The Washington times., 1919-01-27
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investigates by-Ths Times 70 dis,
close how q msdnan st large In the
northwest section or washinEton
could invade three bones, shoot two
women and choke Z third. ana escape
the police resuitsd today n reveals
ing these facts:
0nl> sesen members of ne Police
Depsrtnent vers On, sarsut pufrpi
duty In the Thfrd police prscinct q
the time Of The mSdmans rzmpaes.
Six OF The seven men on street pa-
trol duty we've privstek assigned 10
patrol certain ''bests" and the ssv-
enth man was On acting serSssnt
assigned TO supervise the work q
the six priystes.
Three Green Hen.
Three Of the six priyates on street
patrol duty were "soldier-police,s nsn
transferred from the army several
months ago for police duty IN wash
ington, and known N green" men
on the police force.
AhO Anho EoLhCt LfE[AnCts WIN
these six men patrollet, embrsces
about 40 city blocks. 90 that each OF
the six men on patrol duty had 60
the whole area including q large psrf
OF the exclusive residential northwest
section. numerous Government build
ings, and the section known as
"Foggy Bottom" at one time one OF
the notorious bad" sections Of the
city.
Normal Number Twelve.
Under normal conditions twelve
men would have been on street pa
troll duty in the Third precinct On
Friday morning, when only stx msn.
30 per cent Of the normal number.
actually were on duty.
There were two policemen kept st
the Third precinct police station re-
serve. prepared for any emerrency
calls, but when they were sent 70 the
scene Of the attacks the asssilant OF
the women had escaped.
IL IN estimated that, the popuIstion
OF the precinct is more than 10000.
The police census, taken In Novem-
Der. 1918. showed q population OF
32.544.
The precinct runs from Fifteensh
street on the east to Rock Creek on
the. west and from Q street on the
north to the Tidal basin on the south
One Dses wsrk sf Fssr.
Policeman s. b. Sanders on Friday
morning was given the work regu-
lariy assigned TO four policemen IN
the Third precinct Sanders street
patrol covered all that territory
bounded on the east by Fifteenth
street on the west by Twentieth
street, on the south by Pennsyivsnia
avenue, and on the north by N street.
This territory comprises four ''bests."
each one Of which should have been
patrolled by one policeman.
IL was in this territory that the
madman attacked Miss Lillian Hood.
who was asleep in bed AT 1887 l. street
northwest. and Miss Florence Fowler.
who was In bed in her room az 1911
L street northwest.
In the section known 70 the police
as ''Foggy Bottom" two policemea
were doing the work OF four on Fri
day morning. These two men were
e. r. Foegls and T. +. RittenburG
whose duty consisted Of pstrolling ell
that territory bounded by Pennsyivs-
the south, Seventeenth street on the
east and Rock creek on the west
This territory normally consists or
four police sbeatsA"
soldier Triptes u.
1ssdore Schecter, a soldier-policemsn
was doing the regular work Of three
policemen on Friday NORMAN The
home OF Miss Martha Gesran at l3ia
Connecticut avenue. is on one OF the
beats schecter was pstrolling. Niss
Geagan was shot by the mailman
while Schecter was trying 20 ''ceverr
that ,section Of the city between n ana
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