The New York herald., 1875-12-19
THE TOMBS wHIrEST DAY.
vmkr CAUSED THE LACK OF CASES AT THE
EGYPTIAN MONUMENT?


vmkr CAUSED THE LACK OF CASES AT THE
EGYPTIAN MONUMENT?
Thoorning police returns the Tombs Police Court
yesterday presented novel feature For the hrst time
A many years there was not grand or petit larceny,
felony and battery lesser mlsdemeanor
TO be acted upon by the presiding magis-
trate. When IL is remembered that these
returne cover a period OF fourteen hours,
beginning at four O'Clock Friday afternoon and
ending at six o'clock yesterday morning Il will readily
be that some powerful influence must have been
at work with the lawless classes For the purpose Of
ascertainng what this influence representative Of
the HERALD called upon a number o( gentlemen yes
tcrcay afternoon and obtained their views upon the
subject
THE POLICE VIEW.
superintendent walling FIRST visited. He had no
views TO express. He was glad 10 know the populace
had been well behaved trusted would continue
in we'll doing.
Drill Captain Copeland was next sought. This gentle
man was more vouble in his expressions than his chief
had been. He thought there at least four good
for the condition Of the returns at the Tombs
Police Court First of these the vigilance Of the
police force; second there nothing TO steal third
the people didn't to steal and fourth, the public
was just fresh from reading the account in the evening
papers Of the hanging Of the three negro murderers
doubtless had tendency to the bad element, for
time at least Then too, the weather was very cold
and while the necessities OF the poor and the lawless
were greater their opportunities greatly reduced
Inspector Dilks remarked 10 the rcporter:-" Why,
the people are getting honostl'
After pausing moment two he continued With
ominous shake Of the head:-"But guess the ex-
ecunon OF those negroes absorbed the public attention
You such a thing that has tendency to terriiy
the bad classes or y does not actually terry Inem !.
gives them something TO think about-somethng 20 do
as 1t were-and, as
The devii always finds some work
For idle hands 10 do.
his Satanic Majesty suddenly found his number Of
dlers had greatly diminished They will all get back
will look different You remember-no you don't,
either, for you are too young man-but remember
very well
THE NIGHT ELLEN JEwErr WAS MURDERED
in bagnio in Thomas street, between Hudson and
what then Chapel street II was early one even,
ing in 1871 1872 The news spread with wonderful
rapidly among the class OF people with whom the po-
lice have to do and during the remainder OF the
night these people we're on their good behavior. II
afforded them something to talk about and busy their
minds with tor short time.
The genial George Hopcrof, who has been in the
Police Department fifteen years, seemed greatly
shocked" when he heard Of the condition OF the re-
turns.
'sHow do you account for ~ asked the HERALD
GIVE il up didn't think the community had be-
come moral or course, II argues a high state Of
efficiency the part Of the police-and George drew
down the upper lid Of his left eye as the reporter passed
out through The door.
THE JOURNALISTIC VIEW
There is large class OF journalists IN New York who
are known as police reporters and what these gen,
tlemen don't know about the ways that are dark and
the tricks that VAIN in connection with police af-
fairs is not worth nnding out Many Of them have
spent the best part OF neir lives IN the business and
they are keen observers, they are, perhaps more
competent to solve the question at issue than any other
class OF men, not excepting the police officials
Mr. NJ. A. AbrahaIns the first of these gentlemen n
waited upon When asked his views he unhesitatingly
replied that this evidently Of the trs fruits Of
the labors of Messrs Moody and Sankey Mr. Abrahams
has been police reporter since 1860
Mr. George Taylor being asked his views said he did
not believe the police had done their duty. The re-
port OF robberes he said, showed that more thefts
had been committed during the last twentyiour hours
than for many days previous He believed the lawess
classes rampant ever and that many arrests
not made due 10 the inethcency OF the police
force.