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Bound over to the Grand Jury. 4
Bound over to keep the peace .. I
Committed to the House of Correction. 9
Sentenced to the House of Correction and sentence suspended
3
Committed to Danvers Hospital
I
Committed to Foxboro Hospital I
Committed to Lyman School.
I
Committed to Mass. Reformatory I
Committed to Sherborn I
Committed to State Farm 2
Committed to Worcester Hospital I
Continued cases 2
Defaulted 2
Discharged 22
Delivered to relatives I
Delivered to out-of-town officers 12
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Fined IIO
Fined and appealed
3I
Nol Prossed .
7
Placed on file 103
Placed on probation 33
Released from the station
37
Sentenced to the State Farm and appealed. 2
Sentenced to the State Farm and sentence sus- pended
I
Sentenced to the House of Correction and appealed. 2
Of the above number, 234 were non-residents, 167 were resi- dents, 28 were juveniles, 14 were females; 23 warrants were served; 153 summons were served ; amount of fines imposed by the Court was $1,483.00.
Persons arrested were of the following nationality :
Belgium
I New Brunswick 3
Canada
2
Norway
I
Denmark
I
Poland 3
England
5
Prince Edward Island. 5
Germany
I Russia I4
Ireland
79
United States 255
Italy
27
Sweden 2
The above number gave as their residences the following cities and towns :
Arlington I67
Lexington
28
Boston 66
Medford
5
Brookline
2
Malden 6
Beverly
I Maine
I
Brockton
3
Melrose
2
Buzzards Bay
I Newton
5
Bedford
2
No Home IO
Cambridge
40
Natick
I
Concord
5
Providence
I
Dracut
I
Somerville
20
Dover
I
St. John, N. B.
I
Everett
I Topsfield
I
Great Barrington
I Woodstock, N. H.
I
Lincoln
I Winchester
9
Lynn
I
Waltham
3
Lowell
4 Woburn
5
Whitman.
I
Scotland I
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MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Accidents 38
Ambulance calls
47
Buildings reported vacant specially protected. 80
Cases investigated
559
Dead bodies cared for. I
Defective hydrants reported
Defective sidewalks or streets reported
23
Defective electric lights reported 278
Defective wires reported 27
Defective water pipes reported
4
Defective gas pipes reported I
Details furnished 7
Dogs killed
25
Disturbances suppressed without arrest.
3I
Fires extinguished without alarm 6 Fire alarms given 2
Injured persons assisted 24
Lanterns placed on dangerous places
60
Lost children cared for
Notices served for Selectmen. I3
2000
Notices served for Board of Health
64
i Officers at fires
3I
Obstructions in street removed
I
Runaway teams secured
I
Sick persons assisted
23
Store doors and windows secured.
87
Stray teams cared for. 8
Search warrants for liquor served. 2
Search warrants for stolen property served. I
Wagon calls
9
Property found, valued at
$337.87
Stolen property recovered, valued at 434.85
"THE MULLINS CASE." March 2Sth, 1908, the body of Annie Mullins, a domestic living and employed in Cambridge, was found in Squire's field, Arlington.
On April 2nd, 1909, two arrests were made by the Cam- bridge police in consequence of a letter received by them from one Elizabeth Delorey, of Carlisle, in March, 1909, in regard to her nephew, Peter Delorey, and a Greek, named James Mantir.
At a trial held at East Cambridge during the month of November, 1909, the jury returned a verdict of guilty for
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murder in the second degree against Mantir and a verdict of guilty of manslaughter against Delorey.
A motion for a new trial was filed by counsel for the de- fendants, and was argued by them before the judges at East Cambridge on Dec. 24, 1909, and the matter taken under advisement.
At this writing the court has denied the motion for a new trial and the defendants will probably be sentenced later.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank Captain Hurley and Inspector Neiland of Cambridge for the conscientious work that was done by them from March 28, 1908, to the time' of the arrests, in assisting this department in one of the strangest cases ever brought to the attention of the police in this State.
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIQUOR AND GAMING LAWS. At a Town Meeting held Nov. 16, 1904, it was Voted, That the sum of $1,000 be appropriated for the suppression of gamb- ling houses, bar rooms, and other nuisances during the years 1904 and 1905, and the prosecution of the proprietors of such places, the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
On Jan. I, 1905, I took charge of this department, deter- mined to enforce these laws to the letter, fearlessly and con- scientiously.
The results obtained speak for themselves. On Jan. I, 1906, the sum of $1,000, which had been appropriated for this purpose, was returned to the Town Treasurer intact. I be- lieve there is no town in this Commonwealth today freer from this curse than the Town of Arlington.
THE POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM. 25,257 duty calls have been rung in by the officers and 738 telephone calls received from them during the year in regard to the various happenings while on their routes.
Without this system this department would have been un- able to perform its duty as well as it has. By its use the officers on their routes are in close touch with the office, and, in cases of emergency they can be sent to a given point in a very short time. It not only registers the time officers arrive at a given point, but also gives them an uninterrupted tele- phone service with police headquarters. Duty calls are rung in at a given time on every route unless some important mat- ter is being attended to. Officers are not allowed to ring the
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same box twice in succession, except in cases of emergency, and are not to follow a certain course or ring a certain box at a fixed time.
There should be three additional boxes put in operation ; one near the junction of Florence and Park avenues, one on Lake street, near the railroad station, and one on Summer Street, near Dudley.
Under the watchful care of Superintendent of Wires LeBar- ron, the system has not been out of commission a minute since it was installed, three years ago.
Boxes are located now as follows :
Box No. 12 Junc. of Henderson and Massachusetts Ave.
14 Junc. of No. Union and Broadway.
15 Junc. of Tufts and Massachusetts Ave.
I4I Junc. of Broadway and Massachusetts Ave.
21 On Medford St., near Lawrence Field.
23 Junc. of Mystic and Fairview Aves.
31 Junc. of Mill and Massachusetts Ave.
32 Junc. of Gray and Bartlett Aves.
34 Junc. of Pleasant and Kensington Road.
41 Junc. of Grove and Massachusetts Ave.
44 Junc. of Forest and Massachusetts Ave.
412 Near the car barns at Arlington Heights.
43I Junc. of Westminster & Westmoreland Ave.
I would respectfully recommend that the sum of $450 be appropriated for the purchase of three additional police boxes.
THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE SERVICE. The police have in- vestigated 29 accident cases and the ambulance has been sent out on 24 cases as follows :
Jan. 9 Mrs. F. A. Dadmund, ambulance called for but not used.
Feb.
2 Harry Shaw, Massachusetts General Hospital.
2 Edward Robitelle, taken to his home.
2 Edward Robitelle, second call to Massachusetts General Hospital.
I4 E. C. Harrington, Massachusetts General Hospital.
15 Leo Bornstein, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Mar. 2I Rebecca Silverman, ambulance called for but not used.
Apr. 22 Edward Leary, ambulance called for but not used.
May 6 Emma J. Gleason, Cambridge Hospital.
June 3 F. C. Howe, taken to the station.
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3 C. H. Kimball, Massachusetts General Hospital.
7 Lemuel Greenland, taken to his home in Everett.
26 Samuel Blesnack, taken to station, later home.
Aug. 7
Herbert Clark, taken to his home.
Aug. 9 Mrs. Chas. Simmons, taken to her home.
25 John McGovern, Massachusetts General Hospital.
3I John Leary, ambulance called for but not used.
3I John Leary, second call to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Sept. II Mr. Vickerson, Massachusetts General Hospital.
22 Natille Iagabitte, taken to the station.
Oct. 2 Unknown, ambulance called but not used.
Nov. 19 Irving Small, from ball field to Dr. Hooker's.
Dec. 6 Mrs. Streeter, Homeopathic Hospital.
There have been 23 calls on this department for assistance and for the use of the ambulance by doctors to remove sick patients to various hospitals and institutions, as follows :
Jan. 14 Wilbert Moore, Massachusetts General, Dr. Atwood.
Feb. II Le Verne Holms, Homeopathic, Dr. Percy.
2I Horace A. Merrill, ambulance called but not used, Dr. Percy.
Mar. 15 Forrest A. Hobbs, Tewkesbury (assistance only), Dr. Webb.
Apr. 4
Mrs. Middleton, Massachusetts General, Dr. San- ford.
I4 Mrs. Joe Stingel, ambulance called, not used, Dr. Sanger.
May 5 Ellen McHenry, Pauper Institute, Boston, J. Mc- Lellan.
June 4 M. Brown, Massachusetts General, Dr. Walsh.
8 P. O'Neil, Massachusetts General, Dr. Webb.
I3 W. F. Jordan, City Hospital (assistance only), Dr. Ring.
July 8 Harry Baxter, Massachusetts General, Dr. Webb. I3 Mrs. Jas. Lowe, Homeopathic, Dr. Webb. 26 William McVicker, Massachusetts General, Dr. Percy.
Aug. 9 Fred J. Woolley, Massachusetts General, Dr. Den- nett.
28 F. V. Blackman, Tewkesbury (assistance only), Dr. Atwood.
Sept. 9 Allan Kennedy, Somerville Hospital, Dr. Champion.
Oct. 15 C. Weir, Tewkesbury (assistance only), Dr. Keegan. Nov. 4 John Stanley, Massachusetts General, Dr. Stickney.
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Dec. 4 James Brennan, Tewkesbury (assistance only), Dr. Keegan.
8 M. Ellingwood, ambulance called, not used, Dr. Hooker.
17 James Carter, Tewkesbury (assistance only), Over- seer of Poor.
17 M. M. Stewart, Tewkesbury (assistance only), Dr. Stickney.
18 James Furse, Russell to Pleasant Street, Dr. Hooker.
The town owns its ambulance, but owns no horse. The ambu- lance is kept at Lyon's stable, and a horse is furnished by them. On one or two occasions no horse was to be had, and to save life an automobile was pressed into service.
There has been paid out by this department for team hire and care of the ambulance $207.93. This includes necessary re- pairs made on ambulance. For medical supplies and necessities in accident cases $11.98 has been paid out, making a total of $219.91.
JUVENILE CASES. Many complaints have been made and in- vestigated in regard to mischievous boys, and the police find this one of its hardest problems to adjust satisfactorily.
It is the policy of this department whenever a serious com- plaint is made against a juvenile to summon him with his parent to this office to talk the matter over. Unless the charge amounts to a felony the offender is required to report to the Chief at regular stated times, bringing a report from his teacher, and endeavoring to influence him to behave, without registering an arrest and a court complaint against him. He is also instructed as to why by-laws are made for the government of the citizens and why they should not be broken with impunity.
In many cases this has been attended with good results and, while it has made more work for this department, it has been instrumental in keeping many boys in the straight and narrow path, and saved them an arrest and appearance in court.
About half the complaints received by this department are in regard to boys. If people would stop to think a moment before making a complaint against a boy to the police, they would recall that they themselves have been guilty of some of the very same things which they now complain of. How many times our parents have gladly adjusted a complaint of an aggrieved neighbor to their satisfaction and our everlasting sorrow without calling in the police. Only as a last resort should people call upon the police for boyish misdemeanors.
I have great sympathy for an offending boy whose parents allow him to be master of the house. If some parents would
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keep a better watch over their children and interest themselves more in their moral welfare there would be less for neighbors to complain about. I believe that, first, instead of complaining to the police about a neighbor's children a person should personally see the offender's parent. If no cessation results from this course, a resort to the police is justifiable.
The calling of the police first tends to create ill-will between those who otherwise would be good neighbors.
On several occasions this department has been criticised for lack of attention given certain sections of the Town by its police. These complaints have been adjusted to the best of my ability, and if these citizens knew the amount of work required of the chief and seven patrolmen of the Town they might be more lenient in their criticism.
That you may know exactly the amount of territory offi- cers have to cover I give the following facts :
The day platoon consists of a chief and two patrolmen, one patrolman having all territory west of the Town Hall and the other all territory east of the Town Hall.
The night platoon consists of an inspector with rank of lieutenant in charge of police headquarters and four patrol- men on the streets.
Route I is covered by Officer Irwin from 7 P. M. to 4 A. M., and covers all territory from Forest Street to the Lexington line, including twelve and one-eighth miles of streets, with houses on every street. Included in this route are Aberdeen, Acton, Ariel, Appleton, Appleton place, Arnold, Argyle, Ash- land, Bow, Claremont Avenue, Cliff, Crescent Hill Avenue, Dundee Road, Eastern Avenue, Elder Terrace, Elmore, Florence Avenue, Forest, Forest Street Place, Hibbert, Hill- side Avenue, Lancaster Road, Lowell, Lowell Street Place, Massachusetts Avenue (from Forest Street to the Lexington line), Montague, Oakland, Park Avenue, Park Circle, Paul Revere Road, Sutherland Road, Sylvia, Tanager, Wauchu- setts Avenue, Westmoreland Avenue, Wollaston Avenue and Williams Streets. This, together with anywhere from 25 to 50 thousand people who congregate around the car barns Sundays and holidays in the summer, make this a most difficult route to handle.
Officer Cahalin has Route No. 2 from 7 P. M. to 4 A. M. This route consists of Massachusetts Avenue, from Mill Street to Forest Street, and all intersecting streets. This route is about eight and three-eighths miles long and includes the following streets: Gray, Irving, Lincoln. Bartlett Avenue, Mill, Ravine, Summer, Schouler Court, Grove, Grove Street
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Place, Dudley, Brattle, Brattle Street Place, Laurel Avenue, Mt. Vernon, Highland Avenue, Walnut, Walnut Court, Fes- senden Road, Robbins Road, Brantwood Road, Jason, Jason Terrace, Kenilworth, Pine and Woodland.
Officer Priest has Route No. 3 from 6 P. M. to 3 A. M. This consists of the business section from the junction of Broadway and Massachusetts. Avenue to Mill Street, with all side streets, and is about eight and one-eighth miles in length. Streets under his care are: Pleasant, Maple, Chapman, Spring Lane, Deveraux, Wellington, Lombard Road, Pelham Ter- race, Addison, Central, Academy, Court, Bacon, Water, Mystic, Russell, Russell Terrace, Chestnut, Old Mystic, Glen, Fairview, Davis, Pearl, Swan, Swan Street Place, Kensington Road, Lakeview, Prescott, and Massachusetts Avenue from Broadway to Mill Street.
Officer Ryan has Route No. 4 from 7 P. M. to 4 A. M .. His route extends from the Medford, Somerville, Cambridge and Belmont lines to the Monument at the junction of Broadway and Massachusetts Avenue.
The route is about eleven and seven-eighth miles long and includes the following streets: Henderson, Cross, Teel, Cot- tage, Sawin, Marathon, Cleveland, Winter, Monument Place, Tufts, Belknap, Linwood, Wyman, Palmer, Franklin, Whit- temore, Avon, Avon Place, Magnolia, Lake, Broadway, Brooks, Barnes, Fremont, Gardner, Fairmount, No. Union, River, Warren, Park, Park Place, Beacon, Lewis, Hamlet, Medford, Orchard Terrace, Pond Lane, Coral, Parallel, Or- chard Place, Decatur, Laurel, Moore Place, Norcross, Sunny- side, Webster, Lake Avenue, and Massachusetts Avenue from the Cambridge line to the Monument at the junction of Broadway.
With the constant increase in population and resultant amount of work necessarily involved to give the citizens satisfactory police service, I feel that the time has arrived when the citizens have a right to demand better protection at night than is possible under conditions that now exist. To do this there should be at least three additional men ap- pointed to this department. This would entail an increase in the appropriation of $2737.50, but would be offset by a better feeling of security than can possibly exist at the pres- ent time.
Perhaps at this time, having had charge of this department for five years, a comparison of some of the conditions as they existed from 1900 to 1905 with conditions of the last five years would not be out of place, to show you, the citizens
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of Arlington, some of the more important facts which have been overlooked.
With a population of 8,603 in 1900, your police depart- ment consisted of a Chief and eight patrolmen, or practically one patrolman for every 1,000 inhabitants. The Chief and two patrolmen were on duty during the day, and six patrol- men during the night, one in charge of the Station and five patrolling the streets. During this time 325 minor cases were investigated and 796 cases brought to the attention of the Court, and the amount of fines from Court proceedings returned to the Town Treasurer was $1,234.06.
During this period, 1900-1905, the Town maintained at the Poor Farm on Summer Street quarters for the housing of tramps or lodgers. A person desiring lodgings for the night could call at the Police Station and receive from the officer in charge of the Station a ticket which entitled the bearer to admission and a night's lodging; 2,196 persons applied for permits and were taken care of by the Town during this time.
The various offences for which persons were arrested were as follows :-
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
Adultery
2
Arson ..
1
1
Assault on officer.
1
Assault .
7
10
10
9
6
Attempt to steal.
1
1
2
Breaking and entering.
7
4
5
Capias
2
2
2
Common drunkard.
2
1
Conveying leased property
1
Cruelty to animals.
1
1
Default
5
3
1
2
Deserter.
1
1
Disturbance of the peace.
21
19
18
11
11
Dipsomaniac
106
63
60
45
62
Disorderly conduct.
1
Disorderly house.
1
Disturbance in a public conveyance.
1
Escaped prisoner.
2
2
1
Evading car fare.
3
False pretense.
1
1
2
1
Forgery.
Gaming on the Lord's day.
9
2
7
Insane.
3
2
3
1
.
.. .
....
1
Drunkenness.
Defacing private property.
1
Bastardy.
2
.
..
2
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1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
Larceny .
14
20
11
9
6
Liquor nuisance.
1
2
Malicious mischief.
2
4
1
5
1
Murder .
1
. .
Manslaughter.
1
Non-support
1
3
2
4
4
Perjury .
Pickpocket.
1
Rape.
1
Receiving stolen property.
1
Riding on sidewalk.
2
Runaway boys.
2
Stealing a ride.
1
2
Stubborn child.
1
Suspicion
3
1
Truancy.
1
2
4
Trespass
35
20
14
4
Tramp .
2
3
1
..
Violation of by-laws.
9
7
2
2
Violation of the liquor laws.
3
6
4
Violation of fish and game laws.
2
1
Walking on railroad tracks
..
1
4
Totals
232
151
155
127
131
From 1905, with a known population then of 9,672, to the present time, with a population estimated conservatively at 11,500, the Police Department has consisted of only seven men and a Chief.
During the day the Chief and two patrolmen are on duty, and at night an Inspector, with rank of Lieutenant, is in charge of the Station, with four men patrolling the streets.
Of the thoroughness with which this department has done its work little needs to be said when, with one less in num- ber, three notorious houses were closed at once, 1,821 com- plaints were received and investigated, 1,582 cases were brought to the attention of the Court, $3,402.30 in fines have been turned over to your Town Treasurer, and the tramp nuisance abolished.
After issuing 61 permits to tramps, they were warned to keep out of Arlington and have done so. Where dozens were formerly seen, only a stray one can be found nowadays.
The following list shows a table of offences committed and arrests made from 1905 to 1910 :-
2
Vagrant.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
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1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
Abduction.
1
Accessory before the fact (abduction) ..
1
Accessory after the fact (assault to murder).
1
Adultery
1
1
Admitting minors to pool rooms.
1
Adulterated milk selling.
1
Alien gunning without a license.
1
Assault on officer
2
Assault and battery.
6
10
9
13
13
Assault with dangerous weapon.
1
2
Assault with intent to murder.
4
Assault with intent to rape.
1
Assault and robbery
2
Assuming to be inn holder
1
Attempt larcency.
1
3
1
Being present at gaming.
32
7
Breaking glass.
1
1
Breaking and entering.
8
11
7
6
Breaking street lights
2
Burning a building.
4
Capias .
3
6
5
10
12
Common drunkard.
1
Carrying revolver without license.
2
Cruelty to animals ..
1
2
4
2
Defrauding boarding house keeper.
1
Discharging firecrackers.
1
Default .
1
Deserter.
1
Disturbance of the peace.
13
8
18
20
34
Disturbance on street car ..
13
5
2
4
Discharging firearms in street ..
1
1
4
Defacing public building.
2
Disorderly conduct ..
1
Drunkenness
186
136
134
141
151
Forgery ..
1
1
Gaming on Lord's day.
6
9
6
Giving short measure ..
1
Having native song birds in possession
1
Having bob-veal with intent to sell.
Illegal taking team.
2
4
..
2
2
Liquor nuisance
5
2
Liquor keeping ...
1
1
..
Liquor law violation.
4
2
Keeping gaming nuisance.
2
Keeping open shop on Lord's day.
1
Keeping unlicensed dog.
1
Insane ..
4
4
2
Indecent exposure
2
1
1
Indecent assault.
1
Larcency
16
13
15
31
13
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
Bastardy
2
Committing nuisance in public street.
·
1
· .
Illegal transportation of liquor.
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1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
Larcency from building ..
3
1
Lewd and lacivious conduct.
2
Malicious mischief.
2
1
Malicious injury to personal property.
2
Non-support
3
1
6
4
Neglected children.
3
3
Peddling without license.
3
Placing explosives on track.
1
...
Pulling false alarms of fire.
1
Obstructing a street.
1
.. .
Rape.
4
Riding on sidewalk.
2
Receiving stolen property.
1
1
1
Runaway boys.
2
Setting fires.
2
Safe keeping.
3
5
1
1
Stubborn child ..
1
2
2
Selling adulterated cider ..
3
Selling tobacco and cigarettes to minors.
4
Selling obscene pictures.
1
Selling newspapers without license.
1
Suspicion .
1
Tearing down legal notice.
1
Throwing stones at trains.
Tramps .
1
Track walking.
6
Trespass and larceny.
6
10
4
4
4
Trespass ..
4
5
Using registered milk cans of others.
2
Unlawful use of milk cans.
1
Vagrancy
2
1
2
2
9
Violation of automobile laws.
3
14
21
12
94
Violation of Board of Health rules
2
2
10
1
Violation of probation.
2
1
4
3
2
Violation of by-laws.
1
9
11
Violation of school regulations
1
Totals
339
246
296
300
401
...
...
.
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. .
.
.
Selling cranberries by liquid measure.
1
.
.
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·
. .
·
·
.
. .
1
Slaughtering without license.
Truancy.
.. .
The amount spent for the maintenance of this department from 1905 to 1910 in round figures was $46,367.64, from which, if the sum of $3,402.30 which was received from fines was deducted, would leave a net cost of $42,965.34.
This shows that in the last five years, with a third more population to care for, with twice the actual business done, with one less patrolman and increased pay for the remainder,
2
Painting house on Lord's day.
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there has been a small saving to the Town over the five years previous.
Complaints received and investigated from 1900 to
1905
325
Complaints received and investigated from 1905 to
1910 1,821
Cases in Court from 1900 to 1905. 796
Cases in Court from 1905 to 1910.
1,582
Amount of fines received from 1900 to 1905. 1905 to 1910 3,402.30
$1,198.46
Number of lodgers from 1900 to 1905. 2,196
1905 to 1910 61
COST OF DEPARTMENT.
1900
$9,162.17
1905
$8,544.10
190I
.9,097.34
1906
8,987.74
1902
8,978.99
1907
9,550.83
1903
8,844.30
1908
9,888.45
1904
8,787,24
1909
9,396.52
$44,870.04
$46,367.64
Less fines received .. 1,198.40
Less fines received ..
3,402.30
Net cost
$43,671.58
Net cost . $42,965.34
This particular age seems to be one in which we are apt to say "how can I evade the law" rather than "how can I best obey."
This has been brought to my mind rather forcibly on num- erous occasions, and Police Commissioner O'Meara of Bos- ton in his report has well said that there are certain offences against law which all persons, even those guilty of them, acknowledge to be criminal. Murder, arson, burglary, rob- bery and the like may be called natural crimes, and not even a professional criminal will argue to the contrary or profess that he in particular should be allowed to commit them.
He will escape if he can, but he never questions the pro- priety of the most strenuous action on the part of the police to catch him, to procure his punishment, and to prevent others from following his example.
Civilized life requires many laws and ordinances in order to promote comfort, health, safety, and morality of the people. These laws are, however, disputed at every point by persons
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that know that they could hardly live without them as a whole, and yet insist upon their right to break such of them as they see fit or find convenient. The man who sells meat and groceries on the Sabbath day and feels injured because he is fined, is a firm friend of the law which punishes the reckless driving of an automobile; but the driver, while dis- gruntled with auto law and with the police who check his course, believes the man who broke the Sabbath laws was punished less than he deserved.
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