Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-12
DISSOLUTE LIVES,
Led by the Inhabitants and Visitors
of Mott Street.
THIS TIME cELEsTIALs "MUsT CO."
The Warfare on the Heather Opium Den
John Begins in Earnest in
New York-Some Hor.
ribIe Details,

New YORK, May 11.-Mott street at IL
o'clock last night, was as quiet and bare OF
people as any thoroughfare on Murray
hill. 1t usually swarms with Cinnamon,
whose babble fills the air, but last night
they appeared to be under lock and key IN
the houses. The young man VINO has been
searching for his sister in the evil resorts
there and elsewhere throughout the Sixth
ward, found the young woman last night
and had her locked up in the Elizabeth
street station, charging that she frequent
ed Chinese opium dens and Billy Nc
Glory's, and had been leading a dissolute
life. Her name is Mary A. Fox. She SIS
years old Her brother is Michael J. FOX,
and is a member of the Catholic Young
Mems Association, that has constituted
itselfa band of amateur detectives Tor put
ting stop to the
Corruption Of Young Girls
by the Cinnamon. They also caused the
arrest of Katie Crowley, fifteen years old.
She is a sister of Chinese Annie, who lives
with and is said to be married to China
man. The girl, Katie, who had just been
DISCHARGED from some institution, came out
of 2l Pell street, notorious Chinese house,
in the morning, and later in the day visit
ed 10 Mott street. which contains an opium
Joint. In the same house white woman,
who is the wife of a reputable colored man,
has her home. She noticed the girl, and,
being in sympathy with the movement OF
the Catholic young men, tried to dlssuade
the child from entering upon the life she
seemed TO be drifting into. She called the
attention of enc of the young detectives to
the case. Later the police, apparently oil
their own accord, locked up All Chung, OF
No. Is Mott street, for keeping an opium
joint.
he was smoking. He said it was worth S25,
though il is an ordinary looking section OF
a ban, boo rod about as long and as thick as
a poicemans night stick. Its value the
police saws i due to its color and taste,
which could only have been produced by
long and pertinsciOus use.
Beyond the routine meeting OF the Asso-
cations Committee which has It's hands
full of startling projects, this IS the record
of the Christian campaign in Mott street
vest. rday. The young men point to the
arrest OF Mary Fox by her brother as
proof of their earnestnesS, and the action
OF the white woman in 6etraylng little
Katie Crowley as an indication of the pop.
ularity of the movement. They say the
first action they took was based on the
complaints of men and women in the
neighborhood Mr.. John a. OBrien,
Chairman Of the Special Committee OF the
Association said last night his companions
are not actirg as Catholics, but as citizens.
They assert that The Chinese employ
adult
Abandoned Women 10 Lure Little Girls
into there houses, there to victimize them
with the aii Uf opium. This practice is
not confined to Mott street, but exists
wherever there is q household OF China.
men, but Mott street is the rendezvous OF
the Chinese in the suburbs. The notion
that they are penuriOuS Is, so, lar as vices
are concerned, erroneous. They attract
the vicious to their aid by a lavish expen-
diture Of money. Before the police sur
veillanCe of gambling dens in Mott street.
that tkoroughfare was visited by at least
one thousand laundrymen from neighbor-
ing cities spending Saturday, Sunday aud
Monday there. They gave it out they
came Eere to worship and to lay in
wee ks stock OF groceries. Since the denS
have been closed and the opium joints
have been under watch, the number OF
visitors has fallen OIL - per cent. The
public may draw its own conclusions, as
we have drawn ours
A number of conspicuous Cinnamon
met in the Chinese American Office on
Chatham street, last night, to
Discuss the Charges
that the Mott Street Association has pre-
ferred against their people. MeSsrS. Wong
and Charles, OF the Chinese newspaper,
! acted as chairman and secretary respec.
lively, and Mr. Wong Chin Foo introduced
| the subject in vigorous address. he de.
nounced IN severe tetms the conduct OF
Nauy Nnrl- that haNn III np6p IL
appear that all Chinese i'll New York are
guilty of the immoralities in question.
I'VE would have been grateful If the pa
perS had mentioned by whatever individ.
ual Cinnamon are known TO have com.
| mitted the heinous crime of enticing to
ruin the innocent children of their neigh
bors. 1t appears, however, to have been
too much trouble for them 10 find out the
particulars and so, with one sweeping as
sertiOn, they charge this crime upon the
entire Chinese community. 1t is thing
too serious, too relentless, to be endured
without being met by some action by
Those Who Are Innocent
1t was resolved the minutes OF the meeting
should De published in the next issue of
| the Chinese paper, ard that all present
| should aid the authorities in bringing the
| guilty To justice, whatever the expense may
| be and by what means they possess. 1t was
| said an announcement of this determina-
| tion had already been sent by the chairman
| 10 the officers having charge OF such mat
ters The meeting lasted from o'clock in
| the evening until nearly l O'Clock this
II orning. Mr.. Wing Chin Foo said in
| few days the public might expect to see the
| fruits of their work.
! Neart the corner OF Mott and Pell streets,
| at last night. a reporter saw one OF the
! Nretched Female Victims.
! She was about thirteen years old, looked
! like staIveling by birth, and had thin,
! speCkled, Shroud.like garment on her per
son. Her matted hair, her glittering
! CLASSY large black eyes her sunken cheeks,
! piIched nose and Wild wierd glare gave
| her an aspect at once horrifying and pa.
| thetiC. She stood aimleSsly on the curb
stone leering at passers by, and when two
| elegantly dressed ladies who were looking
for the reported spectacles there to be seen
cast their eyes upon her, she shrank as
| cowed and terrified wild beast might have
| done 1t appeared as though she had been
| under the influence of the peculiar kind
OF opium known as Chinese opium, diff
ferent drug from the
Ordinary American Opinm
and which produces effects on the minds
| and bodies of those unaccustomed to it,
such as would require the pen of DE
Quincy to describe. This girl appeared as
though she hsd msie her exit from the
notorious den in Pell street. The police OF
the sew Sixth pretinct in Elizabeth street,
appeared TO be nonchalant over last nights
arrests. They can't hold little Katie, the
Sergeant says, because she says she was
only visiting her sister, who is the wife OF
a Chinaman. Nearly sll of the Ohinsmen
| have wives. The women you see with
them are their wives. The girl, Mary Fox,
can't be held. She's Is years old and has .
right to 60 to McGlory's, or anywhere else
she likes. The Chiuaman who was ar
rested has violated State law, however.