Evening journal., 1896-04-15
WERE ONLY TRAMPS.
And Were Trespassing on the
Property of the Railroad.
SIXTEEN GATHERED IN BY OFFICERS


Fifteen OF Them Are Supposed TO Go to
Work on tho Stone Pile while One is
Allowed TO Go-Captain Kane and De-
teotive Jones Have Difference OF
Opinion.
About 10 o'clock last night, Dstfc i've
Jones OF the p, W. 4 B service called at
the police station aud informed Captain
Kane that he had received telegram 10
the feet that a freight car had been
broken into at Havre de Grace and a
gang OF tramps. West bound. were
thought TO be implicated He asked Cop
tain Kane for men TO assist In arrestiug
the highway mariners.
A squad OF men WAS sent to Detective
Jones' assistance and State Detectives
McVey and Witsel and Manuel Ricben.
berger accompanied the party On ar
rival At West Yard sixteen men were
taken ir charge and sent in to the police
station A search OF the train developed
the fact that none OF the cars had been
opened, nor had the men arrested any
thing on them which would point to
their being aught but tramps. and the
only charge that could be brought against
them was trespsss.
After the gang had been landed In the
police station Captain Kane informed
Detective Jones that had he been aware
that the alleged breaking of the car was
fake, and designed simply 10 secure the
assistance OF the cfiicers he would not
have sent his men, when the detective
Informed him that he had no option aud
gave him to understand that he, Jones,
noulN ha Ua ID I'm oarA thn "a
There were some warm words passed aud
II is said, Detective Jones stated that he
should report Captain Kane to the police
commission.
This morning the sixteen prisonrs were
arraigned before Maglstrate sAsse. They
gave their names as James Cannon,
Harry wilkinson, John Ryau, James W.
Bennett. John Lauer, Daniel Flannery,
Edward Montague, George Cannon.
John Barklnson, Harry Walters, James
Norton, william Taylor, James Lambert.
James Sullivan, James Davsy aud Frank
Carmody. The last named was dis.
missed AZ he succeeded In proving that he
was working man Ths others were
each hned 81 and costa and fifteen days
on the stone pile. The costs In each case
amount to 81 OF, aud the fifteen will
subsequently become a burden on the
taxpayers for fifteen days.
A citizen and tax payer who was pres.
ent a. the hearing said 20 an EyEaING
JOURNAL reporter: ''lt is crying shame
that the police should be called on 10
hunt tramps on private property. outside
the city limits. While they are doing
this the city Is left unprotected Ia those
sections from which the ofhoers are
taken TO make the raid 1t has bsen
suggested 10 me that the matter Of costs
may have something to do With these
raids once In awhile. and did hear
some one say that In another section OF
the oonntry the sheriff paid the head
hun or a per capita premium on trampJ
delivered. II It had not been for the
Claim that a robbery had been committed.
Captain Kane would not have sent his
msn, and II there is a charge made to ths
commission against him that body should
promptly sit down on II
Under the recent ruling OF Judge Ball
am OF the Impression that the police
have no right to act as bounoers for the
rsilrosd no more than for the saloons,
and have no right to make arrests In The
West yard. Is az much private property
as a saloon or street car, unless they
have warrants. and as the West yard ID
not Ia the city, don't sea whore even
warrants would be OF any use. / think
the Polica Commission should give this
matter 4 little OF It's attention.