Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-15
TO TARRANT COUNTY
COUNTY AND CITY OFFICERS TO
zAyE THEIR OFFICIAL LIVES
crosELr ExAAISEr.
pp.a s.iooas and Gambling Hs1sss
ssosla BE DriveH Cat By The
oGesrs Of the Law.

After the crgzn-zaticn O. TIE sfAal
;ary for the Fosig-sizath distE.s; eozrt
xesteriay Judge Greene p-oceis1ed 70
give = eharzs q TIE r11st glsoroas
uAturs and ore q the sircngss; ever
heard from the Senea in ta-s ioFn-
lodge Greene said thzt EAiis he
souia cali TIE sttentio= Of the s1ana
szry "a general gay 10 TIE ~nois
criminal code Re fsls It bis duty 20
us-aon with rns-s partl-cizf!ty s91le
s.sgizi stztutes- re set o1t b szy-as
tat y vas she duty o taz t-rT 10
Izqu.rs not saly into TIE positive T.
fractions q ire ia~. Bat also 70 ste
that TIE law Is not vt3iatsd b. o-nis-
slaa q duty. Criminal sHzEss>. b.
said. NAY b sivl1s1 .nto tyo class=r'
--tkaEs against tie yzrsaE AL t11s=
Eszi1s; TIE pzbl= Tzose against tas
ina4vsduai are g1zz a. -1s.- Eo1-aTT,
and murder l-=s= - SAD us--l
gea=-zliT 5= called % t-= attention =
t. Elaa1 .-gg t=-z-s= -1sr= .s peg
soaaI inI-rsst 10 asst Ia Ls E.a-.-
cztl1a O ne Paw. B-t SHEA -.-s 1--
lsE--E are aszsLf- --- p--.l- i1z5e
T. pEiEare lE--ric-ll 20 prosecute 41e
o.1czrs % TIE lzT 1.--- q 1er1s--l-
up.3E % r-1---- re qsrl- against
azca vl5-afi1zs o. aW = public SCAT
ocgZ-rs LEk4 C1elsza u -1iz nature -f=
ri pgn-s-ad- IEsl lL j. --- dlty C..
tie sTEu5 gzTy 90 see cGat tEe 1--1leIs
o. tas Az. fs9L1 t1e 4-sa on tEe
esn-h = ths POLICEMAN ~ tae-r 1g-4-
here guoEe Greene lE his rlos- v-s2r-
t5s oqe- a1t uagrla- -tgztlo1s " zoe
lar. 1a-y song o. 10 tA-s toEn Ea-
Or TIE ven eyes q tze lGE l-1-e+z
q re tUHa ar county % fzsss &c
E,zrr!@zl-rlEea sszabl.ns ara Vrys;it1-
tloa
ss4 zzSE= eltlssE = Ees. +fe-th szsa
70 re that or cygi2 from the front
q tie Wortn hotel actually bear the
dealers ealing tee Earnga IN iarce %
four gambling houses. An5 you al
XIV that EazbiizE goes On daily
s4.ns Main street without reblSs."
Tuning % the question or p-ostl-
futon ne sz!d ih1t Il y q shame upon
the city that tais sociai vics has come
70 = 90 bold a. 80 pant itself along
popular res dence s.reelF ard among
tAe mort q-.et horlea. a large prop
erty holder SID 20 ne yesterdsv that
he has houses % surrounded that he
cannot rrat tae upper ro0u's Of toe
blucinEH without renting them Tor I'M
prop-F purposes, watch ne will not
do Thus Is good citizen deprived %
his rightful lncIm- by the failure o.
Law oihcera 20 prercni tie location Of
wise 10 tas central part q taa city
On the sunday selling question Jutts
Greene was very severe, but he Vas
not alt1gatHer To line with the most
Outsgui.sn % the enirn!es oHen
saloons generally. He said that while
he mentioned tEe saloons especially
ne wanted n Understood that IL was 10
~ -
fne si4t- 70 sol whisky on Sunday
than 70 seli calico. 10th are a viola
ton. and yet your law officers pass
the doors OF tlree open honsca every
SUNDAY without any EFFORT 10 close
them"
He came last to that part Of his
charge that the audience was MIST
an1inusly awaiting. II had been an.
nounced In the Gazette that In ali
probability there would be an effort
made to indint members Of the
police department of the city govern
menu recently under iuvertisation. and
tHeIe was q pef-tp tlhle breath OF eI-
eltefnenl when he reached this mart o.
MS charge. Tie said that he had seen
Ii5ul tne papers tant there had hssn
an investigation OF some o. the citvg
enairs, and tnat there seemed 70 hsve
pen soIns strange ami rather startling
disclosures made. lie knew uothlng
q the matter personally. but n vs.
the duty. he said. OF the grand inn
10 inNeSuGaie this matter very tho--
oaghiy. The grand jury Is the real
protection Of the city end county in-
teEestz- The Jury should not rtoueh
eonnne its Work 70 the investlratior
OF any particular officer or EraJip n
oihcers The county officers shonis bs
naost carefully watched and their worI,
II appears said the Judge. -fr1n,
tnat lnFestlgaiiDn that soase OF the
ollcers OF the law have been vloI.t-
ms their oaLns in their Treatment n,
prostitutes want to see az -.
OF prostitution driven from public view
ut : nave some humanity Ia M
o.e.st' ana I Do thlak that Tor any
ma 10 take advantage OF moor dc-
staaed Toman's disgrace 10 maze
money Tor himself IL about the Jsusss,
tang q man could do
he continued Ia this strain sa-ta,,,,..
N noai emphatic .erms that Al ~.
Nlnhient has tho AUTHORITY "a
.ieen3e prostitution. and tor any efH-iot
70 Ntnipuiate the management ~ ~,
o.stee IS practically to license rrir,t,,
any = himself j violator Of tbc 80.
ne then called attention 10 seve-,i
psnel Statutes showing the nesifio ~, ~. -
vslsA. - N who refuses or fails 10 er.
tD,se the law TO the best OF his ahii',,.
Ane entire charge was Istsned ~
moAt attenusely by the Jury ana ~
large number q spectators. '''
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