Evening star., 1942-06-27

haps, the officer suggested, they'd
better come to the station house and
tell the lieutenant all about it.
Their cargo turned out to be 100
pounds of sugar-precious stuff these
days. And it had been stolen from
Gallinger Hospital. The two sus-
poets, victims of Mr.. Randolph's
justifably suspicious nature. were
held for trial.
In the same precinct. situated at
Fifth and E streets Sc. and COM
manded by Capt. Joseph C. Morgan,
Auxiliary Policeman Charles Hipsley
was on duty one night when he
heard a crash of glass, then the
sound of a man running. Mr.. Hip
sley found the glass broken in side
door of a store. Apparently the
burglar had been frightened away by
the noise he had made.
The auxiliary looked about the
vicinity carefully. He almost col
lided with a man. The man quick
wittedly asked the officer for help
somebody had broken glass door.
Detains Suspect by Ruse.
Mr.. Hipsley pretended TO suspect
nothing the man said. They'd call
the station, the auxiliary explained,
and put them on the alert. Wouldn't t
the stranger take him back to the
store, and they'd find the phone?
The stranger could hardly refuse.
They put in the call. Mr.. Hipsley's
new acquaintance allowed that he'd
be going. But Officer Hipsley told
him, soOthingly, not to be in a hurry.
Maybe they'd catch that prowler.
How did he like Washington? Nice
night for the time of year, wasn't
it? Well, the Mats finally took one,
didn't they?
There was a screech of brakes
and a car stopped. Two regular
policemen got out, turned their
flashlight on the pair. In a little
while, Mr.. Hipsley's chance friend
was trying, not very successfully, to
explain it all at the station house
Days later the man stood in court
and heard himself sentenced to 800
days for attempted housebreaking.
And, in passing sentence, Judge
George D. Nelson commended Aux
iliary Policeman Hipsley for his
alertness and presence of mind.
220 Auxiliaries in Precinct.
There are, in this precinct, more
than 220 auXiliaries They have a
captain, two lieutenants and four
sergeants. About so of the aux
iliaries are colored.
Policemen J. A. Gabrys and R. L.
Harding, in charge of auxiliary rec
ords and duties. have devised ITS
emergency posts. There are many
important points in the precinct
the Navy Yard, Gallinger Hospital,
the District Jail Just across the
Anacostia River is the Naval Air
Station.
Capt. Morgan and his regulars
are particularly appreciative of the
setup Of Gallinger Hospital, where
DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent,
and ]. R. Gardner head a force of
IS post auxilaries, who have de-
vised an effective system for con-
troll and aid in any emergency.
On a recent night the Navy Yard
raid alarm was set off for practice
Thinking it might be real raid, a
large number of auxiliaries nearby
jumped to their posts. 1t was some
time before they knew what had
happened, but they carried out their
orders coolly and afterward were
thanked for their vigilance
The emergency posts under No. 5
are so arranged that no auxiliary
has more than three blocks to pa
troll. Whenever possible these posts
are near the mems homes.
Arrests Not Main Job.
The arrests that Auxiliaries RAN
dolph and Hipsley brought about
were cited to show what Washington
volunteer policemen can do. But
the others in that precinct and sew
eral thousand more in the other
IL precincts. many yet to book their
first prisoners, are performing du-
ties no less efficiently.
Their work, as Supt. Edward ].
Kelly and other high officers of the
department point out, is not to be
judged by the number of arrests
they make, but by how faithfully
and intelligently they do the pre-
cautionary work-largely routine
which is so essential in the protec-
tion of their community.
When some neighborhood with a
lot of crime suddenly starts behav-
ing itself, the regulars know their
volunteer aides are doing a good
job, even if they haven't brought
in prisoner.