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delphi, declared after the selection
\ that these deserved the praise and
z commendatior of all Washington
Tor their heroism.
Third To BE Chosen.
The two gold medals will go to
Russell and Kefauver. A third gold
medal, given last year to Fire Chief
George s. Watson, was declined and
later presented to him in trust. He
win select the recipient Of this
medal. He has not yet announced
the name Of the person to whom 1t
win be awarded.
When the committee met in Com
missioner Rudolph's offices yester-
day, the names Of four policemen
and thirty-seven firemen, together
with d detailed description Of
heroic deed performed by each were
presented by Major Daniel Sullivan.
superintendent OF police. and An
drew j. Sullivan, acting chief OF the
Fire Department. From this list
the medal winners were chosen.
Get Merit Badges.
Before adjournipg, however. the
committee voted to highly com
mend three policemen and thirty
six firemen for their heroism.
Those who by this action will re-
ceive merit badges follow:
Police-Private Thomas d. Walsh,
Harbor precinct; Private Edward Nj.
Brown, First precinct, and Private
Charles FL. Schreyer, OF the First
Fire-Battalion Chief j. J. Hanlon,
of No. 4 Truck: Capt. j. B. Watt,
No. 4 Truck; Capt H. c. Corder. En-
CINE No. 19; Lieut.. r. G.. Anderson.
Engine No. 81; Lieut.. T. J. Grim
minis. Engine No. 10; Sergt. o. A.
Becker .ingine No. Is: Sergt. E. L.
Hunt, shop.
Priva es Angelo Schneider, H. G
Watson w. a. White, H. l.. King,
J. j, Il; ley, NJ. II. Nally and H. j.
CLARK ~ of NJ. Truck: Private b.
r. Ila :, Engine No. 6; Private r.
+. WI Engine No. IA: Privates f.
Nj. Owens. f. f. Warren. E. T.
Martin. j. w. Halliday, l.. NJ. Beck
No. 81; Pr Yates G. w. Ridley and T..
II. B. Ailen and A. H. Chace. Engine
No. IS: Pr.vates j. H. Sanford, c. IT,
Bassette and W. B. Johnson, Engine
No. 25: privates T. j. O'Neil, &. J.
Capps, j. ID. Martin and G.. +. Well,
all of Engine No. 10; Privates J. e.
Suit and Paul Boyer, Truck No. 2,
and Private J. s. Trodden, Engine
No. 20.
HerOism Thrilling.
1t is hard to describe by the
-. q
Policeman Russell and Fireman
KefauVer. Their acts were, to say
the least, thrilling and hair rails
ing. The general public sees such
deeds in moving pictures and i'm
mediately declares Impossible
when it is suggested that such
things really happen in everyday
life.
The heroism Of Policeman Rus
sen was exhibited on August 81,
1873. 1t was hot summer after
noon, and at the Fifth police
precinct there was little doing. Elk.
sept for drunk or two, not one
arrest had been made during the
DAY. Private Russell was as
signed to station house duty-in
charge OF the patrol system. His
duty was TO answer calls Of all
police policemen and 30 out with the
The telephone bell rang. A WON.
An who gave her name as Mrs. q.
g. Wise, her address an 315 Ninth
street southeast, was on the other
elld Of the line.
Man Firing Pistol.
There's o man In front of INV
house with. q gun in his hand. I'll
Mrs. Wise told Russell excitedlv.
Hes only partially dressed, and
he just shot Off his revolver Send
the police over here immediately. RI
an afraid he will do harm"
A few seconds later Policeman
Russell was hurrying to Ninth
street I'm the patrol. Reaching there
ne was Joined by Policeman o. G.
Clay. Mrs. Wise told them the
man had gone inside a house. Rus.
sell and Clay entered the house.
Clay searched downstairs and
Russell started upstairs. However.
Russell was only half way up when
the man-Millard Smith-appeared
with revolver in hand. He pointed
It at Russell.
STOP" he commanded. eff you
attempt to come another step II
will kill you"
Tried To Reason.
Russell stopped. He then retired
to the bottom Of the steps. Stand.
ing there, with the gun still pointed
In his face and with his own gun
close by but not near enough for
effective use. Russell tried to reason
with Smith.
II am not here to do you any
harm," Russell told him, II am here
to protect you. Please come down.
stairs"
Smith left the top Of the steps
and slowly came down, still aiming
his revolver at Russell. When he
was nearly at the bottom he called
out:
II am not coming down another
step. I am going to kill you and
then am going to kill myself"
Lives Hung By Thread.
Russell made a move as If to jump
at the man.
"stop. II you move another step
I will kill you"
Russell halted, AS he did. 90,
Smith raised his revolver to his
head. Then he turned It. on Russell,
aiming at the latter's breast. Then
he turned 1t back to his head. And
then again at Russell. ~.
Policeman Russell realized he
must act quickly not only to save
Smiths life but his own. He knew
it would be folly for him to draw
out his revolver. Smith had, the
drOp on him." What then was