Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-13
THE X D 90.
A Raid ON Them Made by the Police Last
Night to Be Continued Until the va

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Night to Be Continued Until the va
grant Characters are Extirpated.
An evil has been gradually growing in
Butte that mas assumed proportions
dangerous to the safety, to say nothing Of
being destructive Of the morals OF the CON-
munity. The evil ~consists of the presence
OF . worthless class Of men who live off the
wages Of sin earned by the lower class OF
the frail ~sisterhood. They. are dangerous
to the safety OF the community. as in this
class are frequently to be found the most
inveterate thieves and pilferers OF all des-
criptions. They are
DoURLY A MENACE
to the welfare OF the community in that by
the system OF extortion they practice on
the unfortunate class OF women on whom
they Hasten themselves, they drive these de-
graded creatures to deeds of robbery upon
their victims in order to supply these
wretches with q The life OF a woman
Of the class referred toi is as degraded as the
human Imagination can realize, but, left to
themselves. they would be only outcasts in
the community without the incentive to
deeper crimes. With the human harpies
behind them eggin them on to the commits
sion Of crimes of unknown magnitude, they
become reckless how they supply the
wretches who batten on their plumber with
money, and many an unfortunate man
who has fallen into their clutches has been
dosed with
A CONDITION OF sTUPoR
so that he could be easily robbed. The
police are wearied with repetitions OF the
same story from men who come to them
with the charge that they have been drug
ged mt robbed in some dive of which they
retain only a vague and hazy percep-
ton. Not long ago a man was found dying
in a hall way Of q lodging house on East
Park strert. How he came there was
never known. The crime has passed into
memory as one Of the mysteries of Butte.
He was drugged. There is not the slightest
doubt in the minds of those conversant with
such practices that he had been lured into
one OF the dives of the city where
he was piled with drugged liquor until he
became oblivious, when his pockets were
picked and he was brought to the place or
wandered there in a stupefed condition.
This to supply the exactions of some hui
harpy. Petty thieveries are becom-
ing frequent also. Two occurred yesterday
morning. Their authors have not been
but if known would in all
be found to belong to
THE CLASS OF MEN
to. They are perfectly capable of
out their nefarious existence by such
means. The police know them, that is
OF them, and have them spotted.
They know their haunts and they have a
shrewd idea OF their practices. Unable to
convict them OF the greater crimes which
these wretches aid and abet and urge their
slaves to commit, the police |
have to fall back upon the city ordinances /
making it a misdemeanor for any man to
be an inmate OF a disreputable house, and
CHASING them among Migrants. Last night |
the police force of the city, under orders
the Chief, opened the wal upon this
OF pests. They arrested them as they
'ound them in one place or another and if
they could not give bond they were taken
20 the city prison. The police were making
he arrests at intervals all night. There
ire more OF them to be corralled whom the
police are on the lookout for.
THEY HAVE GOT 'EM ON THE LIST,
nd will run them in at the first
pportunity. The season is too far
dvanced to permit this gentry any
lrther license. Perhaps the balance who !
ave reason to expect to see the heavy |
and OF the law laid on them will take
'arning and skip for fresh fields and pas {
ures new. Nothing would afford the 6
olice force more pleasure. The fat has \
one forth that the pinkeys must go, and '
aviDg broken the ice the police are de-
to rid this community of the
srmin. The evil has, as at first stated,
to proportions SO great that this S
has become imperatively necessary
} rid the city OF a dangerous class before
le closing in OF winter makes it more Diff h
lit to dislodge them. Therefore the raids | il
I'VE been begun by the police in earnest O
I'd will be q
KEPT UP INCREASINGLY q
It'll the last one is driven out or sent to a
The class against whom the police il
we now declared war are not the only Il
lminals in town who are improbable and
,ngerous members of the community. But
ey are the only ones they can reach. r.
lere are Others who will have their turn III
len the Grand Jury meets. n