Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-25
MORAL SUASI0N.
Davenport Police Make a Whele.
sale Raid.
Ten Houses OF nl-Repute Pulled with
Thirty-Three Women and = seventeen
Men---A Hard sunday Night Gang
Floating Vice.

The city of Davenport has lust COM
pleted its house of detention for women.
Immediately adjoining the pc ice head
quarters, and Chief of Police Kessler de-
cided last night upon a novel house
warming" and determined to make IL as
informal as possible. 80 that meme need
take offense. Accordingly he gave or
ders TO his force that Capt NJ irtins have
t'n pstrolmen report at the station ut
9;3O O'Clock. These men were divided up
Into detachments. and some under the
direction OF the chief and Others under the
command of the captain. started ont on
raid simultaneously on every dive Of
iniquity In the city. Sunday night was
regarded as busy one at these institu>
tons. and 30 IL proved. Ten OF them
were pulled-including everyone from
and including Bucktown. down to Harri-
son. and the consequence was he arrest of
thirty four women and seventeen men,
while the police also picked up three
'chippies" on the street during the even>
ing.
This morning the prisoners were ar
rsigned before Magistrate Kaufman and
queer and tough looking lot they were,
from the experiences OF dissipation
and vice. There were several colored
people OF both sexes, and OF the white
adornments to the society the males
registered from all the cities surrounding
Davenport. Some from Iowa City,
Cedar Rapids aud q great many from
Davenport. many being college students,
and of the entire kit IL is gratifying to
note that it was not Rock Islands morti-
ication to claim but two. the same num-
Der hailing from Moline.
Magistrate Kaufman wa busy hearing
the cases from 8 O'Clock his morning
until noon. during which some OF the
most notorious characters in the three
cities made their bows to him. Fines
were imposed ranging from SO to $50,
the uniform rate being $50 for keepers
and $40 to $40 for inmates The SQUIRE
was kept busy until the noon hour when
he threw up his hands IN holy horror and
plead for sufficient respite to permit him
to 90 home 10 dinner. The city OF Dav-
export will get about $500 out Of the
haul.
An unpleasant incident occurred dur,
ing the trial when City Editor O'Mesrs,
OF the Davenport evening Times. who
has been carrying on q warfare on the
police department for some time. was
forcibly elected from the station By Chief
of Police Frank Kessler. OMears had
reporter present and the court ordered
that all be excluded who were not pres
ent on business. as the room was crowd
ed. Dir. Kessler did not object to a
Times representative being present. but
he considered one enough. OMesrs
went before Justice OF the peace and
swore out 4 warrant for Kesslers arrest.
FLOATING INIoUITY
The Davenport Times says;
Within thirty yards OF the ferry land
ing is anchored II floating den Of vice
from st. Paul. with h buxOm woman,
fair. fat and forty in charge. while her
male companion is captain and boat
swain as well as dispenser of foul Ii
qucr and a bouncer.
Last evening a representative of the
Times called at the boat and after max.
ing representations which were satisfac.
tory 10 the woman. drew from her a story
OF the doings on her boat of some So
called prominent residents of Davenport,
which even to the scribe seemed incredi-
bic. She admitted thai she made il a
business to find young girls and stated
that she had already de arrangements
with three in this CITY and that they
would be with her permanently in few
days.
Late yesterday afternoon the disreputa-
BILE tioater was steered over to Rock ISL
and and anchored above the Diamond 10
dock. Marshal Miller will give it no,
reception IL it don't get out by tonight.
Rock Island has no ht rbor for crafts of
such damn able nature.