Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-26

arrested persons were discharged for
want of sufficient evidence.
March Worst Month
March saw more arrests made by
city patrolmen and detectives than
any other month of the year. During
the 81 days OF this month. no fewer
than 164 persons found themselves in
the tolls of the Harrisburg police de-
partment. February ran a close Sec
ond with 140 arrests being made in
that shortened month.
While records for December are in
complete. this month promises to
hold the record for the least arrests.
During the Ilrst 22 days. but 35 ar
rests were made, and on this basis.
less than SO will be made until the
month is ended. OF the complete
months. July. the first of wartime
prohibition holds the record with but
6S arrests.
An idea of the part played by in
tCxicants in increasing business of
the police department. may be gained
when it is realized that in no in
stance did the arrests in any one
month since July 1, equal the record
of the best month prior to that time.
The arrests by months are:
January, IL; February. 40; March.
1854: April, 1876; May, 109; June, III,
July. 6S; August. 81: September, 70;
October, 81; November, SO; December,
1-22, 35. Total, 1895.
While less property was stolen in
the last half of 1919, one month Of
this period, October, holds the record
for both the amount of property stol-
en- and recovered. Almost one-half
the property stolen during the second
half of the year was reported lost
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s13, ,104. This amount included the loss
on nine stolen automobiles. In this
same month, property worth S10,7S6,
including ak automobiles, was re-
covered.
Another month of the wartime pro-
hibition period, July. holds the record
for the least amount of property stol-
en- and recovered. Reports show that
Si,O25 worth of property was stolen
and $1,257 worth recovered.
Monthly Reports
The figures by months are:
January-stolen. SS,194; recovered.
s5,430. February-stolen, $4,000; re-
covered. $2.4S6. March-stolen, $5,-
$50; recovered, 5000. April-stolen,
sG,767: recovered, $5.465. May-stol
stolen. S2.050; recovered, S2,422; July
stolen. $1,025; recovered. $1.2s7.
August-stolen, $2.915; recovered, So
400. September-stolen. $5.131; re-
covered, s1.691. October-stolen. s13,-
1o4; recovered, S10,7S6. November
stolen. S1,193; recovered. $2.4O. De-
ccmber, 1-22-stolen. sass; recover
ed, $1.145. Total-stolen, $57,S12; re-
covered, $40,402.
Automobiles stolen and recovered
during 1919 are fewer than for 1919,
according to the police records. A
total of so automobiles were stolen
as compared to 81 recovered. In both
January and October. nine automo-
biles were stolen, while in October, 6
we're recovered. These are the high
water water marks. In one month.
July, no automobiles were stolen.
Although less property has been
stolen and recovered this year than
last more robberies and larcenies
have been reported to police head
quarters. These have been more
trifiing in nature than last year.
Last year a large number of automo-
biles were stolen and recovered, and
boosted figures. This year, a total
of 377 robberies and larcenies were
reported. October. with 6S complaints
and February with 12 COMPLAINTS
hold the high and low records of the
year.