Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-19
ANNUAL REPORT OF
POLICE DEPARTMENT.


The conduct of the force during
the year has been commendable, the
rank and file displaying activity, in
telligence and vigilance in discharge
of their duty and it can be truly said
to the credit of the entire department
that crime has been kept in check.
Our city has been remarkably free
| from crime of serious nature and in
almost every case where crime was
committed the guilty parties were
arrested and punished according to
law We have no regular gambling
| houses or houses for immoral pur-
| poses. We are as clear of this vice
as any city of our size in the country.
The tables presented in this report
give in detail the work done by the
department for the year just ended,
| and a careful perusal of this will
show that the duties which are dele
gated to the police department have
been faithfully performed.
The department made 704 arrests
during the past year, 66S white, and
colored, and for the following Of
fences, atrocious assault. 13; assault
and battery, rs; attempt 10 rape, 3 !;
attempt at burglary, 1 attempt to
kill, 4 accessory to murder, /; burg
larry, 4 i; boarding house beats, 4
bastardy, |; blackmail, /; breaking
and entering, %; bogus checks, 3;
cruelty to animals, q concealed
weapons, II; drunk and disorderly
1885,; disorderly conduct, So; deler-
ium tremens, 5; drunk, IA disorder
ly house, 2; false pretenses, 5; gamb-
ling house, 2; grand larceny, 21;
highway robbery, 4 horse stealing,
2; incorrigable, 1 insane, 5; inter-
fering with officers, 2; malicious mis-
chief, 20; murder, 2; non-support, 5;
petty larceny, 81; picking pockets, 1;
runaway boys, IA; receiving stolen
goods, /; seduction, 2; suspicious
persons, 4; stealing chickens, 2;
swindling, / threats, IA trespass,
IA; violating excise ordinance, Is;
violating health ordinance, 1; violat-
ing junk ordinance, IA; violating
lhuckster ordinance, 2; violating fire
arms ordinance, Il; violating Sunday
ordinance, A; violating speed ordin-
ance, q; vagrancy, AS; wife-beating,
IA; witness for state, 5.
Disposition of those arrested: Dis
charged, 304; fined, 167; gave bonds
to await action of the grand jury, 40;
sent to Jail in default of bond to
await action of grand jury, AT; SEN
fenced to one day in city lookup, 8;
paroled 80; thirty days in county
jail, 20; sixty days, IA ninety days,
30; delivered to relatives, 20; sent
to State Hospital for Insane, 5; de-
livered to other authorities, Z; sent
to State Industrial Home, / died in
lookup, 1.
Nationality of those arrested: Pol
and, 95; United States, 293; Hun
gary, 159: Germany, 81; Norway, 8;
Ireland. 81; Russia, "a; Denmark,
80; Italy, 21; England, 7; Canada,
5; Sweden, 3; Spain, 1; Austria, 2;
France, / /; Iceland, 1; Scotland, 2;
Wales, /; Novia Scotia, /; West
Indies, 1.
Social condition of those arrested:
Married, sos; single, 1885, can read
and write, 473; can not read or write,
231.
police station, 992; animals shot by
officers, dogs, los; horses, g; cats, /.
Lost children restored to their par
ents, males, 8; females, 5. Doors
found open at night and secured, 40.
FIRES ulI6HueQ ny LHe department,
90 Money value of property lost
and stolen and recovered by this de-
partment, $6.320.
Total number of days officers were
absent from duty on account of vaca-
ton, suspension, sickness, etc, 402.
There are II hotels, 1875 saloons,
2 wholesale liquor stores, 10 beer
bottlers, IA junkmen, s nackmen, l
pawnbroker, 20 hucksters, / bill
poster, l auctioneer in our city, all
of which come under police surveil-
lance. The department has attended
to So truant cases reported by the
principals of the different schools.
Through arrests made by this de-
partment the recorder collected
$1,9S0.40 in fines.
| desire to express my thanks to
the acting mayor and the present
mayor for the past year for the uni
form courtesy shown me in the adj
of my duties. | also
tender the thanks of this department
to the citizens of this city for their
generosity in voting at the last cleo
ton for their increase of wages.
1 also appreciate and commend the
entire members of the department for
their, efficient work during the past
year, also for their cooperation with
me to suppress crime to maintain the
reputation of the police department.
Respectfully submitted,