Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-10
BACK FROM THE SOUTH.
CHEF McNICHOL AND OFFICER WRIST HOME
FROM AUGUSTA, GA
They Were Royalty RscsiVsd Everywhere and Had
Good Tms-Soms Impressions De-
tailed BY the Chief

Chief Of Police McNichol and Officer
John West returned at nine o'clock
yesterday morning from their long trip
to Augusta, Ga, where they turned the
colored lunatic, Robert David. over to
Patrick J. O'Connor, Sheriff Of Rich
mond county. David gave them no
trouble whatever on the trip, and the
Sheriff at Augusta turned the prisoner
over to his father, who lives near there.
The Chief and Officer West visited
Charleston, S. c., al number Of other
places in Georgia, South Carolina and
North Carolina, during their absence,
and everywhere received much atten-
ton at the hands Of officials Among
other places visited was Salisbury, n.
c., where they met Mayor L. Z. Linn
aud Chief of Police Schaefer and learn
ed a great deal about Harry Temple, the
bigamist. Both the Salisbury officials
mentioned said Miss CoffeY, whom Tenn
pie married" in North Carolina, when
he had two wives on hand at the time,
comes OF a very good family. Chief
McNiChol said yesterday:
1--WE had an especially fine time at
Charleston. We were taken down the
harbor and saw Fort Sumpter, Castle
Pickney, Fort MOultrie, Morris Island,
and all the points Of interest in that
vicinity. The city has never recovered
from the big earthquake, and the storms
of last year, and commercially the place
seems dead and lifeess. The people
seem to be without energy and ambi-
ton, and the citizens l talked to seemed
discouraged and depressed. Two things
OF interest are the operations Of the
Tillman liquor law and the police force.
There are five State 'dispensares' IN
the city, and they tell me the liquor
they sell is vile. The old saloon
people are doing a little business
on the quiet, but they run big risks,
and don't sell to everyone. When l
was there forty State COnstables, back
ed by the city police force, were raid
ing speak-easies aud throwing liquor
and beer into the street. They have to
90 In force on these raids, for the peo-
ple are terribly down on the law, and
have even taken liquor prisoners out
of Jail. The police force is organized
on a military basis They bave ninety
men for a town of 60, 900, or about one
officer to every $50 people. The men
only work on a beat for six hours, and
are then confined in barracks
until they go on duty again. The lieu
tenants and sergeants are mounted,
and the men are drilled in military tao
tics, with Springfield rifles, and are
inspected as military every other Sunday
morning. On duty they carry Colts
revolver. The system at Augusta is
very much the same. l was In the
Augusta Police Court, and saw the
Judge disposing of cases at the rate OF
about eight a minute, They have no
warrants or other papers, and there are
no costs. A man is brought In,
fined one, two or three dollars
pavs il, without any trimmings, and
goes. saw one man fined for allowing
a boy TO drive a hack, and other for
riding his bicycle after dark without a
lantern, and woman was fined Two
dollars because she had a dog without
a tax tag on It, There was big snow
ali through that part Of the South, and In
Augusta it was piled up along the curb
stones three feet high. The storm was
almost unprecedented down that way.
was at Norfolk, and went through the
navy yard, and went to Washington by
steamer, where we spent a couple OF
DAYS. We were treated we'll every
where along the route, and had fine
trip"