The sun., 1894-09-24
HELD UP BY POLICEMEN.
DoN'T TRATEL LATE IN JERSEY cIrY
UNLESS YOU KNOW VINO roU ARE.


Every PoHcs-ar You Meet VIII Demand
Your Pedigree "-This is All Due 20
an Attempt 20 Prevent the Continuance
OF Frequent BurgIaries-A Householder
Identified by Iis Awakened Chiidren.
Any man who desires to walk along the streets
on Jersey City Heights after midnight within
the limits Of the Fourth police precinct must be
prepared to be held mp anywhere from one to a
dozen times. according to the distance he has to
go. The holding-up Is not done by highwaymen
or robbers, but by policemen. Some of the
policemen are in uniform and others in citizens
| clothes. In addition to being held up. the be-
lated citizen must be prepared to oRnswcr n series
| of questions to the satisfaction of the inter-
rogator, or be hauled to the police station, where
| he is subjected to n more rigorous examination.
| II he can prove that he Is not a burglar
| he Is permitted TO make another start for
| hOme with the chances about even that he
| will be held up two or three times more before
| he arrives at his destination. Generally the
questioning is done in polite and inoffensive
| manner, but sometimes the policemen. and es-
pecially those not In uniform, conduct them
selves In an overbearinR, insocnt manner, which
Is calculated to arouse the ire OF the citizen and
make him retort in kind instead of giving the
Information sought for. IL is usually the new
policemen who have been appointed by the re-
form Republican Commissioners. who act in
this manner
The cause Of all this is that some enterprlsing,
active. and elusive burglars have been plying
their profession without intermission for more
than month Every morning one or more
burglaries have been reported and many have
been committed that have not been reported
because the loss was trihing. The frequency OF
the burglares and the facility with which the
perpetrators escaped capture created wide
spread comment. The dwsiers in the infested
', ,.,,,,''' t " p''''o 'eeii,nsS
got rat,'eu,. Inc famous Jersey mosquitoes
tnke back sent as sIeep Irstroyers
Ia'sn, 40, "S - ',",s.,
AT length the police determined to Hood the
precinct with policemen. Thlrty-two extra men
were brought from other precincts and added to
other precincts and from headquarters were en-
listed in the service, and then The svs,ar, -,
lis'eu 'e IN ,ne Ser''te' anu tneh 'ne system OF
espionage was put In operation. But 1t was Of
ol,J.d s,.c,i,s. viii ,beir acc,,s,nn,.I s,,,oas
eiu'.u WIN .,elr success
and the people remained In state Of terror.
IL must be said for tho notice that they did
ovsrxih,no ,h.y cnuIJ ~ ,nspJ ns,,"rc '". ~, "'u
e'er 'hhs .'ies 'ou'" W niehu ihat'cr7'' IN ac-
cordance with their orders, they stopped every
man seen on the, street after midnight. The
man man was asked his name and residence and to
who had been living IN the precinct for years
osh e1 put and tnsE he'd up
times II a,nght, before reaching home they
felt sighted II they managed to reach home
without being held up ,
When a citizen was stopped by an ignorant
and insOlent policeman. the citizen generally got
his back up and clash followed. On One OcCa-
sion man whose business does not permit him
to go home until O'clock in the morning was
passing the corner OF Bramhall and Jackson
avenues. lie had been passing that corner at
years. The man was carrying II small bundle OF
laundry. p3liceman Kaiser stopped him and
Ss tops n a5 hSSe ens spu gEn IN 'S S
back TO curve ut once. especially as he felt con-
WINGED that the policeman knew him.
don't think IL is any or your business what |
Is IN that bundle, he answered.
We'll. 1t is my business, exclaimed Kaiser. |
can lock me up" answered the citizen.
Kai.er's brother. who was with him and knew |
the citizen well, endeavorcd to restrain tho
policeman. He told his brother that he knew
The, man and he Was all right; but the citizen
had to go 10 the police station; Sergeant Finley,
WHO was on duty anu who had known the citizen
saw him brought In Il prisoner. The citizen
was. OF course, promptly discharged. the police:
man being unable even to explain why he had
Another morning "a" same Zen was going
home when he heard shouts about half II block
Iii there. Iii there! Hey, Cap"
Not being captain. and not ,snpposng that
continued on his way. In minute or so man
IN ctilens zen clothes raj up ana, Us soon ns he
my the hell dldht You stop when called
you Y
How did know that you were calling me ~
asked the citizens. And what right have you
to call me. any way ~
II don't know but that you may he burglar"
answered the man..
Well, how do know hut tina. yon may I've u
highwaylnan and mean To rob me- remarked
the citizen, placing his hand on his watch.
When the pOliceman's anger had cooled down "A
little he condescehded to explain that lac was
Alexander Gallagher II policeman. The citizen
advised him To adopt some better method than !
shouting at people and alarming the whole
neighborhood 4 he wanted to make success Of
capturing burglars. These are examples OF the
citizens are subjected to.
some OF the policemen are polite and precede
their questioning with an apology for being
obliged by their orders To do II. In nine cases
out OF ten Interpretations are answered rs Ciyilly
As they are put, and the policeman and citizen
part IN state OF mutual good feeling. Free
quently the citizen compliments the policeman
for his vigilance and attention To duty. There
is an occasional exception, however. On Thurs
day night u policeman nCcostcd "A citizen in