The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-30
THE NEWEST Dive.
Where MGlory's and the
: Razz1e Dazzle Gus
toners Congregate
Nightly.
LIZZIE LEE AND HER GANG
all the Soliciting Women of the
Grand Street Sections Use 1t
Police On to 1t.

When McGlory's booth den was in full
blast, it was, perhaps. the best one in ex-
istence in this city. Wagner's COM
manded second place. The "Razzle Daz-
zle'' was close third, with the recently
organized den at Jersey avenue and
Grand street not many lengths behind.
The exposures of these dens by THE
JERSEY CITY News, and the determina-
tion OF Superintendent Smith to close
them have brought about marvellous
changes for the better. McGlory's "chip-
pie" trade has disbanded. The doors
have been removed from the boot hs and
the den is given a wide birth.
McGlory is kicking but women dare
not enter the place. Wagner's is clio sed
The 'Razzle Dazzle'' has Deen renovated
and no women are permitted to enter.
The Jersey avenue and the Grand street
den is still open. but the proprietors will
not permit women to occupy the back
rooms. Thisplace is still under police sur
veilance and a raid will be made rs soon
as al attempt is made to resume the old
''chippie" business
The soliciting business conducted so
openly on Grand street between Warren
and Hudson streets has been broken up
and many of the depraved creatures who
took part in 1t have left the city fearing
that arrest would follow any attempt to
resume their ola tactics.
A NEW RESORT.
The habitue5 of McGlory's and the other
dens, are under police watch, have re-
paired to a den near York and Grove
streets. The den is notorious one and
disgusting and degrading orgies,
carried on in the back room have
resulted in the place being raided
on more than one occasion. The new
customers from the other dens have in
stilled new life into the place. The prop
rietor openly defies the police, and the big
fat policeman who is supposed to preserve
order in that locality is often heard to say
1T keeps me tapping Lizzie Lee and her
crowd on the shoulders to keep them
from hanging around"
The policeman's statement might be
| taken for what 1t is worth. But the fact
remains, however, that Lizzie Lee and
'her crowd" hold forth in the place and
carry on their disgusting orgies uninter-
rupted by the fat policeman. The den is
a dangerous one. The habitues would
resort to any scheme to obtain money.
Seamen have been robbed. Men have
been atrociously assaulted, but the pro-
prietor of the place escapes each
time without being indicted. AL
tie back rooms, the rooms themselves
are so arranged that the inmates have
considerable secrecy extended to them.
The secrecy is what brings the den on a
level with McGlory's. The rooms may be
| locked, and when the women arrive at a
certain stage of intoxication they gener-
ally are. All night long rowdyism
swear. Men follow their example. Ri
bald songs are sung. The gas Ii put out.
and some of the most disgusting seances
occur. The proprietor raises no objec-
| lection, fearing to lose such good pay
| ing class of customers.
MERE AsSIGNATIoN ROUSE.
The rear rooms, like all other booth
| signation annexes. The proprietor
knows OF this. but makes no attempt to
| save the young girls who are drawn into
the den by women whose past records
| show them to be the lowest of creatures.
| The den is dirty. But this seems to suit
| the habtues. Midnight brawls which
| have aroused the indignation of residents
of the vicinity are of frequent occur
renee. 1t was to this den that the women
| arrested for soliciting took their victims.
! The place was pa.ronized more than q
| house of i'll repute on Hudson street.
| The policeman doing duty in the vi
| cinity knows that these things occur and
| on more than one occasion some of the
| degraded women, arrested in the place
or near by, have given startling reasons
| for the true inwardness of their arrest.
| Superintendent Smith Is watching This
| den. Detectives shadow 1t nightly and
| it is highly probable that proprietor and
habitues will figure conspicuously
\ in Justice O'Donnell's Court il the dis
| gushing orgies which characterize The
| place are not discontinued The pro
| prietor was warned today to exclude The
| questionable characters who can be seer
there nightly, sitting on beer barrels
waiting for their male friends Super
| intendent Smith has directed the
| policeman on that beat to drive the WON
en- off the corner, and. il necessary, take
up a stand at the saloon and drive tht
women away from it's doors, and prevent
any questionable characters from enter
| ing the back rooms.