The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
SAINT GROWS BETTER
UNDER DISCIPLINE
OF POLICE
Report of Department for
Past Year Shows Total
Number of Arrests to Be
2.261-Of S21,2O5 Stolen
$17,550 Was Recovered.

In all the history of the police de-
partment of st. Paul never has there
been such successful suppression of
crime and the elimination of it's at
tendant evils as during 1902.
In January 1872 arrests were made;
and of these 155 were male and 81
female. February saw 103 behind the
bars, SO male and 20 female. March.
129, of whom 104 were men and 25
women. April had 40, 120 males and
20 females. May had 1913 arrests, and
of these 124 were men, while the wom-
en- SWelled the list, with SO. June had
a goodly number of Women-43 out of
total of 1884, leaving Isl men. July was
a big month-272, with 220 men and So
of the women. August and September
had each POI, 161 men in the former
+ and 1853 in the latter; in the former
there were 40 women and 38 in the
latter. October was the bumper month,
with 297 arrests; 244 of these were
males and So females. November had
211-176 men and S5 women.
The last month of the year saw a
great falling off. There was a total of
but 1913. Of these 1873 were males, 35
were females, 161 were white and the
number of colored was 7.
This makes a grand total of 2,261
arrests for the year.
Of this number 722 were "drunks."
The total number of state offenses was
SIT, and of city offenses there were
1886.
There were "A bound over to the
grand jury: and 138 were instructed to
keep the peace; 493 were sent to the
workhouse, and $50 were discharged.
The number who contribute to the
city's revenue was $40.
There was one prisoner sent to au-
thorities abroad, and twelve were sent
to the reform school. One prisoner was
adjudged insane and sent to the asy-
lum. There were PA cases continued
or carried over till next year.
In all the year there were 1862 pa
troll wagon calls.
In September the new ambulance
system was inaugurated and satisfac-
tory results from it have been very
marked. From Sept. II till the 1st day
of October the number of calls was 10.
Of these 2 were taken to the station, 8
to the hospital, and 8 home. October
saw II taken to the hospital, 4 to the
station, and 1 to the station. In No
Yember there were Is taken to the
hospitals, to their homes and to the
station. December. was rather light.
Only II were removed to the hospitals,
to their homes, and to the stations.
Detective p. J. Lavalle, of the recov-
cry department reports that the work
in his department for the past year
has been singularly good. Of a total
value of $21,295 of goods lost and
stolen, the amount recovered was $17,-
$50.
Some Odious Comparisons.
In 1896 there were 5,O56 persons ar
rested, and the state offenses num-
bered 1910. The city offenses were
1886. Out of a total of 5,056 there
were 2,227 discharged. In 1897 there
was SIS, 345.75 worth of articles stolen,
and a grand total of 5,078 shows the
number of persons arrested. Of these
2,128 were discharged as nothing ap
pearing against them.
There has been less time lost by the
officers during the past twelve months
than for any similar period in the his
tory of the st. Paul department.