Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-23
OF mUon LOCAL 1rrEnEsr.

- NOV kUD1hCosaOM Juoe ADDu0O-An Illustrated History of New Haven,s Police and Fire Deparsments-The Jesse Knevalss Days. The illustrated history of the police and fire departments of this city was issued Tues- day. It is edited by J. Birney Futile. The history comprises about 15O pages handsome- ly bound and profusely illustrated. It is dedicated to the fremen and policemen, who will be presented with copies gratis, and others will soon be ready for sale. The police department is dealt with in several chapters showing its outgrowth from the old night watch system. the birth and development of the present organized department, celebrated crimes and roster of every man who ever served as New Haven sscop." together with biographies of the police commissioners and present officers of the department. An ele. gant portrait of Mayor Peck adorns the book as frontpiece, followed by his biography. Other police Illustrations are the police build l ing, patrol wagon, President Baldwin, City Clerk Dovnes. Superintendent Bollman, po- | lice badges, the visual alarm signals and bur glars implements. as
 The sketch of the dre department is a centennial one, and is illustrated with pic- lures of Hon. Hiram Camp, the last presi- dent of the volunteer fire department, Chief Hendrick, Fire Marshall Kennedy, Assistant Chief Smith, the 'sold machine," steamer No. 5, on Blatchiey avenue, steamer No. g, supply wagon No. ?. the serial turntable truck and others.
 Paragraph from the police department are as follows;
 The Department of To-Day.
 To the average policeman of New Haven is not attached that odium which is observable in many places. Every member has many friends in parts of the city where they have done duty for any length of time and, with a very few exceptions, they are re- garded as "Hail fellows, we'll met" rather than armed monsters to be instinctively summed, who go about loaded with locust and desire to split somebody's skull. From several years' inti- of the present New Haven police department and an observation of them in the midst of riotous mobs, bleeding and battered by | brickbats, shot at and stabbed at, stamped on and kicked by brutal ruffians, viliied and scratched by drunken amazons, and under many other circumstances which try mems souls, we assert that with few conspicuous exceptions the New Haven policemen are faithful, long-suffering, resolute and fearless men, who challenge the admiration of the entire community. Men who will endure severe punishment from a pris oner before retaliatinR; tell lees, rather than more than they know against an unfor. tunate when in the witness box, and, in the exercise of their discretion help an inoffen. sive drunkard home, rather than drag him into the city court with the resultant tax on the meager earnings of the wash tub. What @ change from the earlier officers of the "Knevsls" schooll The most confirmed pes simist will find food for consideration in the evolution of our constabulary since the dsys of Jesse Knevals and Dr. Skinner. who ar , l rested without warrant and doubtless did
 many other arbitrary things which modern so
 ciety would not tolerate. It is related of Jesse Knevals that he wore big red bsndsnna the appearance of which in the distance was ar ominous sign, and carried his head tilted over on one side from which position he would bring it upright with . snap wher contemplating an arrest. He had two prom. inent characterestics, . wonderful propensity for detection of crime, and less wonderful habit of never venturing where there was any danger of getting hurt. During his time al officer named Hayes, of New York, hai
 achieved great reputation as e detectiv, and in compliment to Jesse Knevals' detec , tive ability he was called sold Hayes" Dr. Skinner wore long blue Quaker coal with brass buttons, and was such dreaded parsonage that his entrance into Webste school one day caused every scholar in tn , room to simultaneously burst into tears. Among the biographical sketches are thos
 of Capt. Hyde and Lieut.. Wrinn and o Chief A. O. Hendrick, all well-haudled. Tn 3 | books contents will interest all