The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-03
Second Month Under Prohibit
tion Shows Drop of 167 Cases
Compared With Last Year. ).
DRUNK AND DIsORDERLY
CHARGES ARE LOWERED
Raids on Idlers and Loiterers
Fail to Bring Figures Up to
the Former Mark, Though
They Have Been Made With
Diligence.

Atlanta. Ga, July 2.-For the frs<
twenty-five days of the second month
of prohibition there were 1877 FEWER
arrests than during the first twenty
five days of the corresponding month
last year.
The police department must break
all records in making cases to bring
the month of June, 1916, near the
number made during the month OF
June, 1915.
In spite of the crusades which this
police and detectives have made
against autoists. blind tigers" and
idlers and loiterers, IL is safe to say,
according TO police officials, that tho
arrests of this month will fall very
nearly 800 under the number for the
same month last year.
At times during this month as high
as fifty automobile owners have been
arrested at one time by one crew OF
officers. and idlers and loiterers have
been sent into headquarters by tho
wholesale, yet, In spite of those ar
rests. the record has been far better
than the corresponding month of last
year
The decrease in cases has been
mU-e marked in drunk. drunk and
dissrderly and disorderly conduct
than tn any others. and II II had not
been for tie large number OF auto
mobile ordinance violations the rec
ord made by this month would have
been even more astounding.
In June, 1915. for TIL first twenty
five days. COL cases were made for dis
orderly conduct alone. against 40
made for that offense IN until mid
night Sunday. For that same month,
1915. ESQ cases were made for drunk
enness against l59 up until midnight
Sunday In the past those two offenses
have been the banner ones on the
station sergeants blotter.
Last June "a arrests were made for
violations of the prohibition laws.
That number is not exceeded by this
months record on account OF strnu-
Gus work of police and detectives dur
ing May.
1915 were recorded as follows: War
rant. 20; suspicion. 81 disorderiy
conduct, ssl; drunk. ESQ; idling and
lettering, ~; automobile ordinance
violations, %, road ordinance viola
tons 80; violating section 1870, 20;
violating section 1859, 81. and MUIR
der /.
The above. which are known as the
main cases, aggregate l.22s cases. and
with 40 for other offenses bring tho
total up 10 1896,
The total number OF State and city
cases made up until midnight sun
day was 1859.
Chief ". NJ Mayo, when told OF
the comparison in the figures OF the
two months, stated that he knew the
arrests of this month would fall short
OF those for the same month last
year. inasmuch as things In general
had heer far more quiet during this
present month than they had at any
time during the wear 1915
The police department has been re-
ceiving congratulations during the
past several weeks for the effaciene
manner in which the city Is being po-
Iced Captains Dobbs, Terry and
Poole have been complinented for
their watches, and Chief Mayo has
been commended for the entire d.
partment on the work which the
force Is doing.
There have been fewer hurrlaries
during the past month than at any
other time in a numb of years, but
more arrests have been made for at
tempted burglary. In one instance
plain clothes officers arrested three
men trying TO break into a building
on South Forsyth Street.