The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-23
THE RAZZLE DAZZLE.
A Railroad Avenue Saloon
Almost as Bad as Wag-
ner's Den.
THREE LOST YOUNG GIRLS
They We're Respectable, But This
Place Ruined Them Reform
at "McGlory's."

Proprietors Of saloons who owe their
existence to the booth trade. brought to
them by 'schipDies and theiv escorts, ara
still cursing THE JERSEY CRY NEWS for
exposing their dens. The same men are
pulling wires With the hope OF drawing
Police SuperinG Gndent Smith of his pres
ent rampage.
The booth tfskie has been dealt death
blow. Superintendent Smith is conduct
ing the warfare against the operators Of
these houses of assignation personally
and is seeing to it that the Captains of the
various precincts are enforcing overy
order issued by him.
Perhaps the greatest number of booth
dens are located in the lower section Of
the City. AT any rate, Superintendent
Smith will bring about the reform ne has
begun. down town first, and then he will
pay his respects TO the hill dive keepers
Saloons. the proprietors of which fat
tered themselves that SuperintendeuG
Smith was not aware of the disgusting
orgies they permitted, have been under
police surveillance for the past week The
detective force has been assigned to
cover these deDs. Reserve policemen
have also been doing detective duty andths
result Is indeed remarkable. The absence
of loud talking women and drunken
escorts on the streets at late hour of the
night has been commented upon and
Superintendent Smith is In receipt OF
numerous letters of congratulRtion for
carrying on the present crusade.
REFORM AT M'GLORY's.
BILLY McGlory's" den is not freQuented
by questionable characters at present.
The bald heads drink elsewhere. and an
air of surprising respectability surrounds
the place. The booths are not as they
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moved from every booth in che saloon, so
that pedestrians passing through Cooper
alley can see the occupants Of the booths
Women eare not sold drinks. Women
whose regulations are not above re-
proach are not permitted to enter the
saloon. The bald heads are sad, but the
proprietor fears Superintendent Smith
and THE JERSEY CITY NEWS more than
he loves the dollars of the baldheads. As
a resort of vice. McGlor7's is q thing of
the past. During the coming week the
booths are to be removed and pool table
will occupy the back room.
AN L SHAPED DEN.s
For the past week Superintendent
Smith had a detective shadowing q
saloon on Railroad avenue, between Bar
row street and Jersey avenue. The place
is not so notorious as Mc3loryig, but Pc
cuhar stories have reached the Snperin-
tendenb,s ears The saloon Is about sorfy-
1ve feet deep. The bar is in the fre4t'
room. In the rear OF this Is another room
which is connected by folding doors. En-
francs is effected by means OF hall door
leading to the flats over the saloon. The
stairway Is constructed in such 9 manner
that the room in the rear of the bar room
is L-shaped. In this L disgusting scenes
are.said to have occurred. The proprietor
has been questioned about his place but
Processes the greatest ignorance of any
degrading seances having occurred in r6e
IHn1 IL L.
lively dubbed the "Razgle- Dazzle This
is explained by the statement that when
the proprietor is in the bar room the oc-
cupants OF the rear room quietly close
the sliding doors which connect the
rooms. The gas is lowered and then en-
sue the scenes which are paid for by lib
eral expenditures OF money az tha bar hX~
the escorts of the chipqies. The occur
ences are indescfibab9S
A trio of girls, whose parents have Just
claim TO responsibility. frequent the
place. Less than ole year ago the girls
We're looked upon as being highly respect
able. Today, because of their frequent
visits to the 'Razzle Dazzle,' they are
looked down upon. Disgusting stories
are circulated of their actions. The bro
ther of one of the girls is said to have
called Superintendent Smiths attention
to the fact that. although his sister was
under age. proprietorS of saloons gladly
gave her all she wanted to drink.
The proprietor or the "Razzle Dazzle''
has shut down on his back room trade
since the police began paying him atten-
tion. and chippies have been excluded.
This temporary Improvement. however,
has not shut Superintendent Smiths eyes
TO the fact that as soon as the detective
or policeman doing duty ear the place
was removed, the old freQ> -sys Of the
place would be notified to retu.
Tonight q close watch is to be kept
upon all saloons having booths or private
rooms and the result may be several
raids.