The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16
ABERNETHY WANTS MONEY
The Policeman Asks Pay for
the Time He Was Sus-
pended Chief Muir
phys Report.

day afternoon received a petition SlSHtu
by Charles Taylor and seventy seven
other asking for the appointment of
George II. Schmidt of NO. 251 Central
avenue, as chanceman. Ives Bros, tai
lors, sent a request that Detective James
Larkins be forced TO pay a judgment
awarded them by the District Court
Chief of Police Murphy stated that Lar
kins either had paid the judgment or
would pay it. Commissions West moved
that the detective be suspended until the
Judgment was paid. The matter was final
ly settled by the appointment Of Com
missioner West as a committee of one to
investigate the mater.
The following communication from Pa
trolman Henry NJ. Abernethy was ordered
entered on the minutes
On the 2Sth day of June, 1897, / was
suspended from duty as a patrolman
of the Jersey City Police Department,
charges have been proven utterly false
and baseless. My suspension continued
until May Ii, 1898. when by resolution
Of the Board ! was reinstated, Dur
ing this period, lliat is, from June Is,
1897, I'd LAY IS, 1898. I repeatedly re-
quested to be returned to duty, but no
heed was paid to my requests and |
received no salary for and during that
entire Period.
now would respectfully request that
be Maid nv salary from June 2S, 1898,
TO May IS, 1898, at the same rate as /
would have received had L mot been
suspended.
Your obedient servant
HENRY NJ. ABERNETHY.
A resolution by President Abernethy
and adopted, providing that after July Is,
all officers of the police department be
forbidden to sell or assign their salary
or pay warrants, or give any person a
power of attorney to collect the same, and
the Chief be directed to suspend and pre-
fer charges against any member of the de-
partment thus disposing of his warrant.
The quarterly report of Chief Murphy was
received. 1t was as follows:-
Number of persons arrested, 1854; COM
mitted. 49,; balled. 81; fined, 53T; delivered
to other authorities, 43; discharged, 71S;
white 1865. colored. SO; having a trade,
9i7; not having a trade, 1.547; males, 1885;
females, 17S; amount of property stolen,
S., 2S4: property recovered, 1864; money col
lected as fines. $40; ambulance calls, 1853;
patrol wagon calls, LILO; number Of lost
children, ISL; number of fire attended. 75;
accidents, 1879: doors and windows found
open. So; persons reported missing. 49,;
lUuDQ Slch III StICNtC Liz PubiAS PA0SNF'
49,; dead bodies found, Is; suicides 8; dead
animals removed from the streets, DBL;
parade permits issued, -; telephone mes
sages sent, 7,44S; messages received, 1870;
total, 15.538.
Arrests by precincts: Headquarters, So;
First Precinct, $50; Second, 1872; Third, I'll;
Fourth, lS6; Fifth, Sc, Sixth, las; Seventh,
eS; total, 1,S64.
Nationality of prisoners: Austria, IS;
Cuba, /; Canada, 3; China, 2; Denmark, l.;
England, "A; France, II; Germany, 124;
Ireland, 2e9; Italy, rs; Norway, 10; Poland,
80; Russia, SO; Roumania, 8; Scotland, II;
Sweden. 8; Switzerland, 3; Spain, /; Syria,
2; United States 1,214; West Indies, l.;
Wales 10.
Ages under 10 years, 3; from 10 to 20, 404;
20 to 80, $50; 30 to 40. 44o; 40 to 80, 211; 50 to
60. 1O4; 60 to 20, SO: 70 to so, A..
Arrests during morning tour, 40S; after
room tour, 3ss; evening tour, 675; night
tour, 1893.
Crimes and offences for which arrested:
abandonment, 81; adultery, 2; assaults. g;
indecent assault, /; assault and battery,
253; atroeious assault and battery, 80; ar
son, 2; suspicion of arson, l; breaking and
entering, 6; breaking, entering ana lar
ceny, q; burglary, IA; bastardy, 4; bigamy,
/; cruelty to animals, S.; disorderly con-
duct, 50; disorderly persons. sS7; drunk and
disorderly, rs; escaped prisoner, /; aiding
escape of prisoner, /; entering and lar
ceny, u; embezzlement, 10; false ~pretense,S;
forgery, 8; fugitive from justice. 5; forni-
cation, 2; gambling, II; keeping gambling
house. /; keeping ddsorderly house, g.;
grand larceny. IS; petit larceny, "a; at
tempt al larceny, 1; larceny from person.
5; attempted larceny from person, 1; dam
gerous ~lunatic, 0; pen lewdness, s; man
slaughter, 6; murder, 2; malicious mis-
chief, q; attempt at rape, 8; receiving
stolen property, 8; robbery. s; sodomy, i;
violation railroad law. 3; violation health
rules, 10; violation city ordinances, ZIG;
violation ounty rules, 25; held as wit
nesses. 26.