Evening star., 1934-08-21
POLICE, F|REMEN i.
GET MERIT AWARD
Nine to Receive Warrants
From Commissioners for
Bravery and Intelligence.

Five members of the Metropolitan,
one officer of the Park Police and
three privates Of the District Fire
Department were to receive warrants
today from the District Commits
sioners for meritorious service and
acts of extraordinary bravery and
intelligence in their work in the past
year in the protection Of District
life and property.
The Commissioners were scheduled
to adopt recommendations for annual
awards as proposed by Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent Of police,
and Charles E. Schron, chief engineer
of the Fire Department.
Selected for Awards.
The police selected for the special
awards are: Detective Sergt. Frank
o. Brass, Pvts. j. A. Cation, Watson
Salkeld, jr., R. J. Tompkins and w. E.
Bracey. In the latter case Pvt. Robert
G. Thompson of the park police was
given special commendation.
Members of the fire department
honored are Pvts. w. L. Hazelwood,
c. c. Sellers and S. J. Horan.
In addition to those who were given
the special awards, the heads of the
two departments wrote commenda-
tions into the records Of Pvts. A. B.
Clark, r. d. Chenault, M. K. Reading
and Detective Sergt. M. j. Dowd of
the police department; and Inspectors
r. C. Roberts and j. T. Mooney and
Pvts. M. T. Hollis, B. A. Essex, w. D.
Winters, w. C. Gee and H. G. Watson
Detective Sergt Brass won gold
medal for his single-handed capture
last December 20 of three armed thugs
who were found in the apartment Of
Thomas Moore in the Arlington Hotel.
Brass had been informed in advance
of a reported attempt to rob the
place. When he arrived there, Brass
heard a scuffle of feet and shot was
fired. In retaliation, the officer fired
two shots and shouted I'm Brass
from headquarters and I want you
to surrender" He thereupon cap
tured two men who gave up and later
arrested the third man hiding in a
bath room The fourth member Of
a hold-up quartet later was implicated
and all four were convicted on a
charge of house breaking.
Won Award for Courage.
Sergt. Cation won a silver medal for
his work in pistol affray last April
II on Ontario place, near Adams Mill
road, with three bandits suspected in
having participated in stealing truck
loaded with cigarettes. He wounded
one of the men, who later died, and
pursued the second. He won the
award for his courage in confronting
the dangerous criminals.
Salkeld, TompkinS, Bracy and Park
Policeman Thompson won awards for
their capture Of four bandits last April
/, who were surprised while attempt
ing to rob gasoline station at Ninth
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
The men were captured only after a
pistol battle and the use of tear-gas
grenades. In that case Lieut.. L. E.
Kelly also was commended.
Fireman w. L. Hazelwood won the
gold medal award for his action July
10, 1898, in saving the life Of 10
year-old boy in diving into the Wash
ington Channel near Ninth street
southwest fully clothed and rescuing
the child from the water.
Fireman Sellers was credited with
having saved the life Of a woman dur
ing fire in the apartment house at
1166 Nineteenth street. The woman
was clinging to shutter on the apart
ment house and was saved when
Sellers, on his own initiative, raised a
ladder and carried the woman to
safety.
Fireman Horan won his award for
assisting man to safety from third
story window of burning building at
1914 N street.
Fire Department officials decided
that firemen who were commended
had acted in these cases despite great
personal risks.