The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-04
THE DEN OF INFAMY.
The Nest OF Americas Great
Social EVIL.
THE DEATH OF MARY GEARY.
Arrest of the Doctor and the Harridan
Of the HOVel.
A Revolving Pioture-~an This Traffic
Be Crushed2


Be Crushed?
"Have You seen the Slaughter Mil In Chatham
street, where Evans, the abortion doctor, had his
victims 2n SAID Captain Kennedy OF the Sixth pre-
cinct police to HERALD reporter last evening, at
mis- residence In City Hall place.
mo, have not" said the reporter, 'but would
like to see It, II you have time TO take me there"
.Come around with me at once" said Captain
Kennedy; before God l believe 1t is the worst
slaughter pen ever saw. Talk about sedan ana
ADdersoDvie, this Is awful"
We walked hastily from the station house around
into Chatham street. encountering the crowds OF
people who were business and pleasure bent,
the shops brilliantly lighted and the noise OF the
rraflc rising above the roofs OF the houses In the
street. We halted at No. On Chatham street, three
story brick building painted OF duh gray color,
the-upper windows OF which were In wreck, the
green blinds being smashed and torn as If by dis.
charges OF mnsketry Below, on the ground floor,
was q cheap jewelry store on one side and on The
other cookery and China ware shop, the latter
having extension back Of the man building with
an arched and pointed skylight, dirty and dark.
There was o big wooden clock hanging from the
upper part OF the window OF the jewelry store and
q number Of people were buying and selling In q
calm way In the crockery shop.
THE BLOODY SHOP
was MP stairs. dark stairs and entry led TO II.
The staircase OF wood, very dirty and only tour
feet wide by actual measurement. The lintes OF the
slEeet door were covered with showbills, with the
names Of "Dr. Powers and "Dr. Evansn in large
characters.
The captain ana the reporter went up two lights
OF this dark and narrow staircase, and everything
seemed like grave. There was the smell OF a char
mel house In the place. The Angel OF the Valley or
the Shadow OF Death had been busy In this den.
We knocked and entered, the door being opened
by wizen.faced old man Of seventy years, with o
thin fringe OF white whskers, pair OF bleared eyes
and a bent STOPPING back. He opened the door
slowly and with reluctance and seemed dumblounded
with q deep-abid terror
''Ths is old Peter Walsh, the helper and patter up
Of pills for the doctorn said the Captain to the re-
porter. There's policeman down stairs looking
after him, 50 that he can't Get away or destroy any
thmg.n
Il don't want TO destroy nothink,n said the old
wretch, IN voice that sounded like December wind
IN q chimney
In the drst room which we entered dreadful,
ioathsome smell prevailed, and there was a name
blood.
In awful suffering" said the Captain. "how many
beds were here, Walsh ~ he asked suddenly OF the
old man, who turned around In jump his old
wheszX bones seeming TO snap llke eas1anes by the
There was four, SIR Mary Geary laid over there;
pointing 70 corner OF the room, "whore she died in
COMMISSIONS. There was another gal In mat corner;
they called her Gusty Lanning. After she was con.
nped she land there for five months with the cns
ana fever. Why, some OF them ud be confined and
get up the next day after taking the red pills. and
some OF them would jump all over the beds IN con-
II was ten feet across the room and sixteen feet in
depth. In this small room, or, rather, hel!hole
which the Almighty looked down upon on last SAT-
women lay while one OF them was passing out OF
the world In q dim, uncertain way, soul and body
Tacked with misery and pain Four beds III q room
sixteen feet by ten! Why, only the ingenuity OF a
devil could pack them in such space. And not
one corner was an enclosure OF boards, which con-
tanned the safe OF DR.. Evans where the ill-gotten
and bloody gains OF q lifetime were stored.
Dark stains and streaks Of blood covered the dirty
floor like the colored lines OF railway on o map. A
from other rooms we had not seen. There were oun
dies OF bloody blankets, bed ticks pillows, bloody
stockings and linen IN heaps. An old mantelpiece
OF carved wood adorned the r0oM
'How many poor girls died heref ~ said Captain
Kennedy 10 OLD Peter Walsh.
old wretch, and he trembled ike Leaf. ''fhere
was always lot OF them here from Time to time
gals as got In troublen
We enierd the next ROOM which was covered
with shelves nom floor to ceiling Every shelf was
crowded with the internal implements Of the abor-
Zionist There were naBkS and jars, bottles and
Walls, glass retorts glass implements and steel con-
trivanOes There were huge packages OF essences
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gray and globular shape; paper boxes and heaps OF
cigar boxes. There were sharp steel nles on which
OF bills and receipts for money were placed
for reference. There were books OF medi-
cine, and works on poison and. and agriculture and
another emitted "The Way which Leads
10 Fortune" and six volumes OF the Journal or
waite's "Retrospect.n Snch litter was never
before seen. The floor was strewn ankle deep.
and single women OF supposed respectaDity, resi-
Gent n Ell parts o. the United States o small gilt
whence majority Of the letters came, which were
written BY women who should never have learned
form. in which married women were taught how
70 sap The manhood q ne AMERICAN
people BY rapid destruction 9 their
In the numerous drawers with which she room was
numbered, with articles on which Doctor Evans
Of g. was AMONG a1y
several copies Of me 7a75une Weekly Newspaper
specially marked. The mind Of Evans, ALIAS
Lookup, ran on these and kindred SUBJECTS.
tain Ksnheay Of old Was nedng several boxes
and Walls. while he held q dark lantern over the
II dunno, dunno. The doctor gave ,eyn TO gals
never used them: had nothing 10 DO with it.n
care yoa sure Of that ~ said Kennedy
Yes yes" shiverlugy. ~ only get three dollars
week Gnu me Doar''. 1 and another man used 10
make up the pills and medicines and that Kept US
busy all the time. Mrs. Dickson tended TO the gals
] am an old man, sixty six years OF age ana was
born in the First ward. havnt got chick or child
only one sister. We only charged three dollars
for gals board when she came here, and we got
II IN advance always. don't know whether any OF
them died after they left here. We couldn't help it
u they did, said the old man, in a weak, w6iny
tone. as rheum trickea from his feeble old eyes.
There were i've small rooms on he Moor, all OF
which were Uttered by these miscellaneous evidences
Of infamy. IL Is something terrible 10 think that
there are thousand other quack physicians Of the
same kidney Evans IN Tins country, all OF whom
are doing Q hellisnly prosperous business Fifty
gears more Of the same business and the American
people wall have deteriorated 70 the level OF Lap
landers
We went into the next room and found litter OF
he'd clothing covered aud saturated with human
blood and on the back shed milk can fell OF blood.
Old Walsh shrunk back like whipped cur when he
was told 70 show chs.