Daily national Republican., 1863-06-17
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IN Taf&p RfEp PotIoB Bf1ff0E 10 Ne
49, aff ~ geiisaaf - moan I witk your Kind
p1|minllnn,i Twin agaAn tlospasS upon your eof
rA9 .ebsisny q pfkSlieaole) 70 correct an I'M
tflpl tlieb hks, f0f same abis, existed, INST :
WI bma1 knonht or pollos tpsinann has Deen
ilalaAetla An Ne yThird ward or aixih Prpoinct,
vhbes et1iion hA1 bsan Cor several months past n
1shpsFareeiihL How thia impfetploh has been
naae upoa Ne pabIla mind, a to the paucity Of
paufl n thnt prosiaoa u ia not donlt 10 ooniec-
t1lt ~ I'm van knownito myself aud Others
eoaAteied wilh OUT police hffsirS, that the local
reporters Of this city generally and the local re-
porter, Of the Eueping Star especially, have, for
mtnfha past, seldom called oitheF at the Third
Wafa sIAtion H6use, or upon the Pollee Magis-
lrAfS q nat orinfOrm alton a. 70 the nature
hnnbsraud pArtioularsoft the eases brought thlther
Ard itia niso known, although not 90 generally
known, that, owing, as am Informed 10 mis-.
undefstAndInG or difference between the sergeant
ii % bmeifopolitan Police attached 70 the sixth
pfselhet, fpd one Of the reporters Of the Har, in
elsfon Ia the alleged unfairness Of his report Of
TulFd ward cases. the latter has not merely dis.
c6dtid1sd his calls A. that station but also At the
once Of the magistrate whose duty It is to attend
that BtAfion every day. Now, desire 70 say, in
view 81 th4 state OF things, and to correct the
false yet prevailing impression that but q very
thbThifd wsfi III Il, since the eutablIshment Of
De Metropolitan Polies, the number Of eAses
brouRht before tbs police magistrate at the sta
honlhouseg and II his once on Eighth street, has
bc1n, on a ayvEage, treble the amount Of those
brought before that magistrate BY the police on
eprsof the Third ward attached to the Auxiliary
Guard 2i,ial.La ,gg,g5r9t .ae n s.l.. 2Too.'l
-lfIis conceded that the Fourth ward, tnov called
the seventh precinct whose station house Il at the
cty EsiL being thu largest and most populOus por-
ton of the fuity,l has generally returned larger
number % eases and paid a larger amount Of money
each month into the city treasury than any other
wkfd. hit this has not uniformly been the case,
nor was II 90 last mOath, for during the month OF
Nay, the Third ward paid into the city treasury
sSs tne % Fourth " wsSd paid over % Tor - that month
oot6, tia hmount of hnes aud costs 2T2 cases.
Infhenumber Of Third ward cases, above referred
liquor 70 soldiers, two other eases OF mayhem, be
eiaea much larger number OF eases for violation
nj oasr his state Gent, Mr.. Editor, for the sole
an at Of jvatioe 10 the Third Ward who
vice, without any notice whatever from the press
Of such meritottous services, For myself can
truly say that have no desire for newsPsper eIi;
pSrsefs A. &C. thought ~ proper @ s or desf iSdG
able to ppbliSh IN their respective Journals any
they viii Teportthe facts and the evi.
tehss u sps6 way a to render correction on my
Before eIose this communication, allow me, Mr..
Editor, to advert TO another desidefatum or grey-
ance, 70 which the Third Ward Police and the ma
let sTsf Sinse it hsS been held in Tempersnss
Hall. II a not generally known, perhaps, that
owing 70 the iimgullY % renting suitable build
ing Tot Statlon-house in the Sixth Precinct, the
police force Of that precinct have had no cells or
foomS either for the temporary confinement Of
thieves; rOwdies, drupkards, or any other ottend.
Ward station for preliminary examination.
Nelthef y thore any apartment where Witnesses
az ~ soaS.Tsea % WitS Or .SamiSsd apSTt rom
other Nitnoases In the cases under consideration.
And 10 has mot unfeequantly occurred that, owing
admlEtufo Of pFisoners and Witnesses, thieves,
drun kaIds, and roNfdies In the same room, LAe
amtlng mSgisats ounssof dtsehaTgs Id Qctai duty IN
But the want Of eel and roomH for the TEN.
Lporary confinement Of refractory prisoners and
StheEi who are charged with oneneeS 4 a more
the necesalty oi bringing rnwdles and drunkards
hom remote parts OF the wArd-more than mile
pisonSs male q is@sIe 'IaVsy IA sSrta or hnnaSsf
rows 70 the Iock-up rooms OF the second or Fouith
wards, GONE lines crowded TO exceaa, and almost
IN sSsh eSsss being sbiy Hspt 20 unfeSSon-
able timo hon their beats, and being again re-
qalrsd 20 conduct me prisoners from thssr PlsSes
IN is certainly eTstiiyins to that mAgiltrate as
veil az 10 the police officers TO know that station
houses Sre about 70 be crested In convenient POI
uiilons throughout the etyj but would it not be
we'll 10 u not indeed, neoesiaTy, that more suit
with provided Ne Temporary station foe the Third
Wardl These suggehhOns are respectfully ad-
dressed 70 the authorities who have the meanA as
we'll - the power 10 provide safe and suitable Ae-
WithTssPsdt, your Obsdient servant,
June 49, E.EI -IaHl1s W. THOMRaOH, J. 7,
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