The evening times., 1897-02-27
ROUNDING UP The CROOKS
The Police Ordered to Lock Up All
Objectionable Characters.
Major Moore Is Determined That
Visitors Shall Be Protected d-Om-
of-Town Detectives Coming.

Major Moore has determined TO rid the
city OF all suspicious characters and OF hers
OF that ilk before the great tide OF visitors
sets in. He has therefore ordered that
from now until Inauguration day all OBJ
Jectionable persons De arrested and put
away" until the tide has set and ebbed
The lieUteDants of the nine precincts have
received specific orders to arTesJ those per
SONS who are liable 90 commit some overt
act or become nUisanccs during the inaugu-
raj period, and bring them before the po-
lice court. The characters referred To in
clude welLknO WI thieves, sharpeTs, buns,
professional beggaIs and other derelicts on
the sea Of humanity who have drifted To
Washington as a port.
III other words, the police will make
clean sweep, and the dock Of Judge KIM
balls police court yesterday Illustrated
with what thOroughIess the work viii be
carried out. The session of his court lasted
far into the Afternoon and the Black
Maria" was called upon To carry Two
full loads OF criminal passengers to the
Jail and wOrkhOuse. TTanps who want to
see the free Presidential show on March
4 are flocking to the city by turnpike and
empty box car. and the patrolmen are
kept busy over1aulinR and locking them
up. This class lives by begging, and
they know that among the thousands OF
rural visitors during the inaugural period
they viii be able to find many easy
marks" One OF the favorite roOsting
places for hObOs is across Long Bridge, in
the vicinity OF jackson City. and there is
said to be already a large colony Of
knights OF the road over there.
1he thieves are Icing looked after too.
The headquarters and precinct detectives
are devoting their time, night and day,
to this class of criminals. The out-Of-
town detectives Will be here early next
week. Some Of them are ex pected 10 ar
rive on Monday and by Tuesday night the
entire contingent will he here and at
work The list viii include some IL the
cleveTest fly cops" from Boston, New
York, Philadelphia. PittsburE, Chicago.
Richmond and other cities. They Will ie
paid Iiberalper diem from the recent Con /
gTeSSional appropriation and in cOniunc-
ton with the local men. VIII be expected |
10 spot and arrest all known crooks who
may be found in the city. After being
aiken into custody the crooks will be /
'nmgged' for the rOgues gallery. and /
held until after the Inauguration. after
which they VIII be shipped out ~ town.
During the interim between the arrival |
y the big crowds Inspector HOIIinberger
has determined to put as many Of the local
,roOks as possible under cover. He had |
difference yesterday with Judge KimbaIl /
nd an understanding was arrived at. The |
rrest and conviction as a suspicious char
cter of Bud Warner. the aIl-rOund crook.
marked the commencement OF
his movement. Up to the present time.
he detectives say. but few thieves have
Irnved. and they are keeping out of sight,
ut during the ensuing three or four days
hey are expected to come at a rather
vely rate from every point Of the com
ass.
At previous inaugurations thieves have
one great deal of ''hOuse work. during
he time that the procession is passing
long the Avenue to and from the Capitol.
in their anxiety to see the
arade, have been prone to leave their prem
ses unguarded. and sneaks have entered by
pper windows OF burglars by breakinCfnto
oOrs or windows. When the owurrS 1e-
ITned from down town in many cases
ley found their houses had been ransack-
d and their money and valuables stolen.
he police advise that at no time the
buses be left without occupants to prevent /
le entry of crooked intruders. especially
5 on March 4 the regular officers are per |
,rCe detailed along the line OF the pa
de to handle the great mass of humanity.
Ie other sections of the city being left in
large OF few specials
Precinct Dctppfi,-a Gap, oP I
inth, has been picking up some people
nder the order from headquarters His
test arrests were: Phil Anderson, Dude
Ohnson, and Lee Moore, alias ''Mooneye - ,
hese men are we'll known local sneaks and ,
III workers. They have all been sent to
e workhouse for terms ranging from
fteen to sixty days.
An embarrassing situation is likely to
)nfront the police department in this con-
ectiOn, growing out of the failure of the
enate to confirm the n9pination Of
istrict Attorney. 1t is quite probable
at the station houses will be speedily filled
ith criminals from a distance, and each =
m of them will be entitled to a speedy
lal. Should the government be unrepre- 3
nted by counsel, writs of habeas Corpus
ill result, and without a sentence the ac-
sed cannot be held in duranCe. 1t is the =
,pe of the officers, therefore, that the g
solution authorizing the District su- S
eme court to appoint an attorney tempor-
lily will receive the sanction of President
eveland, or in any event become opera
re. in time to have the selection made on 3
onday. 6