The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-03
.-,. ana. tbs house must be watched all tina

time.
Icapnos possibly continue and give details OF
all the case. that cana under my notice. sui-
fco it to say that If were 10 give al the tales of
vo. told me in the thirty odd houses that have
visited in the last three days. could FL the en-
tire sixteen pages of the SUNDAY Posr-ISTEL-
rrgEScER some ladies have no: sleps for many
nights They fear 70 fall asleep Others Leave
the light blazing all light As q precsuEion. 9TH
ers again have moved Sasir beds upstairs and
barricada the stairs every night IN numerous
instances the police ask the burgIarized parties
10 keep Quiet, so a. TO give the police a better
chance 10 detect the thief. The people keep
their promises 70 be sileat, but the police do not
appear 70 even try 70 regain the stolen property.
say try, for, ii the name OF common sense,
such small burglsries ought no, TO BE hard TO
detect. since the stolen goods sre douos-essiy
DISPOSED OF N this city or il the Rsighboring
towns
Ivould advise people who have their houses
hurgla-ized to at once notify the newspapers
Do 10. help the police TO hide their isziness or
ineficiency from public gsze. Avail yourself
O. the ssrower OF the press" Tie sooner the
ueopls know the whole truth about The matter
the better.
The thing that struck ne most fo-cibly was
the esse-ness with which people gave NE al the
information desired as soon as tod them that
I wanted the particulars IN order 20 see what
could De done to stir up the police. Every man
up" Yet, should some advance the argument
that this Is an economical administration and
that the mayor Is compelled 70 sacrifice OF tie
altar of Democratic economy the efficiency Of
the department, | beg leave - at once tisabuss
their minds from any such impression for i.
cost the city more 20 run the police department.
for the three months of April, May and june
1892 than Il did IN the same months OF Is9l as
this table, taken from the auditors books, VIII
show:
ApriL ..........................s 5,6{L 5,s-2
May May: 80 9 So So
Totals sl5.5y7
To the figures for lSs2 mus. b. added the
salary OF the license collector, who used 70 -
paid from the police fund, but IS now q separate
Official, paid from the general fund.
/ have faithfully submitted the evidence
gathered beg TO be excused from coming to
conclusions. I fear that the language used in
such al event would be unfit for publication
Il is grim satire thai the reform stmiaIstrs-
ton should fail 70 understand the very aEss
principle OF governIent-nalnely, 70 protec.
lie and property.
The straagest part OF all this IS the fact that
the reform" organ is not 81 all worried o. even
surprised 81 this dark state OF saAirs. For
whether il was gifted with wonderful prophetic
powers or was "rncrally certain" OF Jscksoa's
Incompetence, il is sure that 3 few days after
his appointment the Telegraph sditorially pre-
dicted the frequent occurrence or blrgisrles, and
ii the same editorial imp. led al assurance 70
the chief that IN the event OF frequent burg
laries Il would not hold him responsible. IL
would consider il merely the consequence OF
certain conditions. No wonder that when the
reform" organ, the reform" mayor and the
reform chief Of police 80 vel understand
each other the public suffers. RosH LooxEsA