The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-10-02
OUR ASSOCIATED PRESS LEVER.
philadelphia, September Is74.
LITE IN TIE sLUMs.

The plague spot Of Philadelphia is
in the immediate vicinity Of Seventh
and St. Mary streets, only five min
utes walk from the old Hall of Ameri-
can Independence. In the Slums Of
this neighboIhood congregate the
scum of the white race, and carrion of
the negroes. Here white women and
black men come together in open,
shameless, and filthy lewdness.-
Here white men are euticed by white
prostitutes, only to be robbed and
murderedIby the negro men who live
upon the proceeds Of the sale Of the
bodies of white girls, and money thus
obtained by the shedding Of human
blood.
In order that I might write under
standipgly Of this slime pit, I en-
gagged the services of Sergeant John
Duffy, special police officer OF the
Bedford street mission, and one Of
men, to accompany me through the
place. Duffy advised me to arm my
elf, for while every human brute in
the vicinity knew him, and feared
him, he would not consent to accom-
pany me unless we were both pre-
pared to protect ourselves. He in
formed me that countIymen are en-
ticed to the locality by the white
courtesans of the negroes, who, after
being brought to the filthy neigh
borhood, stand at the door of q
brothel hesitating to enter; that,
while thus in doubt, the harlot that
brings the man to the place will in
dignantly say: GLOW dare you insult
me-" A denial on the part Of the
man will be made; an angry epithet
from the wench follows and in less
than a minute two or three british
looking negres snatch the man into
the dingy hole, swiftly and dexter
ously slash razor across his throat,
strip the bedy of its clothing, and
whatever of money and valuables
there may be upon it, and then tum-
bic the body into the cellar to be
buried with many others treated in
like manner. Ii money is found up
on the victim, a harlot is dispatched
for eatables and whiskey, and as q
fitting finale to the tragedy frantic
feast and drunken reyelry is indulged
in. Mr.. Duffy believes the remains
of so men are buried in the cellars of
these pest houses.
The first house we visited was No.
511 South 7th street, q few doors be-
low Lombard street, owned by Den
mis- Quinn and rented by tan-col-
ored darkey woman named Price
This house is occupied as a drinking
saloon on the first floor, and is filed
with black and white harlots who eat,
sleep and sin together indiscriminate-
ly. It is located $50 feet from po-
lice station.
The next house visited was No.
10 Cullin St., narrow alley run
ming parallel with st. Mary street,
little north of il and westward from
Seventh streoth. This house is rent
ed by a genuine black woman, and
on entering it we found the black
mistress and her four harlots, white
girls-aged 22, 81, 40 and 44-all.
sitting in di8habile upon the floor
and industriously sewing upon a
patchwork quilt. The only furniture
in the room was two chairs and q
rickety table. wv
Next door to No. 71O is the eating
saloon of Cullin street. This res
taurant was dingy building that
boosted of two rooms on the first
Aoor- one where the cooked victuals
were served up, the other in the
yard where they we're cooked. The
apartment in which the victuals were
eaten was much smaller than the one
in which they were cooked. The fur
niture in the eating room consisted
of four backless chairs and two ta-
bles; here for ten cents, cold ham,
boiled cabbage, white and sweet po-
tatoes, tomatoes, corn and short cakes
are furnished to the envied owner of
civilian Meredith" "
No. 718 Cullin street VIC found to
be building with two rooms on a
floor; the whole building was leased
by black woman who had four
white girls living with her. This ne
gro mates the bargains FOR the girls,
receives the pay from the negro pur-
chasers of white girls bodies, and
from which she doles out a pitiful al
lowancs to the girls. AS this negro
woman only occupied the front of
the house, the rear room and the one
above it we're sub-let to a white girl,
who had two black and two white
girls in her employ. This, like the
front of the dwelling was an assigna-
ton house.
No. TIA Cullin street is a dingy
three-room house, owned by q church
going member Of society; located in
a respectable neighborhood and oc-
cupied by q mechanic, the house
would rent for 81 per month. Mrs.
Price Of No. 511 South 7th ST., mem
toned aboye-has it leased at SIG
per month, and as a number of white
girls in her service Of sin will not
associate with "nigger" girls she has