Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
Lieut.. Kelly Is Promoted and
/ Made Assistant to Detec.
Il tive Head.
NEW APPOINTEE WILL
FILL POST OF DOYLE
Other Transfers and Changes in
Personnel of District Of
ficers Announced.

The District Commissioners today APP
proved a recommendation of Maj. Henry
q. Pratt, superintendent Of police, pro-
noting Lieut.. Walter Emerson, who has
been acting captain at detective head
quarters, to captaincy to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the death Of Capt.
Robert Emmett Doyle of the eighth pre-
cinct, and making several other pro-
motions to I'LL vacancies thus caused.
Lieut.. Edward j. Kelly, chief Of the
homicide squad, was given the tenn
porary rank and pay OF q captain and
made assistant to the chief of detec-
tives, filling the place made vacant by
Emerson's promotion. Detective Sergt.
Clement p. Cox was made a lieutenant.
Precinct Detective Dennis j. Murphy,
thirteenth precinct, was made head
quarters detective. Private Elmer r.
Lewis, q member Of Inspector Beams
liquor squad, was made a precinct de-
tective.
Promoted on birthday.
Emerson's promotion came on his
sixty-third birthday, although it Is not
effective until tomorrow morning. He
viii go to the fourth precinct, and Capt.
Fred Cornwell, now at the fourth. win
20 to the eighth. Emerson has been on
the police force since August 81, 1894.
He was made sergeant in 1906, q
lieutenant In 1919, and has had his
present rank and assignment since
1928.
Kelley was born December Q, 1883,
and became a policeman October 8,
1906. and has therefore completed ~
years of service. His record consists
almost entirely Of concentrations, in-
Guiding one high commentator" for
clever detective work. He was tried,
al rxrff1 txfn "A.
ant Superintendent william S. Shelby
for ''ineficiency'' in connection with
his investigation Of the death of Vir-9
ginia Mcpherson on December 10, 1929.
The trial resulted in another commen-'
dation for the efflcient manner in which
he conducted the investigation. He
Joined the detective bureau in 1915
and was made an acting lieutenant and
given command of the homicide and
safe squad January /. 1923. He was
promoted to heutenancy on March
IS, 1929.
Cox Also Commended.
Cox was born June 3, 1884, and ap-
pointed September, 1870. He was made
q precinct detective In 1918 and de-
tecfive sergeant in 1921. His record
also bristles with Communications both
from the department and from private
citizens for his detective work.
Murphy was born April 10. 1895. and
precinct detective in 1921 and q de-
tective sergeant in 1922. He went back
into uniform in 1926 and again became
O precinct detective July 8 Of this year.
Murphy was principally responsible for
solution of the recent robbery Of q
messenger Of the Mount Vernon Saw
1ngs Bank, who was carrying $4,000 Of
the banks money. He was commended
by the Commissioners In this case, and
his present promotion is said to grow
directly out Of the favorable impress
sion he made working on the case.
Lewis was one of those who, with MUIR
ply, worked on that case, and his pro-
motion is also traced back to this affair
Other Changes Made.
Lewis was born August Z. 1899, and
appointed September !, 1922. He was
promoted to class private in 1928
and to class 3 in 1925.
Other changes announced today by
Maj. Pratt provide for relieving Sergt.
j. r. Leach from the special investiga-
tons squad and sending him from the
sixth to the tenth precinct, Sergt. n.
o. Holmes OF the tenth precincts TO sue.
coed Leach as Q member Of the liquor
squad.
AAcut. h04CAhhCt ~. 1SeCuy - daAAoACkIe0
from the eighth to the thirteenth pre-
cinct: Lieut.. J. e. Bowers from the
thirteenth to the eighth precinct, and
Lieut.. j. w. McGinnis from the third
to the eighth precinct.
Pvt. H. @. Bauer, filing O detail in
the property room at headquarters, is
transferred TO No. Is and detailed as q
member Of the special investigations
squad.
Capt. Kelly, in his new position, win
have general supervision of the field
service of members of the detective
corps, his duties to include homicide
investigations as in the past, Inspector
william s. Shelby. chief Of detectives,
said today he had not yet determined
the full scope Of the duties Of his new
assistant
Capt. Kelly will not be required to
hold down desk job, 1t was pointed
out by Mai. Pratt. Three lieutenants,
C.. J. p. Weber, Cox and Warren o.
Embrey, will serve as assistants to Capt.
Kelly and perform duty in the detective
ONCE, alternating on day and night
duty.