The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-10
DEN OF YOUNG CROOKS. D
The Strange Haul Of the po-
lice III a lIoboken Flat
Pretty Girl Mystery.


this noruiug raidsd a den OF young
delighted tina heart OF Dickens i'm NOR
| talizsd Pagan. Ssldutn has such whole
sale depravify and v~iciousness ueen
shown in any gang of criminals cap
tured oy the police of any city 10 this
vicinity Among those arrested was a
remarkably pretty girl who appeared to
be refined, and the police are ut a loss 10
unders tand how she became acquainted
with the crooks. That She was QUE Of
them and In sympathy with tileAi, now
ever. WAS proVen uy her absolute ceflsal
TO dlvuigs any OF the secrets of tue gau..
A FLAsHY YOUNG WOMAN.
About Il inuutn K Il ralnsr HASTILY
dressed aud bra1en faced young woman
called Oh the jsnitor of the fiat, No. 1904
Willow avenue, HoboKep. and engaged
four rooms on the first 1oor. She SAID
she was u 'Mlss Moreli. n that she IN
tsuded to occupy the apartments with her
brother George. a young telegraph oper-
ator. The janiter did not like the iooks
OF the young woman but as ishe paid the
rent in advance troM a well filed Lurse,
he agreed to le6 the apartments, but in
wardlY he decided TO keep a close watch
on his new tenant.
Tnat same day Miss Moreli's 'brothsr''
arrived. He was d beardless youth and
mad rather the appearance of a tough. In
Il very lew days Lhe ~jsnitor noticed Jnar
The new tenanUs had many visitors. The
visitors rs u rule We're tough looking
young men. Many of them were beard
less youths and they went in aud Out 1t
al hours OF the night with bags aud su,.
plcicious looking PACKAGE. DuriIg the
day they houxnG Dser and whisksy AMI
the rooms were the scenes OF many Il
drunken fight. Occasionally young
women would visit Jns rooms and remain
all night. On Que occasion Tue %jsnitor
entered the rooms and saw four young
women n half ~ dozen young men lying
on the floor stupidity urunk.
AboaI a week the janitor was sur
Rrised when y remarkably pretty girl
called at the fat and asked for Miss
Moreli. The girl, although well devel-
oped. wore short dresses b did not ap-
pear to be over hftees years Did. she was
neatly attlred and appeared to be refined.
At first the kind heated ~japitor deter
miued TO Tell the pretty child that the
person she was seeking was not of the
best character, but on second thought he
determined that ne would not NEEDLE
with his strange tenants and the girl was
admitted.
Then began a series of debauches.
The pretty girl remained with Miss
Morell and all day boys and beardless
young men. some OF whom had been ar
rested by the police on several occasions
for sneak thieving, visited the fiat. Ihe
pretty girl WAS q great attraction and
soon the ~housekeeper noticed that the
pretty child was rapidly being led away
by her evil c~ompaniDas.
Fl POLICE CALLED IN.
Then the housekeeper visited the police
station. He told tue story OF the strange
goiugs on i'll tue fiat to Sergeant Rathjea
and said he suspected that a gang of
young sneak thieves had located there.
the detectives to watch tue pl ace
and a raid was planned for
shortly after midnight this mora
ing. Detective kivlou aud Police
man Bour visited the fiat and arrested
Mcrsli u ths pretty girl. They W ere
alone ia Tue fiat together. AT the police
station the pr isoners said they were
George Morell. twsnty-tnree years old, a
Telegraph opera tor OF No. 1904 Willow
avenue aud Fra noes Feeney, seventeen
Years old, a hori st of No. 1857 West
Twelfth street. New York. The girl
Wept bitterly wnen led to { cell.
1hen Detective KivloD, Roundsman
Hughes went back 10 The fiat. Tue door
of the fat WAS locked aud when they de-
manded adnittauce thew were told to 90
TO a warm climate. Then the door was
forced. This time he police made 4 big
haul. They arrested Timothy Reagan,
seventeen years old. of No. 10 Vest
Eighteenth street. New York; Joseph
teeney, twenty-one years OH, of
No. 348 West Seventeenth street. New
York, aud John Feeney, fourteen years
old, of the safne address. A search Of the
premises revealed Two 3S-caiibre reviewers
fully loaded. about tweutv pawn tickets.
representing about $500 worth OF property
and two guns. All of the pawn tickets
were issued by pawn shops in New York,
aud most of them were ia the Nineteenth
precinct. There was also found a hank
book on the Union Dime Savings Bank
of New York, showing a balances of Se40
to Jns credit of PATRICK Downsy. A hook
with a list OF names OF young Hoboken
thieves was also found in the room.
ALI OF the prisoners were arratgued be.
fore Recorder McDonougn this morning.
The girl was the exposure Of all eyes in
The court room. She is as pretty as 4
picture. Although she cried as though
her heart would break, she would make
no statement other THAI that she mad
Been iavIted oyer by the Moreli oman
The police are looking for this woman.
AiIof the prisoners wsfe rsmandsd.