The record-union., 1893-05-22
Only The WAGON.
The 0ty Has No Horse, and Nobody
to Drive One.
Emergencies That Must Go Unheeded
for Want of the Police Patrol
Wagon Service.

Late on Saturday night telephone
message was received at the police Station
from Fourth and NJ streets stating that
man there was beating his wife in fear
full manner.
There was no conveyance at hand, and
by the time Officer Dole got to the prem
ises the house where the trouble occurred
was locked up and all was dark within.
The officer left word with a neighbor to
have the woman come to the police sta
tion yesterday morning and swear to
complaint against her husband.
She did not appear, however, and 1t is
not known whether she was killed,
manned or imprisoned, as nothing more
was learned regarding the case.
During the late hours of Saturday night
and early yesterday morning there were
number of calls for officers from out-of-
the way parts of the city. There were
either no officers to be reached, or having
no means Of going, none responded.
Last night about S:l5 o'clock an old man
named Taylor applied at the station to
have a man arrested for assaulting his
wife. No one was to be found to execute
a warrant, and the old gentleman was
sent away with the information that when
tended to.
He stated that he lived at 1927 Fourth
street, and as he was seemingly too old
and feeble to look about town for war
rant and then return and apply for an Of
1icer, he doubtless gave up the fruitless
effort.
Again at $50 last night telephone
message came from Twenty-fourth and o
streets, stating that desperate row was
in progress there. The only officer at the
station did not go out, as he concluded
that everything would be quiet by the
time he got there, having no means of GO
ing quickly, and if any arrests were made
there was no way of bringing the prison
ers in.
Yesterday afternoon two little children
were lost or strayed from the home of
their father, George Herold, at 10 Tenth
street. Word was sent to the police sta
ton, but there was no one there to give
the case attention until the change of
watch ats o'eiock.
About 9 o'clock at night the children
were found at Ninth and streets, but it
is not known who discovered them. In
the meantime the almost frantic mother
was searching the city as best she could.
1t Is not exaggeratlon to say that
scarcely a day passes that there are not
several calls that would be answered if
the patrol wagon was at the police sta
lion, and which calls are ignored for the
reason that no officer is within reach, or
if there is. responds too late to be OF serv
ice.
In case of affrays or accidents it is in
many cases inhuman on the part of the
city authorities not to provide prompt at
tention and ready means of convey
ance.
Probably there is no city with a popu-
lation of over 10000 this side of Valom-
brosa that practices economy" at the
expense OF the unfortunates within it, by
neglecting to have more enlightened and
humane facilities for caring for its sick,
wounded or disturbing elements.
In the meantime the new and convent
ent patrol wagon, which was worth any
ten officers in certain emergencies. is
stored at the city's expense in an uptown
stable somewhere, and the city caniiot
afford to furnish one horse for it.