Evening star., 1951-08-10
4Po|iceCdptdins
ArePromoted 10
Inspector Rank
Scott, Johnson, Beach
And CoveII to Assume
New Posts Thursday

prlaClOnS AcC take euect IN tn
department.
The Commissioners yesterda
granted three new inspectorship
to Capts. Edgar E. Scott, Lorain
T. johnson and Beverly C. Beach
Capt. Howard v. Covell wa
temporarily promoted to inspecto
to succeed to the position left va
cant by Inspector John E. Fon
dahl. now the Districts Civil De
fense Director.
Others Promoted.
Other promotions include:
Its. Daniel O. Fletcher ant
John B. Layton, to new captain
cies; 1t. Reid L. Hammann, tt
captain; 1t. Earl P. Hartman
temporarily to captain; Sergts
Ellis C. Helms, Joe B. Bohannon
Francis H. Dunn and Joseph L
Proctor, temporarily to lieuten.
ants.
Corpls. Robert D. DyaS, Frank v
Breazeale, and John j. Triscik
temporarily to sergeants; Pvts
James L. Faircloth. George K
Brown. John F. Bradley, Harvey
C. Womble. and Israel J. Tew
temporarily to corporals.
The Commissioners yesterday
also assigned 1t. Joseph H. Hunt
as captain in command of the
Robbery Squad, succeeding Otto
P. Fusss
Named to fill six new positions
as technicians and two vacancies
because of military leave were
Richard c. Willig, Charles F
Lowery, Richard L. Harding
Lowell A. Goad, Leslie K. Smoak,
Louis A. Craig, Martin J. McFaul
and Ftemi Petrakis.
Assigned as Detectives.
Also in accordance with author
ization in the new budget bill, SO
privates were assigned to duty as
probational detectives.
They are:
Vincent L. Antonelli, William c
Clark. jr.:: Melvin M. Conner. AL
fred F. Corfield, Pasquale ]. Dam
brosio, Mitchell G. David, Larr,
v. Denny. George R. Donahue
James B. Duvall. Henry w. East
man. Fredo G. Egbers, Robert S
Eichelberger. William A. Elliott
George I. Eppard, jr.; Eden E
Ernst. Wayland H. Fallin, Nicho
las Genua, jr.:: Gertrude M. Goet-
tel. John w. Hayes, Guy w. Hol-
comb, jr.
Also Wayne M. Hostetler, Joht
3. Kline, Charles F. Knight, Len
ard G. Kragh, Metro Krenitsky
Richard ]. Latona, Morris A. Lewis
Joseph F. Longo, Malcolm r. Lueb.
kert, Joseph P. Lyons, Charles A
Mackie, John H. McHale, Franci!
M. Moran, Bernard ]. Panetta
Herman A. Payne. Paul C. Perry
Joseph A. Preli. George C. Prather
Jacob L. Rinker, Carl A. Rudbeck
jr.; Everett A. Sadler, Albert Nj.
Shutta, Gillespie B. Southcomb
Arthur j. Sweeney, Benson Taylor
jr.; John D. Thompson, Paul r
Thorne, John S. Trodden, jr.; Wal.
lace K. Valentine and Arthur L
Weber.
Got 79 Concentrations.
Capt. Scott, who has beer
with the Police Department 20
years, has received 79 commenda.
tions. Seventeen of them came
for his work in the celebrated
Garner brothers murder case. ir
which two cab drivers were robbed
and killed.
Members of Congress, the Com
missioners and private citizens
were among those citing him in
1948 for his work in that case.
Capt. Scott joined the de.
partment in 1881 and was assigned
to the ninth precinct. He went to
the Detective Bureau as a sergeant
in 1888. He was promoted to lieu
tenant In l948 and captain with
the robbery squad in 1850. Since
last September he has been Sec
ond in command lin the Detective
Bureau.
Capt. johnson, so, has been
with the department 26 years.
He started out riding a bicycle,
and later was motorcycle officer.
He became captain of the Fifth
Precinct in 1947, and in 1948 was
made a captain of the Traffic Di-
vision.
Civil Defense Officer.
Last February he was appointed
Civil Defense liaison officer for the
Police Department. Since May "a
he has been an acting inspector
He has five departmental COM
mendations.
Capt. Beach. 40, also has
been a member Of the department
26 years. From 1910 until 134s
he headed the Police Training
School. At the end of that duty
he became captain of the First
Precinct. He also has service a.
captain Of the Sixth and Seventh
Precincts, and since April has beer
in charge Of the Second Precinct
He has five concentrations.
Capt. Covell, who joined tht
department in 1881, has 20 com.
mendations, including citation:
for faithful perseverance to duty
that led to the solution of thu
Charles Hines murder case in 194S
and the Lansburgh murder cas-
in 1850.
He served in the Traffic Divi.
sion, and in the fourth and fifth
precincts. He was promoted II
captain in 1948 and assigned Il
the first precinct. and has servet
as assistant executive and per
sonnel officer in the executive
office of administrative headquar
ters.
1t. Hartman, Sc, came to tn
force as a No. 3 precinct privat
in 1928. He was appointed lieu
tenant in 1910, transferred fror
detective bureau to administrative
headquarters and later to tn