Evening star., 1922-01-13
3POUCE CAPTAINS
| RETIRED BY ORDER
| OF COMMISSIONERS
Capts. Hartley, FaIvey and
Williams Will Give Up
Commands.
LIEUTS. SHELBY, SHEETZ,
ST0LL, KEEFE, ADVANCED
Four Sergeants and Four Policemen
Moved Up One Grade-Some
Shifts Also Made.

| SHIFTS ALSO MADE.
| Three police captains were retired
and twelve higher officers Of the depart
ment were promoted by the Commits
sioners today.
| The veteran precinct commanders
| placed on the retired list are Capts.
James Hartley, ninth precinct; Will
liams F. Falvey, seventh precinct,
and George H. Williams. fifth pre-
cinct. capt. Thomas Judge retired
several Seeks ago.
The tour new captains appointed
today gre: William S. Shelby, now
instructor at the police school; Louis
]. Stoll. acting commander OF the
| tenth precinct: Ira Sheetz. present
head of the vice squad. and Edward
]. Keefe of the third precinct.
Promotion of these men created
! four vacancies for lieutenants, which
were filled as follows: William J..
! Hess. J. VI. Walsh, Ogden T. Davis
| and J. F. Beckett.
Four New Sergeants.
! -Four new sergeants were appointed
! as follows: J. c. Maloney, ]. L. Nc
Lucas, William Mcdonald and J. H
| Lee.
| Capt. Hartley was retired at his own
reques. and Capts. Falvey and Will
liams were retired as a result Of the
| physical examination made recently
of all members Of the force who had
| passed the age of sixty. Both VIII re-
| ceive 500 a month pension.
Other members Of the force retired
| today following physical examinations
/ are: Sergt. J. f. Preston and Privates
| George Kelley. ]. D. Hauze, F. r. EN-
inert. d. w. Byer. Joseph z. Barnes.
| William H. Fugett and William T.
/ Clinton. Sergt. Preston Will get $!5
| a month and the privates $69.16 each.
Retirement Of the following MEM
bers of the fire department who have
| passed the age of sixty also was an
| nounced by Commissioner Oyster to-
| day: Privates ]. c. Harper. p. ]. Car
| roll. Henry Lambert and T. P. Purcell.
They will receive s69.16 a month.
COmmissioner Announces Shifts.
Commissioner Oyster simultaneous
ly announced a shifting of captains
to different precincts.
Can't. Thaddeus r. Bean, now in
command of the eighth precinct will
go to the seventh precinct in George
| town.
| Cant. Sanford. now at the fourth
precinct, goes back to the fifth pre-
cinct, where he previously was sta
! toned.
Capt. Lord will move from the elev-,
enth precinct, in Anacostia, to the
/ tenth precinct, on Park road.
; Capt. Sheetz will be sent to the
: fourth precinct.
| the ninth precinct. vacated by the re-
| tirement of Capt. Hartley.
! Capt Shelby will command the elev-
| enth precinct and also Will continue
! to supervise the work Of the police
| school of instruction. He will be aid
| ed in this latter task by Sergt. Ed.
ward Curry of the sixth precinct.
! Cant, Keefe will succeed Capt. Bean
as commanding officer of the eighth
precinct.
Lieut.. Hess will be assigned to the
: third precinct, Lieut.. Walsh TO the
| tenth precinct and Lieut.. Davis to the
/ second precinct as chief of the vice
| squad.
Sergt. G. r. Evans will be trans
ferred from the fourth to the eleventh
/; precinct: Sergt. j. W. Green. from the
! fourth to the third. and Sergt. +. ;. w.
| Burke, from the ninth to the first pre-
| cinct.
| Capt. Louis J. Stoll.
| Cant. Louis ]. Stoll. a native OF Ohio
and a carpenter, was born November
e5. 1870. He was appointed to a posi-
tion on the police force May 13, 1895.
4 and promoted to be lieutenant Feb
ruary l, 1919 Much of his police duty
has been performed in the tenth
precinct, where he served as acting
lieutenant a number OF times. ana mas
been in charge of the precinct since
| October Z, when Capt. Thomas Judge,
I a
Capt. Ira SheetL
Can't Ira SheetZ was born in Nir-
ginia March 3. 1873. and was driver
at the time of his appointment to the
police force, July 3, 1901. August 10.
1919, he was promoted to a lieuten-
ancy. During the regime of Maj. Ray
mond W. Pullman, superintendent OF
police, Lieut.. Sheetz was placed IN
charge of what was termed a special
Investigations or vice squad, and 1t
was due to his efforts that many raids
on questionable resorts were made.
Capt. WiIHam 8. shelby.
Capt. William s. Shelby. native OF
Connecticut, connected with the traf-
fic bureau and in charge Of the police
school for the instruction Of fookies.
was born January 8. 1874, having pre-
yiously served in the Army. He was
made lieutenant August 10. 1919.
While serving as lieutenant in the
traffic squad. 1t fell to his lot to for
mulate the traffic regulations.
Capt. Edward J. Keefe.
Capt. Edward J. keefe. the only
native of this city to draw a cap
taincy, was born December 90. 1857,
and was a fireman when he accepted
a position in the police department.
December 16, 1885. He was pro-
NOTED to lieutenancy. July I. 1906.
Much of his duty as a policeman
was spent in the third precinct at ?
, time when especially able men were
in demand. His early police duty
involved many struggles with des-
perate criminals. . =. 80
Lieut.. william, r. Hess.
Lieut.. William P. Hess is q native
of the District Of Columbia. whore he
was born October %. 1866. He was =
carpenter. His appointment to the po-
lice force dates back to September ).
1894, and he was made sergeant
May /, 1909. Part OF his police duty
was performed az . member OF t.
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