life and limb. and there
also is something to do to prevent lille
gal fishing and depredations generally
a launch in charge of a competent
| man. with a crew of two life guards.
| suggested boatman. might be used
/ to advantage on the upper river among
| the canoests. especially holidays and
Sundays when there are hundreds of
| such persons between the Chain and
| Aqueduct bridges.
And if such a patrol saved one life in
season" he added. "the District would
| be fully compensated.
| Members of the Polcemen's Association
| are well pleased with their efforts at the
reception and smoker rendered the Com
missoners and Maj Raymond ". Pull
man at Pythian Temple. They feel GER
tain that the effect will be far reaching
and that increased membership will
| follow.
! Commissioner Brown!u~ and Mai Pull
| man were well pleased and surprised al
the showing made by members of the
association. and both gave hearty APPROX
I, al to the objects of the organization.
| Secretary George W. Sellers was
lected to visit the home of Commissioner
! Newman, who was ill., and present floral
! remembrance.
| l.. J. I.usk editor Of the Pn'iceIrla n s
! Monthly. was an interested guest at the
| smoker and entertainment given by the
! Policenens Association. He here
| from New York to attend the affair. and
| in conversation with officers of the or
gan;zation he made it plain that he had
been we'll rewarded for the journey.
| paying members a high compliment
| because of the amount of intelligence
displayed.
| Candidates for membership in the Po-
! licemen's Association who were initiated
at the last meeting we're sergt. ". p.
| Hess, l.. f. Beach. {. +. Brown. w II.
| Rock, T.. T. Alexander, r. l.. May and
o. w. Mansfield. Several applications for
| membership have been received since the
| last meeting.
| Detective Guy F. Burlingame was
summoned to Campbell county. Va.
several days ago as witness in q
! SAT blowing case. The trial was at
Rustburg. the county seat
! "Rustburg is far from the capital of
! the state said the detective. and
| way in the backwoods. but the people
are progressive and hospitable.'
| Going from Lynchburg on a train on
the Norfolk and Western road. there
being only one train each way day.
the Washington officer was landed "a
railroad station mile from town.
| And when ! reached Rustburg, he
! said. Il was about as hungry as a man
a dinner man would expect to get
| in a big city. and the surprise~was the
; most ENJOYABLE part of the trip.
i Detective Burlingame. Post Office In
spectors Mosby and Dixon and others
| got supplies of eggs at u cents a dozen
| and brought them home.
(, sort of combining home affairs with
business. one of the men remarked.
/ T. t.. tHinl Phillips, clerk at police
headquarters. regarded one of the
most important assignments in the de-
| partment, was off duty two days last
week on account of the sickness of his
| wife. His duties were performed by
| Detective Guy f. Eurlingame.
t Sergt Harry R. Lehman of the first
, precinct. who was shot and dangerously
| wounded while making an arrest at 9Th
and +. streets a month ago. is rapidly
recovering from the effects of the
wounds.
He has been out of the hospital for
more than a week. and exercise in the
fresh air has brought back much of his
lost strength. The sergeant will re-
turn to duty In the near future.
Private ]. ]. McAuliffe of the first
precinct took holiday St Patrick's day
| and attended a celebration given in
honor Of st. Patrick.
Philip Regain. private in the first
, precinct, took holiday last Sunday.
| Regain takes a number OF Sundays off
| during the course of year.
Bicycle Policeman G. F. Mansfield of
the first precinct was on the sick list
| last week.
! Privates F. z. Woodward and ]. r,
Mcmahon of the second precinct took
holiday Tuesday and Wednesday, The
former gave a ST. Patricks celebra-
ton md invited a number of friends,
and Mcmahon rendered valuable as
J. r. Hendricks. one of the desk
sergeants at the second precinct was
| detained at home the past week suf-
| fering from an attack of pneumonia
Before the end of the week his ply