Evening star., 1926-10-13
SLAIN DETECTIVE KEPT PLEDGE
TO GET CLUE TO HIS MURDERER

sister and brother in-1aw. They were
tickled and excited over the news.
"He left here about 6 O'Clock, I
guess, telling me he had to report
at police headquarters at Z o'clock.
"He put his arm around me and
kissed me, and said:
"T'll see you tomorrow at Z
o'clock, Baby. They were his last
words"
Miss Parker said. that scarcely a
week ago she asked Scrivener If he
discussing the dangers of detective
work.
Knew of No Enemies.
He told me-" she said that he
hadn't single enemy in the world
that he knew Of, except the usual
sort fenemies that a detective meets
with in his work"
Detective Scrivener was perhaps the
most popular, If not the most eff
cient, member of the Detective Bu-
reau. He was faultlessly dressed and
genial in manner on all occasions,
but was at the same time one Of the
most feared of the Police Depart
ment's under-cover men.
He had been officially commended
for unusual service or personal brav-
cry on IL different occasions, accord
ing to his record at police headquar-
terS.
Awarded Valor Medal.
In 1921 he was awarded a special
medal for Valor in recognition of eX-
traordinary heroism in performance
of his duties, as demonstrated August
19, 1920, during his sensational run
ming gun battle with fugitive from
justice. On this occasion, driving his
car alone, he gave chase to an es-
capped convict with a known record
for badness" and when about to
overtake the fugitive's speeding ma
chine was shot in the arm he was
using to steer the car.
The other hand held the detective's s
smoking revolver. Despite the fact
that his left arm was thus rendered
useless, Scrivener continued his
| chase, crowded the escaping car to
the sidewalk and gave chase to the
still armed convict when the latter
! leaped from his car. He captured
his man after a short sprint and
held him, with one arm, until the
arrival of police several minutes
later.
He was appointed to the police
| force as a private on January IS.
1912, and was elevated to the Detec-
tive Bureau on September l, 1918.
Scrivener's first commentator
| came soon after his appointment as
a foot patrolman in the seventh pre-
cinct in 1912, and the last in recog.
| milton of his work on the recent
| Piggly Wiggly hold-up case.
Praised by Hesse.
Maj. Hesse, characterizes Scrivener
as "a loyal and efficient officer, a mar
| who sacrificed his own interests for
| the good of the community" when
| 1t came to question of performance
| of duty" Maj. HeSse added, "Scrivener
never knew what hours were, giving
his whole time to the duties In hand
| He was by far the most courteous
man on the force | was never
ashamed to send him to any one. am
bassador or tramp. He was fearless
| and by his death the department has
| lost one of it's best men"
Judge Gus A Schuldt. presiding
magistrate Of Police Court, said today
that the city had lost one of it's best
defenders, while Judge John P. Nc
Mahon, dean of Police Court judges
| said he regarded the detectives sud
| den death as a personal loss.
| Tributes from Judge Robert E
Mattingly and Judge Isaac R. Hit
were given with equal feeling.
The dead detectives father, Turner
A. Scrivener, retired Frederick County
| farmer, now living at Winchester
Va. was notified early today of the
murder of his son. He left at once
| for this city.
The Scrivener family is one of the
| fv1 Nnlr
| tive Scrivener was descendant OF
Col. Joseph Lockhart Of the Virginia
Militia, who became a general under
Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary
War. He was an Elk, and a member
Of Lebanon Lodge. f. A. A. NJ.
The body probably will be taken tc
| Winchester for interment.