The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-15
BLAMING ?HE POLICE.
Greenyille Residents Say They
Do Not Try to Capture
the Burglars More
Depredations.

The article regarding the burglaries
and the need of more policemen in the
GreenviIle section, published in The Jer-
sey City News Saturday. resulted in
the placing of four extra policemen on
the night posts of the Fifth precinct.
Less than an hour after "The Jersey
City News made its appearance on the
streets Chief of Police Murphy telepnon-
ed Captain Nugent and ordered him to
detail four policemen for special duty
at night until further orders" The
detailing of the extra men has in meas
ure relieved the Greenyille resident of
his anxiety regarding the burglars, but
there is, q. movement On foot to have
the force still further increased IN nuns
bers. The residents say that 10 proper
" guard the precinct sixteen men at
least are needed and they propose to
agitate the matter until their demands
are acceded tc.
Much fault is found with the Fifth
precinct police for the seeming disinter-
estedness manifested in regard to the
recent burglaries. A number of excel
lent clues have been furnished. but none
of them have been followed. This much
the police admit. On Thursday after
noon last Waiter Young, young man,
residing on the New York Bay shore,
coat which proved to be one OF those
stolen from Mr.. Edward Bars resi-
dence on Lignot court yesterday week.
Young said he found the coat Wednes-
day morning. on the Morris Canal tow
POLICE DON'T INVESTIGATE
A gang of men had been working on
a dredger in that vicinity for over a
week. and why the coat was not discov-
cred before is a matter that the police
a IA RI JyNzy -ffe-ert "a
There were several heavy showers of
rain between the time of the robbery
OF Mr.. Barr's residence and Wednes-
day morning. and yet the coat was in
as good q. condition as when stolen.
On Saturday evening Sylvester Barnes,
young man who resides within hail
another one of Mr.. Bars coats to The
station house Barnes said he found
the, garment that morning on the Le-
high Valley Railroad tracks. near Chapel
avenue. There is every reason to be-
lieve, that the coat had not been placed
On the tracks previous, to Friday night.
every day. Besides. track walkers and
rallroad worhmen passed along the road
last night. and an almost new coat
would not have escaped their observa-
tion. The residents would like TO know
ANOTHER ROBBERY.
Another robbery occurred IN the pre-
cincit on Saturday afternoon. At half
past five O'Clock Mrs. White of Girard
avenue visited the station house and
reported that she had been robbed by
her brother-in-law. Charles White, Of
$50. White called upon her at four
O'Clock and said he was fahgued and
wanted TO so TO bed he wenH upstairs,
and half an hour later a neighbor rush
ed excitedly into Mrs. Whites rssid ence
and said that a man had jumped from
resH window with a valise in his hand
ran upstairs and found that her brother
in-law had decamped and had taken
IN a bureau drawer.
Sergeant Haag telephoned the part.cu-
lars to Headquapters, and the police
men at the ferries We're notified to keep
a lookout for White TIE following
description of White was given to the
police:-Five feet five inches tall, light
conpleXion and nus'lache; attired in a
long black ulster and wearing black
derby hat with deep band of rnournfn.