The Life-Saving Society had also given him its medal, and so had the Police Department.

There was not a complaint in all his record against him for any infraction of duty, and he was sober and trustworthy.

He was entitled to his promotion; and he got it, there and then.

It may be worth mentioning that he kept on saving life after he was given his sergeantcy.

On October 21, 1896, he again rescued a man from drowning.
It was at night, nobody else was in the neighborhood, and the dock from which he jumped was in absolute darkness, and he was ten minutes in the water, which was very cold.