The San Francisco call., 1898-11-01
KANE SEEKS
 ID DRIVE OUT
 THE INMATES. Determined to Close
 Bacon Place. FORMAL NOTICE SERVED THE WOMEN GIVEN FORTY EIGHT HOURS TO vAcATE. An Effort to Be Made to Have the Board of Supervisors Declare
 the Alley a Nuis- ance.
THE WOMEN GIVEN FORTY EIGHT HOURS TO vAcATE..

Secretary Kane of the Society for the
 Suppression of Vice last night served no ticeS on the inmates of the disreputablC l houses on Bacon place, as well as the owners of the premises, ordering them to vacate within forty-eight hours. Kane personally served the notices. He was
 accompanied by several of his deputies, who were prepared to defend him against possible attack.
 The greatest consternation reigned when
 Kane and his deputies walked through
 the alley and proceeded to serve the
 women with the formal notice to vacate. They lost no time in notifying the owners of the numerous houses, who quickly re- paired to the scene.
 They held a sort of an mitigation meet ing and resolved to face Kane with a view to ascertaining the cause of his action. Kane explained that he considered Ba- con place menace to public morals and decided to close it. Notwithstanding the protests of the owners, Kane continued serving the women inmates with the mo- ticeS to Vacate.
 Evidently thinking that Kane intended to arrest them after he had served them with the written notice, many of the women left the houses without waiting to pack their effects.
 The notice Is written on the printed the Suppression of Vice. and is signed by Kane. After declaring that the street is menace to public morals" the in mates are warned to vacate under pen atty of being arrested and sent to prison
 The owners of the houses on the street are seriously considering the advisability Of appealing to. the courts to prevent Kane from further interfering. To a; re- porter one of them said: Tt seems that Kane Is still sore over the roasting he received from Chief Lees, and in order to get even with him he boldly usurps the power of the Police Department and at tempts to drive the women out of Bacon place.
 Since he was denounced by the head of the Police Department 1t was whispered that he would attempt. to close the alley L concluded that he was talking to his hat, so to speak, and paid no attention to his alleged threat. To my surprise I learned that he meant business; and was determined to compel the women to ya-
 Just why Kane should attempt to in Jure the property-owfiers on Bacon place because he had dispute with the Chief of Prior to the trouble between them Kane offered no objections to the presence of the women.
 in order. to shut out their shame we went. to the expense of erecting gates. so that there would be no objection. Af- ter we have done everything to avoid pub a record for himself, and incidentally to throw discredit on the police department, houses closed:: ...
 :.'The police have succeeded in closing Morton and Berry streets. but I. seriously doubt whether Kane has: the. power to compel the inmates of Bacon place to vacate- However, we do not intend to abandon hope until the highest courts in. the land have decided. against us, :: ::
 Kane, so he. claims, has sufficient evil denee to warrant the Supervisors :itr' clos- ing the street.
 if the. women do moi. vacate :wfthin the prescribed time he intends to arrest them for violating a. section of the ordinance relative to living in disreputable houses: AS soon as conviction Is secured he will appear before the Supervisors affd ask them to formally declare the alley. a nuisance. The women will then be forced to vacate or suffer being. arrested and sent to jail. ::