The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-23
VICE VANQUISHED.
kelso Clearing Out the Concert
Saloons ON Broadway.
DOINGS in THE DENS.
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Breaking Up an Infamous and
Disgusting Traffic.
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THE CHARGE OF THE POLICE.
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Scenes Within and Without the Tawdry,
Tinsel Temples Of Shame.
THE SENSATION ON THE STREET
THE SENSATION ON THE STREET
Sixsy-six Women and Five Men
Arrested and Locked Tn.


II there is in New York one spot more Infamous
than another that spot is the section of Broadway
on the east side, between Blocker and houston
streets. Hell gapes widely here for oil who may
pass after seven clock In the evening. Gas lamps
blaze brilliantly ara thick Tipped negro boys stand
at the doors handing circulars to Dibulous country
men, while inside IN these dens, which have
become a stencil In the nOstris OF all decent
citizens, the deepest degradation, worse than the
Mysteries Of Eieusis, reigns triumphant amid
the dissolute and debauched utterances Of
pimps, panderers and prostitutes. From Blocker
to Spring street there are 1t Is certain,
about three hundred abandoned and wretched
females engaged In these dens of vice
known to the public as "c0ncert saloons" The
proprietors of these holes are without exception
thieves, burglars and enriched pickpockets. Theft
and robbery are nightly occurrences in these 'sa-
loons and violence Is often allied to the other out
RACES on public morals. During the last twelve
months this evil has grown TO almost gigantic
proportions, until respectable men ana women have
found 1t Impossible to pass these dens
going or coming from q theatre without being
insuted grossly by the miasmatlc scoundrels who
hold the relation OF "lovers, 10 these poor aban-
doned women, many OF whom are compelled to
adopt this MODE Of life by dire necessity and the
Right under the eyes OF the police authorities this
terrible scandal has been visible for year, and
nothing has been done by them to abate II until last
evening. when sixiy-cight concert saloon waiter
girls were arrested, together with three or four
OF the managers anu prOprietOrs OF the dens. The
girls were found In oil these places dressed In
'tights' somewhat IN the faslOn OF the amazOns OF
the "Black Crook" Gaudy and obscene pictures ana
temptations Of the vilest nature are the
only inducements held forth to enter these
places, and yet night after night gray.
haired men, many OF whom are supposed
to mold respectable positions in society, may be
found here slipping beverages at double the rates
charged In an ordinary drinking saloon. Boys, too
Of tender age. seduced by the glare ana
licenuous glitter Of these devfs traps, some Of
whom have the bloom and freshness Of green fields
on their cheeks, with fond mothers waiting pa
tentlY for their return to their homes, may be
side by side with these painted harots spending the
money which they have Hched from their
employers tlls. The barkeepers are ras-
Gals, and the young men, with vlllanous
brows and dyed mustachcs, who hang
around the concert saloons in semi
but not very well concealed obscurity. are only too
ready to plumber and rob such lads and foolish
graybeards those enumerated above. Music,
which is 80 often perverted to the basess purposes
Is a seduction which few resist while walking
Broadway, and scores OF men enter these
places ySO would not they knew, the perils
cert aoon The wretcaed girls employed in these
places receive no fixed compensation for the service
OF furnishing beer and whiskey to the customers,
but instead they receive percentage on the sale
OF drinks, aSd In addition secret purchase OF Illicit
sSooS The receipts Of such space as the
Canterbury saloon amounts for the sale OF drinks
ana cigars gar to eyer nv SIX ne h g
not over six to twelve dollars week. The Can.
terbury, oriental and assembly rooms were closed
ing In them were arrested and taken TO the Four
teenth precinct station house IN Spring street.
the police books. This morning all these
wretched girls, nine-tenths OF whom are under
az e Toes Police Cou anS VIII e
punished by being sent on the island for any period
that the magistrate may see III TO determine-per.
haps from t0irty days 10 three months. But what
shall be said OF the scoundres VINO keep thes,
places which are more dangerous to the puoc than
Infamous b1slnessY They are guilty sevenOld ana
new business in the glare OF the gaslight Out Of
fifty or sixty concert saloons which infest Broad.
way were made Sy the police ass eyenng
tonight boldly unless an example Is made Of
them in the succeeding twenty.four hours Half
crimes or like nature that crowd our criminal cal
endar originate and are fcstered In these places
sons in perdition IN women who are hired 10
furnish drinks to our concert saloons. Not one ar
es5 %Ss Wo haunt ese Oces ye
these wretched fungi OF the social system are
more provocative OF evil and the unfortunate girls,
some o. whom last evening wept bitterly when in
formed BY the police that they would be compelled
TO pass their first night IN station house. Some Of
them have miserable husbands whom, they stated,
yielded them no support whatever, while Others
gave subsistence to children from the earnings OF
the ie' unfortunates VINO promshed last night that
the would never again enter concert saloon may
be taught by the hard lesson which they will receive
this morning that high sounding names like "Mor-
timer'' and "Howard" Will not prevent the strong
arm OF the law from cutching them by the throats
ana cOnsignlng them To stone walls and silent cells.
THE POLICE MOVEMENT.
AT quarter past nine o'clock last night Captain
Mount, OF the Fourteenth precinct having all his
forces ready, started for the scene OF action. He
was reinforced by Sergeant Douglas from the sixth
precinct with twenty two men, and the entire force
filty.eiaht on leaving the station house Sergeant
Sanders, OF the Fourteenth pretinct commanded The
right wing, with sixteen men. captain Mount TOOK
the centre with twenty-five and Sergeant Douglas
brought up the rear with sixteen men. The police
on leaving the station house .,.r
towards the Bowerv, and the boys and men con-
gregated IN the street. thinking the point OF destina
ton was the Bowery, rushed IN That direction. CAP
tain Mount no sooner saw that he had produced anG
desired impression than ne turned tne nea ~
OF his column and went In the direc.ioa o,
Blocker street along Mulberry. he tI men
went up Blocker street to Broadway, ara Dy ans
time ne arrived at the celebrated ihorouehiare Sacn
ofijcer IN command was exactly opposite the pace
INTENDED He SHOULD ATTACK: ,..,o,
Captain Mount, with twepty-two lnen oasm ,,,h
into the Canterbury Sergeant Dousas' WIN, WIN,
sixteen men storrned the "Boulevaru HAIR
ana the Assembly Rooms, s sixteen g men
Grnnned into the "Orenta." SO entirely un.
prepared concert PeSpe , iGr an " s
ike raid that they were compie,ey ,ane1 Dy sur
nr,se When Captain Mount rushed into the can
!erSnry with his men the widest excitement was
created. The unfortunate womsR dashed scream
me nolice. The doors at the rear had been pre-
vously secured, so that escape that way was out OF
mo question, and the police mad no sooner got into
Inc mace than they barred the front entrance, SO
mat tne men and women In the place found them.
| selves at once completely hemmed In, without
inc slightest chance OF escape. The first surprise
| over the men went to the police and pleaded hard
TO be let OF as they had only Just come into the den
| 10 see what 1t was like. Many OF them were