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Show THE POLICE YS GRIMIN ALS. The Police Apologist of "The TritK' une" GIVES UP HIS SELF-APPOINTED JOB IN DESPAIR And Eaises the Old Familiar Cry. THE "NEWS" CORROBORATES "THE TIMES." The Strons Array of Facta Presented' by the People's Champion Cannift Be Successfully Refuted and It Efforts to Protect the Public Are' Denounced as an Attempt to Gain. J Vote for Cannon A Pitiable Efforts The Record Up to Date. The Tribxne this morning; descends fromi the high and lofty pedestal it occupied yea-' terday morning and trader the caption? "Injurious Sensationalism meekly attempts! to again defend the heads of the police der partment, who are charged by Tits Tines; with being unable to cope with the criminal now infesting, this city. The defense is a pit!-, able one and excites derision even where Its author expected ta receive approval. Tbev facts presented in last nighf-a Ttme3 were ; evidently too much for the police apologist, for bis former cry of "Sensation! Sensation!" Sensa-tion!" has been changed to the old-tims snarl of "Mormon! Mormon!" and the ridiculous ri-diculous charge Is made that this paper in its crusade against incompetency is actuated solely by one desire, to make campaign capital cap-ital for Cannon. Hers is a sample of its dribble: The other evening paper, which appears to coo- . sider it eboential to its campaign 1 ji Cannon to show that there is "a carniTal of erime" in thi j -city, and whose idea in urging people to comet).' v the city and live seems to fce to insist that if ther ' do, tliey will not be secure In their persona ayjjj - . property, follows up thf rseka ltt f!ie ti, " ' aatae Mornyaa naper, witi tlw etnkijfvH S.rui - -in detail that, wkertass the-iVf claioiitthe fOAitx department suprfses information, Thi Xirs shoots tht the i'rtb-une prints a startling srnvr of cases. , Exactly; but the writer, In his hurry, n- doubt, fore-ot to state that the items men-.' . tioned appeared first in these columns. -i. In pleasing contrast to the assertions cE " " the muzzled organ, the following appears iiji lost night's issue of the Jfetcs: At no time since the "reign of terror," which prevailed here two years ago under 'LJberai,' rule, or rather misrule, have so many crimes been committed without the apprebbatuon of perpetrators as at the present. Daily and nlghtiy.. for more than a month past, burglars, loovjadw safe-blowers and crooks of dlfTereiit deer havt been "toeoestuUy working the town.11 Uui3Uig. that time ob solitary housebreaker was qpn- dieted. For this act of justice, however, the puticet department can take but little credit, as tn xo! ber was rua down and raptured by a cifiuen wti ; turned him over to an officer. This morning the Tribune rushed fc the reectm of the police force and retera to the publication ' in the evening papers of cum accounts of some aj" these criminal exploits as a "lot of rubbish" aa(l endeavors to show that it was all "staff," that th cases were not "known at police headquarters.". The secret file kept by the desk fcereante will ' show that most of the caes wwre reported at th.' poilce station. When the newspaper men asked for information the same stereotyped answer, "nothing new today," was always given. Of thin there is nobody better aware than the Tribimft police representative. . If corroboration of the record presented ia last night's Times were needed we woukl not have to look further for tt than tho above, but if additional proof Is wanted it, can be secured from tha police reporters of the Tribune. They have been the strongest objectors against the system of secrecy la vogue at the police headquarters, and rx one knows it better than the police apologist. apolo-gist. Since the record was published last night, the following additional cases have come tis ' the knowledge of The Times: September 21 An attempt was made to en, ter the residence of Colonel Joha W. Don : nellan at 643 East First South street. September 22 An attempt was made to burglarize the residence of E. W. Whitte more, ia Snarr's court, off Sixth South. ' street, near Third West September 2S Ac attempt was made to env ter the residence el E. Knowlton, also ta, Snarr's court. RECAPITULATION Total to date 3 I Burglars arret'. 1 |