Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-08-13


ENoda> Of Abandoned W emes, &c., dc.
The Cbics go papers for some time plst hays
shpctd 10 the increase OF the sgrsst osial
svif IN that city. The Board OF Police, At q
recent session. passea the following stringent
ordered-That the Super niepdeut OF Pohos
teS directsd to cause astice TO Be 1eft at ALI
buildings which are s.pposed to bs occupied
CT paronfsec by dssordcriy, vaerast or other
persons OF Illegal practices, that from ana AZ.
Ter forty. eight hours from the date OF lea Wing
ssaa pottee all legal means. will be rssorted 70
lor the parposs OF promptly enforcing the or
oisance of the city and laws OF the STATE
aesiEst such persons , ,-...
IRE Chicaeo Post of Monday contains the
,'rn9 ,oo9Wpg startling narrative Of the effects
-"The notices we're served on rhur.aav nv
Ieasipg copies at larga number OF houess oc
cupied by disreputable females W. a. nce
hear that any notice. wer. s.rv.a nn ,ss
backlegs or any other 'disorder,y, ,srra -
the sex masculine. Indeed, the sudnanf. 80 -.
tuous resolutions OF the Police Comm,s.ion.-.
appear to be wholly directed, in the nrsssrt
case, against women. Possibly they NAV mr.
pose that II they can succeed in vauouishin1
The women their male confreres will disappear.
and save the trouble and danger ofa campaign
against an enemy composed Of veterans who
have smelt guppowder.
"The forty EIGHT hours grace mentioned I'm
the notices expired yesterday. The terrible
effects produced by the order, whether antici-
pated or not have burst upon the community
with all their melancholy reality.
"Lhe nrst fruits OF the order were the violent
deaths, by their own hands, of two abandonsd
women, who, terrified by the threatened ysn--
geanoe OF the authorittes-the nature and xtsne
OF which they were utterly ignorant but which
In their minds, excited and con founded by the
mysterious skrmishlne Of the police, had be.
come arrayed with all the terrors of the racr
or slow fire-had chosen voluntary dea:h tn
the unknown agonies hey believed to be i'm
store Tor them. The name Of one OF them was
Annie Wallace, young woman OF only eight
cen years, and the daughter OF respectable
parents residing in Bridgeport. About four
months ago, concealiEg her destination from
ber friends, she took up her abode in a house
of i'll fame, kept by Mrs. Anna Bell, az 300
Clark street, and there entered upon life of
shame. With her 1t was as short as it was in
glorious. Scarcely yet recovered from the first
wild and intoxicating excitement OF a wanton's
lie, she found herself without friends whom
she dared 20 approach, subjected to the over
whelming storm which had burst upon her
Afraid 10 face an uncertain fate, on Friday
evening she drank OF poisoned cup aud died
by her own hand.
Another victim to the rein Of terror was a
Mrs Repny, whose maiden name was Magic
G1ynn. She closed a life OF many vioisstudes
on Friday night, from the effects of laudanum
admin stored by her own hand. The Cor ouer
held Inquests yesterday upon the bodies of the
two unfortunate women, and the jury returned
verdlcts in both cases OF death by suicide.
There were reports current upon the streets
last night OF yet other cases OF self-destruction
by these panic. stricken females. According to
one OF these six women took a hack and went
a considerable distance on the North Side,
where they left the conveyance and proceeded
to the lake shore and deliberately thre " them
selves into the water and were drowned. 1t
Is impossible as yet 70 obtain the real facts in
the case. There are other rumors abroad OF
an equally startling nature. but time alone can
determine upontwhdt foundation they rest. or
an intense and widely spread panic there can
be doubt
"While some of the prostitutes have thus
taken the fearful responsibility o, ending their
own miserable existence, others, IN large num-
hers, are flying from the city in all directions.
The police authorities state that the numbers
known to have fed are as folio ows For Oin-
cinnati. 80; Tor ST. Louis, 60, and for Pittsburg,
49, Besides these, there Is reason TO believe
that large numbers have left for other parts,
some going by private conveyance.
mo cemohstration was made last night, as
expected, by the police, further than placing
strong patrol force upon Wells and Ozark
streets. If the terror already created does not
rapidly abate it will be dificult for the present
to find one of this class Of persons of waom to
make an example. The order Of the police
commissioners is accomplishing its work most
rapidly. Now that the great hammer Is about
to fall, let us hope that some OF the offeuders Of
the male persuasion will teel its weight. When
will the gamblers turn come I"