The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-15
BILLY M'GL0RY'S
A Saloon lust By Head
quarters with a Sugges-
tive Nickname.
DISGUSTING SECRET ORGIES.
The Den Has Three Private
Rooms or Booths With
Spring Locks.
PUBLIC DECENCY SHOCKED.
Vile Talk That Reaches the Street
Superintendent Smith Will
Stop 1t.
DISGUSTING SECRET ORGIES
PUBLIC DECENCY SHOCKED.

| The order. emenating from Superinten-
dent C. P. Smith, of the Police Depart
ment, to the effect that booths in saloons
must go. caused widespread consterna-
tion among the rumsters last night. A
| good part of the Thousand or more sa-
looms, for whom licenses were railroaaed
through the Board of Aldermen by an
| Excise Committee composed of saloon
keepers, and law breaking saloon keep
| ers at that, owe their maintenance to the
booth trade.
| The sudden awakehing of the Sup erin
| tendent was hailed with delight by all
respectable people, and especially by per-
| sons whose daughters have fallen, or
have become endangered because of the
influences of the saloon booth.
| When Superintendent Smith made Ii
mandatory for policemen to report
saloons where booths were operated, he
had his weather eye upon a saloon very
| near Police Headquarters, which for the
| few months it has been in existence has
degenerated into q den Of the yiiest de-
| scription.
'BILLY M'GLoRY's.'
| This saloon is run BY young man who
says he ls married. II such be true, and
any trace OF decency yever permeated his
1
for the disgraceful orgies he permits to
| occur In his place for the ediflcation of q
| gang of bald heads, who have made
| rendezvous of the place.
Superintendent Smith has seen women
enter this saloon. He has seen them reel
| out. He has heard uEterance given to the
vilest Of oaths and expressions by these
creatures. The saloon Is on public and
| much used thoroughtare The proprietor
has been. ordered TO shut down the
seances, which have caused his place TO
be, dubbed, BILLY McGlory's.n If the
said If it is ignored. the place will be
raided. Several other places are under
| police supervision, but the Superintend-
ent prefers dealing with one at
a time. The saloon referred to
more particularly, does an excellent
"chlpple" trade Inside is bar, which
| extends back from the front about thirty
| feet. On the other side and further back,
| are two petitioned rooms about ten feet
I square, and hack Of these is larger
| space cut off from the main room by cur
tains. The "Family Entrance" door
leads Into a short, narrow passage be-
| tween the two small rooms. There are
| two doors to each of the small rooms, and
| they all have substantial lock and key at
| tachments.
In the main room only men are admit
| ted, and this part or the establishment is
run in fairly decent mrnner. But it is
| that part Of the place enclosed by the ten
| feet high partitions and curtains thar
| should be looked after by the guardians
| of peace and good order.
SHOCKING SCENES
These rooms are nothing more or less
| than disgusting assignation depart
ment of the lowest order. Every evening
shortly after dark the rooms are
| occupied by women and their
Of he freedom they "a are aliowea IHSWeee
There are number of other places they
might 60 to and get better drinks, but
these other places are respectable. They
| would not be allowed to lock the doors
and turn out the lights, or to use the
strings of profanity and obscene langu-
age that are allowed here.
The women who frequent this den are
known to the police Many of them have
become notorious through the police
courts. whilst others are young girls who
have only started out on career which,
alter graduating from this college of in
| iquity, will bring Them to the bottom
most depths of latterday depravity.
What there is about this dive to attract
any man or woman, except those with the
most depraved tastes. Is tnconceivable.
There are not even the discordant strains
of cheap m csic. which would to certain
degree be elevating to place of this
stamp. The men and women who 60
there are Of a class that is only enter
tanned by an exchange of vulgarisms
that even they blush to utter except in
the dark.
HOW IT WORKS.
The business done In this assignarion
annex is very profitable. For instance.
two women, frequenlers of this place, ar
rived about nine P. NJ. They are of
face and figure that is attractive to tie
habftues. Ihey enter one of the rooms
ha nth ha oIr In 1ol nv
touch the button, of course, and
the waiter comes in. II by
this time they have recognized
the voices of the men outside they most
likely ask the waiter to tell "Tom" or
"Jim," or Mr.. So and So, that they are in
there, or they will ask who is outside, and
il the names are eligible the gentlemen
are invited to come inside. The gentle
man who receives the invitation NAV
answer 1t with the remark
"Ah, ratsl Tell her to go to -"
The 'ladies?" hear this and probably
yell back over the partition some equally
refined remark.
The men finally get inside, and then
the drinking begins. Finally they talk
loud and attract more men into the place.
They tell funny ystories-stOries that bring
out laugh simply because ninety per
the most disgusting variety. Last winter
this could only be heard by going inside
the saloon. But now. since the front
doors and family entrance are open frag-
ments of this choice conversation can be
heard by anyone passing either Of the en-
frances Respectable women who have to
pass this place after. dark have been seen
to suddenly start and place their hands
to their ears while blush spread over
their faces as they hurried TO get by this
den of filth.
HORRIBLE.
There are scenes in these rooms at
times that the average visitor TO the place
never hears of. These only occur when
a select and exclusive party has happened
to gather. and the proprietor is generally
the prime leader in the revelry. The
woman who takes part in these per-
formances Is creature that has fallen
below the level OF human depravity.
And the men--they pay for the fun,
as they call IL, and light a
cigar. and swagger out on the sidewalk
apparently feeling proud of the fact that
they have been able to bring woman to
such depth of beastly DEGRADATION. Dis
gnsting scenes of milder character have
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