St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-15
DONE BY The POLICE.
The. Splendid Showing Made
Last Year by the City's
-. Guardians.
Chief Clark Urges an In
! ! crease Of the Police
,if4 Force.
Fifty Additional Patrolmen
{ Declared to Be a Ne
! = cessity.
Arrests Made, 0ffenses Com
mitted and Disposition Of
! s Offenders.

% The efficiency of st. PauPs police force
is we'll illustrated in, the annual report
i0t Chief Clark. which was submitted to
Tile mayor yesterday. A perusal of the
following facts and figures and COM
parison of the same with those of other
cities of the same or even smaller size
than this city will go to show that ST.
Paul has every reason to be proud OF
the record presented. The scarcity of
crime and the we'll known fact that
criminals give ST. Paul Il wide berth is
due entirely to the successful efforts of
John Clarke and his able corp of Off
GERS, whose merits are more frequently
testified to i'll other cities than they are
given recognition at nome. In his re-
port Chief Clark recommends that a
number of policemen be added to the
present force in order to furnish more
adequate protection to both the bust
ness and residence portions of the
city. A complaint is often heard
from different parts of the city
that more guardians are needed at
night and, although the patrolmen
now Oh duty are never found lacking
in watchfulness, yet the ground which
they are obliged TO cover is often more
than can reasonably be expected of
tiiCIu. EOllOWlIS 10 tIlG CllicI - ltpUlI
have the honor to transmit the am
nuai report of the police department
for the year ending Dec. 81, 1891, to-
getiIer with the report of the superin-
tendent of police patrol telegraph for
the same periO |. The work Of the de-
.partment has been most excellent, as
the detailed report will show. Too
much credit cannot be given the de-
tectiye department, as it is due largely
to the
Skill and Faithfulness
of its members that the city is so free
from desperate criminals of all classes
and so few crimes against persons and
property are committed. A new central
police station having been secured, [
would call your attention to matter
which has been repeatedly mentioned
in former reports, but seemingly passed
unnotieed. To properly patrol the bust
ness part of the city and give some ade
quate protection 10 the residence por-
lions. at least fifty additional patrOlmen
are needed. l. trust this will receive
the careful consideration it deserves.
The force at present consists of $50 men
all told, viz: One chief, cap
, tains, lieutenants, including l
q mounted; 1 chief of dete ctives,
A detectives. superintendent of police
Telegraph, l license collector, 1913 patrol
.tmen, including 9 mounted; 3 court
sibailiffs, 5 poundmasters, l driver, and l
guard OF wOrkhouSe van, 8 jailorS. l
! janitor, s drivers of patrol wagons. l re-
parer police telegraph lines and clerk.
.tt During the year fines collected through
the police department. amounted to 49,
g22.50; licenses, $43, 3SS.20. The total
number of arrests made was 5,346. OF
these, 4.656 were males and 400 females.
- Those arrested, classified according to
offenses, were as follows: Drunken
mess. 1,T14; Vagrancy, Sl1;- disorderly,
G29; petty larceny, 367; keeping house
ill fame, 1863; assault and battery, 305;
drunk and .diaorderly, 2eS; grand Jar
1ceny, 50; highway robbery, -; selling /,
liquor ono lieensel, A; burglary, 4
murder, 5; rape, q, forgery, IL; bast-
ardy, 10, and several miSeellau-
eeus charges. The occupations
of these offenders b we're divided
thus: Laborers, 2.413; unoccupied. 1863;
prostitutes POS. The balance was made
up OF various occupations. Of the 5.346
prisoners, {. 790 we're born in the United
States, $50 in Canada, III in England,
46l1 in Sweden, 47S in Ireland. 504 i'll
Germany, 80 in France, 93 i'll Norway,
80 in Russia. 81 in Scotland. "a in Aus
llld 10 III DOilCiilds 4 III AONitLClI dlius U
in Wales, and 5 in China. The DISPOSE
tons made were as follows: Held to the
grand jury, 101; bonds to keep the
peace, 60; certified to the district court,
20; fined, 1889; sentenced to the work
house, 1,796; to Home of the Good
Shepherd. Al; sentence suspended, Bill;
continued. 81; discharged. 1,6l4; re-
-manded to outside authorities, 10.
The miscellaneous duties performed
by the department during the year
were: Lost children returned to their
parents. 176; doors found open. 1.153;
accidents attended, 81; miles travelled
by patrol wagons, 9.513.5: gas lamps re-
ported not lighted, 81: oil lamps re-
ported not lighted, 1,76S; meals fur
niShed prisoners, 2,605; sick and injured
persons cared for. 2l9; value of property
reported stolen, IS, 1913: value Of stolen
pie cared for, 20: patrol box calls an
swered, 2,7o2: special calls, 1,C99; fire
calls, 1925.
The police force is attributed among
the stations as follows: Central. so;
Ducas street, 20; Margaret. 80; Rondo,
81 Pryor avenue, II. The arrests made
by each during the year were: Central,
$3.50; Ducas, 624 ; Margaret, sos Rondo.
$40; Pryor, So.
Supt. Blrge, of the police telegraph
system, handed in his report III connec-
lion with that OF the chief. He reports
that there are 81 miles OF wire in
the city, $50 poles and 128 alarm
boxes, 43 of which are furnished
with telephones. During the year
2,3l5 box reports were received from
officers and 1909 messages over the city
wires. making total of 341 ,2S6 calls re-
eeiyed at his office. He recommends
that fifty more alarm boxes he pur-
chased and furnished with telephones.
THE HARVESTER SITE,