The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-15
4 YEARS POLICE WORK
Chief Murphy Sends His An
nual Report to the Police
Commissioners.

At this afternoons meeting of the
Board of Police Commissioners Chief
Murphy presented his annual report, in
which he says that 1,154 persons were
arrested for crimes against the person,
including seven for murder. nine for
Iaanslaughter and forty-two for robbery
from the person with violence. and the
IAN epidemic of highway robberies has
prevailed all over the county for the
past six months" the chief says. but
the guilty parties. There are very few
professional highwaymen and more of
hoe The habit aShe of ay carryn snaR
volvers or slungshots lately acquired by
this. class of thieves is alarming and the
kind Of punishment for these men.
The largest. amount of property stolen
at any one time during the week, was
robberies were below that amount. with
few exceptions no tools were used, and
the thieves gained an entrances by push
knife or by breaking the glass and OPEN
ing the window This shows that the city
has been quite free from visits by pro-
We're arrested for crimes against prop
although every effort has been made
playing goes on behind closed doors. The
players only admit those whom they
aganst an5 he It is aara f. get raas 6gS
poker players arrested a. Policy playing g
5 o 9a ey ana f saRn Miags ays gG
regular, customers. There are no shops;
the writers meet the agent of the. backer
their books. The police have been vigi-
liant in the suppression OF this form of
The Chief then relates the history of
the raid on the bogus Jersey City Stock
exchange, at No. Exhange place, the
of MhiTh farssv are fam famsr Nrs to the Teaa
persons who have committed crimes in
been traeked to 0thsr States and nropg
authorities of other States.
excelent is work s done i by % the detectVe m i've
have succeeded in ferreting out. Among
the fastening Of many crimes upon An
sart- and Leonard. the capture of the
Erie freight robbers The twelve detec-
total number made. The detectives did
good work in arresting a number of pro-
fessional thieves who came to this city
Fourth Regiment bail the the detectives detect slre ar
rested rested two notorious pickpockets and
fona biob 6aa on them ben yaaaos rg goe, watches
our street cars besides saving the pro-
perty of many citizens who attended the
bail. The Chief highly con1mends the
Boards government of the force, and
says that their holding 'sail officers and
men responsible for their official con-
duct during the past year has greatly
improved the discipline of the force
The efficiency of the service had been
much improved the past few months by
the appointment of some new men. The
personal of these new men is fine, they
are young, intelligent. of good size and
able bodied. and nearly all under thirty
years DID,
vice that appointees to the force should
have all the above qualifications. No
man over thirty years should be put on
the force. The city should get at the
very least twenty years service from
their policemen before their retirement.
A strong plea is made by the Chief for
an increase IN the force as the present
strength is entirely insdequate to properly
men. two more night posts in each pre-
scinct, the police, he says would be in
fair way to protect life and property.
The Sixth and Seventh precincts, the
Chief declares. need new station houses.
Accompanying the report is a recapitula-
tion of the work of the department. that
shows the total number of arrests to
have been 1867. of which 3.S44 almost
one-half, were discharged. Only 1886 were
females. and 5.515 had no trade. The
amount of property stolen was $15,34l of
which $3776 only was recovered. The
fines collected amounted to S68S0. There
were q suicides and % were arrested for
selling liquor on Sunday.