The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-07

THE WAY TT is DONE.
bal IArtIr sccue Nc the Centrnl stntIon.

ECcuD
Tue central Pol,ce station almost daily presents
20 the public eye scenes that amusing as the
actors therein are ignorant IN the appointment OF
large body OF nen, IL Is next to an mpossbity not
TO err, or be led into errirg; hence on our police
force at the present day VIII be found men whose
ignorance would entte Them to front seat In some
one OF our many training schools for feebe-minded
children. But it is not az the rank and file Of the
force that have Row to speak, but rather Of the
higher Istvates, the men who sport broad-coth and
jewelry, and live higN; the men who are rot known
outside peculiagorcle, aud who are not considered
1t is the prePelent opinion that the Chief Magls-
the Of eS v e IN oss m With gm an sye 70 their 1T
ness for the place. Education, tact, and culture are
tree princiEl requisites, and II is yenerally SUP
proach. W'hsther Mayor Fox has hit upon Just such
men or nots is Hot for us to say; bat that he has
made at leest ore mistake was clearly shown in the
action of 0Ileer Charles Mlllcjr yesterday.
The notorious Tom HolADd, whose Physiogpcmy
rs well known to police Vourts, and who is eegu
larry arraigned on one charge or another, was up
before Llder!nan Kerr for assault and battery,
Now Tom keeps plac o on Front street which has
graded women Of the Sgwest staiap, and these sur
him before the Jad ses SG Of the Quarter sessions
Tom has an eye 10 EIsness, anu fearing that he
would meet with a sarn reception on Sixth street,
ne concluded to 5erm out OF the sctape on Fifth
street; ana rom sNlet followed IT appears tast ne
LOOK the EFFICIENT 0ificer Miier into his confidence
and game was ss.once set up, and it was resolved
10 turn the taOlo sWpon hiss9rosecutOrs Accordingly
when his case was caleb before Alderman Kerr,
Tom charged A,e prosecutor and mis- principal wit
ness with Den 81 professional thieves. Now Toms
evidence WAS HOt altogether clear; ne heefleu 10
know that th narties were professionals" but he
did not know /blow to nx IL on them; he suffered
and mumblf S,and was about breaking down. when
the efficient MILLER came to his relief and sooner than
let him fal r1 words of conviction it were, into
his mouth S-'tTell about the boots, Tom,n was the
familiar mt OF Miller; s'te Ill you know about 1t,
followed, rsn etc T,ut Tom did not, nor would moi
tell all, I, ~ reasous host known to himself,
The si,atanee cf Miller however, lad the effect
OF havi IT. the prosecutor and witness committed
under fna nInetv-tlay law: and Tom. why, he was
held II lsltree hssldged dollars bail Tom OF course
gave ne ball. aad that is the end OF the case, excep
that, n,rhans Officer Miller and Tom may dine to
the fsome tlne.
No n no nerson objects to the trapping cap
turiI fof a fIFef or thieves when they known Il
he 81 mn, butxhe mere fact OF q mans having onc
did VgsOng dees not make him acrminal for life
The sc Two men may, perhaps, have been thieves O
pro fissionaiS II it was MIR. Miers duty TO watc
the m and fix them, on the committal OF some decd
If not then 1t was his duty to attend to other an'
bt E.erbusiness than aiding such notorious charac
te as TOpl Holland in making away with trouble
Epc customers and himself escaping the law.