Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-22
Fifty-Seyen Victims of the Curse Cap
tured in New York.

NEW YORK, October 2Ist.-A scene strange
for New York attracted the attention of the
Tombs Police Court this morning. Fifty
women, all white, with the exception of two
negroes and one of Cbinese-American parent
age, were escorted by twenty policemen. The
women were all found in Chinese opium dens
last night. An afternoon paper which is ordi-
narily pro- Chinese, described their appearance
as follows: "Iheir intimate relations with the
Chinese seemed not only 10 cause them to lose
their own selfrespect. but also take on in part
the nature of the celeStialS. The two c0lored
girls tried to laugh in a shame-faced sort of
way. The horde was marched in before the bar,
Some were laughing and very few were crying.
The most looked defiant. They brought with
them out of the pen the distinct 0dor of opium.
One-tbird of the entire lot wore hats, while
four-fifths showed the effects of opium smok-
ing. About two-thirds were sent to Jail. They
ate opium pills while waiting for the van"
a concerted raid was made by the police on
opium dens last night. The officers were posted
at the front and rear and at the ends of street,
and Chinatown was at once in ferment. The
first place attacked was Dover street. The
whose antics have caused complaints from the
poor, respectable tenants of the neighborhood.
were frightened by the appearance OF the de-
tectives, and ran out into the streets like rats
rom a house on fire, and in attempting to get
away from the police in the houses they ran
into the police at the intersections OF the streets
and were arrested. Chinatown had seen many
raids but none like this. The women were all
young, the most of them only half dressed, and
some evidently hai retired for the night.
The Cinnamon scampered out of the rooms
unheeded by the detectives, but the women
were anxious to hide. They crawled under the
hunks and slammed closet doors in the police.
mems faces. They were showed out and while
some ran into the street others attempted to es-
cape by way of the rope. Some of the girls wept,
and some laughed and seemed to think it good
joke. The most of them were halfstupid with
opium. The girls who ran into the street at first
did not stop to dress, but the Cinnamon brought
out wraps to them, with which they covered
their half-naked bodies. One TALL slender,
good-looking girl came boldly down stairs with
keys in her hand. She did not live in the
house, she said, but at 10 Dover street, and was
around on visit to a friend. She was corraled,
too, however, and led off weeping. Several
women were caught on the roof ss they were
trying 10 pass over TO the adjoining Ioois
The next house, west of No 6, was also full of
girls They had been warned, however, by the
fate of the others, and instead of running into
the street, they locked and barred the doors and
put out the lights, and all attempts to force the
doors were unavailing. The police had no war
rants anyway, and the girls refused to open upon
the orders of the police. watch was kept
upon the front and rear entrances to the houses
and the police passed on to No. TO- The girls
found here were driven out into the street.
During the chase several girls were seen run
ming to the roof, but were not seen afterward
so 1t was concluded they escaped over the
roofs