New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-25
CHAPMAN'S NEW METHODS.
THE TENDERLOIN POLICE ARRESIlN1
WOMEN BY WHOLESALE.
STRONG COMMENTS on SOME OF THE CAPTURES
MADE BY MAGISTRATE KuDhcH-IhA
CAPTAIN SAYS HE WILL CONTINUE
..n,, 10 Ills Duty"

ITO Do HIS DUTY"
Ton women were arrested In the Tenoeroil
Precinct on Wednesday night on the charee Vi
soliciting by Captain Chapnan's policemen N'os'
of the prisoners werodischarged by Magistrate huu
uch when they were arraigned before him IN inc 'ei
-, Marlet Police Court yesterday morning. ana
,no con5uct OF Policeman Leazenbee, your VINO
had made the majority OF the arrests was severely
condemned by the Magistrate. Yet al com
paratively early hour in the Tenderloin last hSh'
six more women had beer arrested. one OF them
by the man whom Magistrate kuuhch I'D" uo
nounced and Captain Chapman announced that
his men were acting under his orders ana would
continue TO do their duty l. not the pubic
see It,"
The wholesale arrests OF women in the distric;
between Fourteenth and Forty-second SITS. IN inc
central par; OF the city. by Captain Chapmans
men began at the end of last week. twenty women
were arrested the frs; night and shsh'iy less
number the night following. Half OF the pEis-
oners were discharged when they reacheN 'he
police court. 1t rumored at first that the
Tcnderloin police were acting under direct instrnc-
tions from the Police Board, but this was einphau
caly denied a meeting OF the Boa'd on AuoS-
day and President Moss and Commissioner An
drews both expressed their disapprovai Oh Cap-
tain Chapman's procedure The few poleeheh "
whom the work OF making the arrests mas oeeh
Entrusted wear citizens dress. and the comments
on the fact that each of them IS known 10 De
anxious make a record for himself al tAiS par
tcular duty. and that many OF the siris arrested
had alleged that they had first been spoken 10 oy
the policemen, were PLAINLY not feHs"e" ~ INV
Commissioners.
Among the women arraigned by Policeman Lea
zenbee in the Jefferson Market Court yesterday
were Belle Alderman and Alice Schhaoel Inc
Alderman said that she had been tono"eo
from Fortieth-st. and Seventh-ave TO fort!-sccoIu
g.: and Sixth-ave. by Leazenbee. and that he mao
spoken 10 her three times. The woman said that
she had repulsed him on each occasion, and that
when she was about to leave the district the ponce
man arrested her. She discharged. ana the
other woman also allowed TO go.
1T seems 10 me-" said Magistrate kudhch TO
the policeman afterward, speaking decidedly ana
slowly, that If you encourage these N wV" ars
70 talk TO YOU or ii You solicit them you you are ae
al hours Of the dav and night, and have never
been solicited or importuhed d! an! u '''
The schnabeI woman was exceedingly happy over
her discharge. As she and the AckeIinai, inst
behind them The Schnabe woman turned aiou rI
as they walked up the aisle TO the door am rer
and Selling the woman's arm ne dragged her oack
into the courtroom and up 10 the Masis'i"'e
Magistrate Kudlich looked at them In s surprise
and asked: well what is the matter r now
Magistrate Kudllch rose angrily from his chair
you may pass out he said to me !evS woman o,
Then turning 10 the policeman he said: w hel you
come here YOU must behave yourself and you must
learn to control your temper for aon snThow "
One Of the other women, -fran, sickly looking
Girl tainted while she standing In the line or
prisoners in court. She was carried 10 rear ,o ~
and revived. The policeman although ne sTOi it,d III
his complaint that she was notorious Hu unS
that he did not know her. and she was dlschanstu
Captain Chapman talked freely ABOUT the ails1 80
last night. Il am not afraid Of tho people , VINO
have seen lit 10 criticise me he SAID haFee
done nv duty as ! see II, and what Is more Will
stay right here and continue to do II. III any OF
my men make mistake 1 VIII puhsn h M - "
a single arrest made since the crusade pesah tnat
was not bona hde and hnd after investigating
the policemen have caimed-that Is. street walkers
/ am nut here to maintain order IN TINS precinct
and cannot do my work better than to clear "
OF the disOrderly characters. male ana ltinaIe'
made thorough inspection of the territory TO-
night and particularly on Broadway, ana there
are fewer dSreputable women in sight than TOT
some years past. The notorety the newspapers
give helps wonderfully IN rlddlhS the pldco Oh
bad characters"
There was a rImor In the Tenderlon last night
that Captain Chapman had sent In bis application
n he laughed and said: Retirement? So they
have me about to retire Well I'll show them that
| am not the kind that retres.' Then, with enl'
phasis ard looking II he meant il, he added
cnct. And while am here don't propose 20 bc
deferred from doing my duty just as J. not the
public, see it ~.
ThirtethS station last night and ta!ktd with Cap
tail Chapman in his private room for half an hour
When the talk over. the Commiss Toner said it
significance in IT,. He had not. he sad, talked OF
ChapmGns crusade against women. M
Police Commissioner Moss said yesterday: Il
do not object women being arrested when II Is
necessary, but as ! have said, would rather see
the houses which they frequent shut up than all
the women dragged into court and | know there
am going to do about t.. this is a matter for the
Police Board 10 deal with