The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-05
HELD FOR DISORDER
INCREASE IN NUMBER OF ARRESTS
FOR THAT OFFENSE.
YEAR WITH THE POLICE.
FEWER ARRESTS MADE FOR THE
MORE SERIOUS CRIMES.

The Figures Submitted to the Mayor
Don't Really Tell Anything-Six-
teen Arrests Were Made for MUIR
der-Supt. Reilly COmmends His
Men and Makes no RecOmmen enda-
tiOns-August the Heaviest Month
and February the Lightest-Other
Annual Reports FiIed-CIerk Ot
Market MendeI VIII Make a Good
ShO winE-FOOd Inspector Wen
Condemned Considerable stun.
Year With City Dispensary.
Five thousand two hundred and
thirty-six arrests were made by the
police and detectives in 1901, against
1864 in 1900. These figures are shown
in the annual report of Supt. Reilly,
filed with the Mayor yesterday.
The figures show a decrease in the
number of arrests for the more serious
crimes and not so many arrested for
murder, burglary and larceny as dur
ing the previous year. While there
was a falling off in the number of ar
rests for these offenses, there was an
increase in the number for disorderly
conduct.
AS is always the case, however, with
police statistics, the figures do not
given of the real work done by the
department. The figures do not show
the volume of crime, although in his
letter to Mayor Myers, Supt. Reilly
says that the percentage of crime was
smaller than during the previous year.
Sixteen persons were arrested on
charges of murder and three of the
number were white. AS an illustration
of how much information the figures
convey the fact that sixteen persons
were arrested for murder does not
show that this number of homicides
were committed in the city. There may
have been more and there may have
been less.
Some of the parties arrested may
have been wanted in some other place,
but under the system in vogue the
arrests would show up in the murder
column without reference to the place
of happening. On charges of burglary
62 persons We're arrested against n for
609 arrests are recorded against 626
for 1900. Nineteen persons were ar
rested for murder during 1900. The re-
port shows that 1897 arrests were made
for disorderly conduct against l ,021 for
the previous year, an increase of over
S00
OF the total number of arrests made
during the year 1901 were whites. Au-
gust was the banner month, a total Of
500 arrests being made. Three arrests
less were made in June, and the sum-
mer months show up we'll. February
was the dullest month with only 1923
arrests, and March was next in line
with $50. OF the total number of arrests
made the detectives are credited with
427 They are also credited with hav-
ing recovered stolen property valued
at $26, S9S75.
The report shows that the Game
well service was used freely during
the year, and total of 207 254 calls
Of different sorts were recorded. There
were S,751 calls for the patrol wagon
724 for the ambulances, 5,125 telephone
messages, and 197,654 reports. The
men on duty found 176 stores open
and 80 animals were impounded. OF
the prisoners arrested for felonies and
misdemeanors 724 were rema nded for
trial in higher courts. Quarters were
furnished 255 dodgers. The fees col
lected during the year amounted to
$200.20 and that amount was turned
over to the City Treasurer In his let
ter to the Mayor Superintendent Reilly
commends the men under him for the
work done, and makes no recommen-
dations