The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-20
BUSY DAY IN POLICE COURT.
Prisoners Helped Materially to Pay
the City's Expenses.

Yesterday morning was certainly
busy one in police court. Fines TO the
amount of $l10 were collected alone
from the inmates of the houses OF
Daisy Miller and Nellie BLY, in Ray
mond court, which were raided Mon
day night by Chief Robling and
squad of officers. This was the second
move in the crusade against the city's
disorderly houses, the first shot being
fired Saturday night when six of the
Center street dives were raided and
twenty women and six men arrested.
In police court yesterday Nellie BLY,,
the proprietress of the place at l2S
Raymond court, was fined $25 and the
inmates all paid So fines, Daisy Miller,
the other proprietress not being at
home when the raid was conducted
and escaping arrest. The inmates of
Daisy Miller's house who paid So fines
were: Mary Finigan, Grace Jackson,
Florence Richmond, May Bloome, Ber-
tha Brown, Blanche Ferguson and
Irene Hall. The women in the other
house were: Nelly Ryan, May Tru-
man, Bertha Powell, Rose Courtright,
Florence Stephens, Grace Glesentine.
They We're fined s5 apiece. John Doe,
John Smith and John Mangan, found
in the houses, were also fined S. apiece
Mayor Moir asked the Bly, woman
from whom she rented and she gave
the name of we'll known business
| man, at which his honor remarked
| that if this evil cannot be crushed out
| by any other means, the landlords
| must be taken to task.
John OBrien, of North Scranton, who
| was arrested Monday, charged with
| having assaulted two conductors on
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad, was given a hearing by
| Mayor Moir yesterday and held in $500
| bail on the charge. The charge was
| also preferred against him of having
stolen eight pair of boots and shoes
| from Douglas shoe store, on Market
street. He was held in $500 bail on
this charge, also, and. as he could not
| secure a bondsman, was committed to
the county Jail. OBrien bears a very
bad reputation and is the man who, a
few years ago, shot Special officer Dur
| kin, of the Lackawanna, who put him
| off a train.
| Edward Daley, who was arrested
Monday afternoon by Patrolman Day
paid s. fine yesterday morning
| bdley was dTIeSleu Oh LdChdWdnnd
avenue on persisting to drive over one
of the fire company's hose that was
! extending across the street. He was
| warned by the officer against doing so
but nevertheless drove over, at which
Patrolman Day jumped into the wagon
and made him drive to the central
police station, where he locked him up
Mrs. Petit, a well known character
in police circles, was taken to the Cen
ter street police station early yester.
day morning by Patrolman Lowry
She had entered a cab and ordered the
driver - take her around the city
She was In a very drunken condition
and, having no money to pay the cab
bic, the patrolman was informed. II
default of a SO fine she was committed
to the county Jail for ten days.
Anna Henry, arrested in Goldsmith!
Bazaar Monday afternoon, and il
whose possession was found a stoler
shirt waist, was discharged from Gus
tody yesterday morning by Mayo
Moir, as Goldsmith Brothers decided
not to push the case.