The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-01

ARE THIRTEEN CHANGES
SET ONE CHANGE IN PERSONNEL
or DEPARTMENT CAUSED BY
pEATH-BYss MONTH ENDS
HFG YEAR.

TIE annual report OF the police de-
psrtment shows an increase In the
auznA@r aS arrests for the year just
s1Eed ever 1914. there being 1898
arrests as against 1f.oT3 for that
ysar.
OF last years arrests. li.2ss were
IN rnisdeneansr and 1,i43 on felony
RESTS increased the offences for which
arrests were made were IN most In
Stances Of a trivial nature. over three
scurrhs es the total being for cases
af common assault. drunkenness and
Mfrgr street disorders.
Ssxty-tw0 o. the arrests made were
II Children under the age of ten.
sight hundred and twenty-five youths
1nder the are Of seventeen. and the
sxhsrs Of persons ranging from that
Ia eighty yxarn. -
TIE age period between thirty and
fnxsy years shows the greatest num-
ner ct rlsAlsfsetorx. there having been
3.Ezs persons Of that age brought be-
fUrs the One John To- meet the laws
re4rfSgtfon-
Two thousand Without Vocation
OF those arrested, over eight thous-
k{12 were kAgGfEfEs tN0 liSpASAHA "ANh-
Nst any vocation, two hundred and
aesy-three were merchants. one hun
dr@s5 and s.xty-seven. clerks. one
hundred and forry-seven. carpenters.
fwo hundred and twenty~one. servants,
ard the remainder were followers OF
the various trades. except that a small
assrtrklsrg OF professional men paid
tribute to Justice John for minor
srAnsGrc$s4ers.
IS The record shows that two preach
exx. four brokers. seven actors, two
actresses anl ere reporter answered
snhesr names upon the baiiiff's call.
|#. Seven hundred and ssxty-aine were
nxxed with petit larceny fsfty-one
answered the charge 81 keeping speak
eANte& forty-four 81 Illegally selling
cucafme, i've hundred and Atty -six for
v~srnney. ffry-fsve for speeding. auto
mobiles ana motorcycles. two hun
dret Ter nonsuppert. nineteen for
feeS1nx gambling houses. three hun
xndus<tng In other forms of securing
money without work.
Tw~nty -etxht for Murder.
Twensy-esght were arrested for rnilr-
der, this number Including those IN
charge Of street cars In cases of ac-
cfdertai killing; one for pandering and
two for violating the white slave Law.
One hundred ard eighty-seyen were
ARRESTED Ter hausebreaktng and
sevsufy-two for grand larceny.
Special attention was paid by the
txA1nc iewr ana three hundred and
kWokSe citizens having faced the court
- hEiure to obey It
Among others Of the 3.ssv vioiators
~ ordinances hailed to court were:
N1ns&yrfve for permitting Buildings t.
- IN dangerous condition. eighty-six
fsr running autos without lights at
might. ninety-four fer running ma
Ehtnes without permit fifty seven for
running machines with m frier open
and nfxy-nine for allowing machines to
emit IN undue amount OF smoke.
During the year thirteen changes
took place In the personnel of the
fierce, four on account Of designations.
three by reason OF the retirement of
oG1cers. five on account OF .ismissal of
odtcers for violating regulations ana
che on account of the death of
Sergeant r. NJ Kraft.
Just before ths close OF the year
headquarters were removed from tho
City hall 70 ITa4 East Broal street
The Closing Month.
With the closing month OF thA year
the police court saw busy days. many
al the daily court sessions lasting until
veil into the afternoon The total
pber Of dsfsndzrts arraixnsd In De-
naaber was .s3s- These paid In fines
- costs st.T63.7s.
~ the criminal docket for the
xnnnl. II December thsre were ar
xakgne4 $50. OF this number 132
were hexTss and convicted: 1875 cases
were continued and nsnety-two were
discharged
On the ordinance docket. there were
heard 357 casea in which there were
convictions. Efghty-nine eases were
continued and i3s dismissed
State anse collected amounted to
114s. and Fcisy fy.es TO l,41i.se.
The pcl!ce court docket books dur
ing 1874 contain one hundred pages
more each than did those used in 1919
Tbs books fer the year just er deG con-
tanned / 900 pages. The ordinance
heck wss almost used up. while In the
criminal book there remained nearly
Two hundred pages, so4 pages hav-