The herald., 1895-06-12
THE BATTLE FINALLY Won
Women in the City Jail Can
Now Breathe
A FEMALE JAIL AT LAST
The East Side Station to House Such
MalefactOrs
A Facetious Report Upon the Subject 1ade
to the Police Commission by the Commit
tee Which Had the Matter in Charge

feature of the regular weekly meeting OF
the board of police comm ssioners held
yesterday. 1t was, however, develo ped
informally during the meeting that the
crusade against vice, as 30 far conducted
by. Constable Harry Johnson has cost
the county an even S67, and not several
hundred dollars as was stated last week.
The crusade has not cost the city one
cent.
The application OF T. J. Osgood for
saloon license on Center place. near Sec
ond street, was denied. owing to the pro-
test OF property owners representing 6l1l5
out of j total OF 9G6 feet in the block
affected.
The application OF Fred and Nick Steffes
to be permitted to transfer their license
at lO5l05 South Los Angeles street to Pas
cal Steffes was granted, as was also the
license to William Dolentz at 1918 San
Fernando street, and to Robert Kern at
235 West Third street.
Among the protestaits against the Kern
license was J. y. Graves, the lawyer,
who in a written letter charged Commits
sioner Pi rtle with being interested in the
property where the saloon is to be loc a
ted as lessee. and tn erefore not legal ly
qualified to officially act in the matter.
Mr.. Graves claimed in his letter
TO be opposed to saloons or general prin.
ciples.
In denying the charge against himself.
Commissioner Pirtle called attention to
the application for a saloon license re-
Gently granted to J erry lllich in the sam
block. which application is signed by
both Mr.. and Mrs. Graves.
Regarding the costs in the unpaid claim
of George W. Glowner against officer Al
fredo Argu llo, the chief reported that
the difference of $500 which Glowner
still claims to be due is costs which Ar
guello thinks he should not be compelled
to pay. The matter was allowed to drop.
q, Z he chiefs report for May showed $3.50
worth OF property TO have been stolen
during the month, OF which SOD u. 40
worth OF valuables was recovered. Three
hundred and ninety-three prisoners were
arrested during the month, the cases
against 36 having been dismissed; oil
those incarcerated. Is were women and
10 were minors; 1854 partial fines and
$l027 in fines and forfeitures were paid
over by the department. to the police
courts during the month.
The committee having in charge the Sc
Iection of proper quarters for a Temporal
ry female prison. made the following sup
posedly facetious written report:
Your committee on provi ling new
quarters for our female prisoners, consist
ing of Com miss toner's John Webber, d.
". Field and Chief John NJ. Glass. has
the honor to submit the following re-
port:
That they have faithfully reformed
the duties assigned them. That the
aforesaid female prisoners are now en-
joying the exclusive hospitality of the
East Side station in newly painted and
scrubbed quarters under the supervision
of Police Martron Gray, who resides in
the immediate vicinity. They occupy
room about l0xl2 feet in size and can be
granted the run of the adjoining corpora
tion yard, should idleness and cent
m eals be found conducive to the putting
on of too much flesh.
Should this room be found too small
at any time in the future, we recommend
the construction adjoining the station OF
about 14x20 feet, that can be completed
for about Sl25.
In prospecting for the aforesaid bastile
your committee visited the room recently
secured by the honorable city council for
station on Boyle Heights. We found
this room unsuited for our purposes, the
floor being in bad condition, with no
water closet within The room.
For this reason and no other we have
consented to allow Sergeant Mckeag and
his trusty officers the care and society OF
the lady guests OF our city while they
are doing time.
The above selection was approved and
the report was ordered filed. The council
will be asked TO expend upon the new
quarters the sum of $50 additional to
make the prison selected properly habita-
BILE.
The saloon license OF McGinnis Bros.
al 1918 San Fernando street, having been
reported delinquent, was ordered by the
board to be revoked.
The various applications for transfers
of saloon licenses were referred to the
chief.
The invitations of the Kreisturnfest t
to participate i'll the coming Turner attn
letic festival were accepted by the
several members OF the board.
Applications for positions on the police
A. Stanley and W. J. Hollinsworth and
ordered filed. The latter application is
made because the applicant, who is the
street sweeping contractor. wants to serve
as special officer in connection with
his sweeping.
Some fifty OF the leading citizens of the
city sent to the board a communication
asking that Detective Bosqui be rein
ST d in the police department. The
pc lion upon Bosqui's behalf is heaoed
by Colonel Freeman G. iced. Commits
sioner Field wanted the matter referred to
the chief for investigation, but the appli-
cation was simply ordered filed.
Commissioner Pirtle reported that the
charge OF alleged brutality against Police
Officer Ritch was still under investiga-
tion, one of the witnesses for complainant
having for some time been too i'll to ap-
pear and give testim ony. The committee
having the matter in charge was granted
further time.
The Herald's narrative of chaingang
cruelties came up Tor discussion IN an in
formal manner, Commissioner Field ask
ing of Chief Glass in sneering seriousness
whether The Herald narrative was or W as
not true. The chief, expanding in all
of his official dignity, smiled an otficlal
smile and replied: I'VE have the best
Jail in the country. | never heard OF a
better one anywhere. The bread fed to
prisoners is better than | get at home
and the meat. while not first cuts, is
very good. The Herald reporter is the
first person l have ever heard complai n
OF Entertainment. That fellow must hav G
had pu II to get off with three days. He