Evening star., 1916-01-09
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

! a number of Washington prisoners
are holding important positions of trust
! in the federal penitentiary at Leav
enworth, Kan, according to state
ment OF Policeman James NJ MoGrath.
who recently visited that institution.
| One of them an Indian. who is serving
time for manslaughter. is in charge of
the railway waiting station outside the
prison gates
The iron work of an addition to the
3, prison is in charge of the McNamaras.
who are serving life sentences for
murder growing out of the explosion
which wreck ed the Los Angeles Times
building and killed number of per-
sons
An attractive feature of the life
there. said McGrath, lis the music OIL
the prison band. the theatrical per-
| formances and moving picture shows.
/ The prisoners enter the dining room
to the tune of a march played by the
band. and music entertains them wnile
| they are eating. ,
| Mai. Pullman says the police through
ont the country have learned the advan :
taye of having limited nGmper oi
F., policewomen and special agents lot po-
, lice work Women he says. have oeeh
! found to be better aolc 10 40 liN
! fp
wayward girls, juvenile del1haueno3
md preventive work, accomplished
| through conferences with mothets' Mno
| are being led into committing
i ffenses. ..- .aosop
! Durinc the holiday shopping season
,vo n,afrons performed excellent WORK
II; the stores said Maj. Pullman ana
. Inspector Grant, and the unfortunate
MARI was the ina billty oil the oepai
ment to properly remunerate them
! Police officials are glad the hoioay
| season is q thing of the past;
Uere many thefts committed BEFORE
| Christmas. something ina. aiMa ,he
anticipated, and the recent season lhe
| nolice had to deal with many vloieht
| deaths. There were four homicides;
/ several suicides and several acclden'di
i deaths. .he
granting Of portions of annual leaves
I or absence Many members or tns
| force enjoyed the last of the days OF
| 1915 on leave and others startea @ .ne,i
! holidays the first day of the new year
| Lieut. James A. Duvall of the hrst
precinct only recently married. was
the highest official in rank in No 10
be permitted to remain at nome INC
first Sunday of the year
Bicycle policeman Joseph A. Connors
of Capt. Peck's command spent the
first Sunday of the year at home.
who were on the sick list early in the
year were Lieut.. John e: Cats. not
Vet recovered from the effects of the
runshot wound he suffered while max
| ing an arrest: A. W. Esser and Door
man Henry Turner.
Private Benjamin II. Johnson OF the
] first precinct has returned from a MOI
| iday trip to Richmond. where he Wis
| tied relatives. He learned that his
! brother-in-law caught a four-pound
bass two weeks ago. batting with a
crawfish. he stated. and now Johnson Is
| developing the fishing fever
| Five members of the first precinct
crossing force had holiday Sunday.
| They were II. A. Cheney. Pennsylvania
| avenue and 9Th street; e. l.. Lockwood,
New York avenue and 9Th street; II. II.
Hartman, 14th and F streets: j. W.
Cronie, 9Th and G. streets. and j. II.
Hartman. 9Th and G streets.
ID. l.. Embrey, private in Capt. Doyle's
! command. is nursing a sprained wrist.
He suffered the injury Saturday night
| in the. performance OF his duty.
Private A. J. Wernig of the second
precinct was on the sick list last week.
Clinton Smith. a chauffeur in the sec
ond precinct. has taken nine. days of
leave. He is spending his vacation al
his home in the country. getting ready
for the spring season.
Policeman J. T. Langley of the second
precinct took holiday las. week to
make preparations to move.
Frank .Stroman, private in the third
precinct, was taken to Garfield Hospital
last week. He was suffering from an at