The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-26
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F. N. JORDAN
2 and 3 Colonial Block.

Cort openly conducts a place not IN any
manner different from the vaudeville
houses south Of Yesler way where women
work and drinks are sold The extraor-
binary privilege granted Mr.. Cort Is due,
It II understood, to the fact that he Is
and long has been a loyal and trusted
follower Of Mayor Humss.
Mr.. Corts particular political obligation
to the mayors machine Is to deliver the
vote OF the first precinct of the Fourth
ward at all conventions. He Is especially
charged with the duty OF carrying through
tho Humes ticket at the approaching Re-
publican primaries. Tho police do not
modest him although his place 10 not less
malodorous than the vaudeville shops Of
the Tenderloin-
Mr. Cort In a power in the mayors
political machine. His power lies in the
fact that he has under his patronage a
number of men whose habits are not those
going ways and indifference to toll be-
token their calling.
Overlooked ~ Police.
In housing these women the Palm Gar
den II q constant source of trouble to
the police department or would be II the
department allowed itself to be worried
BY conditions which are not tolerated In
Seattle except where the ownership IL
close allied politically with the nead
ers congregate in numbers nightly at the
Palm Garden. Tho place Il their rendez-
vous. There they meet the men from
whom they obtain living.
Usually when man enters the house
tho walters watch him carefully They
soon find out n he has money and is a
good ep0nder. The custom Ia. after the
flrst drink IL served, to call his attention
to yelled face IN one OF the boxes. The
female habitues are as clever as the men
IN picking out susceptible visitor with
money. II he has the appearance of being
minor from the north they eagerly
watch for him. Finally q waiter Ia sum-
moned who informs the visitor that
LADY In ono OF the boxes wants to
meet him. An Introduction follows. more
drfnks are served until the closing hour
After the doors are locked, II the patron
IL good spender and IL fortunate In being
well supplied with money. the walters re-
main on hand and the woman pushes the
button a. often as the circumstances and
the generosity Of her companion permit.
check is given the woman for every
drink she sells which In afterward cash
ed In" The house divides its profits with
the women vendors OF liquor.
Sunday "sacreA C0noepts.~
Probably the worst feature Of the Cort
rssort II the custom OF giving what arc
termed "sacret concerts" every Sunday
QeR0fHIpH
a Wild org1e. Drunken women and men
congregate and the day IL especially
marked out among the female habitues
OF tho place az ono In which the limit
Of license n removed Ribaldry and
coarse Jokes are flung from every part Of
tho house Tho noise of coarse revelry
reaches even TO the street Abandoned
women from below Yesler way make II
point to visit the garden" on Sum
day and help swell the bacchanalian car
nival
Thus II 10 that the day set apart for
rest. recreation and pious observance Is
turned Into ono OF reveiry on Cherry
sailed by all manner OF offensive noises.
A Rendezvous for Crooks.
The Palm Garden has long been known
to the police as q likely spot to locate
men suspected Of crime. although for OBJ
vious reasons arrests have been few Mr.
Cort'n high standing In administration
circles has prevented both publicity 70
such crtraes az have been perpetrated In
the resort. and their airing in the police
courts Usually no record Is made at
headquarters OF a crime at the Palm Gar
den. The crooks who patronire the place
are OF every kind They are both men
and women. Not more than two months
ago two women robbed O. man OF dia-
rnund pin In ono OF the boxes. The Vie
tim promptly snaugura.ed campaign
against the resort. He forced the police
to investigate the case. Tho detective
force was even persuaded into locating
tho women who stole the pin. Persistence
on the part OF the victim was rewarded.
The pin was returned and no mention
OF tho case was made by the police In
the language OF tho place. the pin was
blown back"
What criminals are sheltered MT the
Palm Garden are usually unmoiessei The
place. In the language OF Tenaerlain
character Is said TO have unusually good
'sauarins prociivliies" Either the vie
TIM IL placa;sd BY the return of part
OF his money, or else the guilty party is
seaue~tcred and no announcement tx
given tho officers 10 make alreats