The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-18

ginning OF the Fair period and the s;ric:
'niofc. ment OF the laws impressed the
city and Exposition officials that such a
court had Uot become necessity and
until this time IL has not appeared thai as
business proposition IL would be- prac-
tiSable to bring the ordinance into effect
TIE reason lies in the simple fact that
by and through the perfect system Of DO
Z lice protection afforded by the members
Of the metropolitan police in cooperation
with the force Of Jefferson Guards Grim
inal cHense- have not been committed at
the Fair. and the ratio Of crime compared
7" IN" number Of visitors to the Fair has
which had previously been nxed a pos
sihiliIy.
There was established . separar. police
district. termed the Worlds FEtr District
which chief kisly placed under the COM
mand or captain William Young mod
~ polio" station vas erected and an Eli
Gent system OF police patrol established
\ temporary lookup was provided and the
most modem means % airing for offend
eis carried INTO practical eject With al
these up-to-dats appiiancs-far6 a thorough
system Of protection. the arrests a. record
ell by the desk Sergeants at III. Model
station have not averaged NOR. than six
FOR each daN since TIL. opening and far
NOR" 'nan half 80 these have been for the
orenss of jumping the Worlds Fair fence
tn" dshght ~ the small hoy and the ne
csSsIty of tire hundreds Of Worlds Fair
campers Included in visiting National
GJ'nid organizations and s.mimiiitary
bodies who have beer temporarily within
Tn" same source 80 information indi-
Gates that for serious off-nses such as as
ssulis. shooting ARRAYS ami the usua.
class OF such charges usually found on
N" police hi";,sr. there has h.-n such 4
small number that IN" eases which were
f'fc' .'d &" the downtown police courts 10
not aggregate total 80 per cent.
The phenomenal fearur. % the record
li.s IN the fact that. IN the four and one
IA! months which have elapsed since the
aif was thrown open to the public. the
arrests for drunkenness do no; reach an
cNc; cc1en- In Ni.N % the fact that beer
gardens. restaurants where liquors. are
solid Snd t1f~ are found Iva practically -v-
'lN tsprtisu ~ IN. tucluSur" =: -. =.
me- t--N"-- ,-z>on te-. the ,oaviyial
sIir visitor out for n good tim.. aud ready
- spend his money has not fallen under
the influence Of Bacchus To the extent
that the services OF the officers OF tbs. Law
We're required. Rep es entatiysS OF police
s!-ps.T imen's Of cities outside OF ST. Louis
have termed this record most remark
able. and WithOu; parallel IN the cas-. u.
any exposition or similar AFFAIR which has
~ h"''s given
ST'..- Oi.L'-..'> ~ "a. MrN.
The reason for this small proportion
does not res; with the assumption that
Their" Is laxity IN the enforcement Of TIN.
Laws The Il, uniformed men Of Captain
youngs force. augmented BY the siy,y-
IN" principal cities of two continents
hav. strict orders 20 take no chances on
violation oi any Law or ordinance
The .s jefferson Guards learn among
the first ~ their rudimsntary tactics that
there must he no laxi;y cf discipline and
the confirmation Of the statements that
the laws have been strictly enforced