The evening world., 1894-04-24
&C. Fl. PARKHURST,
.rr1.. ct. d. KENNESON,
. Rooms Of the Society for the Prever
tion OF Crime. limited Charitit


Rooms Of the Society, for the Preyen-
Building. April %, 1884,"
DR.. Parkhurst also declared that his
oIonts had reliable information that dis
efderiy-house Keepers all over the city
were preparing to resume their nefarious
3uainess as usual May l IN the various
beeves is 4S due S to the s acau
tal of Capt. William s Devery recently.
Capt. Martens was seen by reporter
Qf The Evening World" this morning at
Police Headquarters. where he was iGl
NCommissioner McClave. He said
II have nothing oInsg whatever ,s,,er to to-, say in
\ Z house that / have never heard com
planned Of. except in the way OF violation
.Since, the place was opened by Cor
coran last November have made three
arrests there for violation OF the Excise
law. No complaint was ever made to
me that-lt wes a disorderly resort or IA
resort 70: people OF the character de-
scribed Tn the letter which / received
"Mrs. Dempsey, the woman who owns
the building, lives on the second floor
with her niece. They are perfectly re-
~ may have more to say on this
Inspector Williams visited Capt. Mar
I tens precinct last night and made a
call At Corcorsn's saloon. He said this
az found the place to be an orderly
one snd ths RroPrie1SSr seemed to be
along Third and Sixth avenues.
There was no indication last night
that II was resort for disreputable
Partition on one side behind which were
several small rooms where persons
might sit and drink,
taken down. and know of no law which
would give me the authority to give
such orders. think that the letter of
pr. Parkhnrst is couched in Language
that ID q disgrace to man OF his In
telligence and In his position. 1t shows
the animus he has against the Police De-
Inspector Williams said he did not
know whether any further steps wouid
oe taken In the matter by the police
authSrities or not, Supt. Byrnes was
5ect. and whether any of the Commits
Martens based upon this letter or not is
The Captain had a long conference
Xith Commissioner McClave at Poiic,
Headquarters this morning. but neither
would have anything to say as to It's
AT the offices of the Society for tn,
sysntion q Crime, in the unltet
bY RIi1dinS q ,hs i was stated Thu
eociety had ample evidence OF the dis
sgasrly character OF Corcoran's saloon
had tSe been soc,stp repeatedly visited b,
70 be a resort for women and men o
the lowest character. and the goings
on there every night were disgrace
sstaiis'' Which were ranged along on M
side OF the saloon were nightly the seen
OF orgies which were indescribable.
Whether any definite charges woulC
nreferrPd aIpc
Capt. Martens this officer refused L
state, but he intimated that this wa!
not to be the end OF the matter by any
This case had been singled out becaus
of the close proximity Of this den o
vice to the police station, IT was said
Visited Corcoran's saloon this morning
The proprietor was not in, but the bar
keeper was doing fourishlng bust
He said he had heard that the Park
hurst Society had condemned the plac,
but declared that II had done Mr.. Coz
was echoed by the half a dozen or NOR
men who were standing around the roor
or drinking at the bar
This is as respectable as any place o
Third avenue" said the barkeepe
characters 70 come in here.
Those little rooms over there" point
Ing to the row, of stalls behind III
glass partition, "are only places whe,
gentlemen who want to be llttl
private may go and take a quiet drin
with a friend"
The reporter went through the lit
rooms. there were five in all. and foun
them scarcely large enough to hold mo,
than two persons comfortably. The
were very dark this morning an
smeNed horribly OF stale beer and Ia
TOBACCO smoke. In each one was
small wooden table and two or thr,
One effect OF DIR. Parkhurst's le
ter to Capt. Martens was evident
prkytlfe Court this morning. Follow
3 the Captains orders to the of,
rs under his command to arrest an
sreputable women found on III
treets after II o'clock at night, lal
pnight Detectives Render and Jones n
" rested fourteen women "
They wsre taken to Yorkville Cou
tnis mornfhE. where Justice Burke FIN,
them frpm 50 10 IS each '''''
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