The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-18
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POLICEMEN HaVE, LITTLE 10 20,
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\; The city ofS Fairnont Is doing, her
Eelf proud these past ttwo weeks in
the matter OF pfew3t prisoners being
placed UNDER detention during that
fine. During most Oh the days for the
past two weeks the, doors OF the city
jail have been unlocked and open,
there being no prisoners serving sen.
fences or, any. prisoners in jail await.
ing the action OF the morning police
court Most of the mornings OF late
/, the pmayor'upon going TO his Office has
been told that there we're no prison.
era. and u is 10 be hoped that this
Will. continue for some time.
Few arrests are being, made. and
those who are unfortunate enough, to
get in the tolls seem to haye the ready
money with which to pay their fines
Immediately after, sentence, has been
passed. - siAa 5I5i!S: 8; "iiDs,l.f4E S,u
The Justices courts also have been
without much criminal work, only
one Or two, criminal cases having been
reported % II tried within bin the past two
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Several civil cases are being tried
but they are small Gases, and not
much is at.stake.@ N. S,,'ES ,si' I
The jpoiIts sessml \ q, S;;haye about
broken n11PS the habit 81 unlawful go
habitation $ithIri the city limits. as
they set out to do. under the, direc'
tons Of Mayor ;Llyely, and the city
council. All plates6that have bceR
reported to thetpollee rs oflill repute
have been closely watched, and sew
eral arrests made over the city result.
ing from this watch has about caused
a liscontinuance OF the practice.
Several OF the more notorious pc.
lice characters, both among the wo.
men and the men, have either been
ordered from the! citySor have chosen
Of their own volitlon to leave, owing
to the fact that they discovered that
the climate In Fairmont was becom'
ing unhealthy for5 them.
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: The officers have doneIall possible
TO aid In, discriminating the various
resorts, and they. are be congratu-
lated upon their seeming success.
The city was becoming infested with
many characters and the number was
becoming so great that Mayor Lively
and the city council, as we'll as the
chief OF police. decided that there
should be a general clean Zip. and
orders to this effect went out, with
the aforementioned above.
Police coart this morning, as 1t has
been now for several days, was with
out a lone prisoner, and the mayors
presence was not required.
!, The Bs&,Fo. spollce, have made few
orsno arrests, in this city for over a
month, or at least none have been
brought before the mayors Of Justices
courts as havlngsbeenE arrested by the
BE o. officers, Or upon B. "a o. prop.
erty, and there seemsEtp be- n general
Stacking up OF altpetfy crimes, much
toSthe qualification oftthosef who have
.tcdeal with these charactcrs.
There has been '1itfie blinking on
the cars running in and out Of this
city, and very llttlt Trouble has been
had By those intchafge Of the cars
with cases OF drunkenness or by those
wanting, to drink while on the cars.
Flights, bra%ls administrations on
the city's streets have .hotf occurred
for so long that. the cItizens?Rre grow.
ing used to a peaceful quiet. and are
hoping for a furthefance 6fifhe peace.
fut days. .dttfE a. a. =.
SAmerican minister. Elliot Northcott
OK Caracas advises. that i Venezuela
has adopted the metric as the official
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