Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-10
COURTESANS RAIDED.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS OF MEMBERS OF THE
FRAIL SISTERHOOD.
Squire Arkls and His Deputies Make Another
Descent Upon the Houses of III Fame
Hearing This Afternoon.


and his deputies made another descent
upon the courtesans of the town and
their male companions. Thirty-ntne
arrests were made. The offenders were
black and white, OF both sexes, and all
ages. A number of expeditions were
organized and the county officers were
kept busy until daylight yesterday
morning. Last night four were added
| to the number of arrests. It will be
| remembered that large number OF
arrests upon State warrants were also
made about two weeks ago. Justice
Ankle thinks the social evil is not prop
erly regulated by the police and Is TAX
/ ing advantage Of the authority vested
in him to weed out some OF the most
Objectionable places.
The hearing of the evidence In the
cases growing out OF the Saturday and
| Sunday night raids, will take place this
afternoon at 2 O'clock, and an interest
ing time is expected. Some Of the pros
titutes have engaged counsel and will
| fight the law.
SATURDAY NIGHT > RAIDS.
Commencing about 1920 o'clock on
Saturday night and continuing until
$50 o'clock Sunday morning, Justice
Arkle and his constabes were kept
busy. The officers brought in the I'M
! fortunates caught in each raid, and
were Immediately handed warrants for
other arrests. The scenes enacted az
/ Inv
There were explanations galore and a
general skirmish about town for bonds
! men.
Josephine Boyd, colored woman
who keeps a disorderly house on Tenth
street, was first brought In. John S.
Cutter, white, accompanied her, Both
| furnished bond. Wilson Adams and
Grace Andrews were found together in
the same room at Nellie Whites, and
the trio accompanied the officers to the
jail. All put up for their appearance.
Fanny Preston, who keeps a bagnio on
Nineteenth street, waived hearing
and furnished bond for her appearance
at the next term of Court. Mrs. Ditty's
house on Tenth street was visited, but
the landady was sick and she was not
brought to Jail.
Shortly before two o'clock friendly
call was made at Ada Fosters house on
Eoff street Ada was placed under ar
rest, charged with keeping house Of
ill-fame, and Andy Hovey, Maud King,
Martin Clark and Flo Travis, who were
caught in the house, were committed
on charge of fornication aud adul-
terry.
These cases disposed Of, Constable
Love waltzed in with Rhea Gray, who
keeps
HOUSE IN ALLEY 16.
Rhea furnished bond, and went her
way rejoicing. Mrs. Annie Keim, a
Twenty First street Cyprian, next toed
the mark. She furnished bond and
was released. Gussie Allen, boarder
at the Keim house, was committed on a
charge of being person not OF good
fame. Reuben Boring and Dodd Mar
shall, and John Moore and Jessie Nor
rlson were all charged with adultery
and fornication. They could not find
friends to put up for their appearance,
and all were committed. Yesterday
Moore furnished bond and was released.
At Susan Hennegan's bawdy house at
Main and Twentieth streets, the con-
stables found some trouble in securing
an entrance. There number OF the
frail .slSterhood were found with male
companions, and all were taken to the
Jail, where the usual charge was placed
against them, and they were committed
in default of BAIL Their names were
Goldie Foster, John Edwards, Jessie
Benson, J. +. Wilson, Jessie Brown,
John Brown, Jack Gaines and "Pet"
Reed. The landlady furnished bond
for a preliminary hearing this after
neon. John Moore followed the party
to the Jail. in the hope that he might do
something for one of the unfortunates,
who was his friend. He was in an In
toxlcated condition, and was locked
up by the Justice.
ESCAPED THROUGH A WINDOW.
When the constabes made a descent
upon Stella Woods brother, in Alley c,
they found the madame, two girls and
two men. One of the men escaped from
a second story window, dropping to the
alley below. Nellie Hamilton, John
Clifford and Annie McDonough were
marched to jail with Stella. None OF
them could furnish bond and all were
committed to jail.
This completed the hauls for Satur-
day night. The last case was disposed
of at daylight, and the officers returned
to their homes.
Last night Constable Anderson and
- Of
Hill. color9d woman, on Palo Alto
street above Eleventh and placed Net
tie, her daughter Eliza, and two eigh-
teen-year-old white boys under ar
rest. The boys put Up COL
lateral security for their APP
pearance, and the two women were
committed to jail. The arrest created
considerable excitement Ia the vicinity
Of the house, as the Hill women exer-
cised their vocal powers to such an ex
tent as to alarm the entire neighbor-
hood.
DICE SHAKING MUST STOP.
It il probable that Justice Arkle will
follow up his crusade against the
houses OF ill-fame by a number OF ar
rests of saloon keepers and others who
engage in dice shaking and cards and
dominos for drinks and money. These
arrests will be made under Section II,
of Chapter Isl Of the Code of West Vir-
ginis which fixes the penalty for Of
lenses of this nature at fine not to ex-
coed 500 and confinement in jail not
to exceed one year. IL is the section
which defines lotteries and raffles, and
provides punishment therefor.
1t is not generally known that sew