Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26

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Grant Street Grade, epsterson
Barclay Street Grade, (Amboy
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The annual report OF the superin-
.Itendent Of Police. as follows:
tho Honorable Mayor and
Board OF Aldermen.
Gentlemen:
/ herewith submit for your considers
Etion my twentieth annual report Tor the
Ffiscal year ending December 3lst. 1914.
giving in detail the work performed by
The Conduct Of the OFFICERS ana men
during b pas year has been COM
mendable.. the rank and file Displaying.
discharge OF their duties, and It can be
truly said to the credit of the entire
department that crime has been Kept
The present strength az the depart
n1ent aggregates twenty-ntne. one
patroiinan being added during the past
forrna police duty. and includes one
Superintendent. three dszk serEeants,
two detective s~srgeants. n rounds.
|~officAr and twenty ~patrolrnen.
had many heid-ups. WHICH tsrrorized
malls were finally apprehanded without
the loss of life. and sentenced to long.
terms IN prison. We also had . brutal
during the year. TIE suiIty party
was unprecedented. and II now awaiting
the sentence OF dssth. I take great
who captured this critafral.
I would again urge that the assembly
room for the ~patrofmen BE enlarged.
for 'a es.p F as ! 0ns = sns mousa 100 as snass
- ] dtd r. nay i1ss 81 TN that r. Tns
fire alarm aystem be convicted, This
could be done with little expeuse. and
would givs ample room Tor soms TINA
This city has Increased in popula-
Itton xnd bustness activities In recent
years to such an extent that Isfeel It
orable body purchase an A~nbuiance
Patrol Auto. This city L. fast becoming
an important busfness c~erter-and Nm
HANDLING business. Lives have been
Of delay In. secur-
Ing private e0nveyancea For hurried
calls. I therefore urge that your Hon
orable body will give ~&hfs matter your
early and serious consideration.
The detective depart<nent maintained
fts excellent record for efficiency UP
until November 20ths% whRn Acting
VOORHEES, Issued orders abolishing. the
same. I must say for~the detectives,
that they were untiring In their ef-
fortstto keep the city clear of crjmin-
/ ais. and I commend them highly for the
many important arrests they made and
the large amoun Of lost and stolen
goods they recovered. @~~
The truant officer during the past
year made 2T29 calls at. the homes of
children who did not answer roll call,
and served 101 On parents of
children who did not attend school.
The tables presented In. this report
gives In detstl the work done by this
department for the year just ended.
The departments made 956 arrests dur
ing the past year and for the following
offences:
Atrocieus assault, AZ: assault and
battery, 66, attempted suicide, 8. adult
cry, g.. accidental homicide. /; abandon
ment. s.; burglary. 8; blackmai1, 2.
breaking and entering. g.; bigamy. 4;
bastardy. s; boarding house beats. /;
concealed IS; cruelty to anil
mails, q. chicken thieves, 8; check rais-
ing. 4; crap shooting, q; drunk and dis
orderly, 261i d~isorderly conduct. 1877
desertions Q; drunkenness, 4; disorderly
rum trehaons, 4: deserter from Foreign
Steamship, I: embarrassment. !: escaped
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