Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-20
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Advent Of Cold Weather Starts
Yegg Men Towards Sunny
California.
WARNING TO 3HoUsEHoL DERs.
WARNING TO HOUSEHOLDER.
Police Give Some Good ADVICE to
Citizens Regarding Entertaining
TraInps and Cnrrying VaI,,ablcs.

With the advent of cold weather,
Will be more work for them. So far
this extra work has not made It's
appearance. Few reports have been
received by the police department
lately of robberies, burglares or other
acts Of lawlessness which are always
looked for with the coming winter.
Ihat the cold weather has started
earlier than usual Is looked upon by
the police as a probable cause for
ms put they expect that the migra
llon OF the genus hobo to California's
sunny ciimes Will begin soon. The
greater number of crooks passing
through this city on their regular
Journey to California are western
yeggs, coming from the north and
from Colorado. Those from points
further east generally. but not al
! ways, seek the south in more direct
route, Texas. Louisiana and Mississippi
getting atlittlc more than their share
OF the iloating bad men.
But the police say that the fact
that these tnwclcome visitors have
not appeared on the scene yet to
marked degree Is no reason for re-
taxing. Vigilance. Instead. the police
warn householders to keep their doors
locked, to draw their blinds when
- a.
every precaution to keep temptation
i out of the way Of the would be rob-
bers. The police say too much care
cannot be taken with tramps. To feed
them In the house is to give them
an opportunity to "size up" the pre-
( misses for future operations they say.
NO SYMPATHY FOR BEGGARs.
For beggars, Lieut.. John Hemple OF
the police department has little SYM
Iathy, except in the case of crlpples
and those broken down in health Lieut.
a .tleinpel declares that there Is more
work waiting for laborers than can be
4 taken care of--providing a man Is not
lurtlened with a false estimation as to
what work Is In Keeping with his par
ticu]af station5in life Yesterday in
rnlice court there were two healthy
~ bcggars who were pleading for
chance to leave town. They will have
NIL the chance they want in two
months, but for that length OF time
they Will tarry with the city jaller
performing all manner Of work. wheth-
or to their liking or not. This Is strict
4 ~ within the ethical provisions OF the
notice department and beggtlrs can
not hope to be given II foater from
ono town to another to be given an !.
Opportunity to make their living In
this way. II a man5is too lazy to work,
& l,c will be given a good chance to get
over il while he Is a city prisoner.
HOLDUPS DUE.
With the coming of the cold season.
higliWaynen are always to be found
about the city and the police depart
ment warns pedestrians to carry few
Nal,lables about with them at night
unless they are willing to suffer the
Losses that are likely to come to them,
The professional hghWayman Is AMMAN
VINO easily covers his tracks. He oper-
n no .nn si CO. p Ia
usually masked and disguised so that
10anihutes after a robbery he Is not the
man 10 correspond at all to the descrip-
5ticns gained by his victim. He is5a
hard man to catch and he is a good
nun to beware. say the police officers.
31tsis5as muchRa function of the police,
they say, to prevent crime as it is to
catch criminals and tho cooperation
OF the citizen Is available consideration
: to them.