Evening star., 1925-06-16
BURL|NGAME MADE
CAPTAIN OF POLICE
Veteran Lieutenant, Terror
st Underworld, Wins
Promotion.

I.ieut Guy Rurlingame of the sixth
precinct. veteran member of the Po-
lice department. today was promoted
by the Commissioners to be captain
OF police, effective July l.. He will
succeed Capt. Russell Dean. retired,
and WIN take charge OF Capt. Deans
precinct. No. IL.
AT the same time the Commission
ers promoted Acting Lieut.. jeremiah
A. sullivan to fun lieutenant to fill
he vacancy caused by Burlingame $
elevation. and made PVT. Coleman r.
Brown of No. il a sergeant.
The promotions were approved by
the Commissioners upon recommends
tion OF Acting Stunt. of Police Evans.
with the concurrence OF Commissioner
Fenning. supervising the Police de-
partment.
Is Master Of Strategy.
Burlingame for years has oeen one
OF the most picturesque figures on
the force. In the Winter of Janaury.
1919, during the superintendency Of
Maj. Pullman. ii was Burlingame
and r. j. Kelly who were put on
the Wan case after three members
of the Chinese educational mission,
on kolorama road. were found muir
dered. The case was proba bly, the
most difficult murder that ever was
solved by local police.
Burlingame made several trips to
New York in connection with the
Wan case. but his principal strategy
in Washington during the quizzing
Of the Chinese suspects on that case
was devoted 10 semi successful baf
fling OF newspa per men. against
whom Maj. Pullman had decreed
rigid censorship. 1t was Burlings me
who drove the decoy machine that
would bring news sstherers on
chase 10 the opposite section of the
city from the in which the Sc
creted Chinese were being aues-
toned
During the war he was detailed 10
the spectacular service Of impla nting
the fear OF the law in members of the
underworld who were threatening 10
create more or less OF rumpus. His
saturday night visits took him to
dives in various unsavory sections of
the city. where he and his CREW
took the initiative of "frisking" all
suspicious looking individuals and
bringing in others for investigation.
Quelled Race Riot.
1t was during the race riots. though.
that Burlingame attained spectacular
heights in police work. At 7th and T
streets crowd OF 1000 had gathered.
A hostile mob WAS racing uD 1th
street below New York avenue. Bur
lingame sized mp the situation in a
jinS- He decided to do some ordering
Of the military forces which were in
town TO aid the police. So he called
up the first precinct and proceeded TO
give orders regarding the checking of
this hostile mob. while he, with In
spector Ora mt OF the detective bureau.
his superior officer. and group of 90
detectives operated at 7th and T
streets.
Called up on the carpet before a
military official to explain things he
give such a vigorous and clear ex-
planation OF his act that upon investi-
cation by the military authorities he
was highly complimented for taking
the initiative and dispensing the or
ders he did.
Rurlingame WAS formerly assista MT
to Inspector Grant and in charge Of
the detective bureau in the evening.
He was transferred to the ninth pre-
cfnct as a lieutenant and later was
sent 10 the sixth precinct where he
was attached at the time Of this pro.
motion
Jerry" Sullivan has been acting
lieutenant al No. s precinct since Jan
uary |. 1924. He has taken q lead
ing part in many notable LIQUOR raids
conducted by that precinct and is one
Of the most popular officers in the de-
partment. He was appointed to the
force in 1902.
Brown was appointed a member Of
the Police Department November II.
1903.