Evening star., 1951-01-28
Medals
Pvt. Souder.
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also had driven two other persons
from the house.
I'll shoot anyone who tries to
get me-" the armed man shouted.
Sergt. Keene entered the build
ing and tried to persuade the man
to surrender. He was answered
by another shot. He kept talking
and finally the crazed man
agreed to put down his gun if the
policeman did the same.
Walked Upstairs Unarmed.
Sergt. Keene placed his revolver
on hall table downstairs in full
view of the man. He continued
his talking and slowly walked up
the stairs until he was close
enough to disarm the man. When
he got the Policeman the
Month" award for this act of
bravery, the award committee
pointed out that Sergt. Keene
would have been within his rights
to shoot the man.
The fireman who won the Gold
Medal, Pvt. Jones, then was with
Engine Co. No. 3. He was off duty
last June 2 at his home in the
1900 block of Holbrook street NE.
He heard a female voice shout
ing, Help! I've been stabbed" :"
He ran to the rear alley where he
saw a colored woman being pur-
sued by colored man waving a
knife. After she said the man had
knitted her, the man struck at
Pvt. Jones, inflicting a knife
wound in his neck.
Despite the wound, the fireman
started chasing his attacker. He
lost him momentarily and min
utes later the man leaped upon
the f1reman's back from behind
parked car. He stabbed Pvt. Jones
a number of times on his head,
neck and hands before the fire
man subdued him.
Police Pvt. Souder, a Silver
Medal winner. was dispatched to
assist at residence in the 200
block of Charming street NE. in
July, 1949, which had been sur
rounded by police. Inside was a
former convict police suspected of
a murder just minutes before.
Pvt. Souder entered the base
ment of the house and searched
the entire building, knowing the
man was armed, and found him
finally in a front bedroom. There
he made the arrest.
Searched Flaming Building.
Fireman Boggs won his Silver
Medal during a fire in the 1000
block of Michigan avenue NE,
where number of persons were
reported trapped.
He climbed a ladder and forced
open window on the second floor.
Despite intense heat and dense
smoke, he searched the entire
Naming building until he was con-
vinced no one was trapped. He
was burned on his face, neck and
hands and required hospitaliza-
ton after he finished the search.
The Bronze Bar winner for the
police department. Pvt. Jones, was
assisting in a search through a
large apartment building in Sep
tember, 1949, for the identity of a
sex f1end who minutes before had
attacked 5-year-old girl.
He entered one apartment and
noticed pair of mems dungarees
which bore wet spots. He con-
tlnued searching elsewhere but
later returned to find the dun
garees had been removed and a
clean pair now was in the apart
ment.
He held and questioned the two
male occupants of the room.
Faced with the evidence of the
stained dungarees, one of the men
confessed his guilt.
Capt. Briscoe won the Bronze
Star for the fire department for
his part in a fire in the 200 block
of P street NV. in December,
1949.
Upon his arrival at the scene,
Capt. Briscoe learned a partially
paralysed woman was helpless in
a bedroom on the second floor.
The basement of the house YVES
engulfed in smoke and flames. He