New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-04
UPROAR IN THE TENDERLOIN
RAIDS ON TEN DIsoRDERLY HOUSES.
CAPTAIN M'LAUGHIIN's MEN SPREAD CONFUSION
AMONG OLD OFFENDERS-swITr AND
EFFECTIVE WORK.

EFFECTIVE WORK.
Forty of Captain william McLaughlin's police
men in citizens clothes started out last night tc
make sudden raids some of the most notorious
disorderly houses in the Nineteenth Precinct which
have fourishcd unmolestol for years. The police
| men were under the command of Detective Kent
Ten houses had been emptied Of their occupants
ut | a. IN. this morning and the police were
still at work Captain Mclaughlin obtained the
warrants from Justice Diver at the Jefferson
Market Police Court late yesterday afternoon.
lie waited until just before the Justice went
home so that no Information about the raids should
leak during the day to the persons named in the
warrants.
At IL o'clock Detective Kent and his men
started ont. They did their work swiftly, going
from one house TO another as fast as they could.
This kept "a steady stream Of prisoners pouring
into tie Tcndcrloin precinct station.
The first place visited was No 466 Sixth-ave..
which is kept by Mrs. Ann Mccormick.
Emma. Smith was the housekc6per The
property is owned by William Iaucr-
back, member Of the March
Grand Jury which severely ccnsured the police
for laxity in enforcing the laws. lie rented the
house TO the woman four years ago. At that
time she told him for what purpose She wished
to the place, IL don't care about that" he
is reported to have said. Il only care
about having good real estate security. She paid
him Sl.iOO year for the upper part of the
house Tho police had receipts for rent signed
by him. Three women and four
rested at this place.
The police next moved No. 1872
West Thirty-frst-st, which is kept by Louisa
Mabellc. Ten persons, men and women, We're taken
into custody here and hurried down to the pre-
cncc station
The next place visited was No. "a West
Thirty-sixth-st, the mistress of which is the
notorious l,osa Bcl Twelve prisoners were taken
here. Three houses adjoining one another in West
Twenty -four,h-st. then received calls. No. IA
is kept by Marie Stacon, No. l6 by
Carrie Hastings and No Is by Belle
Harrison number Of men and women
were found in these houses and taken 10 the sta
tion.
While some Of the policemen were leading the
prisoners to lock them up. others continued
TO srvc warrants. They next descended on No.
ll2 Wcst Thrtysccond- which is the housr Of
Belle Engle and after bagging their game
there visited Carrie Farkcr's place, No. % East
Thirticth-st and Madame Charlcs's, No. l2l West
1hiIty-sccoad-st.
About loV persohh "clo orIc>''H III an 'h' urn
all gave fictitious names. The prisoners were all
locked mp in the station, and at a late hour this
morning, none of them had succeeded in getting
bail. Tic work OF the police was so swift and
sure that in nearly every case the raid was
"A complete surprise. Only one place rec 'ivrd
warning house in SlAth-Lycr and when
mrn reached il, there
was no one there. The whole work was
done In such short order that within one hour
and n hnlf from the time the first prisoners began
to arrive at the station nearly 100 OF them had
been locked up.