The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-15
POLICE HISTORY.
A Volume Which Throws Much
Light on Jersey City's Past.

1.-THE History of the Jersey City Police
Department" prepared by A. e. Costello,
to be sold By subscription only, for the
benefit of the Police Relief Association,
will be issued in a few days. 1t is now In
the hands of the binders, and THE News
has already received a bound copy of the
advance sheets for the purpose of review.
The history makes a handsome volume
of 1923 pages. 1t is neatly printed upon
clear white paper, and is pro-
fusely illustrated. The pic lures,
indeed, are one of the main
attractions of the book, though the his
tory cannot rail to prove interesting,
since it is practically the story of Jersey
City from the time of the Knickerbockers
TO the present day. and embraces many
anecdotes and general unconsidered
triies that cannot fail TO be of interest to
the public. Those who are old enough to
remember the eyents of the early days OF
the town will be glad TO refresh their
memory of the old incidents; those who
are not may learn from Mr.. Costello's
work all they can ever know Of the ND
ject.
PATIENT LABOR.
He has delved patiently, and with dis
as well as labor among the rec
ords of a somewhat obscure past, and has
lllu AhoCI NOhu SNSAL
information that was open to him. This
is evident from the fact that he has made
so large a book, while a glance at the
contents of the volume reveals abundant
testimony in support of the claim.
The illustrations, which have been pre-
pared in the best style OF modern ART. are
ninety in number
They include portraits of the Commis-
sioners and all the officials of the present
department and detectives, pictures OF
Police Headquarters, all the new, and
some of the old Station houses, noted ar
rests and prisoners from Rogues' Gallery,
City Prison, Police Justices, burglars
kits, police paraphsrnalia and many
other things.
The letter press is divided into forty
nine chapters, and ~begins-thaJ Is, the
history proper, Chap. H., with the very
beginning of the police system in 1852,
with the Dutch Burgomasters, when
Bergen, or ~Comnlunipaw and the Bergen
Hills at its back, were properly the
settlement, and Powle's or Paulus
Hook, which subsequently,, with Har-
sinus and Pavonia, became merged in
Jersey City. which later took 10 Bergen,
Lafayette, Hudson City. Washington
Village, Gr~eenville n many other little
outlying clusters of houses known ny
various names, some of which hat
government of their W while others
had not.
From that period Mr.. Costello brings
down the history of police aud other mat
tiers incidentally connected with the
growth aud government of the city.
There are many biographical sketches
which will be of special interest
to the the reader, and a revival OF
many incidents of an interesting
character in connection with police at
fairs. which, while not exactly matters OF
police history, cannot but give zest to the
work. Many crimes are retold. some OF
which have long been forgotten. some of
which indeed the present generation
never heard of-in fact. little seems to
have escaped whichywould aid to make
the book interesting. 1t is not too much
TO say that every one who cares TO know
ANYTHING about Jersey City-especially
the old town-should supply himself
with a copy of the book.