Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-12
BOARD OF POLICE.
IFS WORK FOR THE PiSTYEAR

sanitary and Detective CorP--WhnI the
Rank and File Have Dnue-A Good
Showing for tho DIstrIct-An Increased
Force Asked For-Thc NV no Respsrtor
Of Persons Classification Of Trud, sard
CRIlInEs Of Prisoners An IntbrIntc Asy-
Luna suggested.
In accordance with law the Board Of Metro.
polltan Police yesterday transmitted to the See.
Rotary Of the Interior the animal report for tho
year ending September 30, 1874
The document says While no serious popu.
lar disturbances or formidable riotous demon.
STATIONS have occurred within tho District dur.
Ing the past year, yet felOnlOus homlcdes and
violent assaults upon the person have been more
frequent than during any similar period since
the close Of the late war.
NOtIeoably common have resistance to and
assaults upon police officers In the discharge Of
| their official dutiea become within the past few
| months. II 10 Improbable that this anomalous
state Of society during tho year Ia owing en-.
| tlrely to usual and lrremediable causes.
To admit that such n state Vt society IA In.
| evltablo IL 10 admit our Inability to repress
crime and properly regulate human society.
Ills to further admit that criminal laws both
common and statutory, 50 complete and EN-.
clsnt ia their sphere In the past, nave measure
bly, Outlived their usefulness, and are generally
becoming imperative and void. Nor Is tho
cause attributable To failure on the part OF the
proper officers to discover and arrest the pcrpo-
traitors OF crime, Tor Il ls a noteworthy tact that
not single homicide or serious ielOniUus assault
has been committed in this District during the
past year that tho criminal has not been
promptly discovered and arrested.
Sons OTHER CAUSE
| than those already named must account for the
| defect In question. May not the cause he traced
In certain extent Mt least TO the tact that thore
are now In our Jail some ten or eleven persons
accused Of murder, only two or three OF whom
haV ItFf n I'M Of Vph
stand charEed2
In most Of the cases months hal elapsed since
tho murders were committed and the accused
arrested. While II Is not Intended To charge OF
insiuuate that the officers, whose duty It IL to
prosecute these criminals, have been derelIct In
duty, yet II may DO cunndontly stated, and In
tact 1t IL universally admitted, that the highest
BalutaTy elect In the administration Of criminal
law consists In It's certain aud specify execution
Delays In tho trial oi persons accused VI a crime
generally result In an acqulttaL when trials
are not speedy witnesses are usually tempered
with, and frequently disappear. lust and
proper sympathy Tor those who suffer through
him Is dissipAted by time, and ls almost surely
made To- give place to morbid sympathy for tho
criminal
TuE SCALES or JUSTICE,
though richly and evenly poised 10 tho fresh.
ness Of the view Of violated law, weary Of delay
and corrOdo through the lapse OF time. Were
the object held la view In the punishment Of
criminals simply expiatory, then indeed would
tho results OF delays in their trials be less PERM.
ciOus. But the principal object In their punish.
ment being to deter the vicious classes from the
exercise Of their criminal prOpensities, Il he.
comes matter Of the highest Importance that
those guilty Of crime be speedily and surely pun.
ished.
II the effect upon the crImInally disposed he
dlsregarded anu lost In tho execution VI penal
laws, then the punishment Of criminals rises
little above the custom which demands IAN eve
for an eye, tooth Tor tooth There can be
no doubt that punishment following quickly aud
surely upon the commission Of crime eXertsn re.
stralnlnE aud salutary influence upon persons
disposed 10 commit crime.
sTATtON-HOUaEs
Five new station houses arc needed At once,
In the First Second, Fitth, Sixth and Seventh
precincts Immediate provision 10 this respect
Ing duty therein.
The cells or prisons at each Of these stations
are entirely unht for the detention OF prisoners
being small, necessarily hlthy on account Of the
manner Of their construction, and without proper
ventilation. In the summer season II Is inhu.
man and dangerous to life to cOnfne unfortunate
human beings 10 them, In winter the condition
Of these cells 10 but little better tor tho reason
they cannot he comfortably heated. Ana what
10 true In regard to the nccO mmOlatlOn of prIs.
oners lie also true In regard to the arrangements
In somewhat less degree.
HUMANITY,
as well as tho efficiency OF the police service, de.
mands that some immediate action he taken to
remedy the evil In question. Policemen on
coming in from duty should have accnmmOda-
lions Tor warming, rest, and drying their cloth
u
otherwise sickness and lUss Of time will neceFsa
rlly follow. The amount Of efficient service and |
discipline to he obtained from the force must |
necessarily depend largely upon the provisions
for their comfort and rest at the station. house
while on reserve duty. The board now cOntem.
plates ayatling themselves OF tho power con. |
Rs HSsaa eG sS % q?
now awaiting the opinion OF the Attorney C}en.
efal In reference TO their power under the see. |
ton quotedi and II such opinion, when given,
shall be favorable, IL will not hesitate TO Imme.
dlAtely cause to be provided such accOmmotia.
lions as the eGigencies Of the service require.
THR PORCE
at present consists OF two hundred and thirty.
eight men, disposed as follows Major and suDeT.
intendent captain and inspector, ten lieuten.
ants, twenty serEeants, two hundred prlyates
and six detectives.
The board again urge the necessity Of an In
crease OF the lOTce, us with the present number
q single man Is required to guard and patrol
from ten to eighty squares or blocks an area II
Ia utterly impossible Tor him to adequately pro. |
tect. To guard the extensive improvements In |
the public reservations, when completed, will be
an additional duty Imposed upon the force, as
during the past year quite number Of com.
plants have been made Of acts Of laWleEsness in
public squares, which would seem to require the
constant attendance Of an officer both DAY and
night. They recommend that the increase he
not less than MY prlVatos and twelve sorgoauts,
which Wou Id bring the force up to a standard Of
three hundred including officers and men.
THE SALE OP LIQUORs
There have been presented for the approval
OF the board four hundred applications 10 retail
Intoxicating liquors, Of which number thToe
hundred and nifty four were approved, and FORTY.
six disapprOyed. OF those approved, twenty.
hVe have been transferred TO second party with
Tho sanction OF the board.
The number OF applications is forty.nIne more
than last year, and the number OF appruyals is
twenty more than last year.
The board again urges that some summary
aud stringent laws be enacted Tor the punish. |
nent OF loTsnns engaged In the Illicit sale Of
intoxicating liquors,
POLICE TELEGRAPH
During the past year me number Of IIsnatches |
sent from and received at the Central office |
was SbI7s, which are divided and classified |
one Item alone being sufficient to mention
'Numher OF lost children telegruphed Tor and ,
restored TO Their parents, one hundred and
oTty." New and improved telegraphlc lnstru.
nens have been aced In the different station.
houses and at the Central office which are Wurk. |
ING with entire satisfaction. A large nnrtIrn ,t | Z
he wire has been In use Tor nearly len wears '
md should at once he replaced ny new US Il has
Ia conducting capacity. G
DETECTIVE CORPS
Tho following Is = summary Of such of the /
,peih,iuhS OF lhe detective corps US can be made =
ported, 900; number Of arrests made 10; amount ;
u property lost or stolen k49 2lg W; amount Of
'IUPeIy iycove[ed ~ ~O."si amount Of prop
my turned over TO the property clerk o. 4i3 10;
mount OF property taken from persons and re. i
uIneI 10 same, hO7 ~ amount Of property
uTned over to owners 225s7s5 ,
In addition 10 the amount of lost or stnIcp
property reported above as recovered. proDorty /
o the value OF $40 was recovered by the pre u
met Omcers and s3,4sl by the owners
work ~ THK PRECINCTa
MAJOR A. q. Richards transmits A tabular
'atenont OF the work accomplished during tho o
ear, which Is recapitulated as fullOWsi Whole | i
lumber Of arrests, II 3Od Of which AS Were u
'ales and SOS lemalesi 4,52s were married and
rs inglei 1907 could read and write and 5gp | fl
lnli not read and write h
Inc offences were rs follows: Agnlnat the | n
ersOn os5 males, 800 females: against pFUp u
rty AIo3 males, 46D females The cases were | II
opposed OF as follows 4,5B2 were dismissed, u Il
ifned over TO the military 10 sent to lnil, pJl d
'mmltted TO the WOTkhOnse, 1877 gave security
Keep the peace, 90 gave bail Tor court o. were
ut 10 the Reform School, % not disposed Of
nI ~ 100 cases various light punishments have 4
sen Inflicted and they have been claased under | ii
10 mead Ol miscellaneous. Fines have heen i'm. | 1,
'sel 10 aJJo cases, amounting In all to S9l 4bgIb
among the Incidental duties Of the force arc | ii
y uOWn Number VI destitute persons furnished | y
TN lodgings As3s, sick and disabled persons q
ken 10 hospital 522, lust children restored To ii
itehls 40 horses, cattle and vehicles found and q,
stored To owners 3lG' doors found open and A
cured ~, hres occurring In the District ll2, .,
lueslh attended 90, accidents reported TO- dend Il
~ abandoned Infants found 10, lTiendess per. Il
hs BURIED IA, persons found dead II, small. a
y cases reported o., dead animals removed Tr
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