New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-07
POLICE CAPTAINS IN NEW QUARTERS.
DR. PARKHURsT DENIES THAT HIS SOCIETY IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIDS on DisoR-
DERBY sES-CAPTAIN DENEIY
PLEADS NOT GUILTY.

Tho ,hir.ee, notice cap.ans who were transferred
on Tuesday were busy yesterday packing up thc'r
books. pictures. bedding and other things which
have made them comfortable in their rooms at
the police stations Last evening they had moved
IN their new quarters One and all cheerfuly de-
clared that they did not mind the change They
had done their duty In their old precincts ana woud
do their duty to the best Of their ability In the
new ones OF course. They would not admit that
they had any hand in the sudden closing OF the
dsordery houses Monday. The orders to close
those houses probably had been given by agents
Of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, they
said
The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst said last evening: 1.-THE
captains lie when they declare That the agents OF
the society had hand in the closing Of the dis
orderly houses The method Of closing the houses
was described correctly in The Tribune this morn
ing / know that from the testimony Of Witnesses
The police did the work in Il brutal fashion, ana
with n crooked motive For weeks and months
and years the police have been fostering those places
and protecting the women in them. They might
have gone to the women and told them to put a
stop to their business, giving them reasonable
time to accommodate themselves to the changed
conditions Instead of taking that way they SUD
denly drove them out Into the snow. The evident
design was to sympathy for the women
at the expense OF the society.
Dr. Parkhurst repeated what he said on Tuesday
that he was willing to aid women who had been
driven from the houses and were willing to reform
He had received threatening letters, apparently
written by women who had been turned out OF
the houses, but the letters not signed. and
might have been inspired by the police.
Captain William s. Deyery pleaded not guilty In
General Sessions yesterday to the four indictments
charging him with neglect Of duty. His counsel
Charles Strauss. Of No. 237 Broadway. received
leave to withdraw the plea TO file demurrer TO
the indictment in case he wished TO do so. He also
gave notice OF motion for. icave TO inspect the
minutes Of the Grand Jury. Assistant District
Attorney TOWNSEND well argue this motion with
MIR Strauss Tomorrow
News that large number Of women had been
made homeless through the Wholesale raids
on dsordery houses by the. police In the Tender
Ioin District Induced Mrs Mary T. Burt president
OF the Womens Christian Temperance Union OF
this State, and Mrs. Mary j. Annabe. superin-
tendent Of rescue work for that organization. TO
make a tour OF investigation Yesterday prepared
IL necessary hire IL large building and give food
oycrcrowded charitable institutions which custom
ary care for them could take them in
As result Of inquiries at the Thirticth Street
Police Station and ut charitable Institutions the
Temperance women were led 20 benevc that either
thcr. is no unusual number OF fallen women home
women fail 10 seek shelter IN such quarters Marion
OIrien they said. told them at the police station
that a dozen policemen had been sent out in
citizens dress TO look for these women and failed
10 find an unusually large number on the street
Mayor Gllroy received them courteousy and said
he knew OF nothing confirming published accounts
such destituton except reports from real estate
dealers OF greater demand for fats than IL com
this time OF year