The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-09
room-vn, nine men of the following dinerent ma.

room-viz., nine men Of the following dinerens ma
| tonalities:-
| Two SWISS One Irishman
One Scotchman, One Swede,
one Dane, One German,
One Englisbman, One Frenchman.
| As he was leaving the station house Captain
Leary remarked:-"we expect number more to
| night who will be turned out OF drinking places
| when they close. II we refuse to take them in
| they may freeze to death. We take all In we
can. But station houses bad places for our in
| digent poor. However. 1t has been the custom to
receive them here for many years, and win be,
suppose unless the Legislature takes action in the
matter and provides other accommodation"
THE FIFTH PRECINCT.
This comparatively new station house Is located
In Leonard street, at the distance OF about block
from the old station house. Last evening re-
porter paid visit to the lodgcrs' quarters, male
and female. AS soon as the door was opened the
most foul and sufocaring stencil was experienced.
About fifty men were seen in the dim
| light flor the gas was turned DOWN
huddled together. Many, evidently suffer-
ing from vermin, were scratching themselves
with desperate energy. The majority OF the
men belonged to the class designated by police
sergeants as "revolvers," ''standaros" and "old
buns" In the centre OF the room was a large
| stove, whose heat was still further vitiating
the putrid air. The majority OF the men were
! awake, sleep in such place being impossible.
Every now and again the maudin yells Of some
drunken prisoners in the cells below were heard,
causing some OF the younger dodgers to smile and
! say, II wish had some OF his complaint" The
scene, however, was fairly Dantesque-the misery
expressed on nearly every face, the squalid APP
! pearance Of ali, not good suit Of clothes being
visible among the number; the eXtraordl-
| nnru hu If hn
sleepers; some drawn up and contracted,
Others sprawling at full length; some with their
faces placed against their neghbor's ragged boots.
Take it Tor all in all no more terrible scene can
We'll be seen in this city, and 1t is fit picture Tor
| chamber OF horrors. There were about nifty men
IN this vile den, yclept the odgers' ROOM" There
were in the females room about ten dodgers"
mostly drunken charwomen, who spend every cent
! they can command In the purchase or lush at foul
! ''distilleries."
| WHAT THE SERGEANT SAYS.
In the absence Of Captain Petty, Sergeant Deshays
stated:-"There are great many OF the dodgers you
have seen who regular visitors here, and pre-
| fer this kind OF life TO working at trade; they
prefer getting their nOurishment from swim barrels
and begging to aboring for their bread like honest
| men. These old stagers know all the charitable
institutions in the city and live in this fashion, II
| they are sent up as Migrants to the Penitentiary
! they are soon back again here.
THE UNENDURABLE STENCIL.
Two men have just left the place. because they
could not stomach stopping in the lodgers' room.
| Their names are, HadrOth, German cigarmaker,
and Charles Raymond boatman OF this city. Per-
haps they will find more suitable quarters in some
other station house. am OF the opinion that every
station house should have two classes Of
lodging rooms for men and Monochrome for
the respectable but impoverished class, and the
other for the disspated beings I have just de-
scribed to you. short time ago New Jersey
man came here one night and said he wanted
about forty men to go to work to excavate q road
in Jersey, and agreed with about forty OF our
"regulars" that they should 60 to work the
next day, and he would come and fetch
them next morning from the station house.
How many appeared do you Think Why, only
three. The rest were all too lazy and kept away.
1t goes against my grain to put respectable man
out OF luck among all the lousy bummers; but what
else can we do as things are arrangedf New York
is the great emporium Of men out of work, who
drift hther from all parts Of the Union hoping to
obtain work, instead Of which many starve."
Thanking him for his courtesy the reporter
babe Sergeant Deshays and his brother officer,
Sergeant Thompson, good night. At Midnight
in the lodgers rooms there IS often hardly stand
ing room. The dodgers invariably close all win.
dows; but it is the duty Of the police, 1t would ap
pear, to cause them to be partially opened.
THE SIXTH PRECINCT.
! This station house is in Franklin street, at a
few yards distance from the Tombs, and is under
the command Of Captain Kennedy. In CONVERSE
ton with Sergeant Douglas, who was on duty at
the desk he said :-"At one O'Clock in the morn
ing we often have 100 people In the lodgers' room.
The proportion OF women is about one to ten men,
The reporter subsequently visited the place in
question and found the atmosphere as disgust.
ingly ietid and slckening as at Captain Petty's
station In Leonard street. There were then about
! ffty-fve men in the ROOM and how they were able
to breathe with all the windows closed was mys-
| terry TO the reporter.
SAD CASES.
| Among the cases OF interest which came before
| Sergeant Douglas last night was that of Thomas
Kelly. an old man OF flty-fve, residing at No. 10
| City Hall place, who seemed to be In the last
! stages Of misery. The poor old man seemed to be
suffering great pain, and every now and again
would give protracted moan. The Sergeant sent
for the doctor to attend to his case.
Another case was that OF Charles Hester, drug
gist, a native Of Germany, VINO wore thin sum-
mer coat and shivered Ike an aspen leaf as he
| begged for shelter. AS he arrived early he man.
aged to obtain q corner to sleep in, from which he
said he would not move during the night else he
would lose his place. Many respectable mechan-
les, out Of work. were among the number.
THE FOURTH PRECINCT.
This station house is located in Oak street. The
dodgers rooms are well ventilated. and on account
or this the place has become favorite place for
the homeless poor. Captain Ullman constantly
visits his dodgers. At his last visit, he stated he
caught five lice on his coat. The windows are
kept open partially, and temperature Of
about eighty-two degrees is maintained dur
ing the night. The latrine arrangements are
good at this place. About $50 dodgers often sleep
here, and standing room Is often difficult to find
early in the morning. The place Is, like other
lodging rooms, washed out daily captain Ullman
says more "bummers" than respectable men stop
in the station house. Nobody is turned away. The
Captain opposed to receiving dodgers in the sta
ton houses. and thinks other arrangements ought