The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-06


which by the courtesy of the present
council I became a member on May O..
1902. at Louisville KY, keeps and main
tainS a central bureau OF identification at
" ashington, D. G. where any member
can send q prisoners description and if
he has ever been s;gnalized they Will at
once identify him, giving his criminal
record from the time he first came, under
the supervision OF any of the officers Of
the United States. This bureau VIII most
likely be taken IN charge by the United
States government. as a bill has been in
tToduced in congress creating a national
bureau of criminal identification. which
viii be open 70 every officer in the
United States
Police records show that the profess
sionai burglar. confidence man. check
worker and hotel thief IS always on the
move. an enemy 10 society generally
throughout the country. The police Of
the various cities and towns are con-
stantiy cooperating in the apprehension
% the classes named. so that police e.
fCrts are made today on the unaues-
tionabIe principle that when an officer ap-
prehen6s and puts away q professional
thief society in every state derives an
equal benefit.
AS an illustration Of the working OF the
Bertillon System, viii call your atten-
murder OF Sheriff Powers, OF johnson
county. Ark. Two OF the perpetrators of
this crime were arrested here and one in
Oklahoma City. the other two were at
large. One evening at Evansville, Ind.
three supposed tranos were arrested for
begging on the street. When they were
brought into court the next morning the
chief thought from their appearance that
they might be more than everyday bread
I'D but nj al -sr L
lie them. One description was sent 10
the National Bureau OF Identification. the
other TO Major McClaughry. who is
Known as the father o. the system in this
country He az once identified one as
Tee West. a former prisoner for post
Office burglary. On his descriptive card
he made note that West was wanted by
the Wichita police, so he Immediately
wired Wichita that West was in Jail at
Evansville. Ind. a telegram was at once
sent 70 Evansville giving a complete Ber-
tllon description OF West and in 4 short
tine an answer was received saying he
filed the description II every particular.
So in q few hours the tramp and beggar
developed into d fUll-fedged bank burglar
ard murderer. He is now in the peni
Tertiary at Little Rock awaiting the pen
atty for murder in the fret degree.
Now. the cost of this system complete
was $3.50 and is certainly vast aid 10
any police department. The criminal
classes avoid the cities that are using this
system, for they know that when once
put on record they are there forever, for
while they can change their outside ap
pearance. their bones never change, and
that is the keynote of the Bertilion Sys-
TEN.
The second and most needed improve
Tent was the installation of the Iude-
nfn6aNr TofEnhnna nd
We now have in operation ten stations.
located as follows: West Douglas and
Handley; Wichita and Douglas: Main and
Douglas; Lawrence and Douglas; Topeka
and Douglas; fremont and Douglas; Fifth
and Douglas; First and Main; Second and
Main; and Lawrence and Twenty-first in
the packing house district Each officer
is required TO report from station at the
end of his beat to clerk at station every
half hour, both day and night. The clerk
re gisters the same in a record kept for
that purpose. TINS record shows beyond
question where an officer is every half
hour during the entire day and night
Suspended to a telephone or telegraph
pole near each station is an electric light
ir red globe. This can be turned on
from the station and can be seen by the
officer for several blocks. II indicates
that he should call up the station at once
when he will be Instructed where he is
wanted. This saves delay and fnsures
prompt answers 10 all calls for an Off
Ger. In case an attempt should be made
To rob one OF our banks or large stores.
a general alarm could be turned in and
Inside of a very few minutes we would
have six and probably eight officers at
any given point, ready for business. In
addition the officers at the stockyards
and Wese Side would be notified of the
trouble and be ready to stop any at
tempted escape in their direction. Under
this system the clerks answer TO 315 calls
every day from the thirteen regular pa
trolmen, and in addition they have TO
answer calls from the three detectives
and the public. The switchboard at sta
ton is wired for twenty and large enough
for thirty stations, so as our city in
creases in size additional stations can be
put in at very small expense.
This entire equipment is now owned by
the city and cost, complete. SIP 40. l am
informed by the city electrician that it
viii not cost to exceed 81 per month TO
keep same in perfect running order.
Every officer is now equipped with a
new Smith & Wesson police revolver
but target practice is badly needed by
several members of the force and will
nlits and continued until every officer be-
comes proficient in hitting a man at fifty
yards. An officer that does not know
how to handle a revolver is more danger
Gus to 4 community than the thief he is
trying to stop.
The following is 4 list OF all persons
arrested for violation Of the ordinances
OF the city of WicA.Ja and the laws OF
the state Of Kansas:
Disturbing - peace. SO; petit larceny.
IS; burglary and grand larceny, .; MUIR
der. I; horse thieves, {; held for investi-
cation. -; vagrancy. 30. intOxication.
80; shop-lifting. /; pickpocl.ets, S; lewdly
abiding. As; assault. IS: assault and at
Il r7t TO kill. 4. assault and battery, 81:
resisting At officer. L, carrying concealed
weapons. l.; prostitution, %: fast driving,
!; bicycle ordinance. So; insane. +; teIe-
phone ordinance. a; Sunday closing o-di-
nance, 1: passing checks. 10 funds in
banks. 4; hack ordinance. ,; shooting in
city limits. s: jumping board bill. 4: pawn
brokers ordinance. :; runaway boys, s.:
runaway girls. ): tu<linz in false FIRE
alarms. :: highway robbery, :; peddiers
ordinance. !: 5igany. l; street walking,
q. purchasing stolen property. s; jumping
on trains and street cars. Is; forgery. g;
enticins prostitution, ,; driving stock
over parking. /: cruelty TO children, 2;
truants from school. e Total, 1.452-
The following persons were arrested on
the request OF officers outside OF Seds-
wick county:
Fred Anderson. embezzlement. for Kan
sas City. 10.
Chas. Smith. horse thief, for Harper
county
Commodore wood. burglary ard grand
larceny. for La5ette county.
Jesse Wilson. burglary, for Garrett.
Kan
Murray Smith. larceny. for Dodge City.
Kan
Earnest Adams. grand larceny. for
L..ndsburg. Kan
William Remick. gambling. fer Hutch
inson. Kan
grand la-CR1V for