The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-20
WITH MOUNTED MEN
YAMACRAW WILL BE PATROLED
CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT.
POLICE FLYING SQUADRON"
WILL COVER THE WEST SIDE AND
KEEP DOWN DISORDER.

Ten Mounted Men and Sergeant VIII
and Keep Down Trouble Between
UuiOn and NOn-UniOn Men-Uni-
formed Men viii BE Stationed
Every Few Feet in Retail District
Thursday NiGht-BOth Patrol Wa
CONS Will Be Kept in Service.
Strength of Force VIII BE on
Duty.
A flying squadron" to be composed
of ten mounted patrolmen and a SER
geant, will preserve order in Yama-
mas Day.
Thirty uniformed men, besides ser
geants and plain clothes men, will do
duty on Broughton street Christmas
Eve night, and there will be more Off
GERS on the street at one time than
ever before.
These are the plans that have been
laid out by the superintendent of po-
lice for guarding the city Christmas
Eve and Christmas. Not a member of
Viz AOAN NlAA NC CACuSO0 hAASNNy
night, and the streets will be alive with
coppers.
The system whereby it is made pos
sible to have the entire strength Of the
force on the streets Christmas Eve
night, and the flying squadron" plan,
are both new so far as the Savannah
police department is concerned. The
police are very much in demand on
these two days, and 1t is the busiest
season of the year with the guardians
of the peace.
Hard to "Cover" Yamacraw.
Yamacraw is the most difficult quar-
ter of the city to properly cover on
Christmas Eve night and Christmas,
and it has never been done with en-
tire satisfaction. 1t has been found
that footmen can not only not get
over the territory properly, but that
when there is trouble they cannot move
with the rapidity that they are wont
to display in times of trouble in other
sections of the city.
This is due to the fact that the side
walks are uneven and that the streets
are not in the same condition as those
of other sections of the city. Usually
the trouble is over, and the man who
has used his pistol has disappeared,
before a footman can reach the scene
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ron" it will be possible for uniformed
men to answer a pistol shot in al
most no time, and, too, to get over the
ground oftener and more satisfactory
ly than the men on foot.
PatrOIing the West Side.
The extra force of men will be put
in Yamacraw because of the recent
troubles that occurred between union
and non-union men, and because this
section is looked upon by the police
as the most disorderly at this season
of the year. Although there were a
number of serious ARRAYS there was
only one homicide in Yamacraw last
Christmas Eve night. In an effort to
kill Patrolman Bryant a negro was
killed, but not before he had shot the
officer in the leg.
On Broughton street there will be
four uniformed men at each street cor
ner in the retail district and four
additional men in each block, two on
each side of the street In this man.
ner it is believed that order will be
preserved. Both patrol wagons will
be kept in service, and the police will
be given positive instructions to ar
rest all offenders. At police head
quarters there will be two desk SER
geants, two call officers and two turn
keys. AS usual the city detectives and
the superintendent will sleep at head
quarters.