New-York tribune., 1896-02-02
II CIHALIlL OF CRINE."

II CtRNIIlL or CRIHE."
In the intervals of its mOm"ntouS lab0rs 10
keep the rich hoarlcrs of gold from getting
possession of Government bonds anl - enable
The Treasury 70 rcpcIish its gold reserve from
the stockings of the deserving poor it. activities
in directing the diplomacy of two hcmi'phcreS
and It's occupation in carryin; on intimate per
sonal correspondence with the crowned hrldS
of Europe. The Ncw-lOrk World finds time
q, keep u wachfu eye on ihc doings of the local
Police Department. Yesterday il made IN i'm
pas.ioncd attack upon the president of the Po-
lice Board and demanded that The Legislature
should remove him from office on the ground
tnat he had dcmoraliZci the fore" and left the
cjtv n prey to llWlcSSneS>. EdiO"ially. II said.
..Wc present to-day Il record of the crimes com
"mittcd in this city during The month Of Ianu-
.ary." and thcr with that scrupulous regard
for truth 50 Characteristic OF il. published in lis
news columns. under the heading Of ~ Carnival
If Crime" Il tWo-column list of murders. bursla-
rics and acts of violence such as it was able to
gather from the police records Of YonkcrS.
unbbS Ferry. Moniro>c. y J.. Wes, TIobokcn.
Erooklyn Mount Vernon. PelhImyille Rich
mond Hill and II'mpsicad. swcllrl olt hy a.
this city.
Included III that list are six murder, or mur-
dcrons assaults set down - create h" imprrs-
sion that outlaws are busy in Ncw-Iori because
of policc negligence The first ease iS that Of
Patrick O'Connor. stabbed 10y his brother. That
was a family quarrel. moi N all lue 10 any re-
vival In criminal activity The same may be
said of James IIycr who attempted lo XIII his
mother The ihiri nam" in the list i that II
Louise lIoinung. the little girl who was found
dead The World" says murdered in the street
but the inquest has not yet been held. and there
is A. yet 20 evidence that she did not III" Of "N-
posture Then comes Mrs. Tuckrr who was
stranglcd in Nonkcrs by iramp> Just what ih"
New York Police Board has to do with l"nkcr'
framps is not apparent Next Mrs Bridget Sex
ton WAS killed and her brother wounded by their
apparently crazy nephew in their house at night.
The last s the only case which gives any >ign
of having been the work If professional Grim
iual Frank Boylan was stabbed 10y an un-
known man in Battery Park After The assaults
comes "A list of robbcrics Of varou, kinds. al
most onc-thlrd Of which occurred beyond lhr
jurisdiction Of the Ncw-York police. anG large
proportion Of the others amounted TO nothing
,erruptcd. or robbery was threatened which
did not take place.
Then there are the highway robbarics. I'd
ward Kcarncy. tie vcll-known Tammlny poll
"rician. was stopped On the street while on his
way home by a man who requested him - read
e., letter for him Mr. Koarncy prudcntly de-
"clincd and the man followed him 10 rhc door
"of his hOusr and driven away with dliii-
Guilty" Again "" read tha; "cX Senator Plum
kit is congralulating himself that the attempts
.to get into his house on West Fifty -fr>t.s the
other evening were not successful 1t Is sur
prising how easily 1ammany man can be
robbed in these days Of Reform administration.
50 the names are multiplied till hc who run
ming reads might think there was some truth
in the headline that the "cty is a lIounSlow
Heath" but If he examines carefully he viii see
that il is 4 padded and fllSihcd account. That
/ is the foundation for the carnival ~ Crime.
T That there has been some increase of crime
/ in this city may he conceded The Tribune has
| hitherto pointed ont the fact and urged the po-
/ lice TO greater vigor The evil elements of so
ciciy have recently been abnormaly active. and
the reason is that they have been stirred 10 ii
bv Tammany. its Republican allies and "The
World" Every interest that finds profit in dis
honesty has made il Il point 10 discrcdit the
! Police Board in every way possible. Criminals
have been told that now was their day Of saliva
ton. The safety Of thievng has been preached
/ and the tramps under this urging have been
unusually quick to enter halldOOrs when they
have seen them left open. Bui for every crime
that mistaken police policy has invited ten have
been foslcrcd hW the warfare against law and
order which has been waacl by those who cry
most loudly for Il more efficient police force
| They do not want more efficient force. They
only want 10 hurt the prestige o' the pr sent
one Tho Tribune has had OCCASION 10 differ on
some questions with the Police Board and to
crtirsc Mr. Roosevelt frankly. bul ii believes
that the people are with the present adminiSira
tion in lis efforts to do away with the cid sys
tom Of corruption and blackmail, and will not
he mislcd by misrepresentation or dcmagosi,
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