Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-23

prisoner to the station, his allotted territory
being meanwhile without protection. 1t is
therefore asked that an additional driver be
allowed for each Of the three principal pre-
cincts (the hryt, fourth and SIXTH in order that
should the results warrant it, the same facili-
ties for all-night service may be thereafter
extended TO other districts The fourth alone
would require another horse, the first and
sixth stations being already provided with two.
TIE AxBvLASoxs AND HoRsxs
are located in the fourth precinct stable, which
Is in a remote section of the city and made
quate for their accommodation. 1t is therefore
recommended that q suitable building be
erected on the lot owned by the District ad-
Joining the second precinct station, with sufh-
cient quarters not merely for present, but future
wants. The building should contain at least
nve ordinary stalls, and also two box stalls for
the use OF invalid horses, two OF which are now
on hano without any proper arrangements for
their treatment. The site proposed is CEN
trally located, and If these suggestions should
De carried INTO effect the operations of the san
ltary bureau would be greatly expedited and
the public correspondingly benefited.
NO SUITABLE PLACE FOR TEMPORARY CARE OF
INSANE PERSONS.
The commitments by this department to the
government hospital for the insane during the
fiscal year just closed were las, against le2 for
the preceding twelve months. Attention has
been called In previous reports to the embar-
rassments caused by delays in determining these
cases. The dangerously insane, pending trial,
are confined in a station the cells of which
are merely intended for the temporary deten-
tlon OF prisoners arrested for offenses," until
they can be brought before the Police Court,
which excepting sunday has daily sessions.
But the insane must be held for trial by jury,
and 1t often occurs that a deranged person.
charged with no offense, is confined in q
cell several days, during which time
ne requires constant watching
lest he may do himself violence and is furnished
meals at the expense of this department Com
mon humanity demands that other and more
suitable accommodations should be provided
for the care and safe keeping of these unfortu
nate persons while awaiting the necessary
judicial proceedings to determine their sanity.
MAGISTRATES COURTS Oh MORE POLICE JUDGES
NEEDLD.
An increase in the number Of policemen will,
as a rule, produce an increase in the number OF
arrests, and it follows that the number of in
stances in which men are detained at the Po-
lice Court (the only tribunal for the trial OF
police cases) will be. augmented In
my last report the number of such
definitions after IL o'clock a. m. was stated at
Lass; for the past year the number
was 2, 240. Some remedy should be devised for
this deplorable condition of affairs, either by
the establishment of magistrates courts or al
increase in the number Of police judges, as the
existing system adds to tine sick list and
compels the attendance at court of men who
ought to be on street duty. Ii has often hap
pened that there has been but one or two mel
left to patrol an entire precinct the officers as
signed to that particular tour being held at the
Police Court as witnesses.
RELIEF OF THE SUFFERING POOR.
Of the $4,000 appropriated by Congress FOR
the relief Of the poor the sum of s1,64O was ap-
portioned to their department by the Commits
sioners. This amount was exhausted early in
the spring and the needy were ther
aided to the extent OF 1895 from the
| appropriation for the temporary support of in
Urgent persons. Voluntary contributions, ag-
gregating 1857, were received from charitably
disposed persons, many Of whom. each year
unfallingly remember the poor. Relief was
extended to some 4,Soo persons. A detailed
statement exhibiting the number Of orders
furnished for groceries and fuel in the several
precincts is given.
THE SPECIAL SERVICE DURING THE INAUGURAL
CEREMONIES.
The report gives details of the expenditure
of the $500 for extra police work doing the
inaugural period and states that the increase o.
so cents per day in the pay Of the special
| policemen resulted satisfactorily; better mel
| and superior service was the consequence
Detectives were also obtained from the cities o.
|
mond, Chicago, Detroit, st. Louis and Cincinnati
| and from the Pinkerton agencies to act in con
junction with the small but efficient detective
force Of this department The results were al
that could be desired. Order was preserved
burglaries were prevented and only a few losse
from the person reported. The chiefs of polic
| of the cities mentioned and the steam and stree
railroad authorities are thanked for courtesie
| received, and appended are letters from Col
BrItton and l.. ID. Wine of the executive com
mittee, congratulating Major Moore and hi
| force for the magnificent work they did durin(
the inaugural period.
TIE PRESS BADGES
The report goes on to state that application
was made during the year by members of the
press for badges which would make then
known to the police as authorized represen
tatives and entitle them to facilities for obtain
ing information upon subjects of interest t
the public. The request was granted. and it i,
believed that it has not only been of benefit tc
those who wear the press insignia but also to
the community at large in disseminating cor
rect news OF current events.
MISCELLANEOUS RECOMMENDATION
A compliment is paid Chief Clerk Sylvester
| for the able manner in which his work has beer
| done, despite the insuficiency Of his clerica
force, and the report of the inspector in charge
of the detective office is said to contain sugges
tions worthy of careful consideration. The two
| privates detailed for duty in his office-one ar
, inspector of pawnbrokers and secondhand
/ dealers and the other as day clerk-deserye q
compensation equal to that allowed the de.
tectives, their duties requiring both skill and
| intelligence.
An equitable division Of the appropriation of
$4,000 for transportation of paupers and con-
| veying prisoners to the work house is suggested
because the work is done by two distinct classes
OF officials, only one OF which comes under the
police department.
PAUPER TRANSPORTATION.
81 concur" continues the major, Gin the
recommendation of the sanitary officer thai
81, 500 should be appropriated for pauper
transportation" His report shows that the
number sent last year to their relatives OF
friends and to soldiers homes aggregated GIL.
| at an expense of S1,723.5S. Among those
aided were many ex-soldiers, who
came here seeking and expecting pen
sions; applicants for government positions,
who spent their all while vainiy awaiting COW
eted appointments; others who were removed
from office and were unsuccessful in their eff.
forts for reinstatement; nonresident con-
vaiescents, who, while temporarily in the Dis
trict were compelled to avail themselves oil
our local asylums; suspicious characters or
dered to move on, lest they might depredate
upon our citizens; men, women and children
forwarded thus far by other cities on their way
to homes or employment; and, lastly, the not
uncomfortable In number whose peculiar hal
lucinations, In extreme cases, mark them as
| subjects for the insane asylum, and in others
furnish a sound reason why they should be
sent to the places whence they