Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-10-10
CRIMINAL.
THE INMATES OF wHrTEcHAPEL
CUT OFF FROM THE REST or

THE INMATES OF wHrTEcHApEl
CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF
SEATTLE.
| SEATTLE, Oct. lO.-The Telegraph
Guys: Chief Of Police Monroe hal
struck upon novel plan for preserv
Ing order In the notorious White
chapelsiistrict. He has ordered tn,
place quaran,ined. In accOrdanc,
with such orders an officer has beer
placed at eact one Of the variou,
streets, alleys and bywsys leading
Int" that district commonly known
a. Whitechapel, being bounded by
Jackson, King. South Third and
south Fourth streets.
Just after the great fire the hosts
of criminal, male and female, who
up to that time infested Washing
ton, Main and Jackson streets were
driven to the winds. Persistent IN
their efforts to lead sinful lives they
scattered about through the resi-.
dence portion Of the city.
With this wall went up from,
the respectable people. Chief But.
terfield who was at that time at the
head Of the police department In
augurated a series of raids. He was
persistent In his efforts to relieve
the good people from these most un.
desirable neighbors. Seeing this
certain owners Of Jackson street be.
gan building small houses known IN
the vernacular Of Whitechapel M
cribs" These "cri.s" were u profit.
able Investment. They were built
hy the hundreds. In the mean.
time Butterfield kept up his raids.
Chief Mitchell, who followed But
terfield AS chief, pursued the same
policy in that regard. In q very
short space Of time all this cluss Of
the degraded women were "burch-
ed" in that district which has since
been known as Whitechapel.
From that on 1t has been little
less than Il nest of robbers. Nine.
tenths Of the women in the place
are known to the police authorities
AS thieves aud pickpockets. RIB.
berries have been committed there In
broad daylight AS well as in the dark
ness Of night. All efforts Of the
police authorities to stop these
women in their thievery has been of
no avail. Conviction seems i'm
possible. Men have gone into
those alleys with hundreds of dollars
and walked out half an hour later
I,enniless. Arrest followed, a nd rs
fast discharge Of the accused.
1t is . fact that Of the many hun
dreds, yes, thousands Of robberies
that have been committed by these
women, all failed Of conviction ex-
cept one. This one single exception
was in the case Of u negro woman,
an inmate Of the place. She was
held on a charge of robbery to await
the action Of the superior court, but
In the meantime dug out of Jail ana
escaped.
OF late the robberies have in
creased, as also the numbers Of
women. The women have become
more bold, If possible, in their
THE, lug and robbery.
Every imaginable device has been
tried, apparently, but failed to put a
stop to such work.
Chief Monrne stated yesterday
that as 1t seemed impossible to &C.
cure a conviction In the justice court
he had decided to try other means.
He says not man is allowed to go
into the notorious district and that
the quarantine will be kept up. He
seems to think that II the women
cannot be run out Of their places
they can bs starved out. AS yet he
has not decided whether the quar-
an,ine will be permanent or not,
but he says the stealing must be
stopped.
All day yesterday and last night
Wbitechapel WAS as quiet as grave
yard. The women displayed no
great amount Of annoyance at the
action Of the police. Many picked
up bag aud baggage and left for
other parts of the city. In the
meantine the quarantine Is still on.