Evening journal., 1895-12-09

They Kicked on tho Door aud the VIII
mington Man is Arrested and Fined in
Municipal oourt-An EVIL which Is =
Puzzle to the Authorities-so PERTH
nent Qaestlons From an Onlooher.
The question Of the suppression Of
houses OF ill-fame Is ons that puzzles tho
authorities TO a greater extent than any
Of the many which spring mp for settle
ment by the men whose duty It Is to SEQ
that the public pence and safety
Is properly looked after, and the
morals Of the city protected By many
the evil Is looked upon rs necessary
one, although IL Is very questionable WY
any evil should be necessary. The
manner OF suppgessing IL is the problem,
however, that Is the most vexatioaB and
tho man who can suggest feasible plan
10 accomplish this end would be looked
upon as benefactor.
That there arc number OF these houses
in Wilmington Is no secret The police
are thoroughly couversant with their
characters, although perhaps not SUD
ciently TO make their testimony OF value
In a court Of law This. however, Is
not necessary ~ there ara few Instances
where plea Of not guilty has not been
entered when the hrazen keepers
Of these infamous dons have been
hailed before the Judge. Almost
every week officers are called on to eject
uniuly or noisy men OF boys from some
OF the dens, and once In awhile the pro
prietress ventures Into court TO prosecute
\ charge OF dlsorderly conduct. never,
however. where the offender belongs TO
the class known as 'ths gided youth,
and VITO has money to spend Ia such
places A case came up in Municipal
Court this morning.
A young man giving his name as
samuel DAVIDSON while showing the
slehts" 10 a friend from Philadelphia
last evening visited we'll known house
oa Orange street This was about IL 80
Sunday night The house was hlled
With young men and the two new com,rs
we're ordered ont. They endeavored TO
explain but when an alarm was rung up
left On the outside one Of them veatsd
his feelings by kicking the door aud his
arrest followed This morning he paid
| 50 aud costs for his fun
A singular feature Of the affair was
developed when the young man IN
/ detailing the arrest said the officer told
him that be must go back and
apologize" to the madam OF the house
The woman explained that zone Of hcl
girls" had just let gentleman In The
house aud the two followed him in,
practical admission as to the charAct 81
OF the house and one which should
result In her arrest.
Said a gentleman who was In court ane
heard the testimony; while II Is un
d0ubtedly a fact that these houses skis
Ia Wilmington aud probably will exist a.
long as thia Is city, and as long as the,
are patron zed BY mon, men who shoull
be ashamed OF themselves, thew certHinl,
should not be permitted TO flaunt thei
wickedness bsfors the eyes OF ths publi
unpublished. Why this worry house wal
Advertiaed from the theatrical stage onll
the other day and ths keeper, l. under
stand has boaated that she mas inhuencl
that Is OF advantage 20 her. Aud by thl
way, Mr. Reporter, can you suggest e
me Why Il Is that another place one o
those BY the way which wss blacklistes
By the authorities. after the Howard raid
is now running agaln7 II 1 understand
rightly there we're thros places which
we're marked les houses la which th'
] infamous business should nev'f bs al
/ lowed TO start again, aud this Is th'
one whose former keeper Is at presen
Ia fugitive from justiee. Per
haps the police are not aware OF th'
character Of the place and perhaps
public rumor Is az fault, but doubt
either