The evening world., 1894-04-24

copched our complaint. We are deal
Ing with CAPTAIN who has re-
es aS S 81 ofi saay'fdt duty. o. and dHt tSeie a are
times when. language that is impas-
stoned and indign ant. is the only mode
have either the power or the right to
"IEIecutive Committee:
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sRooms Of the Society, for the Proven
t,on Of Crime }, m IN. Charities
Or. Parkhurst also declared that his
agents had reliable information that dis
0r~deriy-house keepers all over the city
6usiness AS, usual May l IN the various
police precinSts OF the city. This Pr.
P,rkhprst believes is due to the acGuit-
Capt. Martens was seen by a reporter
Of ''The Evening World. this morning at
Police. HEADQUARTERS, where he was in
Commissioned McClave. He said:
Il have nothing whatever TO say in
regard 70 Parkhurst's letter Just now,
q, house that I. have never heard com
planned Of, except in the way of violation
since the place was opened by Cor
coran last November I have made three
arrests there. for violation of the Excise
inw, th az n e0 Was q d,s %ss EVER re. made or to
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resort fq' people Of the character de-
scribed IN, the letter which I received
s.a:Msi rs. Dempsey. the woman who owns
the building. lives on the second floor
with her niece. They are perfectly re-
ri may have more to say on this
Inspector Williams visited Capt. Mar
s ssnI :, PGs eeeof.n last sa nisht f ae sn mHd this
morning:
at found the place to be an orderly
esspe ead shs slt RrePr'e The s ssloSS w ys be en e
sisnE Third and sisiS ayenSes .0a"u al
that II was a hI resort. FOR disrenu fafbhle
persons. as alleged. There was a glass
partition on one side behind which were
several small rooms, where persons
II gave no order that these should be
taken down.. and know Of no law which
such orders. / think that the letter OF
Dr.. Parkhurst is couched In language
that Is a disgrace to a man Of his in
The snimus he has against the Police De
Inspector williams said he did not
be taken In the matter by the police
authorities or not, .Supt. Byrnes was
equally uncemmunicative upon this sub
sloners will approve charges against Capt.
Martens based upon this letter or not is
also uncertain.
With. COMMISSIONS McClave at Police
Headquarters this morning. but neither
would have anything to say as to Its
AT the Offices of the Society for the
Erevention Of Crime, In the United
eociety had ample evidence OF the dis
orderiy character OF Corcoran's saloon.
.ls y had a the See soc,e sspe sss had yi snsGa BY
% be q resort for women and men of
b lowest character, and the ,goings-
On there every night were a disgrace
'tstalls' which were ranged along one
side Of the saloon were nightly the scene
Of orgies which were indescribable.
Whether any efini charges would
preferred by the Society against
Capt. Martens this officer refused TO
state. but he minated that this was
not to be The end OF the matter by any
This case had been singled out because
OF the close proximity of this den OF
A reporter OF 1.-THE Evening World'
visited Corcoran's saloon this morning.
The Proprietor was not In, but the bar
ness.
He said he had heard that the Park
hurst Society had condemned the place,
but declared that It had done Mr.. Cor
coran a great injustice. This sentiment
wal echoed by the half a dozen or more
men who were standing around the room
or drinking at the bar.
This is as respectable as any place on
Third avenue, = said that functionary.
Third avenue" said the barkeeper.
characters to come in here.
Those little rooms over there" point
Ing TO the row OF stalls behind the
glass partition. ARE only places where
gentlemen who want to be a little
private may go and take a quiet drink
with a friend"
The reporter went through the little
rooms. there were five in all, and found
them scarcely large enough to hold more
Than two persons comfortably. They
were very dark this morning and
smelled horribly OF stale beer and bad
tobacco smoke. In each one was a
chairs.
One effect of DR.. Parkhurst's let
ter to Capt. Martens was evident in
forkyille Court this morning. Follow
ing the Captains orders TO the off,
GERS under his command to arrest any
disreputable women found on the
streets after IL o'clock at night. last
night, Detectives RENDER and Jones ar
rested fourteen women.
They were taken to Yorkville Court
this morning, where Justice Burke hAed
them from IS to IS each
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