Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-08
WHOLESALE RAIDS.
HOUSES OF ILL FAME PULLED LAST NIGHT
on STATE WARRANTS
Issued by Justice Geo. Akls-FOur ConsaOlss
Kept Busy Hauling in The Frail Females
and Their Companions.

Another general raid on the houses OF
i'll fame In the city was made last night,
upon State warrants issued bY Justice
Geo. Ankle, most Of which were sworn
out by Prosecuting Attorney Howard.
Constables Lauchlin, Anderson, Love
and Blocker were kept busy from about
eight o'clock in the evening until
an early hour this morninS. AS a
result OF the raid about eighty
five arrests were made, and the
districts occupied by the women
OF easy virtue presented de
serted appearance. Very few men were
caught. 1t was probably whispered
about among the regular frequenters OF
the houses that general raid was be-
ing made, as the late arrests were all
women.
The scene presented in TIA Jail office
was remarkable one. All the women
and men arrested were brought TO jail,
and IL they possessed the requisite cash
to put up for their appearances they
were released. More than one proml-
nent citizen was awakened by the ring
ing OF his telephone bell, or the call OF
messenger with note. Every frail
female who had friend managed TO
get word to him in some manner, and
number of them secured the necessary
cash and were released.
IL was q motley crowd in the jail OF
fee, and as it grew In proportions as the
night wore on, the scene was very In
teresting one.
The gilded courtesan held aloof from
the more depraved members OF the
demi monde, but none showed any evil
dence of care or anxiety. There were
persons OF all ages, both races and sexes.
They sat about on the rough benches,
exchanged coarse jokes, pulled at cigar
ettes, and all wore the nonchalant air
characteristic OF women OF their class.
Each new batch Of arrests was welcom-
ed with coarse laughter and profane
words of recognition.
Although the raid was probably de-
termined upon few days ago, the con-
stables did not know anything about 1t
until after six O'Clock last night. IL
was about nine O'clock when Justice
Ankle arrived at the Jail office. The
constabes were handed new warrants as
they returned with the patches OF
offenders, and In this way were kept
busy all evening. Jus tice Arkle was
busy In the private office OF the jail, &C
cepting bonds for the appearance OF
some Of the men and making out COM
mitments for the others.
The hearing OF the men and women
arrested last night will commence this
afternoon at two o'clock, and will not
be finished to-day. 1t will be remem-
bered that raid OF similar character
was made some time o,upon warrants
issued by the same Justice.
The arrests made were as follows: At
Stella Chester's house, the landlady was
not in. Fred Artz and Ollie Morris
were arrested. At Georgia Franks
house, no girls or men we're found, and
the landlady accompanied the officers 70
ialI. The same was true Of Media FL
bridges house. At Susan Hennegan's
house, rich haul was made. Besides
the IandIady, John L. Adams, Goldie
Foster, Annie Johnson, Mamie john
son, Jessie Brown, Maud Evans, Maud
Smith, Maggie Pierce and A. Carroll
ton, were arrested. AT Ada Fosters
hagnio, the proprietress, Flo Travis,
Clara Beltz and Laura Houston were
found. Nellie White, James Jones and
Nellie Hamilton were found In
the resort kept by the first named.
At Lucy BelmoEt's house, she
and two girls, Betsy Allen and Cert
Wies. were hauled in. Twelve inmates
were found in Fanny Preston's cOlored
house, on Nineteenth street They were
Grace Shaw, Gertie Wisnston, Julia
White, Goldie Burk, Ruby Bond, Annie
Scott, Mamie Evans, Sadie johnson,
Lille Dixon, Eva johnson, Stella Gray
and Florence Morrow. Ida Robinson
and three inmates, Ethel King, Susan
Moran and Fannie Davidson, were found
In her house. In Rhea Gray's house
were found Mamie Burt, Nellie Woods
and Emma Wells. Carrie Palmer was
arrested with her two boarders, Lena
Moore and Ruby 81. Clair. At Maggie
Conroy's house on Seventeenth street,
the madame and Lottie Garfield and
Mabel Cummins were arrested. At
Jessie MoaticeIli's house, four inmates,
Madeline Hornbrook, Annie Stewart,
Cora Harris and Kitty Stewart, were ar
rested.
At the time or going TO press the fol-
loving additional arrests were reported:
Kitty Lee and Bessie Burdette, May
Trimble, Jennie Mitchell, Rosalie Du-
raue, Josie Mitchell, May Hudson, Ellie
Earl aud Bias Moore. Nellie Clifford and
TWO inmates. Between the hours OF 1870
and four o'clock, four other houses
were pulled. and about twenty arrests
made, swelling the aggregate number
about eighty-fve.