Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-29
A Move On the Dens.
United States Officers Raiding
Minnesota Dives.
FIVE OF THEM FOR A DAYS WORK.

The Raids to Go on Until GHeat Evil Is
Crushed - About Fifty Abandoned
Women Driven Out and the Proprietors
Chased Into the Woods - Fratricide
at Washington City-A Woman Most
Brutally Murdered.
TOWER, Mimi, Dec. 20 Yesterday morn
ing a posse OF Federal officers made raid
upon the dens OF vice in the woods between
here and Ely, with the result that FIVE were
closed, the proprietors chased into the woods
and thirty five women in all stages Of aban-
donment taken to Ely and turned loose upon
that town. A call was made at Trump's
notorious dive, but to no purpose. Fright
ened by the raid made on Thursday, the
proprietor had found a more secluded shelter
for the dozen or more females VINO had made
his place their resort. A thorough search Of
the premises was made but not even drop
of liquor was found; and, although the OIL
cars accomplished considerable during the
dav, when they returned to this city last
night they expressed disappointment in not
having been able to put the federal screws
upon the worst resort in the country. Coun-
ty Attorney Sherwood held another confer.
ence yesterday with the United States au-
thorities. 1t lasted several hours, and the
conclusion arrived at was that the work OF
suppressing the Infamous resorts, having been
begun so successfully, should bs continued
until the shutters have teen put up on every
dive in the range and their proprletors
| and inmates either put behind the bars or
made o leave this section OF the country.
| To-day orders were sent 10 every ofhcer IN
this county to employ help if necessary and
| go cunning for the wretches who are fatten-
| ing upon the vice that abounds in this region.
| One of the houses in Ely that was closed on
| Thursday was reopened yesterday morning,
| and as soon as the officers heard OF 1t they
made raid, captured the proprietor and
landed him in jail His case will come before
tie special grand jury which has been sum-
moned to consider these and other criminal
| matters
| Yesterday afternoon the first contingent
| of women from the dens between this city
and Ely arrived here. There were over fifty
in the crowd, and a more hardened lot 1t
| would be difficult to find Officers were on
| hand and took the name and description of
each. Many of them had hardly enough
clothing to cover themselves, while Others
| probably new arrivals, were well dressed
They were given TO understand that their
| presence in Tower would not be tolerated,
and that if founi here after twenty -four
hours had expired they would oe sent to jail
A score or more took the hint and started
to walk to Duluth Others remained with
the intention of taking the early train in
the morning for the Twin Cities and Chi
cago 1t is not improbable that a consider
able number of these creatures will, on ac-
count of their impoverished condition, let
the warning go UNDECIDED and go to Jail, SIM
ply because it will secure them shelter for
the winter; but the majority will, it is be
lieved, seek fresh fields, at least until the
storm has blown over, although Attorney
Sherwood says the war of determination viii
ha continual a. long As q diva remains