Evening star., 1951-11-22


New No. z Policemen Cloims He's TLeost
Colorful on Force" Poqe AS
Scott Is seotlond Yord Type, Followed
Muroy in Ronk. Poqe "A
Ailments Causing Retirement Of Bouett
Are Not Uncommon. Pooe "A
afternoon, he Immediately takes
the rank of acting major and
superintendent.
He will be sworn in November
30-the day Maj. Barrett's retire
ment for disability becomes ef-
fective. In his new post, he will
get $11,130 a year.
Maj. Murray's elevation from
assistant superintendent and
chief of detectives to chief results
IN a down-the-line Shuttle in
many of the departments key
jobs.
COvell Named Assistant.
Inspector Howard v. Covell,
now district inspector, has
been recommended by Maj. Muir
ray as executive officer and as
siStant superintendent to succeed
Inspector Walter Storm, who is
due to retire for physical disability
next month. Inspector Covell, one
OF the candidates for the chiefs
job, was approved promptly by
the Commissioners.
Inspector Edward E. Scott, now
assistant chief of detectives, will
be recommended by the new act
ing chief to become chief of de-
tectiveS, which carries the rank
OF assistant superintendent.
Capt. jeremiah Flaherty, now
head of the homicide squad, will
be recommended as assistant
chief of detectives, which carries
the rank of inspector.
1t. Richard Felber, veteran
member of the Homicide squad,
will be recommended to succeed
Capt. Flaherty as that squads
chief, which carries the rank of |
captain.
"All Are Good Men"
They're all good men," Mai. |
Murray said. They're the ones
I will recommend for those vacan-
cies."
These expected shifts will Gre
ate vacancies for a district in
Spector, captain, lieutenant, SER
geant, corporal and private. They
are not, however, expected to be
the only changes in the depart
ment's high command. Some
shifts, particularly in leadership
of certain squads, are viewed as
likely.
Asked today about personnel
changes, the acting chief told
newsmen: "On December I'll
answer any question you put to
me. I will not sidestep anything.
At this time, though, I'd rather
not talk about certain things"
One of the headaches the new
chief is inheriting is the open
status of two cases involving
police officers, both of which he
investigated as the departments
leading "trouble-shooter."
ShimOn Case Pending.
One is the long drawn-out case
Of 1t. Joseph w. Shimon. Al
Senate District subcommittee,
after wire-tapping investigation.
recommended trial board action
against 1t. Shimon. Assistant
Supt. Robert S. Bryant and then
Inspector Murray also had rec
commended trial board action after
their investigation in 1949.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Henry E. Wixon for some months
has been collecting information
and reviewing the Capitol testi-
mony for what he now says will
be a report totaling some go
pages. Maj. Murray said he would
confer with Mr.. Wixon about the
status of the case.
Another case involves 1t. George
E. cTwo-gun) Cooper. 1t has to
do with how he became a witness
to a gambling charge against a
Northwest couple and why his in
formation had not been passed
along to the head of the vice
squad. The detective chief also
made the investigation in that case
and sent copy of his findings to
the United States Attorneys Of
flee. He said he would ask the
prosecutors whether they have
finished with the report.
Amazing" Record Cited.
Praised by Commissioner FL
Joseph Donohue for his "amaz-
ingly good record" Maj. Murray
moved upstairs today from his
third-floor detective office to the
fifth-floor chiefs office.
He acknowledged that he Isl
coming into office at a difficult
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