The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-15
A YEARS POLICE WORK.
Chief Murphy Presents His
Annual Report.
RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The Chief Proves That the Force
Was More Efficient Last Year
Than the Year Before.

Chief Of Police Murphy has prepared
his annual report of the business Of the
Jersey City Police Department. for the
year ending December 81, 1889. The re-
port will be submitted to the Board OF
Police Commissioners this afternoon.
Four cases of murder and eight of man
slaughter are recorded. There were 1,012
persons arrested for assaults of various
kinds. Prompt ambulance service saved
the lives of many who otherwise would
have died from assaults. For rob
berry twenty seven were arrested, and at
tempt at robbery with violence, one.
Twenty five were arrested for larceny.
The year before there were forty. The
number of indecent assaults was twenty
two.
The amount of property stolen was
81 ,424, and Sc, $40 recovered. There were
266 arrests for burglary, and 706 were
captured for larceny.
PROOF OF EFFICIENCY.
The Chief takes occasion to remark That,
while the loss in property stolen last year
was over fifteen hundred dollars less than
that of the year previous, the arrests for
crime that cover such cases is over four
hundred greater, and claims that this
speaks we'll for the increased efficiency OF
the service, not alone in the prevention
of the commission of crime, but in the
capture of offenders.
The number of persons arrested last
year is 6.617, 845 more than in the previous
year; 400 of these were drunks. The re-
mainder was on feloniouS charges.
In referring to the strength of the force
the Chief expressed the hope that the
Board will soon be enabled to put the
patrol force to proper standard to give
ample protection to the lives and pro-
perty OF our citizens.
A ROLL OF HONOR.
The chief commends the following OIL
GERS and men for meritorious conduct,
and suggests the placing of their names
upon the meritorious roll of the force:--
Capt Archibald McKaig for the capture
of and conviction of a gang of men for an
outrageous assault upon woman on 9
canal boat. =
Captain q. P, Smith, for capturing two
desperate sneak thieves.
Sergeant Charles H. Cox, for the cap
ture of man wanted for supposed muir
der.
Sergeant Reardon, for the arrest Of
sneak thieves
Sergeant Charles Holderer. for the arrest
of thieves and general efficiency.
Sergeant Solomon, Tor capturing 9
man wanted for felOnious assault and
| battery.
Detectives Dalton, Clos, Hottie ana
McNally, for many good arrests and ga5s
eral efficiency.
Roundsman Colville Smith, ordinance
| officer, for the recovery of stolen prop
erty amounting to nearly 50, 600.
| Roundsman Welsh for general efil-
Patrolmen James Mcbride, Kelly.
| Murphy, Callahan and Nugent, of the
! First precinct; Barry, Hunt, Rembran
I Fitzhenry,- Cooper anu logan OF 5iis
| Second precinct; Holderer and Frey, OF
| the Sixth precinct; and Chancemen
| Kennedy, Ryrne and Keefe. for good
arrests and general efficiency.
Under the heading of New Stations
| the Chief expresses the hope sthat the
| good work already commenced of furnish
| ing proper quarters for the force will be
! continued until each precinct has q
| station in which the men can be comfort-
| ably housed"
| THE DETAILS.
A recapitulation of the work done by
| the department last year gives the follow
| ing figures:-
| Persons arrested, 6,617; committed,
| 2,035; bailed, 274; fined, S21; sent to hos1
| pital, 3; delivered to other authorities
| 448; discharged, 3.02S; sent to the aims
| house, is.
/ OF these 6479 were white and 1873
| colored; 1897 had a trade and 1890 did, mt;
| 5,S73 were males and 744 were females;
| amount of property stolen, 81, ,424; re-
| covered, $3,S79; amount OF money COLI
lected as fines, 81 $50; number of ambu-
| lance calls, 745: number of lost children,
397; fire alarms, 12S; accidents, AT; doors
and windows found open, $40; reported
missing and not accounted for, 5S sick
the morgue, S6; dead bodies claimed by
| friends, 81; number of calls for patrol
wagon for First precinct during eNoyem-
ber and December, 22S