The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-28
ROANOKE CRIMINALS.
Interesting Reports Concerning the
Work of the Folice Force


Work of the Folce Force.
The report of the chief of police for the
year ending June 20. and which will he
presented To the city council. shows the
following: Total number of arrests. 2.912;
of these All We're white men. 1874 white
women, l,0l2 colored men. and 900 col
ored women, or a total of sos whites
against 1,3OS negroes. The number of
fines for the city l, 322; for the State. 50;
sent to the grand jury, los: number of
appeals, IS; amount appealed, $685.. 30;
amount of fines imposed, Sc, 291. 81: fines
collected. 81, 1872 80; fines suspended,
$500. 30; fines imposed on whites. -, 401-
.73 fines imposed on colored 50 9SS; fines
paid by whites, 81 $50: paid by colored,
1921 30. OF the 1912 arrests made. j53
We're arrested on warrants: 996 drunk
and disorderly: 1917 plain DRINKS: 60 fell
ony: IS concealed weapons; 30 lettering
on the streets; 19 selling goods without
license; 81 selling whisky with out Ii
| cense: 40 vagrancy; u fast driving: &c
petit larceny; 40 disorderly house: 81 for
nication: 40 nuisance: 10 lunacv: 32
wanted out of the city; II obstructing
sidewalks; 20 allowing stock on the
streets; 96 trespass; - resisting officers:
II selling on Sunday; s violating sanitary
law; ) cruelty to animals: % violating
city ordinance: 10 non-payment of dog
| tax: 321 guests; b gambling; violating
building law; , violating election laws.
The total number of arrests made the
year previous was only 1900, showing an
increase in arrests during the past year
of 3l2; the number of DRINKS and disor-
derics the previous year. ,066 against,
,1J3 this year The number arrested on
warrants was Dob each year In these
cases many of them We're dismissed owing
to the lack of evidence, and the with
drawal OF prosecutions, thus giving the
police force much unnecessary trouble
and expense
OF the los cases sent 10 the grand jury
and thirty-eight cases appealed. they
were disposed of as follows: ChaS
Arthur, one year in Jail; Geo. Charlton
% days iii jail; sam Shafer, year in the
penitentary; sam Pearson, i months in
jail;John Donaldson, 30 days in jail: Will
Bradshaw, year in the penitentiary: NJ
NJ Lyon. ID days in jail; y. :. Under
wood. months in Jail; Charles Clark
and Will Early, years each in the pen
itentiary; Stanhope Miller and .James
Johnson each II days in Jail; Pink Bar
bour. years in the penitcntiary; George
Burnley, s years in the penitcntiary: Harry
Wainwright, fined SD: John Donaldson.
so: same. $50; and same, 81; II. NJ Fab
nestock, SD; Al. Phelps. 500; Jno. G.
Hale. so; Jno. Donaldson, $50; Frank
Creighton. $40: Jno. Donaldson, so: same.
81: NJ. NJ Lyon, 81; j. T. Whitman
800; DENT Ferguson $50; X. c. smith
$50; Ed. Pace, $50; Jno. Hairston, $3O:
Clarence Lavender, 500 r a Snodgrass.
$25; j. w. Graves, so; Robert 1'ompkins
SfO0: Thomas Payne, years in the pen
itentiary and fined ST. 0:Sidney Friddy.
81 in two cases: Thomas PAYNE. ST. 80:
Jno. Il. Mills, SO; W. II. Evans. 10
months in jail: Richard Broadnax, $50:
same, $50; Harvey Dow. $25: same $50:
same, so: same, S2j: same $2j: Jennie
Jones 81: j. w. Turner, II months in
jail w. H. Evans, s.; David English.
s:5. +. Y. Reynolds. 500; Arthur Shep-
herd, 10 days in jail; Emmett Epps. 6
months in jail; Nose Dennis, 20 DAYS in
jail and $40 fine; Rose Turner. one hour
in Jail and so fine Will Fleming. three
months in jail: ,IDO. Hall 90 days in Jail:
Annie Bailey, one hour in Jail and $40
fine: Sallie shelton. n hours in jail and
$40; Neal Hannah. ID days in Jail and so:
Mabel Lester, | hour in Jail and so: Will
Carter J years and & months in the peni-
Tertiary: Jno. Donaldson, so fine: Joe
Jordan. 81; Fannie Lee, | year in the pen
itcntiary: Nannnie Brown. 50: Henry
Hunt and Henry Mitchell SD each; Saint
Shafer. $40; Charles Williams. years
in the penitentiary; Mary Wyatt, years
in the penitcntiary: Lula English. Is days
iii Jail; Gabe Pannell, 80 days in Jail:
Will Moore, 30 days in Jail; Ella Bell
hour in Jail and $40 fine. This shows
that IL We're sent to the penitentiary a
total of forty and II half years The
total number sent to Jail, 22. for Il total
term of five years and two months The
number fined was forty, the fines aggre-
eating 81. 169
The following shows the payroll of the
various police officers for the year: II ~
Dyer, chief. $3.50; j. y. Manual, sergeant.
$50; the regulars received pay as follows:
J. T. Austin, $64i; j. f. Eanes, $7l3: Il.
Flick. sos: &. b. Gee, $654; A. w.
Griffin, $ilS: l.. Johnson, 1904; H. l..
Merriman, $126; c. Moss, 1868; w. J.
Rigncy, $3.50: c. \. Smith, $651; w. X.
Talley. $6iS; j. :. Nichols, $40: w. b.
Helm, jailor, $45l.0l c. Maginnis, jailor,
A74.S4; X. NJ. Helm, assistant jailor