The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-06
FIGHTING THE Dives.
The Superintendent 0per-
ations to Be Trans
ferred to the
Hill.
MRS. ST0CKER'S OLD HAUNT.
A Pavonia Avenue Den Run for
Respectable" Vice-The
Record to Date.
MRS. ST0CKER'S OLD HAUNT.

Booth dens in the lower section have
degenerated from sources of heavy
revenue into the poorest paying rum
shops in the city.
The exposures in JERSEY CITY NEWS
and the persistent manner in which
Superintendent Smith has conducted the
warfare against these dens of ipiquity
has struck terror to the hearts of the un-
scrupulous proprietors and driven the
habitues either ous of the city or to dens
not yet discovered by the Superintendent.
The result of the work accomplished by
The JERSEY CITY NEWS in conjunction
with Superintendent Smith is apparent,
when without fear of contradiction this
record may be exhibited
McGlory's dive Is dead. The proprietor
is doing no business, aud further, that not
dozen men who have the slightest claim
10 respectabillty enter the place: that the
women who made the den paying insti-
tuition have forsaken 1t and its proprietor.
Wagner's is closed and the building is
now undergoing reconstruction and will
be converted into tenement houses.
The "Razzle Dazzle" has become the
headquarters of suchre and whist club.
The back rooUl is locked aud no women
uDaccompanied by men.
The den at Jersey avenue and Grand
street is closed. A few days after the ex-
posurs in The JERSEY CITY News, Super
1ntendent Smith detailed electives TO
watch the place. The pro- dtors, Brennan
and Langan became aware of the fact
that they were liable to be raided at any
moment and very wisely nailed up the
doors. Three days ago the bar and fix
lures were sold and the place is 30 let.
The he'll hole near York and Greene,
which, owing to Typographical error.
was located near York and Grove streets,
is still open. The proprietor, however,
is conducting his place In an orderly
manner. The raid made by SuDerin-
tendent Smith on the lowest of creatures
who were soliciting near the den. and
their committal to Snake Hill has driven
the other habitues away A close watch
is still Kept upon the dive and the first
attempt to resume operations in the as
signatlon annex will result in the place
being raided.
NOW FOR THE ELL.
Dive keepers on the Heights have been
smiling at the misfortunes which have
fallen upon their Kind in the lower sec
lions of the city. These men presumably
thought to escape exposure, but no par
tiality will be shown in this crusade. AL
ready detectives are securing the Heights
nightly and they have accomplished good
WORK. Dens which have offended re-
spectacle neighborhoods for years are to
be suppressed or reduced TO running in
an orderly. decent manner. Dive keepers,
apparently unnoticed by Republican
police officials are to be hauled up with
snarp turn. In three precincts, police
captains, it is said, have Intentionally
or otherwise neglected to report certain
dives and Superintendent Smith is deter
mined that the officials who are endeavor-
ing to shield the proprietors of these dens
shall comply with his orders or go before
the Board of Police Commissioners
Obstacles have been put in the way of
the Superintendent ON more than one
occasion and fine little row is brewing
because OF this fact.
VILE RESORT.
The personal Investigation by Superin-
tendenG Smith Of the dens on the Heights
has led to the discovery of vile resort
near the corner of Palisade avenue
and Ferry street. Midnight orgies
characterize this place. Browis
are of common occurrence. The women
who frequent the den in some cases Keep
up considerable semblauce of respectable
1Iy. An air of secrecy surrounds the
place and only tAe regulars are permit
ted to participate In the scenes which de-
light the hearts of some politicians and a
few married men. This den is perhaps
the most exclusive one in the city, but
the performances are made all the more
disgusting by the knowledge that the
habitues are in most eases educated peo-
pie, nearly all married men and women,
1t was in this den, it Is alleged, that Mrs
Stocker, who was subsequently, murdered
by her husband held forth with her sis
ter Miss Tierney. 1t was also here that
Dunno met them and opened wine
Residents of the neighborhood refuse to
disclose the names of the frequenters,
but they state openly that the den is a
dangerous and most degrading resort. A
gang of respectfully dresser men con-
gregates on the corner nightly and the
nuisance has assumed such proportions
that lady dare not pass the place. 1t is
impossible for a lady unaccompanied
to pass without being insulted.
by some of the dudish ruffians who loaf
there. Complaints have been made to
the proprietor, but the petitions OF resi-
dents to have the leiterers kept inside
have fallen on deaf ear. The proprie-
tor dare not say ia word to his patrons,
bnt Superintendent Smith is now going
to take q hand in the affair. The gang is
to be broken up, and the back rooms
prietor has been warned once, aud cou-
tinusnce of the orgies will see him safely
behind prison bars.
GIRL VICTIMS.
Several instances are known where
girls have been sinveigied into the den.
This initiative step on the ladder of de-
graduation is known to have resulted in
the utter ruin of one young girl. Many
other cases must have occurred. but
Superintendent Smith has the details of
but this one. The place is to be watched
tonight by detectives.
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