The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-13
The Quarterly Report or tine Pouos-Cyimss
or enc MsSroFOl1As

We Lear scrne very curious facts Illustrative OF
tie character Of the crimes incident TO dense
population. end most common in tine city of
New York. More than IL. 800 persons have
violated the laws during the last three mouths,
some Of them ia the most outrageous manner,
and taye been arrested for doing so. How
many criminals have escaped detection 1t is i'm
possible to know. 1t Is quite certain that no
such number as that stated has been seriously
punished or subjected to any great degree of
imprisonment, for our jsils would not hold
them. Many escape from want of evidence,
many forfeit the bonds given for their appear
ance and . considerable number escape through
the ieniency Of the juries, technical defects in
the indictments, absence of witnesses, and other
means, to mention which might be consideped
by some Of our immaculate officials to be libel.
lous. The greatest proportion of these offenders
QO477) are natives Of Ireland, 1,62l came from
Germany, eleven are Cesestials, and one actually
balls from Patagonia. Those Of American birth
are 1890 in number-only abou, one to four of
the Irish. Thus il appesrs that the two countries
furnish criminals in the following proportions
one Of every seventy is Irish, and Of go but
one American, when, according to the ordinary
rules of prog ortion, il should be much the other
way.
Seven murderers have been arrested, aud
judging from experience most of them will es-
cape. Sixty-fve committed assaults with
murderous intent, considered but slight Of
fence in this city. 1t is, however, q heavy List,
and speaks badly for this city of churches, laws,
schools and reformatory associations. Thirteen
have been taken up for the commission of rape,
and nire more for attempting it; 30 that it
seems that establishments of certain character
which have received the advantage of favora-
BILE dictum from al eminent Judge, do not have
the full effect for which their advocates so phi
losophically contend. And this, too, although
the police itself has inter'ered with only eighty
houses of i'll fame out of several thousands dur
ing these three months past, and with but one
solitary landlord out of the hundreds whose ia
comes are derived from The letting of houses
for licentious purposes. Weperceive that biga-
my had but four representatives in the cells
though good many more cases found their
way into the newspapers. Nearly four thou.
sand drunken people we're carried off to the
station houses, and TWO thousand four hundred
more, disorderly as well as drunk, were placed
in the came predicament. More than nine bun
dred Migrants we're wandering about the streets
ready to beg or to steal as opportunity served
them-not so many as one would suppose from
the numbers daily encountered.
Only one hundred and fifty five pckpockets
were caught during the quarter, but fractional
part, doubtless, OF those who are constantly on
the alert.
One hundred and 'hirty-three less experienced
In the pusiness-pungiers, IL would seem-were
arrested In their attempts. One hundred aud
eighteen ourgiaries were commit'ed' ana thirty
more were attempted 30 tha' about one bur-
gary ana two-thrds OF q burglary succeeded
every nignt IL taxes tne wnoie ponce force OF
i,zzo men 10 detect ana drag 10 light the MIN
Die iooted hlpper ana enlsei association. THOSE
VINO steal tne most valuable articles seem to
escape tne moel easily We observe ina. one
bold man who mad the audacity to show his |
contempt Tor one OIL the courts Was put In |
limbo while the many thousands VINO entertain
possibly Similar OPINIONS nave thus lar fortu-
nateiy escaped a rctnarkaoie onence-the IN
decent exposure OIL the person-one oil the low
est' most brutal and degrading OF its class of
crimes-wns committed by no les than forty
eight scoundrels, all OF whom VIC trust were
brought to justice.
Street fights, as we learn from this report
are quite fashionable. NO less than three hun
dred and four are recorded In the books Of the
police, as occurring during the three months
ending the 3ia ofAusust-more than three for
every day As from ten to hundred persons
generally look on or in some way or other take
part In the NUS we may calculate that about
fifteen thousand New Workers are daily wit
nesses OF these interesting spectacles. each