Evening star., 1938-02-05
DALRYMP[E RITES
SET FOR MONDAY
White House Police Chief
Is Heart Attack Victim.
President Pays Tribute.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

where he had served for 40 years.
Capt. Dalrymple was stricken with
4 heart attack on the street last night.
Affectionately known as "Dal," 1t was
by that name that President Roosevelt
spoke Of him today In paying the popu-
lar officer high tribute.
Capt. Dalrymple." the President
said, was one Of those public servants
whose efficiency through his 40 years
Of service-latterly as head Of our
White House Police Force, was en-
HANGED by . self Placement which
placed devotion 10 duty above all else.
Faithfully and courteously. he dis
charged the duties of IN exactine posi-
ton with fine tact and discretion.
Knew "DaI" Many Years.
Il knew Dali from the time first
come to Washington q great many
years ago. Then A. always. he was
4 fine example Of public service. His
passing will be mourned by many
friends Of whom I count myself one"
Funeral services will be held Mon
day At the Ninth Street Christian
Church At Ninth and y streets NE,
and burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry. The time for the church service
and interment we're not announced
Immediately.
Capt. Dalrymple was q member Of
the Board OF Trustees of this church
and for many years was president of
the mems Sunday school class, one
OF the largest in the city.
Capt. Dalrymple, who was in his
6Sth year, had apparently been In
good health and had been on duty
throughout yesterday at the White
House. No one heard him COMPLAIN
OF feeling badly. He was on his way
TO his home. at l49 Kentucky avenue
Sc. when he suffered the heart at
tack which brought about his sudden
death At the corner OF Eighth and
u streets Sc. He was taken to the
offlce OF DR.. Adolph Butt in the 400
block OF Eighth street Sc. DR.. Butz
summoned q Casualty Hospital am
bulance and the veteran White House
guardian was pronounced dead upon
arrival there.
Capt. Dalrymple is survived bv his
widow and two sons. Robert and
Charles. and daughter. Eleanor: TWO
grandchildren and q brother, Earl
Dairymple Of this city.
Joined Force In 1898.
1t WAS in 1898, when William Nc
klnley WAS President. that Capt.
Dalrymple joined the White House
police force. Six years later he be-
came q sergeant and in 1880, when
the White House police force was
recognized and placed under the
Secret Service. he became a captain,
AZ a result OF Capt Dalrymple's 5
more than 40 years at the White
House. most OF his days being spent
in the main lobby OF the executive
office. he met many thousands Of
people in public. omcial and political
life. He had an uncanny memory
for names and faces and always had
friendly, courteous greeting for
every one.
On more than one occasion his
alertness and presence Of mind pre-
vented = possible assassination Of q
President.
Protected President Taft.
1t was he who stopped = desperate
character named Strickland, who had
come from Arkansas with q grievance
and was bent upon making trouble
because President Taft had not done
something he wanted him to do
Strickland. burly and wild. WAS armed
with = loaded .48 caliber revolver and
was in an ugly temper when Ofl1cer
Dalrymple recognized him and re-
fused him admittance There was 4
brief scuff1e on the doorsteps of the
Executive Once. and Capt. Dalrymple
succeeded in disarming the man and
making him = prisoner.
Capt. Dalrymple had = similar ex-
perience with . man during the term
OF President Wilson and with q
religious fanatic during President
Coolidge's term.
1t was possibly due to Dalrymple' s
memory OF faces that he was able to
prevent at least two of these men
from obtaining entrance to the Execu-
tive Once. In the case Of Strickland,
he had been to the White House about
two years before the incident hap
pened. He was in an ugly mood then
but made no trouble Although two
years had elapsed and Strickland had
let his beard grow and was otherwise
changed in his appearance. Capt
Dalyrmple recognized him the mo-
ment he arrived in the doorway Of
the Office building.
Native Of Ohio.
Capt. Dalrymple was q native Of
Steubenville. Ohio AS young man
he started out As an iron puddler in
steel mill in Ohio. He was progres.
sing we'll in this trade when the de-
preston Of 1893 threw him out Of en-
to visit his father. who had served
in the Union Army under Gen. Sher-
man. who was At that time pension
examiner in the Government. 1t was
during his visit that he received an
appointment on the Washington police
force. Soon afterward he was assigned
to that section of the city then known
As "Swampoodle." which in those early
days. took real man to police. Of1icer
Dalrymple distinguished himself by
rounding up several gangs of thugs
and rowdies and when he was trans
ferred to the White House police he
had the "Swampoodle" neighborhood
As quiet and orderly las a church" :"
according to the then chief of the
Washington police.
He served on the White House detail
during those trying periods of the
Spanish War and the World War and
during those troublesome days of the
bonus riots in Washington.
Capt. Dalrymple also had the re-
spect and affection of his fellow police
men and was elected for three terms
as president Of the policemen's asso-
ciation. He always selected his men
for the White House force with great
care and insisted at all times that they