Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-08
czIEF OF POLICE.

MEMPHIS, June 2, 1871.
To the Honorable Common Council.
have the honor TO submit for your con
| siderstiOn my report for the business Of
the Police Department for the month of
May, 1871.
The whole number Of men constituting
the Police Department is as follows: Cap
tains, 2 sergeapts, 4; station house keep
ers, A; patrolmen Of the day, 80; patrol
men Of the night, '38; sanitary officer, j.;
specirl duty men, /; turkeys 4 detec-
tive force, 4; clerks, 1; tOtal-S9.
ATTestS.-IOtal number of arrests, III (;
continued from last month, 2; tOtal-779,
State cases, q tried and fined, $50 d s.
charged, 205 released, Is continued, 2;
total, 779. Night arrest, Alb; day arrests,
364 tOial-777. Males, 625 females, I52;
total-777. White males, 400; white fe-
males, 81 colorod males, 225; colored
females, 100 tOtal-777.
Nat3Vi6e4-Uuited Ststes (whitel, 233 ;
United States (cOlorsd), 325 England, l
Ireland, 1874 Scotland, 1 Germany, So;
France, 2, Italy, q Sweden, /; total-777
NGs1Te Of CriDes.-Misdemeanor, I73 /;
drunk, 1853 drunk and disOrderlV, % {;
disorderly, l05 assault, 81 assault and
battery, 10 larceny, q doing business
without license, IA beating wife, 3; shoot
ing in the corporation, 4; carrying con-
cealed weapons, Is; nuisance, 10; vagrancv,
- HAA1k&aar Q 3 4NQEAAE q gAHAN UOuaEW
IL; inmates OF q DaWdy house, SO; vioIat-
ing market ordinance, 81 playing tn conf
hdence game, 2; keeping q disOrderiY
house, 4; assault with intent to kill, 2:
shooting with intent to kill, /; house
breaking, 2; prostitution, 4; extortion, 2;
fast driving, o; receiving money by false
pretense, l; lewdness, Is; psddling with
out license, 7; embezzlement, l; indecent
exposure, 3; running and drumming, 2:
robbery, 3; shop lifting, /; suspicion, 4;
murder, /; receiving stolen goods, 3; pick
pocket, 2; interfering with officer, 2; re-
sisJing officer, 8; total-777.
AQeS of PrisOHerS.-Of the entire num-
Der CT arrests, 81 we're under 20 years Of
age, 533 between 20 and 30, l62 between
30 and 40, 25 between 40 and so, and 5 are
over 80 years Ofsge.
Lamp RepOTt.-The number of lamps
reported not lit during the month, are as
follows May 24ths ~ lamps not lit ; May
18th, q lamps not lit May %, none lit
throughout the city May %, none lit
throughout the city.
SdnitdTy.-The sanitary force, which
was given under my supervision at your
last regular meeting, consists of one san
itary officer, assisted by the day patrol.
The following report viii show their
labOuTs during the month: Number of
~nuisances abated, Is; number of privy
vaults, filthy, So; number of privy vaults,
full, 81; number Of alleys, filthy, 10; num-
Der of vacant lots, filthy, g; number Of
dangerous buildings, 3; number Of cellars,
filthy, 5; number of yards, filthy, l; num-
Der Of open cisterns in vacant lots, 5; num-
Der Of cesspOOls, z; number of sewers,
filthy Total, I59. Number Of orders
served, 159; number Of orders complied
with, 143; number Of orders not complied
with, IS. Amount of property recovered
and returned to owners, Slll0.
Feed Of Prisoners Chain gang, 455, at
50c-Sz2750; ordinary, 677, at 35c,-S236 9j.
Total amount fed, 1882, amounting to
S464 As.
GeBtLemeH-BefOre closing this report, I
would wish TO call your attention to the
present strength Of the police force, which
will be shown by the following: The
number Of day and night policemen on
duty in May, was tsiXty-eigbt men. At
the first of the present month one re-
signed, one was discharged and one de-
tailed as sanitary officer, which will make
e total Of siXty-hve patrolmen on duty at
the present time. OF these s~iXty-fve
men, thirty-hve are on night and thirty
on day duty. OF the former, tWenty-one
are on duty in the upper and fourteen in
the lower district. OF the latter, nineteen
are on duty in the upper and eleven in
the lower. The lower district embraces
all that territory lying south of Madison
street to the city limits, and is pstrOlled
only by q force of twenty-five men for day
and night duty. The upper district N
braces all the territory north of Madison
street to the corporate limits and pat
rolled by a force Of forty men, including
night and day duty. This statement will
convince you that the number Of patrol /
men, en- duty, is quite insufficient for the
very lsboriOus duties they are called on
to perform. I would therefore suggest to
your honorable body, an increase in the
present force of thirteen men, which viii
make a total of s~evsnty-hve patrolmsn or
one hundred men, including the entire
police force.
Respectfully submitted.
T. ". ODONNELL,
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