Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-25
Y MORE ARRESTS
IN 1924 7 H AN
IN PREVIOUS YEAR

The Waterville Police department
was called upon to make II more
arrests during the municipal year
just closed than was the case the
preceding year, as is shown by a
comparison between this years re-
port Of City Marshal William Muir
ray. recently issued. Last year there
were 15S cases for the police to ham
die and this year the number had
increased to 10. That the use of
the horse is on the wane may be wit
messed by the fact that there were
seven runaways the year before last
as against but two last year.
Captain Murray's report follows:
Waterville, Me-, Feb. >, 1925.
To His Honor the Mayor and City
Council:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report of
the Police department for the year
ending January 81, 1925.
Personnel of department-Willi
II. Murray, city marshal: George H.
simpson, deputy marshal: Ralph c..
Blunt, deputy marshal.
Regular ofiicers-Napoleon Bur-
CESS. George P. Beckett, Wallace j..
Breard, Joseph $. Poirior, Louis
Rancourt. Joseph st. Peter, Ernest
A. Simpson.
There are also about IS special Of
ficers. The following is a report of
the number of arrests for all causes
during the past municipal year:
ARRAY, >; arrested for out of town
ofncers. .; assault and battery, IS;
begging, :; breaking and entering, 4:
driving away after accident without
making self known. 1: evading rail-
road fare. Z: false registration of au-
tomobile, !; forgery. ); idle and dis
orderly, 3; illegal possession of intox-
lcat1ng liquor, i; indecent exposure
OF person, 1; insane, z: intoXication.
a.; larceny. II: larceny of automo-
biles. =; lettering. Z; malicious mis-
cnieI' 1; non-support, 5: obstructing
pubic road, 1: obtaining money UNI
oer raise pretence, /; operating au-
tomobile under influence of liquor,
O. operating automobile without IL
cense' l; operating motorcycle on
sIoewa!k, l; reckless driving of au-
tomobile, 4: selling mortgaged prop
erty. !: selling securities without H.
Cense, 1: single sale of Intoxicating
ilquor' l; wanton and lascivious
~ES~SAAD - AOldl, llO.
Disposal OF Cases
appealed, ): bound over, Is; con-
tinued, l; committed to county jail.
81; discharged. 4; insane hospitai 7.
PAID fine and cost, a; paid cost. II.
placed ON probation, 8: placed on
ME, >; prisoners turned over tn ont
OF town officers, 8; sentence suspend-
co. q; state reformatory for women.
L: state school for boys, .: state
school for girl, =. Total. 40.
Miscellaneous Record
Automobile accidents. 81: attemnt
drowning, rescued by police /, bad
places in streets reported, IS: hal
PAGES on bridges reported, S: breaks.
49, cases Investigated. and reported
Tor out of town officers, II; desert
efs from Army returned, 6: deserters
from navy returned, /: dogs report :
ed lost. found, ?: dogs killed. So:
doors found unlocked. 63; family dis
turbances. called. no arrests made.
70; fires discovered, /; fire alarms
pulled by police, >; fires put out by
police, /; gasoline pumps found open
ana unlocked. 2; homocide (fehicle)
8; homocide train). 1; horses found
ana returned to owners, /: dodgers,
1850; lost children returned to par
vic, ~ pei SOLS lCuIlU on street
sick, 2; persons taken to hospitals, 3:
recluse found and taken care of, !:
runaways returned to Good Will
Farm, 1; runaways returned to par
ents, 4; runaway teams. 2; safes re-
ported unlocked. 2; sheep found and
returned to owners, 2; stolen auto
mobiles recovered, -; stolen auto
mobiles not recovered, 2; stolen BIZ
cycles recovered. 8; stolen goods re-
turned to owners, value, 1901 90:
street lights reported out, 16: sui
cides. 2; talks to school children on
traffic, IA.
want to thank the City Govern
ment. the Committee on Police and
Judge Charles w. Atchley for the
help they have given me during the
past year in connection with my de-
partment.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM n. MURRAY,
CITY Marshal