Evening journal., 1895-03-15
A BATCH OF EXILES.
Inmates of Infamous Dives on
Water Street Convicted.
ROXY oAMMoMILE A STAR WITNESS

she Tells OF the Trade Carried on by Her
Fellow Tenants in the Old National
BuiIding-They VIII RustIcate In Castle
Giiiis-other Municipal Court Cases.
For once In the history Of the
Municipal Court, there was a dearth of
colored faces among the spectators In the
lobby and on the witness benches. The
causeIwas not hard to guess. The dock
was pretty well filed with the victims Of
the raid on No. 100 East Water street
yesterday afternoon, and those who
escaped we're not anxious to run the risk
OF being drawn In as witnesses
Roxy Cammomile, who got a dose
Of bitter law yesterday morning
for breaking teapot over Nellie
Myerss head, was star witness
and evened up things with the
rest Of the inmates In a manner which
must have been eminently satisfactory
to her There was a general air of de-
hance on the faces of the women who
had been caught in the police drag-net
which disappeared after the first victim
had been disposed Of.
Mary Moore was the first to face the
bar She Is not bad looking woman,
4
has plenty of brass Roxy and she were
roommstes, although George Miller,
collector for Agent William ]. Fisher
said that Mary rented It and paid rs
cents q week for It, She gave
decided black eye to Mary's plea OF not
guilty of keeping q house of Ill fame by
stating that she had occupied the room
on several occasions with men and paid
Mary for It, This Mary emphatically
| denied, and an animated controversy
arose, In which mutual recriminations
we're exchanged, and each accused the
other of robbing men who had been
enticed into the den.
Officers Lucas and Finn both saw white
men In Mays room on several occasions
/ and Mary was with them. She explained
that they came there to buy beer for her
and other girls, and said they wouldn't
have gone but for Roxy, Whereat the
maiden with the howery name smiled
The Judge fined her $50 and costs and
Mary wept.
Nellie Myers aged 10 years, rented a
room for 15 cents week. which she had
shared with Ike Anderson, and her
brother. Ike skipped out last week as he
objected to sharing his room with white
men. Saturday night three white men
from the Banks Visited her room and
were robbed of their money. The police
heard Of it and chased the men clear out
to the Forty Acres, but were unable to
ascertain their names
Roxy Cammomile testified that she had
frequently used the room, paying Nellie
% cents for each occasion. It was at one
Of these times that the row occurred for
which Roxy will serve six months. From
evidence developed 1t was learned that
Nellie hit Roxy frst, and had the latter
so informed the cadl when she was on
trial. her sentence would have been
| lighter.
Nellie denied having ever received
money from Roxy, whereat, Roxy re-
torted; III / has as many quarters as
have given YOU | could pay your fne"
Nellie got $50 and costs
Annie Irons, who lives in room No 9,
was arraigned Her place has frequently
been complained Of, but there was lack
Of evidence as to It's being a house OF Ill
fame. She formerly lived st Water
and Shipley streets, as the
crook, Charles Stevens now in Jail
awaiting trial for theft While shelived
there her house was frequently visited
we're reported as having occurred there
Fortunately for her she has only lived at
No. 109 for q short time and hadn't
entered into partnership with Roxy yet.
Officers Finn and Lucas testified to
the fact that her room was a disorderly
one, and she got $50 and costs
Liddie Johns lives on Searles street,
between Fourth and Fifth streets She
is a sister OF Annie Johns and was taking
care of her room She was not convicted
OF keeping house Of ill-fRme. Willard
Hall Porter and Agent Stout had a charge
against her OF cruelty to her two children,
one l6 months ana the other years Of
age, but this was not pressed, under the
circumstances
This closed the bee for this occasion
and the drunIs were taken up John
Benson headed the list. He WAS found
by Officer Finn at Front and Pine
streets very drunk and unable to care for
his money he was fined 81 and costs
Thomas FureY, well known in police
circles, was caught by officer Lucas
around the railroad, drunk. He had been
around there for several days. he claimed
that he wss not drunk, but the Judge
thought differently Fnrey only got out
Of jail Monday, and will 60 back for
forty days IL default Of SIS fne
Frank 0Brien is Chester man. he
came down yesterday and got load on
Towards evening officer Ford was noti
fied that he was in the drug store at
Second and West streets, and wouldn't
60 out or behave himself When the
officer got there he had gone. When
found he was st Second and Washington
streets, holding the door Of store closed
and refusing TO allow anyone to enter.
he had nothing to say when arraigned
and was fined 81 and costs.