The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-14
RAIDS IN THE TENDERLOlN
PROPRIETORS OF NOTORIOUS RE.
SORTS ARRESTED.

Headquarters mt Nine O'Clock Last
Night-Detectives Do the WorL-Great
Excitement Caused In the Cttv-Tha
Places Raided.
New York, March 13.-At o'clock to-
night orders went over the wire from
police headquarters to the Thirteenth
street police station, and few minutes
later, Captain Thomas of that precinct
ordered out all his available detectives
on a secret mission. They returned in
pairs, and each pair had a prisoner.
| The first prisoner to arrive was
Charles Ackron. He Is manager Of tha
Tivoli on West 35th street, and he has
been arrested before on the charge Of
having concert in his place without
a music hall license. He is now charg-
ed with violating section 322 Of the pen
al code, which forbds the keeping ot
disorderly houses or refuge for disso-
lutte women.
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sion there then arrived the following
prisoners: Doben Farley, manager Of
the Dore and Pekin resorts on West
| 35th street; John Oussain, of the Cairo
cafe, on West 29th street; Paul Salvon,
of the Royal Garden, Sixth avenue; La
zar Gottlieb, Of the Star and Moorish
palace in West 2Sth street; Edward
Butler of the' Columbia, Sixth. avenue
and 31st street, the property Of the late
Silver Dollar" Smiths estate; De-
metrious Rakopolis of the Bohemia, in
West Goth street, and George w. Smith
of the Arcadia in West 2Sth street.
They were all charged with having
violated section 1922 of the penal code.
Security in the amount of $500 each was
soon furnished. The arrests caused
much excitement. As fast as the de-
tectives went to one of the places they
searched the man out they wanted, and
drove every woman found in the resorts
into the streets The men in the r,sorts
were not disturbed. There were hun
dretls of women in these concert halls
and they made a considerable comrpu-
tion after they had all appeared ON
Sixth avenue and Broadway. Big
crowds gathered when it became known
that the police We're raiding the Tender
loin, and upper Broadway was in a
state Of excitement until a late hour,
Several small places on Eighth avenue
were also visited by the police to-nignt
and several arrests were made. The
Fvolke Garden and McGurk's s, the MAN.
haitian Music hall, Empire Music haN,
Royal Concert Garden and dozen for
more other Bowery concert halls we're
doing business tonight, but the pro-
gramme was toned down and the places
were quiet
AT midnight the police, under direc-
tion of Superintendent Burr of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Crime, raid
ed gambling place at 1887 Broadway.
They arrested sixteen men and marched
them down Broadway followed by hun-
dreds of people from the theaters. Sew
eral games Of faro, red and black, Klon-
dixie and poker, were in progress at the
place when the police broke in. 1t is
eaid that District Attorney Gardiner
will tomorrow appear before the grand
jury and ask that body to find an in
dictment against Police Captain
Thomas on the charge Of neglect of
duty. The application, it is said, will
be made on the ground that the COM
mander of the Tenderloin has failed to
close the dens Of vice in his precinct
when directed to do so by the district
attorney. The specific charge will be a
misdemeanor. The penalty for the Of
fense is Imprisonment for one year or
fine not exceeding $500 or both.