The times., 1897-06-27
WOMAN CATCHER CHAPMAN
His Methods Reversed in a New
York Police Court.
VICTIMS ALLOWED TO GO FREE
The Police Captain OF Seeley Din
ner Fame Again In Notoriety
Through Making Alleged Illegal
Respectable Working
Women Hauled Into Court.


Moss sat with Magistrate Meade on the
bench OF jefferson Market court today and
watched the arraignment Of the women
whom Capt. Chapman's men captured in
the Tcnderloin last night.
Commissioner Moss whispered long and
earnestly with the magistrate and two
women were discharged before his eyes.
1t is said that the visit of the police com
missioner was TO enable him 10 see for him
self the result OF Chapman's raid, and that
some interesting developments may fol-
low.
Capt. Chapman and his methods received
another blow in the court today in the dis
charge of Ilore women, whom his men had
arrested.
The Car of the Tenderloin was In 10
amiable mood today, and was denounciBg
in no measured terms those who had pub
licly criticised his actions iii dragging
women to the police station.
People that live In glass houses had
better not throw stones," quoted the cap
tain. ''I know more about some of these
people that are roasting me than VIII be
good for them if make it known and come
back at them"
The captain was scoring everybody, and
IL was evident that the numerous criticisms
which come to his ears daily were having
some effect on him. This effect was evi
Genced slso in the small number of arrests
made in the Tenderloin last night
Some of the policemen whose duty 1T has
been TO promenade Broadway and Sixth
IL 10 ip1
woman they met, were placed on regular
patrol duty again last night, and only
few women catchers'' were out. They
brought in four.
One of these was Mrs. Georgiona Duprez,
of No. 240 West Fortieth street. She
had been arrested by Policeman Charles A.
Helnke, who has been one OF Chapman's
right hand en- in his Tenderloin crusade.
Helmke, like Policeman Leasenbee, is ex-
tremely youthful for O policeman.
The woman was sobbing when brought
to the bar. She said she was married and
worked in a bakery in order to help sup
port her family. She had been out late
at the bakery and was returning home
late. She said, when the policeman came
up to her and spoke to her. She answered
him, half AFRAID, she said, and then he
arrested her.
Have you ever arrested this woman
before?'' asked Magis trate Meade of
Helmke
NO. said Helmke.
''Do you know whether she has yer been
arrested before?''
NO"
Then there is absolutely no evidence
mere against her. She is discharged
The woman left tiie courtroom crying.
Police Commissioner Moss had come in
and had seated himself by the magistrate.
The magistrate and the commissioner,
after the woman was discharged, held a
long aud earnest conversation in whispers.
Another woman, victim of Chapman,
was brought up.
She was Louise Ribot, twenty-one years
old, of No. 222 West Thirty-eighth street.
She had been arrested by Policeman Charles
II Haussler, WHO accused her of accostlng
him at Seventh avenue and Thirty-ninth
street.
"She is woman of bad character, your
honor" said Haussler.
"Have you ever arrested her before?'
mo, sir
'Csn you positively swear that she has
been arrested before?"
"'N-No, sir"
"Then how do you know she is bad
woman" said the magistrate, sternly
"Well, have seen her walking up and
down the street several times lamely an
swered Haussler, "and--"
"Dischargedl" interrupted the magistrate,
an expression of disgust on his face.
Commissioner Moss then left the court
room. 1t developed that when Louise Ribot
was arrested last night, that William r.
Nicely, of No. POI West Twenty-fourth
street, saw the arrest and Indignantly
protested.
The policeman arrested him, too. and took
him to the station for interfering.
Lizzie Jackson, No. 327 West Fortieth
street, who was also arrested by Chap
mans men, was fined $3. She said she
thought tie policeman was drunk, and
she spoke to him .just for fun"
Annie Keps, twenty-one years old, of
No. 162 Henry street, was also fined So
for speaking to Policeman King on the
street 1t was said today that Commis-
sioner Moss visit to the jefferson Market
police court might cause an early in
vestigation by the police board.
Capt. Chapman made q report TO In
spector Harley this morning on his visit
and forcible entrance into the LIE Case
residence several nights ago. The in
spector would not make the report public,
but 1T was learned that it was general
denial of any wrongdoing in making the
raid or a private house.
The captain admitted in his report,
however, that he did visit the house, and
that he entered by the window.
he gives as his grounds foS such an action
that numerous complaints had reached him
about the place on account of the gambling
said TO be in progress there, and that theoc-