The sun., 1897-06-07
SPITE AT CONEY ISLAND.
a WOMAN TEACHER TAKEN IN n
DRAG-NET RAID.

she was Visiting Her Sister. .Bii1y ~ O'BTtan'n
widow, whose House Was Ratded-A
Brookiyn Building Inspector yhe was Ar
rested Denounces the Raid ss an Outrage.
Capt. Collins Of the Coney Island police, with
asquad of policemen and detectives surrounded
the hotel Kept by Mrs. Cecilia 0Brien on West
Twelfth street, Coney Island, just before mid
night on Saturday, and arrested Mrs O'Brien
and ten other persons whom they found In the
hotel. Among those arrested wero William O.
Anderson, Chief Building Inspector for tho
Coney Island district, and Miss Ella Regan OF
$50 Seventh street, sister OF Mrs. o'Brien. Miss
Regan is a teacher in Brooklyn Grammar School
No. 81.
The arrests were made on warrant issued BY
Justice ]. Lott Nostrand, alleging that the hotel
was a disorderly place. When the police en-
tered the hotel Building Inspector Anderson de-
nounced their action as an outrage.
Look around here and tell me what there 10
disorderly," he demanded OF Capt. Collins, but
that official. without replying ordered all tho
persons arrested taken to the station In patrol
wagon.
The women were hysterical, and Mrs. o Brien
protested against being compelled to 60 in the
patrol wagon. Her sister, Miss Regan, has been
u public school teacher in Brooklyn for i've
years. Recently she has been suffering with
DR.. Stratton of Seventh avenue. Brooklyn. ad
vised hcr to take n rest for few days at tho
seashore. She decided to go TO her sister, hotel,
and was shocked when the police entered the
house.
1t is charged that the raid Is the result Of q
spite which the police have against Building
Inspector Anderson. 1t Is said that Anderson
remarked that the police had better not disturb
Mrs. O'Brien in her management Of the hotel.
! because she running reputable place.
Reputable freauenters Of Mrs. o OBriens hotel
say that the police considered this as an Inn
putation that they were corrupt. and decided to
act in their own way.
Tho prisoners were bailed soon after their
/! arrival at the station and they appeared before
| Justice Nostrand in the Coney Island Police
Court Yesterday morning, Mrs; oBrien a had re- re,
arrest ridiculous, but MS the law does not give
| Police Justice in Kings county authority to
| Justice Nostrand said he was obliged to hold
Mrs. OBrien for examination until to-day.
Regan, explaining tho circumstances under
which she visited the hotel. and the Justice
the request The others were paroed
Mrs. O'Brien is the widow of the late " Billy
oBrien sporting man who was known all over
| the country. She formerly Kept hotel for men
! only on the Coney Island Boulevard. 1t was the
headquarters of .pugihsts when in training. She
Spencd open + the I place ,'to on West Twelfth street,
Speaking Of her arrest last night she said
| II don't know what complaint the police have
against me unless it is that OF some rival hote
keeper. This hotel has been conducted as
| orderly as any other trst-class hotel. have an
| office and register here which is open to the
J police at any time. and yet without the slightest
warning they came in this outrageous manner
! and arrest ed me and my guests. We use as much
| discretion any hotel keeper, and our register
| will show that we have not rented any rooms
for immoral purposes. as far as We were able tC
prevent such a thing; Not one of the rooms
were occupied when the police came on Satur
day night, and l cannot understand their &c
| ton"
At the police station the Sergeant in charge
said the arrest was made on q warrant, and h,
could not talk about the complaint until tn,
case came up for trial and the evidence was ad
duced. The examination to-day will disclose OF
what evidence the raid was made.
The police also raided the Fairview Hotel OF
Buschmann's Walk kept by James J. Colgan
at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning, and arrested
fifteen persons besides the proprietor. Thes
were also he Id for examination.