The morning call., 1890-10-22
SUCCESSFUL RAID.
White Women Captured in Chinese Opium
DenS in New York.

NEW YORK, Oct 21.-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 the street, and
Chinatown was at once in lerment. The
first place attacked was Dover street. The
white women who live with the Cinnamon,
and whose antics have caused complaints
from the poor, respectable tenants of the
neighborhood, were frightened by the ap-
pearance of the detectives and ran out into
the street like rats from house on fire, and
in attempting to get away from the police In
the houses they ran into the police at the in
tersection 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 had 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
cl0set-doorS in the polcemen's faces. They
were showed out, and while some ran into
the street others attempted to escape by
and some laughed and seemed to think
it good joke. Most of them were half
stupid 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
girl came boldly downstairs with keys in
her hand She did not live in the house. she
said, but at 10 Dover street, and was around
on a visit to a friend. She was corralled,
too however, and led off weeping. Several
women were caught on the roof as they
were trying to pass over to the adjoining
roofs.
The next house, west of 6, was.also full of
girls. They had been warned, however, by
the fate of the others, and instead of run
ming into the street, they locked and barred
the doors and put out the lights, and all at
tempts TO force the doors were unavailing
The police had no warrants anyway, and
the girls refused to open upon the orders of
the police. A watch was kept upon the
front and rear entrances to the houses, aud
the police passed on to 10. The girls found
here were driven out into the street. Dur
ing the chase several girls were seen running
TO the roof, but were not seen afterward, so
it was concluded they escaped over the roofs.
Nos. u. II and Is, all notorious houses
were ransacked and many evidences OF femi-
nine occupancy were found, but only few
girls We're caught. They all sw0re they
lived there alone, but Chinamen's clothes,
Chinese ornaments on the walls, Chinese
opium pots, pipes and lamps all disprOved it.
AT the corner of Dover and Pell streets a
dozen girls were found in private room in
a saloon on the ground floor. They had
locked the door, but opened 1t alter re-
peated orders from the police. Some eS-
capped, however, through the rear entrance,
and were found later in rooms in other
houses. In two-room apartment upstairs
girl was found all alone, crouching under
the bed. She was only half dressed. The
room was very prettily furnished with lots
of Chinese bric-a-brac, and some nice Chi
nese dishes were on the table. The girl in
sisted that she lived alone and was let 60
with warning.
scene strange for New York attracted
the attention of the Tombs Police Court this
morning. Fifty-Seven women, all white,
with the exception OF two negroes and one
of Chinese-American parentage. were
escorted by twenty policemen. The women
were all found in Chinese opium dens last
night An afternoon paper, which is or
dinarily pro-Chinese, described their ap-
pearance as follows: Their intimate rela-
ton with the Chinese seemed not only to
cause them 10 lose all their own self-respect,
but also take on in part the nature of the
Celestials. The two colored 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 den the distinct odor
of opium, while four-ffths showed the eff
fects of optimism oking One-third of the
entire lot Wore hats. About two thirds were
sent 10 Jail. They ate opium pills while
waiting for the van.