The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-22
A Notorious CELESTIAL Quarters In New
York Thoroughly Cleaned 0ut By
the Police,
And fifty-Seven Women, Victims OF
the Opium Fiends Captured In
the Dens.
A Strange and Metiey Assortment
Brsasht Up In Police Court and
Sentenced.

usual In this Chinese quarters early In
Tie evening. About $50 lot of stall
wart men entered the three streets
which contain the greater psrt Of the
Chinsmsu of this town. They came
from different directions in small
bodies, but stopped as Ii by magic at
the same moment some distance apart
Nine, who had marched down the Bow
cry in military style, stopped ON 'Doy-
or street just west OF the Bowery.
Mine more stopped In Pell street at
about the same distance from the Bow
cry. Six men struck Pell street Just q
little above its junction with Doyers.
From that moment until $50 o'clock
Chinatown was i'm n ferment The
white women who live with Cinnamon,
and whose antics had caused complaints
from the poor respectable tenants Of the
peighborhocd, frightened by the APP
peaxance Of the detectives, ran ont into
the streets Hike rats from house afire.
Only there they found themselves In
what the French story writers would
call @Cul-de-sac." Attempting 10 get
away from the police In the houses they
ran into the polite ut the Intersections
of the streets and were arrested as dis
orderly persons.
Chinatown had seen many raids, hut
none like this. There was no one but
On old Chinaman In the basement Of
Nc. . Doyer street, but nine women
were found on the upper floors. In the
rear Of the first hoor the rooms had
been cut up into little closets. Each of
these had 4 wide bunk, and each bunk
was occupied when the detectives came
In. There was no ventilation. and the
smell 81 0psam was siokening.
The women were AL young. Most Of
them were only half dressed. and spxns
had aviaemf1y retired Tor the night. The
next house west Of No. was also full
Of gisls They had been warned, how
ever, by the fate Of the others, and in
stead OF running into the street they
locked and barred their doors and pot
ont their lights. All attempts to force
the doors were unavailing and the police
passed on 20 No. 10. Three girls were
found here and driven out into the
street TO join their sisters. No. II Doy-
ers has long been notorious. There IL
sub-cellar here and the Cinnamon re-
treat TO Ii when thoy think the police
are after them. Recently dead China
man was taken from there by some Of
the tenants and thrown into the street.
a number Of girls were known 20 live
Ia the house, and dozens OF dresses and
other articles Of feminine attire were
found in the different rooms, but the
girls had fed. Nos. 1S, ~ and 1e, all
notorious houses, were ransacked and
many evidences OF feminine occupancy
were found, but only few girls were
caught They all swore that they lived
there alone, but Chinamen's clothes,
Chinese ornaments on the walls,
Chinese
Opium Pots. Pipes and Lamps
Rll disproyeG IL. At the east corner Of
poyers and Pcll streets q dozen girls
were found in private room In the sa-
loon on the ground Hoof. They had
locked the door, but opened il after re-
peAted orders from The police. In two
room apartment, up stairs, girl was
found all alone CrOuching under the
bed. She was only half dressed. The
Rtrl insisted that she lived alone, and
was Let GO with a warning that IL her
story proved untrue she would be ar
rested some other time for living with q
Chinaman. On the opposite corner q
lot more girls were found. The two
streets In which the raiding was being
Aone was n queer sight at this time.
The guards ak the different points were
formed around the prisoners, who were
laughing and shouting all at once. At
$50 o'clock the raid ceased.
Fafsy-Seven women Captnred.
Nineteen girls were then held by the
guard mt the junction OF Doyers and
Pell streets, seventeen more at Doyers
and the B0wery, and twonty-one more
nj PeIl street and the Bowery, fifty-seven
IN all AT the word OF command the
two guards near the Bowery moved for
ward 10 Pell and Doyers streets and
Joined the guard there. So far rs possi-
Eible each policeman had two prisoners.
They formed IN line in the middle OF the
street and marched UP % Mott street
and thence through Bayard TO Elizabeth
street. The captain led the march back
TO the station. When the girls got In
there was hardly any space 70 move
around III the outer room. The girls
were In various stages Of undress, and
the majority wore loose wrappers
Some were very pretty and innocent
looking, but most were neither. IL took
about two hours 70 take ell the pedi-
grees. After they were locked mp they
kept singing and shouting until the cap
tain threatened TO turn the hose ON
them.
Given Thrse Months Sentences
The prisoners were brought up in po-
lice court and packed sardine fashion
Ia the little pen ct one end OF the court
room where they sat on the floor,
laughed, smoked cigarettes and chewed
Chinese gum, while Justice Murray
disposed on the morning watch. They
were then lined mp before the desk.
Detective Chrystal appeared as COM
IN costfy wraps Of pIush ,astrachan and