Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-25
THE CAPITOL POLICE
Annual Report Submitted by
Clerk ofthe Board,
THE RECORD OF A YEAR
ARREST OF CARRIE NATION
AMONG THE EVENTS.
List OF Valuables Found and Restored
to Owners-Many Articles
Unclaimed.

| TO OWners-Many Articles
| Unclaimed.
Ihe hfty-second annual report Of the
| united States Capitol police force has just
| been prepared by Mr.. Fred NJ. Seney, clerk
| or the Capitol police board, and submitted
10 capt. J. F. Megrew, commanding the
| 1orce' who will in turn submit it to the
board at its next meeting. The report
shows that the police have had a rather
active year from June 30. 1903.
The Capitol police force was organized in
the summer Of 1852 and It's evolution from
a small squad Of ununiformed watchmen
10 the present fine body of seventy-three
| men, with modern uniforms and equip
| ment, has been complete. Visitors to the
| capitol who have toured the world pro-
nounce 1t to be the finest indoor body Of
policemen they have ever seen in any coun-
! try.
me record of arrests given in the annual
| report just completed shows a variety of
| oHenses, some OF them unique-for in
| stance, the case of boy who fed chewing
| gum to the tame squirrels in the east Cap
itol Park. These little animals have be-
come SO tame that they will take food from
h tne ma hah @ OF persons. Prisoners arrested
oy the capitol police usually have to face
| United States charge, as most Of the
rules and regulations governing the build
| Ing and grounds are acts OF Congress.
John Grove n messenger boy sixteen years
OF age. was arrested for vandalism The
| lad had an alleged grievance against Ell
Hughes keeper of Statuary Hall, and to get
even with him John filled the eyes and
noses of the statues of Daniel Webster Cen
| eral Stark and other celebrities with putty
| He confessed that he had two motives for
| his act. One vas revenge, the other to "see
| how funny It made the statues look
Johns penalty was term In the reform
school.
| F. M. Davis. an old soldier, was arrested
| In the Senate reception room after he had
| ''panhandled' Senator Foraker for So. lie
was severely reprimanded by Captain Me
! grew and the money was returned to the
| Senator. john Shannon, another old SOL
der, was arrested for begging money from
! senators In the reception room.
A wel-dressed woman, who the report
states was too drunk to give her name"
was found staggering through the Capitol
| corridors. She was escorted from the build
| ing by a policeman and Clerk Seney mott
| fled the sixth police precinct of her pres
| ence in the park. The patrol wagon soon
| arrived and she was taken into custody.
| An employe of the Capitol nabbed for
stealing government property, an ash can.
He was held in s2oe bonds for the grand
| jury.
white man was arrested for brighten
! ing lady in tue waiting room SO badly that
she screamed" Her screams caused con-
| siderable excitement in the building. 1t APP
| pears that the man made 'horrid grim
aces at her, as she explained it. The pris-
| Oner released after reprimand by
| Capt Megrew.
Arrest of Carrie Nation.
| A noted case was the arrest of Carrie
| Nation in the Senate gallery for disturbing
the deliberations of that body. She
| fined sos, and got several thousand dol
| lars worth of free Advertising as a Cap
| tol policeman explained 1t.
An individual who had removed his outer
garments and retired for the night under
| a clump of foliage attracted the attention of
"a Capitol policeman by his sonorous snor-
| ing. He was sent to the sixth precinct
station to be dealt with according to law.
| Vagrancy was the charge put against
| two disreputa ble-looking fellows who were
caught begging in the Capitol and grounds.
One of them expelled from the park.
| The other sent to the Police Court.
| where he received a sentence of three
| months in the chain gang. Five beggarS
were reprimanded by the captain and es-
| corted out of the building and grounds.
One lunatic and maniac figured In
| the list of arrests. The lunatic wanted to
| interest the House and Senate In his
scheme for propagating eagles In large
numbers. He proposed that every Flagstaff
in this country should be surmounted by
one of the tanned birds Of freedom las a
warning to the world to keep hands off
this country" He also proposed that there
should be "a flock of eagles on each
American war vessel to "pillage and harass
the vessels of the enemy He was repri-
manded and expelled from the building
and warned not to return The maniac,
who seemed bent on mischief and violence.
was turned over to the sanitary officer for
disposition
The complaint of a visitor against
Capitol guide was made to Acting Captain
| John Hammond, who dismissed the COM
plant with a severe reprimand and warn
ing The other cases included arrests for
circulating advertising matter in the build
| ing and grounds; drunkenness, in four cases
| of which fines were imposed amounting to
| s25; stonng the squirrels In the park; driv-
| ing loaded wagons through the grounds:
| the theft of two bicycles both thieves con-
victed. and minor offenses the total fines
amounting to $195
There were several accidents to wheel
men in the grounds, the injured being sent
| to the Casualty Hospital. The park police
| men lassoed sixty tagless dogs and one
| horse found In the Capitol parks and sent
them to the pound Seven dogs with Tags
were sent to their homes.
Articles Recovered.
Among the articles found in the building
| and grounds and returned to their owners
| was appointment to office in one of the
departments, which the applicant had
sought for several weary months; three BIZ
cycles. two breastpins. ten dollars in cash.
| a watch charm kodak, a camera, four card
| cases, three diamond stickpins. finger ring.
five handkerchiefS, three oranges, a nugget
| of gold, memorandum book, note book.
| overcoat, seven pocket books, containing a
| total of $3.50; pair of leggins, nineteen
| gloves, private papers. rubber bag, two
| satchels, seven pairs Of spectacles two sets
| of furs, two silk scarfs, eleven umbrellas
| and two silver watches.
The articles found and not called for by
| their owners and which were returned to
| the finders were: A. belt, badge. bicycle,
bunch Of keys, two breastpins. pocket book.
| 81 bill, necktie cuff buttons. coat, two
| caps, three collar buttons. three street car
| tickets, Catholic beads, jacket, three eye
| glasses, sixteen gloves, four hats some of
| which were blown from the heads Of the
| wearers while on the dome; five handker-
| chiefs, two pairs of overshoes, two stick
| pins, pair of slippers. three pocket books. a
| breastpn. rain coat, railroad tickets, three
| pieces of ribbon. silver elks head, serge
Jacket four naira of SnacfaclaS silver