The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-23
IS STEADILY INCREASING.
Development Of Crime and General Gus
ssdness" In Richmond.
4 COMPARISON or The STATISTICS.
The Standard OF Morality Gradually Fall
ing-Drunkennsss Brewing In Favor
Tramps aud Organized Lszinsss
Getbing n Foot Hold.


Getbing n Foot
Richmond is put down in the biue-oook
OF arsticratic cities as reinarHao'y
moral city II has been said that there -
lees crime In Richmond and better senSr-
al morals than In any otnci Guy % sno
Same size IN the United states. SOM
su.y. slso. that crime, drunkenness, ana
vsgrancy in Richmond has been on de-
cidcd decrease during the past ten year.,
and that the capital OF the Confederacy
has every reason 70 be proud oil ner his"
As a matter OF fact there is n great
deal OF sly devilment and inmorshiy
fiourshing In TINS CITY, In a recon- it,us ,,
trated work entitled Hall UP 10 Date,
which has gained quite large olIcnld-
tlcn. Richmond Is given prominent
place IN tho illustrated qu'ntclte OF Tvs lt,es
where tho game known as draw-pohcl
has maiy dcvotees. The four other clueS
are Denver. Col. Dallas Tex, Dayton, o..
and. think. Omaha, Neb: certain u ~,
however. that tho game nnds nui num-,
OF devotces In this city. General sp21,ushs
l.fe is also freely INDUCED IN IN iIcn-
ncnf. AID the cocktail and WHISKY
s,rairhr neither lack participants Inc
latter drink probably has as many aanli.,
crs In Richmond as in any othcr Sou'"''"
city except Mobile, Ala.
ARR WE GROWING WORSE?
turing the last ten years crime ana
s,'ncrai russ.dness I'm Richmond has been
on the Increase. True, the popuiatloh
has Increased some twenty per ccnt. uuI-
ing that time, but the errors OF h1'naSa
nature have proportionally surpaSscu we
growth of population. To start Win, INC
police arrested not single prreoti Slla,
"a with murder In lss5. in 1880, tne nun.
Der charged with murder was TWO III
1890 seven alleged murderers were ar
restfd and that was the highest nun Der
within the last decade until 1891 whet
the number reached eighteen Ihink OF
III Eighteen persons arrss,,eo lor Drocord
from a poiccman's point or view.
Drunkenness seems to have been Ia
vorite pastime during the pasI go" ~,
Every conceivable species or jag known 10
tbs, Bacchanalian was seen on the slreet..
The record ran up TO by far the mghest
point since 1885. <,-,-..
Including Tags acquired ON Christmas
Nsw-Year's-Day. Washington's birthday,
the Fourth OF July, Lab0r-Day anu
Thanksgiving Day, the number reaCnsSeu
1916 I'm 1894. as compared WIN yoo IN is 90.
there being a gradual increase durIs we
nriyate species of which the police TOOK
no record That kind must have run up
90 twenty thousand or more, put peiiis ~
a peaccable and harmless character, tn'N
are not included in the big, noisy. demon
sfratlve. and disagreeable style whlch
forced the police 10 take actlon.
TRAMPs INCREASING.
The tramp nuisance is on a decided in
crsase and whether this Is occaslOnen ny
reason of the business depression curing
the past three years has not yet been
figured out. There are reasons 10 DeueNc
that has been potent factor IN ueNStop-
ing SO much orgafEzed lazhess. -,
there seems 10 have been oecloen llilIuA
OF Northern tramps 10 the city where
trey could rake advantage or genuine
Virginia hospitality.
Dur.ng the year the number OF tramps
and yagrants given lodging at the three
r,,lice stations was :. 343 nearly enough 10
repeat the Coxey march II properly oreaia-
lied The number in lsso was ohiy 'v'.
and the increase during the decade mas
been steady. Street begging ana gcneia
etoi ies of suffering COlored up IN all lne
choicest pf rases of psthos, ana usually
delivered In a kind OF dramatically ttllu'i
style. have been increasing from year y
wear until one can scarcely walk couple
~ blocks at times, without being asked
for anywhere from % cents 10 uoiiaI
by which 20 secure nighl ious rns,,,rcp
is seriously contemplating making an or
dinsnce by which tc punish tramps so AZ
TO prevent their incessant a,nnoysne'e OF
street begging and the Ike. Manchtst"r
chain-gang measure has done great deal
towards breaking up the nuisance over
there. The tramps en- route 10 ana lIoin
petersburg seldom remain in ManShrster
lorger thar twenty minutes LOT uiilei'
WOMEN BFTTER THAN MIN.
In Richmond at least the women appear
40 he more moral than the men TVS
may be partially attributable 10 tne very
gratifying fact that the new woman i.td
hasn't taken any material hoIu on 'ne
feminine mind In this city, though III Is
frue that the criminal records OF nearly
all the cities are furnished In larger pro
portion by the men. or 1854 arrests our
Ing the year only Slz We're lenales III, ~"
the charges OF forgery, gambling susplc-
ous character. and vagrancy mol SIN
gle woman was arrested. while the men
ran away up into hundreds. A not'ced-
BILE fact Is that only two gamblers Were
arrested during the year There Is moth
ing Ike having a little soft PADDING un-
dcrneath the green cloth TO dispense with
the merry rattle Of chips: -.
OF the total number or arrests there
was not "A single Cinnamon In the list
This seems a little odd when there arc
some fifty Celestials In the city. Even
Hop Lung with all his animosity ana
continual strife against the festive HOBO,
escaped The nationality OF the prisoners
were United States. 1850, Germany, 90
ireland, co: England. So; Italy. 70; France
~.
or the DAYS of the week the largest
number OF prisoners were arrested on
Sunday. 1916; the next highest numoef
on Tuesday $50, and the smallest NUMBER
on Thursday. 716. Unlucky Friday wasn't
I'm Il with Sunday In this respect. me
highest number OF arrests for any month
was made IN July. esq and the lowest IN
February 1871.
The Second district still holds the palm
despite tho tough dives and undesirable
localities in the First District. The num-
her OF arrests BY districts were First, p
ls2; second. ISIS. third. l,5l7. Only Y
arrests of people under 10 years OF age
were made The decade between 20 ana
30 years OF age came in for the highest
number 2.23l, and OF all the Offences
drunkenness furnished the largest num-
Der OF arrests, l,5l6.
NOW. CHOOSE Your PROFESSION.
Everybody who contemplates launching
out upon tina. sea of life TO battle with al
the distractions for LIS hoard and
clothes with a place 10 sleep at night
shCt IA take note OF a few hSurcs Insert
ed below about the various professions
and callings in life represented by the
Victims OF the festive policeman ana his
billy OF the total number OF arrests,
bsji the number Of laborers was 2,AS
The next highest class were the indlvil-
uals out OF job Tbcy numbered 80,
striking illustration OF the fact
shop. as the old saying goes only three
c1itcrs fo,nd The mselVes In the clutches
OF Tho police while doctors dispensed
with the administration OF bitters Ions
enough 10 get arrested. TWO gamblers
were run in" and Ii lawyers had 10
take as many cases without fees.
From the records II would appear that
one OF tho following calnngs would prove
attractive 60 young men Just out OF col
lege. as not single representative Was
arrested: Actors. clergymen electricians,
florists. hotel-keepers. jewelers., gun
smiths musicians, and Junk-dealers.
Take your choice.