Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-02-18

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do NOT believe that crime and outrage foutishcd
there with so high hand, IS they do in the
great American metropolis at the present time.
The newspapers of that city daily TEEN with
columns of sickening details of horrible crimes.
Anrders, robberies and outrages Of every grade
and kind, appear TO be % common 40 IL there
we're no laws to prohibit or officers Of the Law 70
punish. Highway robbery has got to be Of dai.
II occurrence, and honest people are driven TO
the necessity Of carrying with them weapons Of
defence, when they venture into the public
streets, where With an army of policemen in the
city's employ, it would seem man would be
safe.
Nor does the robber wait for the night to veil
his crimes. He attacks his victims in broad day
light. A. Mr. d. Glass, standing in the doorway
of his house, on the corner Of 18th street and
Sd avenue early in the afternoon on Friday, was
seized and 'garroted by one of two passers by,
while the other jerked q gold watch and chain
out OF his vest pocket, and made of. Last
week lady traversing Madison square at 2 p.
m, Was approached by two rufians. The one
whispered to her make no outcry or we will
kill YOU" The other said I'VE want your muif
and tippet.' Paralyzed with fear, she could not
| resist the hand that clutched away the furs in
| that most public place. In the same square and
| ON the same day another woman had her port
monai snatched from her grasp. On Broadway
| in the past week, ladies admiring dress goods in
show windows have been roughly robbed. One
going out of a bookstore had her pockets emp.
tied of money. A lady and her daughter in
Montague street, Brooklyn, were threatened by
robbers with death if they resisted pillage-
Mute with horror, they involuntarily submitted
to be stripped of purses and valuables.
Nothing that could be written could more ur-
gently call for reform of the police administra.
ton of the Commercial Metropolis of the nation
than this summary of alarming facts. Nothing
| that could be written would be more convincing
| as an argument against the rowdy-courting and
ruffian leagued Democratic" administration
| that is in power there. Let Chicago prepare tor
partizan police of a democratic administration
| continues in power.
| In New York rowdyism is the bone and sinew
of democracy. In Chicago it is the same. In
| New York, the democratic mayor and alder
men, and all other city office RS were elected by
rowdy influence and rowdy votes. We need
but refer to our city election of last Spring to
show that in Chicago the same is the fact. The
democratic officials OF New York, being thus
| dependent on the rowdies for continuance Of
their power in the city government, feel great
er interest in screening the rascals than they do
| to protect the outraged individual citizens, and
this is the secret of the increase and boldness
of crime in that city. Nav not like cause pro-
duce like result in our democratiealiyru city
of Chicago.