The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
SMART POLICEMEN.
Any Amount Of Talent in
the Third Precinct
Station House.
CAPT. NEwTON'S LITTLE jokes
Roundsmen and Patrolmen Adept
in Singing, ~Lecturing
and Boxing.

FeTn3pS there Is not a smarter set OF po-
licemen in the city than those belonging
to the Third precinct. They have in their
small number many talented men.
Now. for instance, there is Policeman
Enoch Perry. an excellent lecturer. With
him it is not so much an art as a natural
gift Mr.. Perry's first appearance. and
his only one, by the way, was at the
Gospel Temperance Mission at No. 595
Newark avenue, last Wednesday evening.
A large audience listened attentively to
Mr.. Perry's talk on that evening. h
lecture was given for sweet charity's
sake. He has promised to speak again
in the near future in the same place.
Roundsman Noonan takes his stand be-
meath the shade Of another muse. Through
the lonely watches Of the night when the
reserves sit counting the hours to dawn
he frequently cheers them with excellent
rendjtions of the latest ballads from the
concert halls. She May Have Seen Bet
ter Days. MY Best Girls a Corker''
and Paradise Alley" gain all added
charm when trolled at such an hour. At
justice to a song.
On the very night that Patrolman Perry
was lecturing in the Mission House,
y NAta NOOlio4l WIS dCa46 iliii5 LA
audience in st. Joseph's Lyceum, not
two blocks away. New laureis were add
Cd TO the wreath wnleh Sis SO ligntly on
ms BroW. Ine sweet singer froin The
Hilltop Is not troupled with that PEE
cuilar aiiment known as "sWelled nead,"
n still thinks there are other singers of
ability In the World.
.Fatroiman Mitchell sings too. but not
like Rounusman Noonan. To his ability
as a vocalist ne adds a thorough knowledge
of the telpsichorean art. lie was a song and
dance artist before he went on the force.
He has not Yet forgotten the intricate
steps that sflarmed spellpound
audiences. Sometimes he adds his eff
forts 10 those OF the caroliing rounds
man In entertaining the reserve squad.
Patrolman John Maguire's forte Is tell
ing funny stories. AS a hunorist the
otner parrollnen of the Third precinct
say he cant be beat" He can tell a
too, and his tales descriptive of scenes II
the South are worthy of Julian Ralph.
Mcguire was employed by a firm of rail-
road contractors and builders before he
the glades of luxurious yerdure and the
almost imperetrable forests of the South,
and Mcguire was in charge of a gang OF
negro laborers. His tales are of ad-
ventures encountered in carrying Oh that
work, and his funny stories are many
of them about the negroes with whom he
came in contact dow there.
But the past master Of practical jokers
is Captain Moses Newton. He has more
schemes in his head than you could re-
count in a year. He is always ready
with some new game, and these rarely
fall short of reaching the mark. Many
times he has turned the laugh on some
ambitious person HI thought to catch
open, and is forearmed against every
turn of the less experienced funny
man.
Sergeant Solomon is the wise man of
the precinct. His judicial mind it is
that %unravels all the intricate subjects of
dispute which engage the debating pa
trolmen. His word is law. and when he
speaks there is no gainsaying his de-
crees.
AS a boxer Sergeant Wade is an adept.
Nothing pleases him better than to take
a round or two out of any or all of the
patrolmen in the precinct. His leisure
dumb bells, and he has a stuffed man in
the back room that he practices new
wrestling holds on.
Up to date in every respect are the
baseball players among the patrolmen Of
this precinct. Patrolnan Loddick as an
amateur shortstop is great" He can
take q line hit hot from the bat, pick up
low hits just short of a scoop, and corrals
those nasty bounders that all baseball
players hate, with almost no effort.
There are other ball players and doubt
less much other talent lying dormant in
these ranks. Every day new achieve
the competition daily grows more keen.
Soon a gymnasium is to be fitted up in tine
station house. and when it is ready for
use wonderful development will surely
ensue amongst the clever police Of the
Third precinct.