The evening world., 1888-01-03
THE DARK RECORD OF CRIME.
What the Police Have Done In Capturing
the Lnw-Breakers.

arrested and taken 10 the Jefferson Market fohce
Court was II, 753; Of these ~, 800 were males ana
4.s6s were females. by warrant there were ar
rested 1, O69 men and 2T7 women, making a total
Of 10, 900 persons taken to this court Out OF this
number o, $50 men were held and 4,g's women.
For their good behavior /, 175 men and 9, 1873 women
were held. For not paying fines >, l24 men and
1, b46 women were held. hs Migrants
were sos men and 51 women, while AL men
and 348 women were sent 10 relormatofy
sent to the Commissioner OF Charities and Correc-
tlon as destitute. Ninety-nine men ana httJ-elRnt
women were insane. Arrested for disorderiy Con
duct were =, 24 persons; 3, I6 men and 1910
women were held. For intoxication Awe were
arraigned, and out Of this number 800 women were
held. Charged with larceny-felony b65 persons
were arraigned, 957 men and 80 women held. For
larceny 761 were arrested, 4b9 men
and 70 women were held. Arrests for violating the
Excise law footed up /, 098; 7S5 men and ID women
were held; 343 suspicious persons were arrested
and discharged. For abduction IL persons were ar,
rested; "a for adulterating food; one woman and
one man for arson; for felonious assault lag, 3
women were held; for assault gS were arrested
and 55 women were held; 10 for attempted sui
clue, 8 we've women, but they were not held. One
man for blgamy and 1854 Tor burglary; two women
were NED Tor TINS az cLim me sa Sne n mnn ept for osf oarrv.
ing burglars tools. Nine men were arrested Tor
conspiracy. For cruelty TO animals, out OF 81
cases, forty-one males and one woman were held.
Cruelty to children, 90 cases; keeping disorderly
houses, 81 q men were arrested for extortion, . for
forgery, 1Ss for failing TO support their wives, 81
ing gambling houses.
Money collected in this court Tor fnes-S2, 632 for
lntoxication. and S1l, 749 for disorderly conduct
In the month OF January $7I6 was collected, while
Tor September 81, 975 was taken.
The resp ctlve Justices had the following number
Of cases before them during the past year at JEFF
ferson Market:
James II Kleretn, is 81 John aJ J; Go En4G !, 5ss;
( Hsn smith M1sss %; 1jsaii N G'Rtiiiy . s ,Sss; bs at: SP' e.
The nationality of crime at this court was-Dis-
orderly conduct: United states 3, 5l7; Ireland,
,9sa; Germany a: , Sto; an Easlan i6io ,gS; sSo;laq rSii 1Sj
land, iis; scotland. Is; France, 80; i!siy, i La
Fran! Frsnc e. 5; ;f itaIy. Il. La hesiyHi felony; St {. s, sie5;;
iFFslaes' Il i isa'y. :. ASSAULT saui1nU T. 10 s. s'o sSS; Ire 3!
Land, 49,; Germany, az: England T.; Scotland
Z; s Sran fts,lan q Is; d l'41yi 10 "a; l4Es aRIssd, 3; &;
scotland, /; France, 2; Italy, 8 Homicide-Unite
States, 3; Ireland. l; GERMANY, I; Italy, l. Bur.
s snstanq s4s 5; f hsiass, / iad 5;' gsrmas ssRt g; snsianS,
ne ~; %s e1sise iaW 1Si bnfase' s tai a,a. 70; Ii irela s%5Gla. asi;
Germany, 222; England, 20; scotland, 4: France.
10, and Italy, 20. Robbery-United States, 81;
Ages Of the criminals brought to court-Under
the age OF IA years, SCI males, 800 females; between
80 and 30 years, 3, 800 men, l,O4s women; over 40,
2, 489 men, 95s women.
o, 100 were men, 8, sOi women. while Of black pee
pie 800 were men and 474 were women.
THE YoRKv1LE POLICE COURT.
In the Fourth District Police Court, on Est
Fifty-seventh street, IS, Tfs prisoners were ~arraigied
a aqsrIous the I Past e5 yeaT, eo aSa.ns a. district * asa e e9T ,nf ir Sar
portance to any police court in the city, becaue 1t
Includes what is commonly called the brown-sone
district. Six police precincts make their re-
turns to this court. Justices Smith, White, Murray
o,Relly, German, Duffy. Welde, Ford and kiDretii
&c 'G i John lnv McCs6e. OF the u. rs pers@s a.
raigned, 10, 963 males and 1879 females wde q.
rested by the police without process, ans ! B6
males and $50 females were arrested on warane.
OF the total numDer, 6, 442 males ami !, 542 emaes
were held or fined. The balance, 5,s6s maes ad
held we're: Under i ysaTs-Mals. bl;
7o"; females, ass. Between 20 and 10 y%sas-Mies.
8, 96s; females, 467. over 40 years-MGes, l4l6;
females, ga. The number Of whites ~w,re-Nhles,
l6 The amount of fines collected was 1893,
against So, 1855 for 1886. Nearly two-thirds 4 the
entire number a~rraigned were charged withkither
intoxicaIion or disorderly conduct.
THE HARLEM POLICE COURT.
The Fifth District Court is situated In Est One
Hundred and Twenty-ifth street. Ihas jurl diction
over that portion Of the city from seyeny-ninth
from river TO river, to the extreme north eEi of the
island. The west side Of Harlem and Wellington
Heights are the elite portions OF the dlstrtt. Tine
Italian quarters In First 8venye, from che Hun
dred and Ninth to one Hunired and thirteenth
street, known as Little Italy" Is one OF ne worst
Cured there within the past few vars. For
years past the police Justices lave madtit a prac-
a rest, but the district is growing in Importance
every day, and it is now no dnecnre fol a justice
w u1,soH wants srlps peace and ,Sarsa use ar,p There ire S rsrf y Tsssi
aSli.'' and S!OaI sss were females; Tie police
balance, ass, were arrested OF warrants.
The number Of males acid or lined Vas i, 47o; ie-
Il yearsNmales, ESQ; females, 1880; biween Il and
20 years. males, 40; females, 6s; between
90 eve, ana q 20 Ses yeafsai%s'e'i !, G 3 Sc jeh 5s%sle 80, s;S5i
the whole numbe,,held there were s l75 whites and
IS negroes. JUDGES O'Reilly, Patterson. Welde
fines to the anyunt OF s., 36 Were paid to Chief
Clerk George Tegier.
TTa SPECIAL SESSIONS COURT.
The only elf-supporting tribunal in this city Is
clerks an Officers are $40, 900, while $50, 2O2 was
oollecleSn the last year In hnes; In 1886 the fines
petentSnief clerk OF the court, called 6, SO per-
Of cases was proceeded win. OF this mum
soy convicted were s,8ls males and 1857
fSdales and those DISCHARGED were 9, b24,
ne number OF persons convicted Of petit larceny
lSere ], 81; OF assault 0s1; Of violating the corpor-
code, los; Of Violating the Excise law y Ia: sS Of cru.
city to animals, 2l0; OF violating laws RELAXING to
the support Of children, 70; Of Sabbath breaking.
S3l; OF violating the pool and gambling laws, 81;
OF violating the oleomargarine law, 25; OF malicious
miscnief, u; practising medicine without author
ny, IL. and for violating the Boiler act, 2 The total
discharged were !, 403.
The following dispositions were made OF the con-
Victed prisoners: ] 206 males and 129 females were
taken TO the penltentiary; 1872 males and 80 females
were sent to the city prison to serve out their SEN
fences, and the number of persons let OF with
1nes was ,6S2 males and "a females. The num-
Der OF children 10 ~reformatory iDstilu-
tons was LOG boys and three girls.