The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-05-12
It MAKES PESSIMISTS.
Does the Service az the Desk OF .
Police Sergeant In the
City
soma of tho Things One In Such
IA Position Ssos Every
Night.
Al Kinds % Offenders Are Brought he
fore Him-A Judge In the Petty
Cnsra

The people whose business compcls them
60 seek information from thc police ser
ccant behind the dosi may wonder why &c
Us chat No hahitually bears am sspcct ot set
tied chaug,lcs- melancholy, why his
word, are few and short. and why hc car
ric- the manner of man who has lost all
faith in humanity. II is easily explained
Tho police sergeant secs nothing hut the
night side Of life BY virtue of his Office
hc must receive an criminal charges made
iu his precinct. cun-ign The offender 20 tho
cells and enter the rocord In the hlottcr
that Die, on the desk i'm front II him. In
an cases where the police Of "a precinct
make am arrest hc Is the court of first re
sort Bctor' his eve pass all grades ot Of
fsnders. from the murderer who shall ulti-
matcly cxpiatc his crilnc in the electric
chair 10 the wretchcd, shaking whisky
soaked hcsp 81 rage found lying dead
drunk" on the sidewalk ON his iudg
mcnt frequently depends the fate Of tho
culprit brought before him. for i'm most
petty oiIenses the sergeant is invested with
the power ~ Diminishing the complaint or
dctaining the prisoner for examination by
the MAGISTRATE The police sergeant must
thus exercise the incest Judgment ana tact
and tho frmcst decision in dealing with
The hundred variod cases that come before
him in the course OF day Oftoner he has
10 exercise the quality OF mercy. Hourly
appeals are made 70 his pity, and If lac be
% Kind hearted mainland he generally Is a
kind hearted man-his task becomes an
thc harder.
What is called tho might tour, or, in
other words the period of desk duty he
tween and ~ O'Clock 40 night, is gencr
ally the most try ing timc Tor thc sergeant
IN busy up town precinct ~ Is theh
that the station gets the hulk OF the uay :
business nat TAN. portiy' suhourht' ma
Gle aged man seated M u'sA poIlnu ln'
prisoner = ran is i-e sergeant NHHc nc
captain his superior "nloer l. securing
the precinct h' Is ih command OF inc sra
t1n. This particular sergeant has nalu
head "a moist eye h,a,I ul't'A 's'i'i'S
and voice HUSKY win the Wlnu' ram aNu
snow OF many winters an oId' Whit''
cfoohei scar O, ross l-r IoneH'"" ''.i' Oh "
SaDt cuJ hc'i yea III -Al'ie''iH'. llo ~ -"
lctu"Squt slBAt ~ ne siI7 'A'I' pau AZ
the ll-At or tine -haoel lamps 'aiInly ful q
/ ing his books win pre"ocupl,u arr, a. II
TO huWhng lufY OF woman were -hrleh
ing ior somebody blood lh the cells De
loss. lilo only looks mp Wheh the uour Is
thrown open ANA tlrie sialh Dies up 10 inc
desk the ragged, torn. blcar rFeu nag
.siu remains OF son. 'liii- men li'' o-i''
hath man. lLlii-' 'l'al,.lF 'n' "lI p''olii'
lmp' shaIrd with the "aof oil stare 9lh aiu
onions. The creataN has NOT spoken "a
woodworking but sound Whlch might
Doe % Sob of q sigh, OF WHINE mas nroKeh
from hiu, bar the sergeant Knows why ne
is there. IheW Dee cXclalns' with
wmn az dl--ust. go bach. j." ="
back means to 80 to thc Nagrant7 lodg
Ing room M the rear OF The police station
whore wanderers are sheitcnu Tor the
night Who would think 10 LOOK az MN
now, says the sergeant "that that thing
wa, onco prominent criminal lawyer lh
] wa- d puulmau Wha. settled hiwt
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