New-York tribune., 1871-05-05

beds eaeh, and says that he docs nos cafo '" '' -,
than twenty lodger He is scrupulous about the evoh
=, na "a senstye as to the reputation OF his in
stttton This house 10 the only one visted Dy tno TO
rorer where different rooms assigned 10 dlnorehs
nexes The boarders wretchediooking soV po"s
buking fellows with rufan written on e'crs hho y,
their faces and ruined women one oi TUG iat'o' ""'
.hocked when the reporter entered inc roo" "no'o ~
lay In n state of maudln intoxieation' ONO uon
lecture on modesty, whereof the ehect was some m
parcd by profuson OF explosives and ended py warn
ing him OF the premises These rooms were aiSo hoa
TO an extraordinary degree. Not pfeath vi no'u a
pepetrated tho cells where human peihgS ay
sleeping their breath came and went heavily ana In
ersps as though tho lungs were snnerins lor ono P
imitation. Their sleep dreamy ana re'tess' anu 'no
b.pds NJ the women often stretched out and cutchcd
spasmodlcay az n suffering and struggling TOT Sone
thing There were children here, too-puny' "as'eu
things with large heads and small bodies uneasy I'D
their sleep; while the old man wandered ABOUT hmonS
them peering into this face, now into that' un,
moved by the sight Of the misery and suueiing aFouu
| him without one spark Of human pity In his hfe
No "a Baxter-st is hole In the ground Is or 20 feet
below the sidewalk more like q than human haDi-
atop 1t can accommodate 10 persons, and fequented
| by yagrants and thieves Of the lowest class
No. At Baxter-st. Is known as "Bottlealiey. name
derived from the fact that many OF Its denizens are
identified with the bottle interest. There are but TWO
houses here kept by negroes and patrenzed by
ohimne cotton thieves and their
PARK AND MULBERRY RY-sTREErs.
Mrs loughlins establishment Is at No. 81 Parkst This
| IA clearinghouse, house OF illfame and theVinS
dem Men are entced into the house by women OF she
worst tamp taken to the baror the house boasts one
filled with all liquor they want tdrugSed liquor
and then when poweress and unGonscious, are robDed
and beaten thrust into the street Apart from the
stories told OF it, tho appearance Of the place ana OF S
inhabitants condemns It, and II is said that yeils OF PAIN
| the fate Of
property is part Of the VIM. Nealis estate.
No SO Park-st. is conducted on the same plan by
| Mrs johnson who lately arrested on charge OF
burglary. The premises owned by Frederick Gregory
| Jones of Worth-st.
sign above the cellar-door Of No. 20 Muberry-st.
announces that the Travellers Rest" Is kept within by
Mr. Crowley The Rest" consists OF two rooms ana
four beds and will lodge about l6 persons Ihe mousse Is
| owned by william Gilmartin who resides at no. 40
enry-st Mrs Harrington accommodates ten lodgers OF
both sexes at No. "a Mulberryst. No. 80 Muberry-st
Mrs Cuff proprietor, Of tho most notorious pens
in New-York 1t boasts two rooms and seven BEDS Tho
dodgers consist young female shopifters prosti-
ranging In from to lo and their Lovers VINO
are sneak thieves Last Summer Mrs Cuffs son robbed
odger had been enticed to the house. OF Is sover
eigns and when detected passed them to confederate
who In endeavorng 10 escape dropped them In an ad'
Joining yard The place is i'll kept dirty and rank with
poisonous exhalatons and its influence is wide and bad
In evening IT is the loafng place OF young nen ana
at night tie plotting place Of thieves and burglars
Jerry Hartnett keeps theving den in Muberry-st
It is tho of the lowest characters who stick Mt no
crime. Three years ago man named McCabe applied
there for lodgings one night When taken In he was
drunk; In morning he dead, brutaliy murdered
by some OF gang who nfest the place. Hartnet was
suspected OF completely in tho affair, but nothing was
ever done the murdered man was soon forgotten ana
the den still exisswhle the proprietor carries Oh the
same trade.
"Free Love Hall" is a room In the OF No IS Null
berry and In kept by Mrs. Flynn. 1t is supposed to
be odginghouse. but is in fact the headquarters and
home of gang young thieves and female shopfters
This house ID also part OF the VIM. Neas estate
"THE BIIKERs"
No Mission place. sometimes known as iIitte Water
st. the home OF ring Of the worst kind or thieves
They are called the bilkers" and description OF their
nodus operand may be interesting. A girl entices
stranger into deceny furnished room and having Sc
price of her Establishments in advance, leaves
the alone frivolous excuse promising to
return During her absence her lover arrives and
finding stranger in his room. thrashes him soundly
and kicks him out. Meeting the girl at such house as
Mssion-place, he divides the "bilk" or pro-
ceed" with her. aad she starts for fresh spoils The
house is kept by lady known as Mary the Washer
woman" and owned by tea firm doing business ut tho
corner OF Wall and Front-sts.
The cellar OF No i6i Leonard-st. is kept by negro
named Jake Davis fer odgn ghouse. and Is the resort
OF negro thieves and white prostitutes. On Saturday
~
feet is metamerphosed into dancehouse Mrs Tracey,
alias Apple Mary" white woman, takes dodgers at
No. Leohardst. She is the sister OF Mrs Coughn OF
Parkst. and the wife OF a negro named Hank Waters
The place also negro dance house and dining saloon
and well supported by low characters of both sexes
and colors.
Jimmy the Coffeecooler rents the cellar Of No 4i
Pearl-st for lodging house. The promises owned
by John Ward undertaken, who resides In the house.
The cellar of No. Pearlst is conducted by Mrs Sull
1t is dark. nasty hole and only frequented by
fugtyes from justice. 1t Is owned by John Murray,
clothicr, OF No. 493 Pearl-st
No II Mott-st house Of illfame, end frequented by
bad characters. owned by p. QUINN baker No So
Muberryst. No. Sc Parks Is leased by the notor
Mrs. Green formerly the mistress OF the Old Brew
ery 1t is sublet by her to old hag, who keeps
OF prostitution and seeretes bad characters 1t Is
owned by the Anthony Crown estate Nos. 81, 80. and
IS James-st., known the barracks" almost
cusvey devoted to lodging This has been tho
OF several murders Wagner and Ferris killed their
wives here few years Whisky is the principal diet
| Of tho lodgers."
TOO DRUNK TO REPLY.
At No. 90 Jamess the reporter found lodging house,
but who keeps IL he unable to ascertain. 1t
was OF the lowest and dirtest he visited.
about so years old and about 25 holding
drunken filthy orge and were too far gone in liquor to
answer any questions.
| Fishersalley, in Oak-st., between Roosevelt and
| James-sts, owned by Morris Silverstoin
ia Xterst and Ia flied with lodging and thevng dens.
There Ia another alley In Cherrys running from Ro0se
welt TO Pearst, under large tenementbuildng filled
with odgngrooms used 10y Dutch, Chinese, and Irish,
and resOrted to by thieves. IL s in fearful state OF
dapdaon; the building unsafe, the stairways in
Tickety condition. and the whole furnace OF iniquity
| and filth should he torn down.
The houses have enumerated not 1.-THE Of the
number existing In the localities specified The
First, Fourth, and Sixth Wards contain the most OF
them for toward these wards the tide OF poverty and
vice to drift. Their proximity to the rivers may
account for this for their victims lie mostly among emil
grants and sailors Ignorant OF the the ens,
these easily enticed partly by the persuasion OF