The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-13
CLEARING OUT 4 Dive
Proprietor Gombossy Committed
for Maintaining a Nasty
Place.

That nasty dive, the Atlantic Concert
Garden, next door to the Journal office
on Montgomery street, was raided on
Saturday night, and it's proprietor, Jacob
Gombossy or Bomboski, with his man.
ager, walters and ladies'" were hauled
in by Chief Murphy and a corps of de-
tectives.
to the Aldermen for a license, which, to
the credit of the Board of Aldermen, was
refused.
From information received" as Chief
Murphy said, he sent two men in plain
clothes on Saturday night and gave
them money to buy drink with at Com,
only supply them with soft stuff" But
when the men pulled out a five doliaI
bin, supplied by the Chief, that was diff,
room at the rear of the stage, and, ae-
cording to one of the young men, Isaac
Smith. they found there a fat woman
with short curly hair and a dress short
at both ends.
Il treated said Smith, and we had
two bottles of beer, and the lad4 had
sherry. The round cost 70 cents"
In a few minutes the Chief and the
detectives swarmed in and found beer
In the back. rooms and these ladies in
very short dresses:-Lizzie Evans. No.
KSutu, Ne; q 4,S West A1 TWsns t. 81 a street.
York, and Bessie Allen, No. Is Bloomfield
street, Hoboken; Waiter Eugene Mack,
No. % Garden street, Hoboken, and Louis
Smith, manager, of Hoboken, were also
Chief Murphy described the place with
its secluded rooms, beer drinking men
and women, and told the Court that he
tasted the beer himself. The place has
no license.
Detective Kilcauley, when his turn
came, seemed to have seen more of the
".goings on" than any of the others. he
descended into a little room under the
sta oa and there fOun6 some of the Young
ladies mentioned above sitting on the
mems laps and with feet reposing on the
veniently high. One of them, Miss Bes-
sic Allen, who does a song n dance
act" tainted when the officer entered.
NOW, o%fficer," cross-examined Coun-
sellor Midlige, 1.-THE dresses these ladies
wore We're not unusual to these seen in
Well" replied Mr.. Smith with a wink
wear dresses like them"
and oun stare with wonder and ad-
miration. Such ~elegancies of diction are
i%nfrequent in a police court. ou,donoa
that had been told was not conclusive
had but little effect on the he Court Coz t,s,i and
lano pfV %2itbo9t a w1 license nsea s0V iof se'''As
evidence to prove that the house was a
bossy or Bomboski Che seems to have two
names was held for the Grand Jury.
Before the case was disposed of Chief
Murphy told the Court hat Waiter Mack
in giving Smith change for the five dol
lar bill rendered had returned a coun-
terfeit dollar. The charge was not press,
ed, n Proprietor Gombossy made good
the Chiefs dollar.
"Cail up the young ladies' said JUS
tice Potts. and with smirks and smiles
they filed out of the front seats before
the bench. A few of them tried to look
as if they were pleased to be there
rather liked it in fact-while others held
of indulging in the feminine luxury of
a good cry. The Court pointed out TO
them the charge. but as they appeared
to be under the direction of their employ
er, he would not fine them. They were
DISCHARGED.