The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
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30 captains i6i trssants ~ dsirriir hsr<snnt. iGi
round smen 3l37 ph,rnm,n. and - iaor!nch
During the iast ,icc wear abo raroIn-n ani door
men were appointed ~ w,re dismissed, ~ resigned.
were dro 3ped aud ~ died.
The Nineteenth precinc; ha, tue most mon 1So. and
tho twenty min ,.nsSt. with i2n fac invent, four
precinct Ia the saniisst, with 81
Tho highest morality in tho department was among
the surge ,ns3"f whom di,d a ring the year. only
rom 10 aud se'gsans del tbs 10 nj number Of
deaths he ng ~ one reason way the d,ath the
department Is 80 low u that the officers retired
after twenty years service nj their opor OF Tor age
Two honorable IN ,ntion were gym by,h, S,ard
during the ysir. to Pa ro ma NI;e 40. ser OF
the Twelfth pr ,cinc. for savm. in,ane man from
drowning and the oho, to Found lanai Joan Harris for
saving lives IN the Park plati disaster ra'tolmsu
Jaroo fca had tho longest iSri vi service nj hny
retired durin: tho sam, pc'lod lie hal hceh un ths
force th,rty.fo ir years aud Que moh'l'
me sick less precincts were ths second Fifth. 1
TWEEN Tha proportion o; sick to frl time was
six per c,nf III h til the second AMI Twentieth
prec net, I'll, number OF sieS p,lcc I'm hactuued
bet wcru 213 April AMI - IN July l. Nor, p,ioo-
men were scS OF .h V.p than anyth,n else. Alter
the Rrip dod casss Of broich aud - cases OF
rheumatis.n Almost all nds OF aiiment' are 10 mi
on the lis AN ,nx them u nunb,r "f wounds, contu.
sons. and fractures. T.n po!icem, wers sok with
ten Ter feet three with and one with binion
three had dog bites and eight vera case, OF ALCOHOLISM
one hat chcssn.ppS. two had frost bites twenty-five
had tho govt and eisht wers afflicted with insanity.
Insomnia Ia set down the disease OF twentyone Ana
there was Of ncancholia There was one vio.
tim Of tho sick headache. and five had general paresa
Two became i'll through being vaccinatei
SIX hundred AMI sixty -four applicants passel their
| original examination. anu 100 were rejected. 4
Tsere no IA arrests increase OF 556S over
the previous year. Almost all the increase OF men
and boys The number OF women about one.n NTH
OF thn total over 20 900 arrests were made In the
Fourth. SIXTH Tenth. and Eleventh precincts In the
lower tenement districts the downtown east side.
Ma rh in uIna nFl M hA
neiehborhood explored by Dr. rarKhurst was the only
precinct where moe women than men wero arrested.
More than half the arrests were for disordery con-
duct and MODIFICATION Tho cases OF int"xication pure
| and simple were 26.OO2 OF which 1885 were OF
women For disoriery conduct. without intoxicAtlon.
the arrests were almost Ooo of which about third
were of women Violation OF the corporation ordi'
| rnnces tho next most common offence, and after
that larceny with 5+oo arrests and plain assault and
battery with 5c6a. There were 100 arrests for At.
| tempted suicide n third OF them women; ~ Ar.
rests for begging. 124 for cruelty to animals W for
cruelty to children for delirum tremens. 1o1 for
| gambling. III for homicide. for keeping opium
joints ard 212 for dsoderly houses 100 for reckless
driving 2o49 for vagrancy. 1920 for violation Of the
Excise law. 200 for violations of the Sabbath, and
| for violation Of the oeomarRnrine law.
Convictions secured in IL Of tho gambling casss
The police seized 900 chips ZIG packs OF cards
lots of Chinese coin 223 dice IS fantan brass cups
faro layouts. 900 pool tickets. sweatboards.
pokor tables. roulette tables whist boards. and
| baccarat layout
| Tho number of excise arrests. which dlmuishss
yearly was about onefourth less than tho year before
The Sunday arrests diminished from 4o5 in March to
al In October The decrease Ia accounted for by the
resolutions Of tho Police Board in compliance with the
request OF the New York City Alliance disappearing of
the police securing arrests BY inducing the saloon
| keepers to sell liquor to them.
Twothrds of the persons arrested born In Ire
land or the United States. and OF tho arrested
almost hve-sixths were born In Itoand or tho United
States. or tho 1892 arrested women, s.4s5 were
born in the United States and 400 born Ire
land. Comparatively few Germans were included 4
little moro than 10 per cent. of tho tota number Of
arrested mon came from Germany and less than per
cent. of tho total number of women The proportion
arrests of women to those of men is highest among
negroes. when 1t comprises $40 women to ,2b6
One. ghth of the total number arrested under
years OF age. ovor third were between 20 and go
quarter were between 80 and 90 sixth ranged
from 40 to go and ninth Of the whole were 90
Almost sxth OF the total number OF arrested
were over 90 years old.
Laborers lead in tho number OF arrested men with
1885. and persons OF no occupation next with
Is 3o7 1t is big drop from these to 6o0I drivers
4Go5 houseworkers. 32l2 clerks. 3.T33 peddlers and
.2.aas bartenderG Two railroad rresd mis-. rail
road Vice Presden and 10 directors found ia the
list of persons arrested with 1872 editors and reporters
1o lawyers. 81 DOCTORS 20 Jockeys 655 prostitutes
| and gamblers. Almost every known occupation ap-
| pears on tho list.
| lodgings were given at various station houses to
| Sa4s5 women and 1887 mon. The most popular
station houses for dodgers tho Eleventh. Nine
teenth Eighteenth. Twentythird. and Fourth. The
police helped lis people who wero overcome by heat.
| 100 sufferers from alcoholism. ITO who attempted
suicide. 3 who were kicked by horses. who were
bitten by dogs 10 who asphyxiated by gas and
who were suffering from electric shocks. They took
to tho hospitals over 1000 people. and took homo
| 400 more.
OF the 2ls suicides reported. shooting WAS most pop
ular with II to 4s by poison 81 by hanging 20
by 10 by knife 10 by drowning by jumping from
! a roof and 3 by Jumping from window.
The police shot ITO mad dogs attended to 2o2 found.
linEs found 174 drowned people, turned on the CrotoA
| water which they found running o63 times. and re-
ported 2.9S8 and 3o4 violations of