The morning times., 1896-03-17
llHSTRIKES THEDIvISIOH
Three Houses Raided for Un-
licensed Liquor Selling.
PROPRIRTORS UNDER ARREST
Police SwoOped Down and Discovered
Evidences That the Recent Order
Had Been d-ConSt ernat ion
Created i'll he eDisreputable Locality.
Cases to Be Tried Today.

! The determination OF the authorities 70
suppress liquor selling in the Division
was evidenced last night when in that
section three disreputable houses were
raided.
Three proprictreSscs of three notorious
resorts are locked up at the First precinct
station.
Such q scene Of excitement has not been
witnessed in that section of the city in
years. raid Of such proportions has
not been made in the memory Of The First
precinct.
Houses which were thought to be al
most beyond the reach Of the la w We're af-
| fcctcd, and those who have long violated
The law have been brought to book.
The raid WAS the direct result of the
recent order of the Commissioners pro-
| hibiting the sale OF liquor1n that section.
THEY HAD BEEN WATCHED.
Ever since the order was issued and the
Keepers of the houses notified, tine police
have been watchfuI to see that il was
obeyed. Every possible means has been
employed to detect those people in the act
OF selling wine and beer, but il is most
| difficult to obtain direct evidence, as wit
nesses cannot be persuaded to appear
| against them on account OF the notoriety
| that results.
Lunii,aii4ts have been received, however
! from various sources, and when they had
| become so numerous that the police felt sure
| the la W WAS being violated Il raid was de
| cided upon.
| Last night at O'Clock a raiding party
| left the station and swooped down ON three
houses. Those visited were Willie Gill
mour, No. 401 Thirteenth street; Grace
| Fur9eson, No. 1857 Ohio avenue, ana Lot
tie TiIford, No. 212 Eleventh street. The
party consisted of Sergts. Shilling, Acton
| and Moore, Detective Sutton ana Officers
| williams, klmartin and Hooper.
The first house visited was that kept
/ by the GilnoW woman. It has never been
/ raided before and the surprise OF the
/ inmates was complete. When the officers
! entered and announced that Ill were under
| arresta scene OF pandemOnIum broke loose.
FOUND THE WINE.
A search OF the premises was made ana in
/ a back room in The basement eleven bottles
! OF wIHe We're discovered. This. together
with the complaints which had been re
| cCived at the station house. was considers q
| sufficient evidence that the law against
| selling liquor had been violated ana the
| women. five in all, were ma rChed 10 the
| station house.
Owing TO the difficulty of Convicting on
a charge Of selling liquor without license
the Gilnour woman was charged with
| keeping disreputah!e house and the girls
were held as witnesses.
They were released later. however,
! upon the payment OF $40 collateral for their
appearance in court this morning at 9
O'Clock and told that If they did not put
| in an appearance they would be arrested
and sent down for contempt of court. Gil
mour furnished the money for their release
| and they returned at once tOthe house.
The propr!etress was locked up in a wit
ness room and Al once sent for her Ia wycr to
| obtain real estate bonds for her release.
Tie police then went to the Furges0n
house on Ohio avenue. They were anx ious
theraida GllmOur'shad reached the inmates
and evidences of a violation of the Ia " had
been concealed.
PEER IN ANOTHER HOU Sc.
When told that the house was raidcd the
propTIetreSs became very indignant and al
first refused 10 accompany the Officers "a
the station. Better counsel prevailed, no W
ever, and after putting on their wraps
she ami four girls were marched out int
the street ana escorted TO the station.
TIE same charge was preferred againS
the Furgeson woman rs had been put op
posite Gilnour's name and the girls weT,
released on So collateral. which was aIsJ
furnished by the proprietress-
In the Furgeson house over forty bottle
OF beer were found in an ice chest doWI
stairs, and in a room on the second fIOol
there were evidences of gambling, althOu 81
no charge TO cover this will be entered.
The last place visited was that OF Lctti'
Tnford at No. 212 Eleventh street. Fo
some time past complaints have been coming
in about this house and the police have haI
it under surveillance.
Since the order of the Commissioners ma
been in force, drunken men have been seeI
inn aIt
almost impossible TO prove that they hat
secured the liquor within, still, the polio,
reasoned that they had been able TO Oh
tain a part of it there.
When the raiding party entered an effor
was made to seCrete some OF the bottles
1t was not successful, however, and i
| a tub in the basement We're found thirty
seven bottles of beer packed in ice. Stra
had been thrown over the tub and quantit
! OF clothing piled on top The inmates c
| this house were arrested
This was the last house that was Cli:
turbed and as in the former cases th
proprietrcsS was held and charged wit
keeping Il disreputable house, while III
girls were released on collateral TO appea
as witnesses tomorrow.
FRIGHTENED THE OTHERS.
| The effect of the raid OH the other house
l was remarkable. A number of them close
|
| late hour little knots Of men and wome
: stood on the street corners discussing til
= action of the police.
: AT No. 1904 d street the inmates lef
: in body, aging that they preferred 4
walk the ST reefs all night rather than stan
5 a chance OF being arrested. This was on
: of the houses visited by the members Q
the Hope and Help Mission few week
ago.
The women who were held at the sta
ton house were very much surprised an
e considerably alarmed when they foun
they were charged with keeping bawd
house. They expected that Il charge O
selling liQuor without license would b
l preferred, and hoped to either evade tn
5 charge and be released or get off with tn
pa yment OF light fine.
Under the present charge, however, the
are liable to both fine and Imprisonment.
LateTinthe night Edwin Forrest and Joh
Bynes, attorneys for the three wome
:; held at the station house, furnished $50
real estate bonds for each person and q
were released. The cases will come up j
1 court this morning.