The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-12
SoUDRETTE ROW,NOW
Petitioners, Police Officials and
Justice Voorhis in Conference,
Systematic Effort to Be Made TO
Purify the Block.
Capt. Price wrathy Over Imputa'
lions Upon His Neglect.


Inc poiee anu luuiciafy many pesal
to-uay tne Iohs-uelerreu lhNestiBa'loh VI
that mudn-compialned-ot stretcn OF
Thirty-ninth street. between seventh ana
Eighth avenues, known as "Soubrette
Row..
Justire yoorhis ratIrad fran, Tho bench
w, NC 'e'l'' i'''' ~
at JEFFERSON Market Court when tie had
| finished this warnings docket. and
presently sent from his once mys-
terious notification IN tho newspaper re-
,,r,ors ,hat 80 r,,r,o., ,,o,, nrose,t In
porters that he wantN them present IN
his private chambers.
WHOM tho ronor,or. ortorod tbev founa
the Justice at his desk with Inspector
Ma 49,, -, O.. DIT. .,r,,,, .oler,n
" on either side, While the room was
comfortabIv filled with a proup OF very
| respectable-looking men and women.
The Iustics arose and read the follow
I"e 'u1t.ee "'oee anu '''' '"e
Ing petition:
To Thomn, pvrne, SUPERINTENDENT Of Police, New
~ , xn." c,,,, "'' VI ''''''
| YORK Cltyi
The undersigned property-owners and persons
interested In the block on Thirty ninth street, be-
sI'n Svs"a ""' 81. as'n S"
houses and mats located on the block are occupied
by immoral people. and that some Of the reputet
owners lone Of whom has been indicted, continu,
purposes
Ladies living on the block scarcely dare tc
open their front doors after uirhttal. and can
""' SIT on ueir Noops or In 'hen front y"ru'
without being subjected to insults and beini
eomIeiled TO see repnensnt sights, .,. .,,..I
sar the nSu Ssd are in fS
S ShlSh vii, bear ei,Sh,ins marks IN AFTER years =,
tho street without coming into contact with youn,
hoodiums and drunken women and with othe
imn orsiitT.
Young men conEregate in the street at night
and ar" drawn into these dens Of vice and ar
seen leaving In the early hours Of the morning.
Property-owners on account OF the above eond
lions are pnssls to lent to desirable tenant, o.
se,l tnslr nolaingS, me captain Oh .ne pree,hs
Seu,c ' IN the s1ock We ,beretar. snpsa to ,o,
al m. chief executive one.r Of the Police DepSrt
ment and we beg you viii correct the eIistin,
evils The citizens Of Thirty ninth street are ii
earnest, and viii adopt such measures as ar,
within their power II the Police Department fail
longer to perform their plain duty.
New YORK. Aug d. 1924
There were about twenty signatures
to the petition, and of these the follow
ing were present: II. Allen, No. 2ls
Edward Beck. No; 222; Mr.; and Mrs
A. Reid, No. 272: NJ. Robinson, No 22I
Miss Kemhle, No. 224, and G. C. Ster
ling, No. 30
Inspector McAvoy brought me thi,
petition last week, and / made up m,
mind" said the Justice. addressing hi,
little audience, ito the step which W,
have now taken. / believe that II thi
street, which Il so frequently under com
plant, needs purging, II can best b.
accomplished by a concert of action be
tween the police, those residents anC
self.
~ have thought that the best way t
: approach the matter was to call thi
conference of you ladies and gentieme
2 and the Inspector and Captain of tn
, territory this morning. Now, ! woul
like to know who may be properly RI
D garded as the leader or the first move
4 among yourselves"
e Several men and women announced
concert that their leader was ID. ]. Os
.. good, who owns the lighthouses. go an
I 272 West Thirty-ninth street, and live
, in one OF them. Mr.. Osgood was nc
{ present. but message was receive
from his wife saying that he was
Providence and could not return unit
Friday, but that upon that day he woul
be glad to attend the meeting.
The Justice then said that the author
tiles could not proceed in an unadvise