The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-07
CHAPMAN'S LATEST Rail-.
yEWMARKETERS PASS a DISMAL
NIGHT IN THE LOOKUP.
Manage TO Secure Baii-How the Itnid Was
Carried Out-A wild Rush when the Police
All Lot 60 Yesterday.

Manage 20 Secure Hail-How the Raid Wal
Carried out-A wild Rush when the Police
Artyed-prisoners All Let 60 Yesterday.
Two hundred and four prisoners caught in tho
raid on Edward II. Corey's Newmarket dance
hall at the southeast corner OF Thirtieth street
and Sixth avenue were arraigned before MaRis-
trate Cornell In the Jefferson Market Police
Court yesterday morning. There were 81 wo-
men and l43 men in tho batch. and all were dis
charged according to the rule In such cases cx.
cent Corey and George Mcknight, his manager,
who were held In $500 bail each for ex-
animation on Monday. It WAS tho biggest
raid that ever occurred in the Tender
loin. The next biggest in the history OF
the city was that recalled by Inspector Harley,
who told how ex-chicf Byrnes. when Captain OF
the Mercer street station. swoopcd down on Tho
Aliens Jardin Mabile in Blocker street during
Mayor Graco's administration and arrested $50
men and women. The prisoners wero discharged
the next day. but the resort was closed. The last
very big raid In the Tenderloin was when tho
silver Grill In Sixth avenue was visited and
more than 100 prisoners were taken.
The raid was the first serious setback tho r-
sorts in the Tenderloin have experienced since
the new outcrop Of them under tho present re-
gime. After the crusade against these places
several years ago many Of the proprictors wero
forced to close up and their patrons scattered.
but IL ulu not take long TOT n new crop OF prOprl
etors and patrons to spring up. Tho new
order OF things began with the trans
formation OF a Broadway cafe. former
ly frequented by men exclusively. into
a resort for men and women. Music was one of
the added attractions. Tho place was run dis
crectly at first. and, beyond tho occasional
arrest OF q disordcrly patron, II stccred clear OF
the police and prospered. Others were attracted
by its success, and a resort %reopened In Sixth
avenue, around the corner from the police
station. which had been one Of tho most notori.
Gus in the old Tendorloin. Tho old class Of
patrons frcquentcd both places. and. as tho
police Interruptions were trivial, two other re-
sorts were soon started near by by men with
sporting regulations. But when tho news
spread that the Haymarkct dance hall was to
throw open its doors again and an attempt was
to be made to run IL on the old lines. the Tender
ioiners shook their heads and Remarked:
"Thc police won't stand for IT,"
Corey, the rcputed proprietor OF the place,
was the manager OF Billy McGlory's old dive in
Fourteenth street, and Is n son OF eX.Detcctivc
Sergeant Corey. who is said TO have been asso-
ciatcd with McGlory. Tho dance hall was opened
afew weeks ago and the first night a policeman
arrested the proprietor and a waiter for selling
beer without a meal in violation OF the Rainos
law. This complaint was thrown out by tho
Grand Jury on Friday. The dances continued
nightly under the alleged direction Of organize
tons with such names as the Royal Blues. star
geezers, and Social Sevens,, The name OF the or
ssntifntion that ,, Was sold lss, forth on Friday
Mutual Admiration Society"
That the police would not "stand for" tho
place, as the Tenderloiners had prophesicd, was
proved by the raid. Inspector Harley, in whose
inspection district the Newmarket is, and Chief
their stats were detailed to procure evidence
against 1t as a resort for disorderly persons,
Capt Cap w GhsR pm nnS, de tss Sirsc TASTED %, the sn place
Harley; The task, OF collecting information Of
the habitues Of the place was an easy one.
granted a warrant for the arrest OF the pro-
prtetor for maintaining a disorderly house
The police under the code have considerable lat.
itude in determining who are disordcrly persons,
s sRe !SSigs in sq the NsSR Es inas ON 5ne Friday dsia n iest
came under that definition; Inspector Harley
and snSD Capt; C anA aGIi, viii, nth two nO,,s ssrssap; a. and
a o'Si9sk ' "na 'FSFali fSM all R Rnnd aso f fhIaS' ball a. ahI WSs
ing on the waxed floor.
Capt; Chapman, who wore his oyercoat over
@ 7 shhn through Sn'e the Six nA avenue Mlae e eStrsnee'
and Ronndsmen Corey and Dickson followed
there was something in the air when they saw
so many policemen. and there was a rush. The
dancers and spectators thought at first that
O fight was in progress, and, anxious to see
It, they rushed toward the door. Capt. Chapman.
thanked by his men, threw OIL his overcoat, reveal
Ing his uniform, and when the crowd saw this
room. The musicians stopped IN the middle OF
joined in the rush. They found policemen three
deep posted at every point OF exit. The walters
street side OF the hall only to look down on n
double line OF bluec3ats ranged along the side.
Is JAKE WeiRshh, the i aoE"T manager al MSer eS who diyed
through a trap door under the stage and reached
IA y a F.nf ~ NNnN z Pho 40 alla TNlnH RtGnNn p IA Ra
said to have escaped by "A clever ruso after tho
raid. One Of these wore a deputy sherin's
City. When he learned that the place was
raided he. whispered TO his, companion and
fm raSSGfHi nig b By ,he t coat make lspe a. show how 'S on rasisi.
ahee. and the alleged deputy sheriff passed out,
tcling, the police that he had the man under ar.
rest. In thu, excitement he was allowed to get
through. ana when the two were clear OF tho
police lines they, started on the run uptown.
marched out in the middle Of the floor
come downstairs, the women realized that
they were 10 be, taken to the, lookup,
Others who had been in similar predicamcnts
before iecred tho police. The prisoners were
assembled on tho dancing floor, and the men
were separated from the women. Two patrol
wagons were waiting outside. and tho work Of
transferring The prisoners to the station house
Send out ten OF those Sceley diners" said
Eapt. chapman, who was in CHEEKY mood over
tuo Hu't'ss OF inc maui, ana tnC police inside
sent out the requisite number. Tho prisoners
We're paired OIL with policemen and started
ior the station house. They were marched
through the jeering crowd in the street, and at
one tlinc there was a continuous string OF pris-
Shers ana policemen stretching from the dance
nail TO the lookup. The front Office and back
room OF the station house were soon damned,
shu numerous reporters mingled with the crowd
Of prisoners and police.
W men the crush became so great that IL was
impossible to tell who was who, one of the
oineers undertook to separate the outsiders and
PRISONERS, aud he requested the reporters to
stand Oh one side of the room. Two OF the pris.
ohcrs-a veteran Tondcrloincr, with short
cropped gray hair, and II loudly dressed young
.iahLw,hlIpcd out paper and pencils and began
3scrlhhlG away Tor dear life. They were sorted
III WIN the reporters, and the next moment
sney Skipped out Of tho door, still jotting down
Loles., Thus they escaped the misery OF being
locked up for the night.
Inc r%ccording. the pcdigrccs Of the prisoners
Mas a. all night job Tor the Sergcanis behind
tne ueaN, but within two hours ali the prisoners
4. uu been crowded into cells. After the first
shotk OF arrest had worn or the crowd began TO
s'ns ana shout and call for the turnkey.
iiGi,; send u message TO Tommy, and tell
MN Brlcn IL pinchcd. Send IL rol.ICt,' begged
'"Tl ana there were many similar requests.
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