The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-19
wHIrEcHAPEL CLEAxxD our.


| Women Driven Oat or Arrested ~ the
Mayors Order.
| In compliance with verbal order from Mayor
| White, given Friday night, Chief Of Police
| Rogers made raid on Whitechapel yesterday,
arresting al the women Of questionable charac-
| ter In that portion of the city between Jackson
and King streets and between South Third and
Seventh streets Only thirtysix women were
arrested, thirty-one being japanese and ave
white. II ID estimated that 1t least 800 disrepu-
table women live in Whiteehapel, the greater
number OF whom are japanese, and the COM
paratively small number of arrests made is due
to the notification given the women by the
chief through his subordinates.
About l o'clock yesterday afternoon Chief
Rogers called Captain J. L. Barck and Detective
Charles Phillips into his private Of
ice and instructed the two officers
to 60 down into whitechapel and
notify all women within sts precincts that they
had but one of two alternativcs-to vacate with
In thirty minutes or go to Jail. The officers
quickly made tie rounds and the long rows OF
low cribs were soon scenes of discord and ex-
element The French women, good many of
whom live in what Is called jackson alley
took warning and, hastily packing up their
effects, locked up their dens of infamy and fed
With the japanese the excitement was also
great and the fear OF the white women only
tended to make them more afraid. They few
about, .abbering loudly, like band Of pursued
magpies. Some put their clothing in sacks,
others carried valises, and leaving the furniture
In the cribs and the doors open, they started
of toward South Seattle IS fast ~ their
handy legs could wsddle. The excitement
among the women attracted great crowd Of
Whitechapel ioafers, and the alleys among the
cribs swarmed with a disorderly, unclesnly.
lawless element, who were ready to carry away
anything they could lay their hands on
On King street bridge the excitement among
the women was quite as great az among those
OF whitechapel proper.
Scarcely had Captain Barck and Detective
Phillips left the office when Chief Rogers sum-
moned the morning patrol to headquarters He
spoke for 3 few moments with Captain Willard,
and then the captain addressed the men, who
were drawn up in line, directing Lieu
tenant Simms to march with Officers
Kelly. Cummings, Thorn and Willis
Miliikin to whitechapel aud arrest
every woman in the place. He then
directed Officer N. Powers to take charge of q
squad of four men-Wilson, Fayban, Corbett and
Rirdseli-and proceed to the cribs on the King
street bridge and arrest all women found there.
The two squads marched out quietly and
swiftly. Lieutenant Simms taking his men down
South Fifth street and Officer Powers going with
his squad down south Sixth street.
Crowds OF loafers followed the two SQUADS of
officers and by getting in the way for time
troubled the policemen in their work BY
threats and a little use of the batons the police
drove the greater part of the crowds from tho
alleys, but 1t was impossible to keep the narrow
thoroughfare Gear. Nearly all the women were
gone when the officers arrived, but they caught
two French women and ten japanese women,
who had not made their escape ana these were
marched to police headquarters. On King street
three white women were arrested and eighteen
japanese.
At police headquarters the women were all
booked on charges of vagrancy. Each of the
Japs put up SIS bail and the FIVE white women,
after long interview with the chief, were re-
leased without bail.
The names Of the white women who were ar
rested are Julia Martins, Mamie Miller, Emma
Edwards, Blanche Huffman and Sadie McAllis-
ter. The Japs all gave half English, half Japan
ese names, such as slap Mary and "Jap Liz
xie," etc.
The women were not allowed to return to
Whitechapel and the place win be kept clear of
women by double patrol of police.