The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
HIS FIRST REPORT
CHIEF TAYLOR ENDS FrRsr MONTH
 IN OFFICE.
Total of s7s Arrests in the Month of March, of Which x43 Prs.en-
 CTS Were Negroes.

Police Chief W. H. Taylor yesterday
 completed his first monthly police re- port since he was appointed as the
 head of the police department. The report. covering the work of the de-
 partment for March. has been sent to Mayor Teague and will be submitted to the city council at it's next regular meeting.
 That the police department is us-
 ing every effort to arrest vagrants and
 loiterers is verified by statistics on
 this subject contairsd in the report. During the month of trarch 42 persons were arrested charged with vagran- cy in violation of section i137 of the city code. Of this number. B convic- tions were secured and nine of the de- fendants were discharged Eleven per- | sons were arrested charged with loit- erins around bar rooms in violation
 of section 1908 of the city code. Five
 of these were convicted and six were
 discharged.
 The total arrests made during the
 379. There were 137 whites and 243
 negroes; 129 white males. 1I9 negro
 males, 12 white females and 59 ne-
 gresses. The day force made 14i arr
 rests and the night rorce 2ss. | or the total number of persons arr | I German, l English, 1 Irish and of other nationalities.
 The arrests according to age were as
 follows: from 10 to 20 years. 1o5; from 20 to 30 years. 143: from 30 td
 40 years, 80; from 40 to 50 years. 3of
 from 50 to 60 years. 12; from 60 to
 so years. 9.
 | Thirty-three cases were made on Sundays, 50 on Mondays; 37 on Tues
 days; 64 on Wednesdays; g. on Thurs
 days. 72 on Fridays. and sf on Satur- days.
 l According to charges, the arrests were apportioned as follows: Crazy 1; larceny 20; disorderly con- | duct. 151; assault and battery 2I; gaming 24: violation of section lOil, 1; violation of section lVos, : vioia- | ton of section 332 as amended, 2; vto- lation of section s63. l; violation or section 99s, 2: violation of section 9S6. h.: violation of section l16l. l; viola ton of section 1115. l: violation of sec ton 970. 1; violation of section lloo' t2: violation of section 1885. 1; viola | tion of section T69, I: violation of sec tion IlI3. 1: violation of section 10os. I: violation of section 967. 1: violation of section TSP. 1; Violation of section I137, A: violation of section sOse or inc State code miscegenation, 2; leav- ing team unattended. $; embezzlement. | 6; concealed weapons. 5; grand lar ceny. 3: burglary and grand larceny. l 1; suspicion 24; vio'sting revsnue law I7; receiving stolen property 1: colli- sion [; tresspass 1; defaulting witness 2; arrested on telegrams (; held for parents 3; assault to murder 2; asleep on streets 1: violating Sunday law as amended 6: false pretenses l; resist ing an officer 1.
 Out of the total number of persons arrested. 200 were fined by the re- corder. while l79 cases were other wise disposed of.
 The financial part of the report shows that the entire receipts Of the department for March aggregated |S1,f12. This sum includes s992.25 col iected as fines. Ss6.s5 collected from back cases, s17.50 received from the city pound, $5.25 for the lease of boy convicts. and Si0.75 for the lease of female prisoners.