The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-23
TRAMPS ARE ON THE RUN
YIGTLANoE OF THE POEICE RE- SULTS IN 4 GENERAL EXODUS

SULTS IN 4 GENERAL EXODUS But Tivo Arrcsts for Vagranoy Made During the Past Two Days-Aneged "Epidemic ofCrime" Thing of the Past-Poliee De- partmsnt VIII Not Relax Its Vigilance.
 During the past two days there has been a perceptible decrease the num- Der of uamps and other undesirable visitors in and about the city and the indications point to the fact that the recent scare and alleged epidemic" of assaults, burglaales, hold ups and kindred crimes is about over or as is more generally believed never in reality existed except in the minds of some morbid, easily frightened resi- dents of the city.
 It is unquestionably true that for the past month the city has been overrun with tramp3 and vagrants, who hav- ing been driven from the country by tie cold weather, have come ito this city with the purpose of Wintering This class of human beings will never work and manage to eke out q pre- carious existence by begging and petty thievery. The number of this class of 'traveling gentry" who have come into this city has been perceptibly increas- ed by the action of the cities and towns throughout the state which have taken the initiative in the matter and have been arresting and sending to jail as tramps and vagrants any transient persons found within their confines without any visible means of support.
 The tramp question in this city has been met and dealt with promptly and efficiently by the police department and the city court and the result is that many of this undesirable class of tran sients have shaken the dust of New Haven from their feet and hied them selves to more congenial climes. When the seriousness of the matter was brought to the attention of the police members of the department were de- tailed to do duty on the streets in citi- zens clothes and a number of super numeraries added to the force tempo tarily. In consequence a number of ar, rests have been made of suspicious ol IFtS pGTSOIS anu UlIlllS llIG hlOAl4i SN far about seventy persons have beer arrested and brought before the city court on charges of vagrancy, begging or idleness.
 Many of these arrests have been made in the past ten days and this together with the action of Judge Dow in in flicting jail sentences has had mucf to do with the general exodus of tramp: and vagrants from the city. The fac that the majority of this undesirable class are either in jail or have lief the city is proven by the fact that or Saturday and Sunday only five ar rests were made of vagrants or beggars whereas, for the week previous tht average daily number of arrests fo the same offenses have been twelve tt fifteen.
 The efforts of the police departmen will be in no way relaxed during tn next two weeks and everyone found ol the streets begging or acting in a sus picious manner will be arrested an, brought before the city court Ever. member of the department from Super intendent Smith to the most recent. appointed supernumerary is determin ed to do all in his power to rid tn city of these pests and the same deter imitation is shown on the part of the cit court officials, when the judge on tn bench is credited with saying that al though the jail is unusually croWde even for this season of the year, he wi continue to commit tramps and othe idle persons even though it becom 1oaoas 60 1-v. to Sran+ Soyna T19ce in yinic to confine them.
 During the past two days a larg number of tramps are known to hay left the city and at no time since tn advent of cold weather has there bee so many pedestrians on railroad ties a during the past forty-eight hours.
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