Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-20
Loaded criminals.

A man was arrested in New York
the other night while IN a drunken
condition, and upon getting him TO
the stationhouse and searching him,
his clothes were found to contain four
dynamite cartridges, all prlmed and
ready to 60 off at touch. The man
said he bad been robbed Of a sum of
money that was to pay his FIRE to
England, and that he proposed using
the dynamite cartridges to f,h with
while on the voyage, but his story was
discredited 1t looks as though IL
was put up job to kill of the police
force by blowing them up, aud we
expect to hear Of policemen being
dlshgured BY the bursting Of dynamite
cartridges, concealed upon an uDruly
prisoner, on whom the club is freely
used. 1t is known that there are tough
citizens in this country who hate the
police and the law so bitterly that they
would not hesitate to load themselves
up wish dynamite cartridges and lay
for some unsuspeetiog policeman
aud induce him to club him, and then
the cartridges explode, and then the
policeman is shattered so his best
friends would not know him. If this
is really the case, and we have no
doubt OF it, the policemen are really
to blame for it, as they have by pro.
miscuous clubbing around brought
this new danger upon themselves.
BUTT would seem that this is taking
an unfair advantage Of even a police
man, as they will have no means of
knowing who, among the bad eggs that
lniest the country, are going about
with their vest Innings full o. explo>
sives that are liable to 20 off at the
slightest touch and blow unsuspeoting
people skyward. If this custom be-
comes popular, and the thugs and
thieves, and bad men generally. get
to loading themselves With dynamite.
30 as TO be free from the touch of
officers Of the law, crime will
stalk unbridled through the land
and bad men will 30 about
seeking whom lhsy may slug in the
ear with a sand bag, or knock down
and rob on the streets, and their pro
lection will be board strapped an
heir back bearing the inscription,
Touch lac ROt, I'm 10 ded for bear
lake Tor instance the commonest kind
ct drinking man, and let him 20 cut
and get full, and when the police sur.
round him, and tko patrol wagon is
called aud halt dozen policemen are
about to tumble him into the wagon
in their usual reckless manner, and
the man wilt blurt out, Here, YOU
fellers want to handle me kind O. light
as am loaded to the muzgle, and |
may 90 off and do some damsga
amongst you" Knowing that perhs ps
the man had lot of dynamite cart.
rioges concealed about his person. the
officers would DO likely to drop him
aud run. Oriminlls are taking all
sorts o adv v,ntages Of the officers Of
the law, and sitting up nights % fx
up schemes to get the best of them.
and it would not be surprising if this
latest scheme should come into gen
eral use, and the police OF the country
would be obliged 10 90 about encssed
in a coat OF mail. and handle prls nrr
with pair Of tongs, for fear they might
touch some vital spot that concealed a
dynamite cartridge that would OK
plode and kill some ono With the
rapid strides Of progress made by the
bold, bld men, 10 getting the start Of
the officers, nd the new schemes they
arc constantly conooctiDg to prevent
the officers taking them when they do
any devillry, it locks as though, in
short time, that the officers would
have to be supplied with ropes, to
throw over the neck ola criminal, and
a windlass and bulring at the sta
tionhou.e, so they can be quietly run
in, and the officers can 20 on about
their business The life of police.
man Is chuck full Of dangers.