The New York herald., 1874-11-23
CLEARING THE SLUMS.
The Saturday Night Raid on the Dens OF ths
"BlOody Sixth" and Fourth Wards.
The Appearance Of the Prisoners at the
Tombs Yesterday Morning.
A WOMAN WITH A HISTORY.

packeo 10 sunocation by one OF the worst crowds
tnat ever graced that memorable spot Men,
women boys and girls we're all hustled together
In one confused jumble. and their chattering was
as awful as their hideous looks. Brazen women
haunting their charms to brutal, degraded men,
young women deep In the consciousness OF their
degradation, ana young men with bravado
smiles OF indifference, were the characters which
went to make up the crowd, at once disgusting
and pitlabe. AT nine O'Clock the Judoo took MS
seat, and as he looked around he plainly saw Ihas
he was in for good days work. The cause OF
THE GRAND CROWD
was the raid made on Saturday night by Captatn
Lowrie upon the dens In the slums which com.
prise part OF his new charge-the most dangerous
locality In the city. In Baxter street, "Ch,nese
Poker and the immediate vicinity OF Donevan,s
lane, there were, previous to the raid, some OF
the vilesr resorts in the metropois-saloons and
cellars where professional lawbreakers lurked in
daytime ana from which they stole ont during the
early hours OF morning to raid and plunder
houses previously surveyed. Here also the most
degraded women, wretches whose poisoned lives
have led them to war on society which branded
them for nIsr offences for Which, perhaps, they
were but half to blame. They shield the
Offenders for whom the officers OF the law
are in search, and many sharp
detective has been thrown OF the scent by the pre-.
tended condolences which they have impaired.
Every Saturday night the occupants OF these dens
have what is called q 'dance." at which all the
rowdies OF the "Bloody Sixth" and Fourth wards
attend. or the Wild orgies enacted at these danced
no idea can be formed, the actuallty outstripping
anything that the imagination can frame. Tnou
sands or citizens who pride themselves on their
knowledge Of the city live IN happy ignorance Of
rious friends III "he only ones outside the regular
hdbitues who have the privilege OF seeing tins Phase
through novels and romances In these places .sari-
lul dodgers are manufactured by the dozen and
wayward girls are taught worse than ndlscretion.
PLANNING FOR THEIR DESTRUCTION.
When Captain LDwrie was transferred IRON the
Twenty.seventh precinct TO the sixth he made It
his business to acuuaint himself with all these u-
Ger Spots, and. having satisfied himself that they
should be abolished, he specnlated as TO the pest
| time TO make descent on them. saturday night
being the one on winch the greatest gathering
took place he decided to walt until they were IN
tull blast, and then pounce in on them with body
| OF his best men, Tnat this intention was carried
| out in strict conformity with Its conception -
proved py the TACT t1at from the Sixth precinct
| yesterday morning. The fetid exhalaton from
| influence. Gin sOdden men and women whose
brains have pecome achoholic sponges stared IN
! drunken misery at the Judge and answered In an
inconerent way the questions put TO them, and
some dld not know the name they had given ar
| anything OF the arrest, there being a hiatus In
| their memories reaching from the time they en-.
i a
large number OF sailors were among the prisoners,
! but these the Judge discharged upon registering
tae promises not 70 60 TO such oaS ad places 10 tbs
| there are no bad places to go to-
/ MoLLIE FANCHER-
| Among the women arrested in the saloon OF
! Louis Battanatos, OF No. IA Baxter street. was
woman named Mollle Fancner, whose history IS
an interesting cne. She is nifty years Of age. and
an ldea OF the strength OF her constitution may be
formed when 1t Is stated that there Is not po-
| hceman in ellner the Fourth or Sixth precinct
| who remember ever having seen Mollle sober.
A sober breath would 1t is feared. give Mole the
pneumonia. The drunk which she exhblIed yes
| ierday was, according TO the best information,
| begun some time IN lS4o, when she was twenty.
ted on charge OF murder. il appears tnal the
captain OF the brig Sea Foam was IN her company
on the ngaI Of h sn, 2 Sss and benz
TO the water front from her house. sna
was seen with him going IN the direction Ol
the river, but no one saw her return. on Christ.
mas morning the captain was found In his cabin
dentiy While sleeping. The iolks IN her house
swore thar the captain had lett the house alone.
he had picked up another woman on mis- way
down to the snip. Wnen Moilie got out OF Jai, she
slight Of ten days each
her presence on the Island necesstated. Among
the prisoners included in the LAG from the Skin
walkers, VINO were fined $40 each, and having no
dollars they got ten days
/ THE OWNERS OF THE SALOONS.
Michael Mann. iorty-fve years OF age, the pro.
! pretor OF the saloon no. 81 Mulberry street, was
| held IN default OF $1,000 to answer the charge OF
keeping dlsorderly house.
LOUIS Battanato, twenty-eght years of age, Q
native OF Italy, was held Tor ike reason, he be.
! ing The proprietor OF No. IA Baxter street.
RaffaO Dehouse twenty seven years OF age, also
! an Italian, was held for keeping No. Al Mulberry
street.
THE FOURTH PRECINCT RAID
Captain Williams mas nearly Cleared his new
| precinct, the Fourth, but there are still abuses
when he intends TO stop. On saturday night ne
arrested ThOmas Farrell Tor keeping a disorderly
house at No. Mott street. He also closed No. LA
Roosevelt street. He had twenty men aud SIX
women prisoners Farrell ike the prisoners from
the Sixth, was held TO answer in 900.
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