The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-01
FEBRUARY GRAND JURY'S REPORT
AS MADE TO JUDGE TAYL OR.

and the Police Board have shown a mos
praiseworthy zeal. and we cannot toe
strongly commend to our successors FIRE.
named officials. believing that there viii
issue therefrem a cordial cooperative eff.
fort toward wedding out from among the
respectable saloons the disorderly dives
which are the vsrttable crime-hreeders OF
| the city. 1t would assist the police il
neighborhoods would organize themselves
Into societies and assist the police and
| Excise Commissioner IN working out this
| problem.
| SEGREGATION OF
IMMORAL RESORTS.
ITO entirely eliminate this disorder has
baffed the best minds of ancient and
modern times. and. notwithstanding this,
there are laws on our statute books re-
curing its absolute blotting out; which
have ever Seen and will ever be so, and
| we can only hope to minimize this evil,
and 1t Is the judgment Of this jury that
this can only. be done through segrega-
tion 1t must be treated as disease, and
| the modern ideas Of quarantine should
ffoseibiy fpaS1a,iy apply apply; This species Of human
slande5tins dc tine prostitution: The latter is the
ferbios our minds reaching the same con-
namely, that it was better to scatter and
conceal the evil than to district it, there
by making It all clandcstine.
this matter by the thought of some of cur
city's foremost citizens. Including mer-
chants, lawyers, doctors, educators, and
eleven OF our representative clergymen-all
favored the plan proposed. andJ be it to
the credit Of the clergymen. though about
I'VE Of them were personally opposed. fear
Ing Ing IT was giving too much recognition to
sin. yet they willingly set aside their indi-
yidual opinions to unite their effort with
those who were striving to better the
moral condition Of the city. We trust that
nlNtH kI.,-,
and hasten its Accomplishment.
Many offensive features Of prostitution
can be and should be Immediately re-
moved, Street solicitation must not be
possible. The approaches to our Union
Station should be cleared Of the vice, and
the women making up this unfortunate
class should be forced from sight on our
lice authorities should bring this about.
and we would ask the special attention Of
our successors to this, in view Of the near
agRr0aeh Faar. OF the opening OF our "0Fias $
NO CONFIDENCE IN
GAMBLING SQUAD.
What is known as policy playing or
what could be possibly better termed rob-
berry. is extensively operated without any
apparent effort toward suppression. Their
victims are the poorer class. and whose
likelihood to win is most remote. A JUS
tice Of the Peace and a Constable, both
officers OF the law, when interrogated by
US as to their relation to some Of these
their guilt by shielding themselves behind
their constitutional rights, claiming an an
swer would be self-incriminating Other |
forms of gambling do exist. but, SO far as |
we are advised, not on any extensive
scale. In this connection we regret to say |
we lack confidence In the efficiency and |
honesty of purpose in what is known as |
the Police Gambling Squad
OF
CITY INSTITUTIONS.
Our investigation disclosed the fact
that what is known as grating existed
prior to April !, 1903, at the Poorhouse
and House of Refuge, and indictments fol
lowed. Considerable loss to the city was
shown in fraudulent -four transactions.
character of theft and in almost every
instance the dishonest empleye has been
a ridiculously low-salaried man, which
lact is suggestive of cause and effect. ,suf-
hciently so to prompt US to strongly urge
a revision and advance OF salaries for
such city employees. thereby securing bet
ter fitness and honesty In the city's help.