The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-20
BOTH RAIDED.
Cooper Hall and the Wash,
ington Street Concert Car
denS Pulled by Police.
TIE PROPRIETORs ARRESTED.
CONSERVATION Among the Audience
and the Short Skirted
Performers.

The police last night rafded Cooper
Hall and the Washington street concert
gardens. The proprietors Of both resorts
and their performers were all put under
arrest. The habitues were not molested.
In the First District Police Court this
morning ex-Judge Roderick B. Seymour
appeared for Proprietors Adolph New
man. Of Cooper Hail. and Christian
Meistner. Of the Washington street gar
den, and secured an adjourn ment Of the
hearing in both cases until next Satur-
day morning.
The raids were made in consequences Of
the proprietors Of each establishment
failing to take out Licences under an or
dinance passed April 4, 1890, regulating
travelling and other shows, circuses and
athletic exhibitions. The ordinance sets
forth that no one shall show, exhibit, act
or perform, or cause the same 70 be done,
in any place where liquor is sold; nor can
lnterludes, farces. plays or singing or per-
formance of any kind, whether for price.
gain or reward, or rs free gift, for the
purpose OF attracting public attention,
without first having a license for that
purpose. The penalty Of violation is u
fipe not exceeding $500.
The license is fixed by the Excise Com
miitee Of the Board OF Aldermen. The
permit Is granted for six months. The
committee fixed tns sum for the licenses
at s25.s The proprietors claimed that they
thought that the licenses were granted
for one year. But the words six mouths
are plainly printed on the permits as the
limit OF time for which the license was Is
sued
ABBREVIATED AT BOTH ENDS.
Cooper Han Is just across from the
City Hall and within the shadow Of
Police Headquarters. For years past the
lower door has been nightly, with the ex-
eeption OF Sundays, the scene of gather
ing Of beer drinkers. who sat around the
ianumerable tables and Quaffed beer
while they applauded the vaudeville per-
formRnces Of funny men and the songs
and high kicking OF the painted sirens in
costumes cut decollette at both ends.
Captain Farrier, of the First police pre-
cincf, entered one of the front doors at
half-past nine last evening the hall was
crowded with habitues- The Captain
was IN citizens clothes, and his appear
ance at first caused but little sensation
But the Captain was soon followed by
Patrolmen Flannelly, Heath, Develin and
several other policemen in full uniform.
Proprietor Newman. with his wife and
several nieces. VINO were visiting him
from New York, sat at table In the
rear.
Mrs. Newman was the first to discover
the presence of the police, who stood
still moment as though locating their
victims She called her husbands atten-
rion 10 the fact and Proprietor Newman
went over TO Captain Farrier and in
qufred what the trouble was.
You are running this place without
license" replied the Captain; .eand you
may consider yourself under arrest
want the performers"
CONFUSION IN THE DRESSING ROOMS
The policemen had already ascended
the narrow aisle leading TO the dressing
anu sitting rooms in the rear OF the stage.
BY this time the crowd was on 70 the raid.
Many fearing they. too, would be held,
fed precipitately in a confused mass to-
ward the doors; but the crowd Tor the
most part remained seated at the tables
as though this was the biggest card on
the programme.
Carrie Carlols, a short-skirted singer.
suddenly hushed her voice, and as pale as
death darted for the wing leading to the
rear OF the stage. II ner mad, sudden
flight into the rooms where the singers,
with some half a dozen invited guests,
were enjoying tete-R-tetes, caused con
sternation, 1t WAS nothing compared with
the pandemonfum that ensued moment
| later as three stalwart blue coats sailed
! IN upon them and put them under arrest.
The fat woman songstFess made clutch
| for her throat. gasDed and desperately
| dashed down the contents Of q glass OF
wine. But too late, she keeled over like
| Jumbo wnen the brute was struck by
| locomotive. The others rushed into the
rear dressing room and dehed the officers
TO enter until they finished dressing.
This knocked Flannelly clear out. But
/ he knew there was no other egress, so he
patiently waited until the sirens ap-
peared in street costume. Then he. with
his brother policemen. quietly tucked
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them with an unusually gallant gait 10
| the First Precinct Station House.
Proprietor Newman had already gone
on peacefully with captain Earrier. had
secured bail and was hustIlng 10 secure
bail for his performers, in which be sue
ceeded. A great crowd followed the party
10 the station house
The performers arrested were James
aud Antoinette Taylor. of Brooklyn;
Martha Townsend and Emile Gofegraf,
of New YORK. and Carrie Corloras OF Ho-
boken.
AT THE WASHINGTON STREET GAR DIX.
The raid on Christian Meisrner's WASH
| ington street garden was made at about
the same time. That resort is always
| crowded at night and II was fuller than
usual when the policemen pulled ii in
last night. The proprietor. Annie Brown,
Mamie Price, Charles Lawton and Matte
1 Nelson. New York performers, were
quietly placed under arrest and shared
I the fate of those arrested at Newmans.
There was almost an explosion in court
this morning when Justice Stflsi1g read
the tattered ordinance handed him BY a
policeman, under which the places were
/ pulled The Judge could make out but
! few words, aud as ne anaibly mutfered
] "Menagerles. wild beasts and animals
and circuses,n litter ran through the
crowds present, and the sirens arrested
nudged each other and laughed with the
rest. Then the Judge sought his ordi-
nance book from his desk.
The once win Go to Hobeksn.