, 1874-11-15


the station-belI. It will be their duty to stop q
I passers-by. and il they do NOT give \ atraigh
: account Of themselves, run them into the sta
ton. By this means 1t woulu be almost imposai
bio for burglar to get away from the sccne Q
his robbery without arrest.
DAZZLING PRISONERS,
Reporter-l would like to ask Won question
or two shout ths baliing ont Of prisoners Of thi
class we are talking about. Does not the bal
frequently hang dre7
Justice scully-sometimes It does, but no
often. Occasionally, too, the bail tuna ont t.
be insufficient.
OF the prisoners arrested find their way to tht
; Peuiteutiarv aud other penal estsblishments?
Justice Scully-Oh no. do not send all tht
prisoners vino come before me with a clear case
againHt them to the Grand Jury, and. OF those
do send, the Grand Jury throw out ut least hall.
Reporter-How do you dlsct inmate in decld-
ing whether case 20 bsfore the Grand Jury OF
Justice is5eu'ly-a1aialy upon the gravity OF tbs The
Charge When = man is brought Lefore ms
charged With an oheuse making him Liable to
imprisonment in tne Penitentiary. I seud him
before tho Grand Jury on probabilities In cases
Of petty larceny, however, where man ia cou-
vioted bofore mo OF Stealing coat, OF
pair. Of pnnts. q ho1se-blanket. or the
like. genoraly change tho charge to
dlsorderly, and dns or send to the
Bridewel. Again, il Il man is found suspicious
ly lurking round premises where he has no busi~
ness seud him to the Bridowell on the charge
OF vagrancY- 4 Police Justice has to dfscrim-
nate Ii these matters. or else the Jail would be
filled. and the States Attorney could not posi-
bly, do Justice to the really serious criminal busi-
ness which Is brought before him, Tho Criminal
Court could not possibly gat along II did not use
my Judgment in such cases. There ia another
| view Of the case which is worthy OF CONSIDERS
tiou. The trial Of each Of these petty cases, the
| majority Of which involve property Of the value
OF ooly 32 or So. would coat the county from $50
to $50. and after Rll tile prisoner would not got
| heavier sentence than would impose.
Reporter-Wi.h regard to bail, again; are you
not in Your inner aware OF the llct
| that many OF the baiers ars
| NOT WORTH THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY WHICH
| THEY swEAH TO?
Justice Scu1fy-1 nm molally certnn In many
| cases that tho bal1er is deliberately perjuring
himself. Az illustration Of thus, had my
| doubts Of the truth Of the sworn statement OF
| bondsman named Ryan. aorne three months ago,
and followed the thing up md had him IN
dicted for and convicted Of perjury.
Reporter-What do you do to guard against
euch occurrences
Justice 6cully-1n cases nhero tho o1onHe In
wolves term in the penitentlary. 1 always re-
quire an affidavit il whiting, eettlug forth the
value Of the real estate, where IL IL located,
whether there is my fucumbrauce on 1t. tits in
boudsman, value OF property, and whethor it ia
homestead. AlwAvs refuae bail where man
lives on the property. because, in case Of tor
fetuzo Of bstl. before the prooert. could be sold
value OF tho homestead. The bondsman is
sworn to the affidavit. which fle away aud hold
IN readincss, In casa Of forfeiture OF boud, 10
bring an act1on for perjury II the occasion re-
quires it.
Reporter What do you do In minor cases7
Justice SculIy-Iu cases IT petty larceny, where
the punishment would be less than the Penitcn-
tiary, aud where the circumstances show no se-
rous crime to have boen committed. swear
the bondsoen on exactly the same requirements
A Haaf4r,ha3 il, ttta N affinhv
Repoltcr--How have you found your system
work2
Justice Scully-1 only know Of one bond for
feited Of my taking, and that w1s three yo2rs
ueportsr-Then you do not think that care
lessness in the taking Of bonds CAUSES lhe es-
cape OF many criminals
Justice scully-As far - my experience goes,
certainly no..
CAUSES OF THE INCREASE OF CRIME
l. reporter was detailed yesterday to converse
with gentleman who is thoroughly versed in
police matters and in ths ways OF criminals on
the subject. The following Is the result Of the tn
terview:
R.-To what do you attribute the sudden In
cfeaso OF crime in Chicsgo2
Distinguished Cltlzen-To the absence OF
good yagrant Law, and the general bad manage
mont Of the Police Department especially Of
TIE DETECTIVES
who. in order to recover property, arc frequently
forced to compound felony.
R.-You think that detective should b
permitted 10 act as 3 "go-heswseu
D. C.-Only in very extraold dlnary emergen-
cles for example, when clothing ia deposited at
tho shop Of 8 pawnbroker OF good character.
who may have given his money on the articles
in good faith but, even then, the thing is to
be utterly condemned. and should be pat down.
1t is no way cred,table 10 our present police sys~
TEN that such conduct should be liberated.
R.-Iou think uxt
vAoR4ST Law
would remedy the evil7
D. D.C.-YcB-such u law as NOW exiets In ST.
Louis. There the police arrest, sans cere7nonie,
every known thief, and every suspicious chsrao-
ter. unless good account Of hls intentions aud
condition in hfa should be given. This law ia
not oppressive to the general citizen, although
stupid police othcels may sometimes carry The !
matter loo far. But undoubtedly tho system is
atout the only one that can give chance to the |
police to keep the city cleaz Of thieves. The S.
LOUIS people keep them looked. up until the |
I xuscas are glad to get out OF town. Then they !
SWARM In hero. In fact, they come here from |
all parts Of the United States, Canada, and oven |
E,1rope. Under Supt. Washburn they did not do |
thAt, for they knew he meant business. Nobody |
believes that Jake Rehm Is a fool, but !
3 good mauy doubt bis honesty Of |
iutontson in dealing with tho ruffian element. |
He cor taiulY has it IN his power, even now, to |
make uho city
TOO uoT TO HOLD THEM,
il be would only allow the police to arrest all
The the, ee they know in town. You can coun.
twenty oi" f:hom in bunch almost any evening |
Ut Kirchhol1s or the 1ivoli. In fact. they are to
bo found in all the popular places IN town. No
body can tel! mo that the police do not know
them but ths taos is thev are afraid to touch
them. because vhey know that Rehm is not
earnest about clearing the city. Tho thieves
know that they L sye comparatively 3 free and
nasy time in Chica 60, 30 they ali come here, and
make their present'n felt.
R.-suppose that you were in charge Of the
police force here,
WHAT WOULD YoU DO
D. C.-We have az many smart officers here |
IS there are anywhere II they arc only properly
directed. should have every thief in town ar
rested, but, as usual. the Police Courts would
,tep in and allow atra17 bail. In addition to
Tagrant act. there ehouAl be another act passed
known gamblerB, ropera, and
:h1eves from going on the bsdl-bond Of any party
OF crime. This would enable us to hold
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