Evening star., 1915-01-01
Alleged Slayers Escape.

Alleged Slayers Escape.
About a score Of homicide cases fur
| nished much work for the police. and
with the exception Of two Instances,
the alleged ,slayers were captured
Ennis Dawson. alias Mule" and Will
liam Stark, alias Cincinnati Red
both colored were the ones who man
| aged to escape.
Not much was known Of either man,
and the night Mule" Dawson. as the
alleged slayer was familiarly known,
was charged with having stabbed Rob-
ert Taylor to death he got so good a
start on the police that he was never
overtaken.
Many persons were arrested in differ
they answered the description Of the
to see the prisoners, but sall managed
to establish their Identity and were
released. Stark stabbed John Wesley.
a resident Of Armory place southwest.
which proved fatal.
year involved the assault and robbery
committed In the Office of the Metro
politan Coach Company. 1112 18th
street northwest, August 26. about
noon. A former employe Of the COM
pany and q companion. who are alleged
to have committed the assault and rob-
berry. were not caught
Numerous petty "swindlers operated
games OF all kinds and succeeded in
getting sums Of money from unsus-
pecting persons. Many offenders were
arrested and many others eluded the
police. The police made a number Of
arrests Of persons for other jurisdic-
tions.
Arrests for the twelve months aggre-
gated 37,056. those for drunkenness
reaching $3.50. During the year Maj.
Sylvester added one motor cycle to the
mounted force in the county. Addi-
tional patrol boxes were located in the
county in order to better safeguard
modern steel cells were constructed in
one police station to take the place Of
the insanitary cells.
Very few changes of importance were
ment during the twelve months. Con-
gress made no provision for increases.
very few were retired, and only one
officer of higher rank. Capt. Michael
Lieut.. c. E. E. Flather of the fourth
precinct was promoted to the vacancy
caused by the death of Capt Michael
Byrnes and put in charge of the sixth
precinct. Capt John c. Daley of the
ninth precinct was retired. He was
II l..
w. H. Harrison. and Harrison was put
in charge of No. 2 precinct in place of
Capt. Charles T. Peck. who was trans
ferred to the first precinct. He took the
who shot himself. Lieut.. Thomas Judge
succeeded to the vacancy caused by
Capt. Hollinberger's death.
Walter Emerson, A. J. Headley and
]. E. Wilson. inspectors in the depart
ment, who held the rank of sergeant,
were made acting lieutenants. Mai
Sylvester recommended the strengthen
ing of the harbor police on account of
the large number OF boats anchored in
the harbor and of the thousands of
ly protected. One of the smaller boats
in the harbor service was aoyerhaufei
and put In condition for more strenu-
Gus work.
War on So-Called Clubs.
The police waged war on the go
called pool clubs and put several of
them out of business or induced their
managers to take out licenses. Oper-
ating under licenses, the managers
found 1t necessary to respect the after
hours and Sunday regulations.
Several crusades against handbooks
were waged. Arrests followed and a
few convictions resulted. Members OF
the vice squad conducted a number of
raids and arrested scores Of yioIators
Of the Kenyon law. Following the en-
forcement OF the Jones-Works liquor
law and the closing of more than 15o
liquor establishments, retailers OF 40.
called near-beer increased and estab-
lishments In which the product was
sold kept open Sunday and at all hours
of the night
While no complaints Of drunkenness
growing out of the sale Of the so-called
neaf-oeer were made by the police. II
was deemed expedient by the police to
Keep close watch on such places on