The herald., 1895-01-03
CRIME At THE STATE CAPITAL,
Citizens Organizing q Com
mittee of Safety.
Eleven Burglaries Attempted on
New Years Night.
The Trustees Appoint Fifty Extra Police
men to Assist in Kidding Sacra-
mento of Cri minRls.



SACRAMENTO, Jan. AT npecial OK.
ecutive session of the board of trustees,
held this afternoon, resolution was
passed authorizing the chief of police to
employ so extra police officers to assist
in Kidding the city of the large criminal
element now here. TWAS also arranged
TO appoint as special officers all good
citizens who may volunteer and will
work without compensation. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be great num-
Der OF volunteers from the committee OF
safety which IL now organizing.
ELEVEN ATTEMPTS AT BURGLARY.
At the meeting of trustees President
Lawton spoke of the lawless condition
that had existed for the past month,
and stated that ne had been informed OF
IL attempts at burglary during the past
night. Every man found upon the
streets after IL O'Clock midnight will BIO
arrested and locked up, unless he can
give good account of himself.
This afternoon Gbout 80 o'clock
woman named Mrs. Msllis, who resides
in the old postoffice building at Fourth
and X streets, started to go to a grocery
at Fourth and l. streets to make some
purchases. Just as che had crossed the
alley on the east side of Fourth street
rough looking man whom she met sud"
denly made O rueh toward her and
grabbed her purBs. Mrs. Mellis
screamed, but managed to hold ON to
the purse. The footpad became alarmed,
loosened his grip upon the purse, ran up
the alley and managed to make his es-
cape. Mrs. Mellis was so agitated over
her thrilling experience that she could
not give good description of the rob-
Der. A number of burglaries and high"
way robberies were reported to the po-
lice during the day.
HOBO CAMP RAIDED.
This afternoon Deputy Sheriff Ben
O'Neill and Constable Brissell did some
splendid work. They went out to Tenth
street and the north levee aad raided a
hobo camp near that place. After scat
teriDg the hobos they entered the camp,
an old Chinese cabin. Search brought
TO light two articles that gave good rea-
sons for expelling these people. They
were two cudgels. formed of inch and
one half gas pipe pipe. IS inches long,
: covered at one end with hard roll of
ducking. A blow from one OF them
would be fatal. One OF them has blood
spscks ON the cloth. They are now on
exhibition at the sheriff's Office. There
are Is or Is camps Of tramps just outside
the city limits.
MANY VOLUNTEERS.
The executive committee of the Citi-
zens' Protective association met this
afternoon and called q meeting of the
association ior tonight. which was at
tended by about l50 mem berO, and there
were many applications for Submission.
Volunteers were called for, and large
number responded, to be called out
when wanted by the mayor. The mayor
was requested TO instruct the chief of
police, and the supervisors to instruct
the sheriff, to free this city OF all the
criminal and tramp element. also the
so-called Industrial army and all per-
sons without Visible means of support;
to close up all divea and break up hobo
camps.
Special committees were appointed to
name to the supervisors the saloons to
be closed in the interest OF good govern
ment. One committee WAS appointed
to impeach any city official for neglect
OF duty.
Sol ORGANIZE.
A number of citizens also met tonight
with the idea of taking immediate
action, not knowing what the Citizens
association would do. They organized
'601' similar to those which rid
Truckee and Fresno of their criminals
and will go TO work Immediately.
The mayor returned here tonight,
having gone to San Francisco to engage
experienced detectives to work up the
Weber Gaze. He has called meeting
OF the trustees to revoke all saloon Ii.
censes to keep open after midnight. De-
tectives are to como here and make
list OF all ex-Conviets, who will be
driven out.