El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-20
TOM WALKERS
CLUB NOTORIOUS
Grand Jury Says to Watch
Broadway Club; City May
Buy the County Jail.

The Century club at 210lk Broadway
IS placed under the ban in the grand
jury report submitted Saturday aft
ernoon 10 judge Dan NJ Jackson Of the
S4th district court, at the conclusion
OF its sittings. Recommendation is
made that peace officers keep it under
surveillance.
City Take Over County Jail.
The report strongly recommends that
the city take over the county Jail when
the new county Jail on the sixth floor
OF the new courthouse shall have been
completed According to the report the
proposition is now receiving serious
consideration by the city. The report
makes recommendation that the po-
lice force be enlarged. and chat the
county road police officer be provided
an automobile with which to appre-
/ bend speeders.
In many instances second hand deal
ers are assisting burglars. in the opin-
Ion OF the grand jury, and ii is rec
commended that these be watched.
The grand jury held sessions p days
and investigated IS cases. returning
20 true bills out OF that number.
Hits Clubs
We Investigated a number OF cases
IN violation Of the saloon laws and
were assisted TO some extent in this
matter by a representative from the
controllers office at Austin" the report
says, who was here at the time OF our
numerous cases where violations had
been reported. we decided that il would
be the better plan to have this repre-
sentative from Austin handle the vio-
lations then before US and. therefore.
our work along this line can be con-
him rather than results from the grand
jury itself.
Watch Century Club.
zone Of the most serious features in
connection with the liquor traffic, we
consider is due to the operation OF nu-
merous clubs running under charters
granted them as social, athletic and
other 0rganiza tiOns of like nature and
which can hardly be considered as bona
Tide clubs operating as the law was
notorious OF these is located at BOZ
Broadway and known as the Century
club, Thomas Walker. manager. We
strongly recommend that the proper
officers keep this club under surveil-
lance
City JAIN Too small.
I'VE have made inspection or the city
Jail. county jail. county hospital and
city WaterWOrks At the county iaiI
we found conditions favorable. the Jail
being kept clean and run in a very
orderly and business-liSe manner Al
she city Jail We found conditions as
good as is possible for them TO be under
the conditions and with the facilities
at hand We found that the city~jal is
entirely Inadequate 10 the needs Of our
growing city and with the mixed Dopu-
latiOn and increased number OF unde-
sirables here We understand that ne
gotiations are now under way for the
city TO take over the present county
jail as soon as the new county jail IS
completed We strongly recommend
that the county and city officers work
together along this line, as such a
transfer would be a lasting benefit TO
the taxpayers of the county and city
and would fulfill one Of the most urg-
ent necessities at this time.
Hospital Satisfactory.
The conditions at the county hos
pital appear TO be satisfactory. One
recommendation We would offer. how
ever. is that the lavatories and bath
rooms be tiled The city water works
is in a healthy condition financially
and the earnings are being spent on
engagements of the water plant gen
orally. The present conditions would
indicate that the earnings from the
waterworks Will be sufficient to take
care of the necessary engagements and
extensions Of the next year
Auto for Speed Cop.
With reference TO the patrOlins OF
the county road. we consider that the
present method Is proving unsatisfac- 4
tory We discussed the matter with the
sheriff and have come to the cOnclu- /
sion that it would be advisable for the !
county 10 provide a five-passenger au-
tomobile 70 be placed at the service OF I
the road police, with permission to (
change the number on same as fire.
quently as desired. believing that this I
plan would be the means of making the 4
work Of this officer q great deal more I
effective than is possible with the use ]
OF a motorcycle.
Police Inadequate.
1t seems to us that the present police /
force is inadequate TO handle the large \
and increasing number of criminals
coming to our city, as is evidenced BY /
the increasing number Of violations
committed throughout the residence
and other sections Of the city. and we
would recommend that the city council 1
make an effort TO provide for an in
creased police force
With the present force at hand we
think our chief Of police is handling
the situation as well as il could con-
sistently be handled. We desire here
10 express ourselves as highly pleased
with the general efficiency Of the po-
lice department. and in our work Of
investigation we have been ably sup I
ported and assisted by chief Johnson
personally and by officers in mis- de-
oartment
Second Hand Dealers Aid Thieves.
I'VE have investigated a large num-
Der OF cases of burglary and theft and
ire glad TO say that in almost every
Instance the criminals have been ap-
)feuenQed- " c nave also lnNeSLl gated
numerous cases where stolen goods
nave been disposed OF to second hand
lealers and our opinion is that there
ire cases where the burglars are ac-
ually assisted by these second hand
lealers, and IL is our recommendation
hat this particular matter be watched
~ the proper officers.
We have paid particular attention
o the cases of KIDNAPPING and we think
hat this is one evil that should at all
ines be vigorously prosecuted and the
anne suggestion would apply to cases
where threatening letters have been
lent to citizens Of this county"