The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-07
HAYMARKETI Is TO SHUT UP.
DANCE HALL TO BE PULLED DOWN
OF MAI 4.

HiiE Meat Concern 20 Buiid on Hs s~ite-Corey
Tired OF EiEhtirE the P~oiioe-tnew the Pinoo
fiourished Under Billy McMahon-1t was
Artervard y Snuseum and Cheap Theatre.
The Haymsrket, the dance hall at Thirtieth
street and Sixth avenue. IL to DO vacated by Its
present manager. Edward Corey. on May l. It
will then be pulled down and q big meat COM
pany will put up n building on the site.
Tho Haymarket was built thirty or forty
years ago as q swimming tank. The tank has
never been filled up to this day. Tho present
dancing floor is built directly over 1t. About
twenty-five years ago, after the swimming tank
managers had given 1t up. Billy Mcmahon, a
dive keeper from the lower west side, remod-
elled the place substantially into It's present
form. Mcmahon ran 1t as q dance hall and
drinking place Tor the general public. Not
withstanding tho nondescript character OF the
people who patroniZed his place, MoMahon in
sisted that, while they were under his roof, they
should be law abiding and quiet. II q patron
came to him and complained that his
pocket had been picked in the place,
Mcmahon would have the suspected woman
brought before him.. He acted as prosecutor.
Judge. and jury, all in one. II the culprit, gem
orally . woman, confessed the theft. she was
told to refund what she had taken and was
ordered to stay out OF the place for three
Aaohthbs II ShO thodRh buhty III o
judgment, refused to confess or refund, she
was turned over to the police and was mover
allowed to shoT her face In tho Hay.
market again. Ho always closed the place
and in other ways scrupulously obeyed the Ex-
else laws and the requirements Of the police. In
the days when Alexander S. Williams wat tho
&So Cap Ia nn.Gftthhss = ! Ro II bsss; the Excise else
he WAS unable to sell liquor lawfully. For q
time he kept the place opcn, and sold soft
drinks" to his customers, who chung TO the
There was no profit in ginger alo, sarsaparilla,
and lemonade, however. and after q few months
It was said by his admirers, than when he
opened the place.
Two years later Worth, the museum man. Of
his fGs I pSr fn% q S Mith q H HIsSF' s Hrsw . GSs sa0m a
museum In the place. He was unable to obtain
a license on his own account. He agreed TO give
any one who would obtain the license a halfinter-
forthcoming. On these terms the business was
Improbable. Tho museum became a cheap
vaudeville theatre. That failed. Then It was
fittod over as a theatre which should satisfy
the dramatic taste OF the negro colony on tho
western frontier Of tho Tenderloin. 1t amused
them greatly. for a time. But they got tired Of
Corey leased it, after spirited competition. two
summers ago. He put ton bedrooms In the upper
story. ro9stablished the features that had made
name The Haymarket." and detied the police
The police did interfere. Corey pur.
Club and told the police to stay away from his
club until they were elected members" The
club hold ladies receptions" every night, in
the club license revoked. Corey got q new club
license. but Capt Sheohan pressed him so hard
he is now under arrest for keeping a disor.
fight; He is said to have obtained q good price
for his lease.