Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-10

ANNUAL Report OF THE CITY MARSHAL
Maj James NJ. brennan, the retiring city mar
shal, submitted his annual report for the year
1871, at the regular meeting of the city council,
Monday. The facts contained in it are Of sufi
Gent public interest to call for more than the
alluSion made to il in the report Of the councils
proceedings. The report covers only eleven
months of the year-from January first to De
cember first:
The whole number of arrests made in that
time was 1880, not including 400 made bv the
state police, and in IL any cases assisted by rhe
local force. OF this number 1855 were Ameri-
cans and i625 foreigners; 2129 were males and
251 females; 1927 were adults, and 45S minors:
1243 were Irish, $50 American, SIG Canadian 80
English, IS Scotch, y German, % cDlored and
10 Nova Scotilns The Others were from vari-
Gus countries not represented by the population
OF the city.
The whole number of complaints made was
2277; u were discharged from custody without
complaint.
Tue whole number of dodgers accommodated
az the station was 2Ol4, mostly nonresident
foreigners.
The Offences for which arrests were made are
distributed amonr tie list of crimes as follows:
Drunkenness 1882, assault and battery 1862 lar
ccny 159, drums enneSs second conviction 125,
disturbance of the peace 81, violation of city or
dnance 66, keeping open shop on Lords dav
81, truancv 45, vagrancv 80, present at game on
LOld's day 3S, insane 90 common drunkald 81,
| malicious mSchief27, breaking glass 81, bur
glary %, lormcatiDn 81, breaking and entering
Is, assault with dangerous weapon IS, threaten
| inc II, lrespaSs 10, larceny from building IL,
assault on officer II, evading railroad fare IL
gaming on Lords day 10, adultery 10. cruelty
| to animals, stubborn and disohcdient, fast
| driving aud playing cards on Lords day,
each, lcwd and lacivious cohabiation s, run
| away from truant school and false pretenses
| each, carrying dangerous weapon, neglect of
| family and contempt OF court, 6 each, runaway
| from home, larceny from person, peddling with
| out license, keeping unlicensed dog, fighting
| dogs and murder, 5 each, loatiug about theater
| bastardy, common loaicr, single sale of liquor
| and receiving stolen goods, each, keeping
| disorderly house, interfering with officer, Access
| sorry to burglary, sporting on Lords day, common
| nuisance, enlightenment and keeping house of
ill-lame, each, selling veal under four weeks of
| ace, eXtortion, suspicion OF larceny, disturbing
| religious meeting, for gerry, mayhem, indecent
| eXpo 'nre of person, dclacing railroad cars
| runaway from reform schools, keeping vctual-
| linz saloon without license, keeping liquor
and selling morgaged property, two each;
| house thief, arson, assault with intent TO kill,
| selling liquor, driving away team, keeping pawn
| shop without license; pckpocket escaped
| prisoner, selling adultcrated milk, defling
building, personating officer railer and brawler,
| one each.
| Nearly every occupation was represented in the
number. Among them 693 were common la
| borers. The greatest number of any one trade
were shoemakers-336; next TO them machinsts
| So.
The resources of the department for the year
| We're:
Appropriations SIS 900 %
Fees on warrants served by officers. ana. 1850 90
Witness fees of police officers. 1901 AZ
Extra duty Of officers. .,......,...... 1872 70
On warrants, for use of city team. 500 90
Total resources, .....................s 34,374s15
The total expenditures:
Payroll of regular police S25 O42 70
Salary of marshal and assistants. ....... 1929 10
Teams for use of department ............ 1872 50
| Special police, July and 4.............. 1871 9S
| Special police at convention, Sept. 26 and
p. .,,.,.. ; 291 60
| Eight specials on duty since Chicago fire.
BY order Of board Of aldermen 1 1913 90
| Printing, tcegraphing and postage. 1853 IS
Food for prisoners and poor lodgerS...... 206 "A
| Cleaning lookup, station and hospital. 80 157 IL
| Repairing In station and lookup. ........ SO "a
| Blankets for hospital rooms and lookup. 90 Is
Ice bill for the season. Observation-Disclosures. 10 70
Sundry small bills. ........,.............. 81 81
Total expenditures. ....,............S3 2 G9s 81
Deduct earnings. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 6,374 10
Net cost. Observation-Disclosures. S25 724 l6