Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-25
4 TousH PLACE.
One Of Several Dives Which Should
be Suppressed.
The Raid on Burnie Browns Place,
and the Revelations Which are
Coming to Light

Iomihg 70 Light
There was quite large attendance Of
Police Court, yesterday morning, the throng
being attracted BY the announcement, in
the morning papers, that the police had
rAided the domicils Of Burnie Brown. color
ed, in alley c, Just north of Eleventh street,
late Sunday night, and that four white girls
and two negroes had been captured therein
ard locked up.
II seems from statements made BY the
police and BY residents in the neighborhood,
that Browns house has long been place Of
resort for white girls, especially those en-
ployed about hotels. Two girls in psrticu-
lar are mentioned as intimstes Of Brown,
who is porter at the st. James Hotel, and
OF Bob Grant, and it is openly charged
that these two girls and Brown have a.
divers times induced other girls to 60 to the
house.
FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES.
Sunday night Maggie or Lizzie Birmingham,
who is one of the TWO giil3 above mention
I'd, with three other girls, one named Annie
Tyre and the other two Bisters sccompan-
led BY Brown, came from point near the
SuspenIon bridge, where they were first
seen, down Main street to Market alley,
down that alley to Market street, south to
Eleventh street, up thai street to Alley G,
and thence to Browns house. The Biz
mingham girl and Annie Tyre had been at
the house before, the former many times
and the latter on several occasions, and
they went in without hesitation with their
male companion. The two other girls. who
we're novices, fingered about the
door of the place, but afterwards,
in obedience to the solicitations OF
the girls inside, went in. While all were
inside the house, engaged in no one knows
lust what, Officers Junkins, Watson and
Dunlap, who had followed the crowd iron
the bridge, appeared at the entrance ana
announced they we're prisoners. Another
colored man, William Sims, who is said to
live up stairs, and who was arrested about q
month ago on complaint of his mother-in
law for
UNDUE FAMILIARITY WITH WHITE GIRL,
was also taken into custody.
On the way to headquarters Brown at
tempted to bribe Officer Watson but failed
signally, and when inside the lookup he
borrowed q roll of money from white
spectator and approaching an Inteihgencer
reporter sale: Now there is no occasion
for allowing this little matter Il
get in the paper" at tn
same time selecting two or tire
bills from the roll. The reporter declined
the cash and told Brown be had mistakes
his man, and that he deserved to be run on;
Of town. Brown then put up enough none
TO secure his release and the girls and SIN
were locked up. In short time, however
Jim Lighttoot, also q colored porter. al
pesIed with certificate Of deposit for $3.50
which he put up as security for the girls snc
Sims, and all were released, three of the
girls going to q hotel where they worked
and the other to the residence on Sixteenth
street, where she was employed as domeS,
tic. This was about one o'clock in To"
morning.
When the case
WAS CALLED IL COURT,
shortly after nine o'clock yesterday, Col
ArneIt, as counsel for the defense asked for
q continuance until this morning, which
was granted, much to the disappointment OF
tie txpectsnt crowd.
About three o'clock in the afternoon 8
Register reporter visited the residence IN
East Wheeling where one Of the girls wa
living. The lady of the house said the Cir
vas not at home, she having been cailec
suddenly away, first about nine clock snC
again about noon, since when she has no
been seen. Tue reporter asked what ex
euse had been made for her absence, snc
she said colored man with blue uniform
and brass buttons had come to the rear par
OF the house about noon and talked for Il
short time to the girl. She shoril,
Of erward heard the girl crying, ano
ran down stairs thinking she might have
scalded herself as she was washing. Sue
asked what was wrong, and after cousiders
bic hesitation the girl said her sister hso
sent word BY The colored man that her
brother,s.who lived 10, Grafton, had Sheer
dangerously hurt in foundry, that shs hac
gotten two kilograms about him, aid woulc
ike to 90 and see her sisters. The lad
granted Der permission and
THE GIRL AND NEGRO
went away. The reporter then asked abou
the girls character and associates. Tn
lady said she had always appeared to be
perfectly proper, except tAst sometimes she
was out at nights. In reply to question
she said the negro man had been at the
house once before, when he brought pain
of shoes in box. The girl had come ii
about l o'clock yesterday morning; she
was accompanied to the house BY man
As an excuse for being late she said she had
been on an excursion over at Bridgeport
and the train had been delayed.
The reporter then enighteAed the lady as
to the part the girl had taken in the raid o
the police, much to her horror and surprise
he then went to the B. L o. telegraph Office
where he found no message had come from
Grafton Of the character alleged By the girl
From there he went to the hotel where th'
BirmiDgha girl and two others of the four
girls are employed. One of these two las
mentioned was seen and questioned abou
the house. She
ADMITTED HAVING BEEN rHERE,
but stoutly denied that she had participated
in anything criminal She said she suc
her sister had only been in the city for o
short time, knew nothing of the chsracte'
of the place, and had only gone there be-
cause Annie Tyre and Maggie Birmingham
had preceded her She WAS asked II she
did not know it was a house of bad repute
and she said no. Her attention was ther
called to the fact that colored man, whom
she claimed she did not know, had gone he:
bail. but she pretended to see nothinu
strange about that nor about visiting tn,
house of negro at that hour of the night
The conversation was continued at some
length, the Birmingham girl coming into
the room while it was in progress. She only
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