Evening journal., 1905-04-15
sneelai n rhe evening Journal.


New Castle, April i5.-Rosidents Of this
.'vilmgo" wore startled and awed yester-
day mornins bv the appearance In thor
midst 90 -four rcai live policemen, clad
in the fuii resani of the police force OF
fhe city on Wfmnston. vino swoopcd
down unon fhe Quictude of the ''yiilagors'
shortly Before noon
Their advert was unexpected and start
ling rumors vore anoat as 60 the meaning
cf their presence hero. Some stid they
,ecrc the advance eunid of the now police
force 90 DE named hy Cty Council in it's
efforts 20 bring about better condition
of lnairs En- Ncw castle. others declared
ana. thc oHicrrs wcrc employed hy the
.rolicy company to resist amy attempt
that the Wilmington city Railway Com
ranv nisht malse 10 dcrnil one of its cars
SEQ Delaware street and thereby blocl,
t-avol scvcrm coiorcd mon, however,
who knew The omcers. hy sight at least
s1d. "Dar- 'surse6n' George Lyons and
Policemen Ncd Dution, Jack Mclaughlin
ana Jack Moore Dey belongs in South
Wilmington. ] wonder what husncss dey' s.
got over hcrc ney aint got mo- right Ia
I.s town.
TWO HOURS uErlINp
The 'wilmmsion police force is usually
up-to-,iaio in an respects bat I'm THIS i1-
siancctt anpears TO bc away behInd hand.
on Thursday evening two men cngngod "a
room for tho nitht in aa East Third strc 6
house. Wilmington Yesterday morning
She men lcfi tho house ard short time
fnftsr thoir departure several shirts.
money and other articles were found to
bc missing and the robbery was reported
90 che police station in Wilmington. A
short time after this occurrance two men
inquired of officer McLaughlin m South
Wilmington The way TO Delaware city
and were directed by him what car 90
take. Later officer Mclaughlin reported
SD the city han and was thou notified of
the robbery and given the description OF
the suspects. He az once recognized tho
mon as the ones who had accosted HIM
and SO Informed police Headquarters
Without Whiting 90 notify the authorities
of New Castle the patroimon were d.
rccted TO come 90 this city and effect u
possible. the capture Of the suspects ~
The moantime the men arrived IN THIS citS
ana began % tour OF it. They visited the
bake shop of John N Nauettc. spent som,
time on the battery gazing at the hsher
men called at Eugene a. Chase's stor.
and purchased some tobacco aud incl
denDy purloircdf it S. believed "a clgal
iiehter from an alcohoi lamp visited thl
store of John stoops and bought som'
fne copper wire. such as IS used IN mend
ing umbrellas nnd later proceeded 20 th'
depot and boarded 20 south bound freight
a number of people spw theni as they
made no effort 20 avoid being seen, am,
attracted mo particular attention. The,
spent ut least two hours in this city be-
forc thsy took their departure.
MESSAGE WOULD HAVE DONE TT
Jnst WHY the police officials of WI
mugton did not telephone q description
io New Castle of the mon is not clear a
they could hnvc been picked up readily
lsy what authority Wilmington police ar
pear in New Castle for the purpose o.
making an arrest is also cloudy I'M,
polcemcp of Wilmington are not Stat
officers and have no jurisdiction beyon,
the city limits without They are especial,
commissioned through the proper chan
ncl The appearance OF four officers tw,
of whom mtCg went To- Delaware city. %
search Of the alleged thieves. ir rum uni
form here would have given ample notc
90 amy crook that something was doinr
The men seen hero would Doe rccognizei
hy most amy one who saw them. one 4
described as hcing about .6 years of ngo
wearing dark clothes and light hat Will
no hrim. The older man was about 8
years of age wore "a black sack coat
ranialoous the worse for the Wear in an
scat and q black slouch hat Tho young
er one carried small grip as well as
pair Of black eyes.
FEW sitAD ARE RUNNING
Local fishermen are complaining at th
small run of shed IN the river during IA
past few DAYS although from am account
tho season go far is ahead of that O