The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-18

speak of United States marshals and sher-
ifs, and deputy sheriffs from Maine to Mex
ico."
~ presume that you must have rushing
trade in clubs, nippers and twisters in the
frontier states where officers have so
frequently to encounter desperate charac-
tersP
"Well, the reverse is the case. We have
little or no call from officers on the frontier
for anything outside of handouts, shackles,
leg irons, Oregon boots and ball and chains
Frontier officers never do any foolng with
a refractory prisoner. If he attempts any
resistance he is beaten over the head with
six-shooter until he is insensible, at the very
least, if he is lucky enough to escape being
shot dead. In large cities it is sell
dom an officer uses his pistol ex-
cept upon prisoner who has
attempted to give leg bail. Then he is
Just as like to hit bystander as the fugi-
tive. Our policemen should practice with
their pistols until they become good shots
If only out of regard for the life of the ordi-
nary citizens exposed by wild shooting in
the public streets.
"The ordinary police revolver used by
officers in New York, and our other large
cities, is of 3S-caliber. 1t is carried in a
rubber pocket pistol case which protects
the pistol thoroughly against rust from
PRECIPITATION, prevents it from wearing
through the pocket and permits its in
slant withdrawal for use without catch
ing the hammer in the clothing The far
ther you get away from the great cities the
larger becomes the calibre Of the revolver
carried by officers. The man who is salts
fed to trust to a 41-caliber double-action
Colts in Kansas City wants A when he
reacher Denver, and nothing less than 10
will suit him when he gets to Ell Paso,
Texas.
1.-THE rogues' gallery, or the Adams cabi-
net, as it was more politely termed, IS the
only piece of furniture not made in metal
that we supply to police departments. There
is one standing in the )rner of the ware
room" remarked my guide. 1t was Of wal
nut and stood about four feet from the
ground and would have been an ornament
in any gentleman's study.
cit is a contriyance," he continued, 'for
exhibiting rapidly all the portraits of
criminals in the collection of the depart
ment and over thirty of them are in use
by the New York police authorities alone,
distributed between headquarters and the
principal precinct stations. A key applied
to the lock in the door of the cabinet opens
it and frees drawer below, which contains
an index to the gallery and the criminal
record of each mans picture which is in it.
The door is swung back till held by a catch
when a number Of wooden frames are ex-
hibited each divided into 100 compartments,
the size Of carte de vfsite."
DAVID WECHsLER.
FAMILY RECORDS. Lige,p said the
esidentmeditatively, "Iunderstand there
was great difficulty experienced in finding
Washington descendants for the recent CEN
tennIal." "Yes, sire,n responded Lige; ''it
was, i believe. one of the hardest jobs the
committee had on their hands, well,
Lige, think Washington should have had
sufficient foretheught to have prevented all
that mystihcation, don't youp Yes, sire,
and it would have been easy enough t., have
Kept his relations before the public II he had
wanted to, observed Lige quietly as ne ad-
dressed and sealed an appointment of the
Presidents fourth cousin to-a "a, 900 salary.
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