The times., 1899-03-26

tive murderer, but he was never captured.
II may be possible that Lieutenant Kenny S
men cannot be blamed for the fact that
Foultz was not captured. Nor can they BE-
blamed possibly for the fact that they were
not around when FoultZ was. They are
busy lot of men out there, and cannot be
expected to be in the right place at the
right time, at least not always.
About the murder OF Wesley Hall, the
old shoemaker, this much can be said:
The police worked hard without accom-
plishing anything. That murder was COM
mitted about four years ago, and while the
police have never brought the guilty party
to justice, they have discovered that the
man suspected of the crime died in Spain.
Spain is long distance from the Eighth
precinct and the fact that information has
| been obtained that a suspect died there
! shows how diligently the police have
| worked.
''It might be well to add that other
things have escaped the yililance and eff
| cheney OF Lieut. Kenny and his prize win
ners. The escape is only temporary, how
ever, and-it can be stated without fear OF
successful contradiction that II is only a
! question of time before the superiority,
tenacity, patience, and perseverance of
the men of the Eighth precinct will have
told and the result will be that in the
end all things will be cleared up, or the
death of those suspected of the crime dis
covered, thus in either instance clearing
up the mystery and closing the incident.
Not many months ago colored church
| in the Eighth precinct was robbed Of a
bicycle and other articles which had been
on exhibition in the church during the
course of church fair. The police of the
| Eighth precinct arrested half hundred
persons at different times. but were unsuc-
s.-Tla
! robbery. IL they have learned who the
perpetrator was that fact was never given
| publicity. and the guilty party was never
I brought to trial. This shows not an inef-
| fciency on the part of the men of the pre-
cinct. but rather the superior cleverness
of the robber or robbers.
More recent than the church robbery,
and about three months ago, policeman
of the Eighth precinct discovered an open
! window in drug store on his beat. He
closed the window and made a report at
the stationhouse over his signature to the
| effect that the window had probably been
| blown open by the wind OF course. such
a circumstance as finding a window of a
! store open at night is not one that would
require investigation. Under ordinary cir
cumstances it might, but not in the Eighth
precinct. Lieutenant Kenny's men are, as
! above stated, prize winners and are far toe
! eHcieni, Natcniui, anu cdTeiui 10 aiioW q
robbery TO be committed in their pre-
cinct When the window was found open
the natural deduction in the face of the
fact that the beat where the incident oc-
Cured was being patroled was sufficient
guarantee that nothing irregular could
/ possibly have been committed. Surely the
wind must have blown that window open
Whether It did or not. the fact remains
that the proprietor of the store reported
next morning that his place had beer
robbed. The robber may possibly have
been inside when the policeman discovered
the open window, but that is only sup
| position and, after all. perhaps the mat.
4 ter should not have been investigated"