The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-02
clRIENEWS FROM GERMANY
,,,ya GRoWTH OF TEE GRIM
,y1L RECORD OF BERLIN

... U,sare st Night-Murder Doae
~. ,.,..,ty-The Chief or rei'es Es-
....a 20 Resig.-socisiist sesnist
$3.50 .os no Dragged late The frsses-
n.et-Imperor wiilian's Uahappy
-. millionaire Baker Haveivea IN
.,Us,y scandsi-Emis Deserts eer.say.
n,un Nov. lit is learned from the best
...hority that the recent Imperial rescript
ss...rnipe the increasing prevalence OF vice
y porln and the necessity OF Legislative action
-. A. s,nuress IL will cause shortly the resigna-
~. az, II Chief Of Police Richthofen. This event
vi, ma greeted with tho approval OF all order
,.vdnr citzons OF tho capital for the city's
.dminal record has grown appallingly long IN
a.. nast few years. The Heinze. Adler. and
y..t tho Ripper cases In the Immediate past.
s.sides dozens OF less notorious murders. have
s,.d n general feeling Of uneasiness here. and
s.yc robbed Berlin OF her former reputation OF
s.aa the safest big city in the world.
uor Rlchthofen is kinsman OF Prince Bis
..,rs. to whom he owed his appointment
.amo s.v.n years ago. He is rich Pomme-
..rl,n landowner. and u strong Conservative.
u.uus installed In office with tho expectation
.a,, no would tear UP social democracy In
p",l,n root and brunch. and he was relentless
In his Efforts to fulfil this expectation. He
.,minIstcred tho rcpressive law. when tho city
~,s in state Of sicgo. with such pitiless So
,,rity that his life was often in danger from the
hands OF Social Democrats and Radicals.
~hom. without sufficient cause. no brought
N ruin and imprisonment In this semi-
,olnieal work no had all the Government
machinery hohind him. and SO seldom failed
IA secure convictions. Nevertheless. he helped
rather thnn hurt the Social Democrats, for his
srhtnrincss made him an object Of 20 much
popular hatred that most Of his official acts
eame to ho regarded as prosecutions.
In purely criminal work. when thrown
c,pplctcy on his own resources. Richthofen
rasa notorious failure. Twenty or even ten
years ago the Berlin police had u reputation
secon, to that OF mono on the Continent and
the whole city was as safe Mt o'clock In the
morning as at noon. In the last seven years the
rlico have detcriorinted in discipline. and
hsvo not been Increased numerically to keep
race with tho growing population. Hardly a
week has passed without some peculiarly
ltrocous murder and the municipal detectives
have showa little ability to bring the majority
Of the perpetrators to Justice. Ruf1anism In
tic suburbs has increased alarmingly. and all
crowds are infested with pickpookets and con-
tdenco men, On all state occasions. too. the
police arrangements havo been painfully de-
iecive When Wi.linm.I. lay in state ct the
cathedral ad:sorderly mob rendered the whole
district thereabout unsafe for decent people
md created an uproar which provoked bitter
criticism from Crown Prince William. At
usy SUBSEQUENT ceremony here that at
tacted great crowd tho tumult and the help
lessness of tho police to still It have been pat
sntto oil.
j., Recently the Berlin dailies havo united in
dsnouncinG the ineficiency OF tho police to
capture big criminals. despite the exceptional
hciHiss offered them by tho army Of Govern.
nsnt railway and telegraph officials all over
The empire ready to act at their order. The
eass q the notorious murderer end robber
Wetleltsth best Illustration OF the stupidity
aAsMbofen and his detectives. They had
,S.v.. ~" posssos0 ."on'e'es Vi tr.c'hk anu
yng ntm. ana. atte. muen DISPLAY o.
~. 49,. !. sAo senele' numoue. tepolOeo
~ VA uey nso succscogu III 1t.aeIns nIm 20
Dsraa. sua .aon.o W I"s'"nu' sn" '"s' no
v. n'uuon IN .o"o'n'
miact Wct1ei hao gone 10 Stetsin' otra!suno'
s8ock. Auoeck' nruhsWick' hanover. HALO
ono Dresoeh. ana III Oil 'heso ciues'
nshih d oe.rl1ory no1 30 largo as Nc" Aork
aate' ne hao hveo IN erano style WITHOUT any
,9parent desire 10 conceai MS whereabouts
mCnemnn1 no passed TWO months astonisn'
ms inc people OF the CITY WIN MS prooieanty.
Mer spending oooo marks thefe ne returned
@.eipslc' wheie py cnance ne was recognized
anu was taken 10 CUSTODY oy the ponce.
an through MS riotous me- oetween the GATE
tne crime ana the Gay OF MS arrest, ne had
AIRED In MS u uhk the evidences OF MS CUNT.
WIN marks IN OILS ana MS piooo-stalneo
eo'hing
In the Jack the Ripper case. too. the police
lost their heads completely. Although they
had detailed description of the murderer.
thcy arrested Herr Schulzo. an innocent man
and 70 satisfy the demands OF the newspapers
began to forge chain OF circumstantial EVIL
cehcs around him. abandoning further inquiry
ID other directions
Mchthoisn is commonly known in Berlin as
Long Israel" He ~ O feet 8 inches tall. Of
massive build and giant strength. The sue.
sessor to bis Office has not yet been SOLICITED.
III u criminal action for slnndor against tho
Social Democratic leudor Schmidt. me .lber OF
ne Reichstag tho prisoner refused to onter
the dock III Ii Chemnitz court on last Friday.
claiming special privileges ns an imperial
deputy His lawyer. Herr Stadthugen. also o
Social Democrat thereupon moved to postpone