The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-17
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ed March 81. 1885, was GS45,543, and
the local taxation account Contributed
G679,922 to the police fund during the
year The pay Of the force alone. in
Guiding chief constables, superinten-
dents, inspectors sergeants and con-
stables, was G1,21S.7l4.
The total number of criminal offenses
reported to the metropolitan police last
year was 1924. as compared with 49,
536 in 1896, 20,024 in 1895 and 20,970 in
1894. AS regards felonies relating to
property, the proportion per thousand
of the population was 2.524-the lowest
on record. In 1867 the proportion was
6.17O There We're eighteen cases Of
murder; two Of the accused were tried
and acquitted and five others were
found to be insane. In three cases tho
trials resulted in conviction and death
sentences. while four cases remain To
be accounted for. one of these, the case
of Margaret Marshall, found dead in
her own house at Bethnal Green, on
September 16 has never been accept
ed az a crime by the metropolitan po-
lice; all the circumstances pointed To
the conclusion that death was caused
by a fall due to accident and not to
violence. The murderer of Florence
Saunders is well known to the police.
but he absCOnded before his crime was
discovered and he is believed to be
still out of the country. In the case OF
Elizabeth Camp, found murdered in a
London and Southwestern railway car
rage at Waterloo, on February II, the
body was removed from the railway
station to st. Thomas HOSPITAL and
thence, after a medical inspection, it
was sent TO the mOrtuary, the police
remaining in ignorance that any crime
had been committed. During the time
that thus ELAPSED the murderer was
| drinking in certain public house, but
| the opportunity of taking him red
| handed vas lost and evidence was af-
| terWard lacking to justify an arrest.
| The last case to be accounted for is
| that of Chld of six, found strangled
| in a fell at Upton on September 15.
and this MAO der unfortunately remains
| in the fullest sense an undiscovered
| crime"
During the year 1906 carriages We're
| licensed, 1926 being two- wheeled. 3,5S3
| four wheeled. $3.50 omnibuses and 1873
| tramway cars. The new carriages num-
| bered 1,42l. There We're 2S.505 licensed
| drivers and conductors. The practices
of conveying large packages of lug
| gage on the roofs of hanson cabs, 80
as to prevent the driver from having
| a proper view of the roadway and COM
| plete control over the horse, has re-
| suited in many serious tand in more
| than one case fataJ accidents II has
| therefore been found necessary spec
tally to caution all such drivers that
! serious notice will be taken of per-
| sistence in this dangerous practice,
At the lost property office 39,l6l artic-
| les were received during 1897. These in
cluded 1851 bags, S0SS purses, 1743t
umbrellas and lSl watches. The miscel-
| laneOus articles, S,697 in number, in
| cluded an artificial leg, a wooden bed
rest, birds in cages, dogs, gas stove,
| musical instruments Qncluding port
| able street harmonium) and sewing
| machine No fewer than 1882 articles
were restored TO the losers. The awards
paid TO drivers and conductors amount
ed to G2SO3, including three sums Of
| c20, one Of els. one ofGl4, four OF GS,
| two Of CT, three of Sc and ten of So.