Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-30
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Sheriff Shoemaker and Deputy Hut.
son Raid Famous Negro Resort
With Good Eject
Arrest Eight Blacks and Whites
and Nearly All Are Ordered
From the City.
May Be Means Of Breaking Up One
Of the Worst Dives In Town
City News

Of the Worst Dives In Town
City News
The fall of MORO Castle, one OF the
historic scenes of Marshalltown, and
place which. II the walls could speak.
could reveal as many deeds OF
dastardy as the old Spanish
fort for which 1t was named.
was accomplished Friday evening.
shortly after s o'clock, when Sheriff
Shoemaker and Deputy Hutson bonn
barded 1t and captured eight prironers.
The capture and bombardment was
made without the use or battleships, yet
they were effective and none were al
lowed to escape.
MORO Castle, as the place has been
dubbed by south eide devotees and
FOUNDERS, is nothing less than the old
"fatiron' that stands on East Railroad.
street. near the Chicago & Northwest
ern railroad tracks, at the foot of First
avenue. 1t has been tough resort for
half decade, but In recent years as
they advanced. has become tougher and
tougher, until 1t was almost as much as
a mans life was worth to enter It. For
the past few years 1t has been resort
for negro families OF the lowest class.
more particularly women, and a more
flthy or degenerate place could not be
imagined. People have been lured into
the place to drink and carouse, and II
they had money they surely fost It,.
Crap games We're plentiful, and robbery
by that means was easily accomplished
by those who were in charge. The in,
mates themselves. however, did not all
ways get along bly,. and the po-.
lice have been called to quell disturb
ances and riots time and time again.
Friday evening about O'Clock, Hen
ry Eckert, of Oil Arson street. Hans
Berleau, OF 905 Arson street. and Louis
Draeger. of S07 Arson street, were
walking along Railroad street. en- route
to their homes. Eckhart was nearest
the house, which Adults against the
sidewalk, when one of the colored wom-
en- in the place, Irene Burri1l- Myers,
who was intoxicated. took hold OF him
by the coat and tried to get him to en-
ter the house. Eckhart tried to jerk
away from the woman. and in doing 20
ran his elbow thru one OF the panes OF
glass in the door. This started the RUM
pus, for the men walked on. and Will
lam Myers the white husband Of the
wench, followed after the men, threat
eniny all kinds of violence If Eckhart
did not settle for the damage done. FL
nally, to avoid trouble one OF the three
gave Myers q quarter OF a dollar which
apparently satisfied him, and the prom
Used fight developed nothing more than
word quarrel.
knowing that the police and officers
We're anxious to rid the city OF the oc-
cupants of the resort. the men
went up town and before JUS
tice Allen, Eckhart swore out an
Information charging the entire outfit
with vagrancy. a charge which, accord
ing to the statutes, is very broad The
warrants were placed in the hands OF
the sheriff and the raid was made. re-
sulting in the arrests of Irene Burrill,
colored, and husband, William Myers,
white: Joe Collins and wife, Mabel Col
| Inns. both colored: Tom Smith. OF Oska-
lloosa, colored; William Carpenter, col-
ored of Ottumwa; Denny Sullivan.
white. a railroad laborer. from Chi
cago, and Mrs. Will Sellers. The latter
was released, however, as she proved
that she was not mixed up with the
crowd in any way, and resided in ans
other part Of the house. The seven
other people, however We're taken be-
fore Justice Allen, where hearing was
given two Of the number. Mrs. Myers
land Tom Smith.
The Burrll woman had roll Of bills
from which she paid her fine and costs,
/ as we'll as those OF the Oskaloosa coll
| ored boy. neglecting to look out for her
1 white husband. for which he retaliated
with warrant, and another arrest fol-
lowed. This morning the woman failed
to show up for trial and has probably
left town. Smith was let off with the
understanding that he leave the city.
Carpenter got two days in Jail and Sui
Ivan got off by paying fine and costs
Collins and wife were strangers stop
\ pining in the house because 1t was
cheap and were let off. Myers gos thir-
i ty days on the stone pile.
started the ball rolling in the way OF
CLOSING the Joint. II the place had been
condemned and burned year or two
Iago. when such was thought of, II
would have saved the city hundreds OF
dollars this spring, for Marshalltown
has had to support the twelve or fifteen
people living in the place during about
two months OF smallpox siege. The re-
sort is nothing but a filth and disease
breeder. and liz without doubt the mos,
unsavory place in the city.
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