The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-06
CHIEFS GOss AND sCHWEITzER
SATISFIED WITH THE work
OF THE POLICE.
NOT MANY VISITORS ROBBED.
THE PROFESSIONAL PICKPOCKETs
KEPT AWAY FROM ST. PAUL
DURING THE WEEK.
PArRoLMEN's WORK THOROUGH
Did Extra Duty and Not Man W..
Sick-What the Visiting
S1euths Cost.

NIueI OF Police GOSS and Chief of
detectives Schweitzer are congrat1Ila+- :
ing themselves and also receiving tba
congratulations of their friends for the
eAcellent work done by the police de-
partment during the past week. The
Iact cannot be denied that the civ
mas been practically free from crime
ana criminals during the encampment
ana the record made by the depart-
iheht mas been excellent Chief Goss
yesterday afternoon modestly said that
the members of the department had all
oone their duty earnestly and faith
Iuily, and to the rank and file of tba
department belonged the credit for the
absence OF crime and confusion during
the encampment. Many of the patroI-
men, ne said, had walked their heats
TOT eighteen hours day when thew
were not in a physical condition to
40 so, but each member of the force
81. II MS outy to stick to his post and
uio SO. Not case Of sickness was
reported during the week, and of the
regular force not man was absent
from roll call or duty.
liner ochWeitzer and the local force
Oh detectives, reinforced by bakers
oozen OF the best detectives from otbor
Clues handled the thieves and crooks
from outside points in the best nos
slDle manner. The policy mapped out
py Chief Schweitzer to have kro
.1Neves arrested as soon as they landed
80 the CITY had the desired effect.
AFTER score of the crooks had been
ON 4y.k<@
.aAeh into custody the news spread and
the gangs on their way, or in the civ
hleo themselves out of town Tharo
were some complaints as might he ex-
pected from such a large gathering of
people, but there was an absence of
desperate work by the thieves and i,
almost all the cases reported the work
was done by local thieves and the mar
tles arrested and locked up.
The detectives from other cities were
at the chiefs Office yesterday after
noon setthng up and getting ready to
depart for home The two Pinkerton
men from the New York agency left
Friday night and five of the other .fy
cops took the trains last evening. The
others Will remain in the CITY until
Monday. The amount paid the outside
ofncers for their services and expenses
Whlle In the city foots UP to 81 .119 and
measured by what their presence saved
the CITY and visitors Is claimed to have
, peen money well expended, at least
py both Chief Goss and Chief Schweit
ger.
during the week there were on DUTY
IN addft1on to the regular force 104
special policemen. The services of those
men will be dispensed with when thew
are relieved this morning, and an order
was issued yesterday directing them to
report at the central station on Monday
morning for the amount dine thar,
The men will be paid at the rate of 50
per day. The total amount to be Maid
tnem Will be in the neighborhood of
S!,loU. The money with which the sne-
Gals and outside detectives are maid
Will not come from the police fund
put from special fund which was
round by Comptroller McCardy to be
applicable for the purpose.
yesterday afternoon Chief Of Detec-
ives. SchWeitzer the visiting detectives
and also the local sleuths. went to
Palmquist's photograph gallery and q
group photograph Of the crowd taken.
Each Of the visiting officers will he
mailed one Of the pictures as soon az
they are finished.
The regular officers who have been on
duty at the central station during the
week from the substations. will resume
GERS at the central station will get down
to doing ten instead Of eighteen hours
dutv daily.
The total number of arrests made
by the police at the central and sub
stations during the week was 269. OF
this number 80 per cent was for drunk
enness, vagrancy and disorderly con-
duct Thirteen of the arrests were of
persons who were known to the visit
6afaPfiUaC a
and all of them were arrested before
they had chance to get in any work
on the crowds.
The central patrol wagon, which
handled the bulk of the crowd arrested,
answered 81 box calls. nineteen special
calls, attended five fires, took seven
sick and injured persons to the hos
pitfalls, and in doing so Travelled 1856
miles. One hundred and seven persons
were arrested and brought to the sta
ton in the patrol wagon