The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-02
POLICE RAID NEW
YORK PALACE OF SIN.
LAND 200 FAsHIONABLY DRESSED
MEN AND WOMEN IN JAIL.
Pandemonium Results when onacers
Break I'm Upon Brilliantly Light
ed scene-AII Hand. Lectured and
Released After = Dramatic scene.

sale raid upon weii-dressed men and wo-
men has been recorded in the Tender
loin' under the present administration as
that which closed up the Tfvoli in West
Thirty-hfth street tonight and landed 200
men and women in the West Thirtieth
street station. Several patrol wagons
made trips between the brilliantly lighted
resort from 11.lo until midnight.
Capt. Thomas and forty OF his men
made the raid. The place was full. an
orchestra was playing and waters we're
serving drinks when the captain and his
men in uniforms entered. At once more
men In plain clothes. who had been scat
tered around at the tables drinking with
the women. sprang to their feet and dis
played their shields.
Men swore and Women screamed-some
of them. to whom policeman was not a
new thing, resigned themselves philosoph-
ically to the inevitable and begged only
that the policemen handle them careful
ly. All the women were arrayed in ex-
pensive summer finery. and sleeveless and
low-cut bodices Of almost transparent ma.
terial were the rule. Many wore diamonds
and much jewelry.
All Hands Are Arrested.
Capt. Thomas went through the place,
which is large hall, luxuriously fitted
up. and arrested everybody except the one
man most desired--Ackron. the proprietor
Ackron has kept out of the jurisdiction for
three or four days, ever since he learned
that a warrant was out for him for as
sault Chief Devery ordered. early In
the day, that the dive must be closed
and the raid was not unexpected. The
women were nervous all the evening
and several Of the more hardened of the
Tenderloin habitues kept close to the door
all night. Others who had received no
intimation OF the general demand OF the
Tlvoli's suppression--a demand which the
police have at last complied with-were
taken unawares. These women were the
ones who screamed and wept.
Many Business Men,.
Many OF the male prisoners were evi-
IDENTIFY prosperous business men OF middle
age. All sorts OF false names were given
at the police station. The raid was the
most theatrical ever made in the Tender
loin. Old-timers all said so. Capt. Thomas
marched at the head of his men up Sew
enth avenue to Thirty-fifth street. and
then 10 the door of the place 80 sharply
that no one had time to run In and warn
the crowd. The captain left several de-
tectives and roundsmen at the doors and
exits and then entered. In almost no
time word spread all over the Broadway
and Sixth avenue district and Thirty-ffth
street between sixth and Seventh avenues
was packed with people when the patrol
wagons started on their trips.
Jeered by the Crowds.
The prisoners were greeted with yelis
The crowd. numbering 1000. gathered
around the police station. Capt Thomas
entrance was dramatic. He was in new
uniform. and when he marched HIS men
inside he took up position In the middle
OF the hall and giared around him for
fully minute. Everybody was scared,
and when the captain had satisfied him
self of this he exclaimed theatrically, "Ev-
cry man and woman In this place is TO
consider himself or herself under arrest"
BedIam broke Loose.
Bedlam broke loose as soon as the can
tain finished his little speech. and screams
and yells Of terror, some real and some
feigned filled the place. Many OF the
women tried to faint and few succeeded.
and the men who had 'just dropped In to
see what the place was like. don't you
know" looked sheepish enough.
The women, nearly all of them expen-
sively attired. were taken to the wagons
first There were fifty-four of them. and
many had never before been under arrest
Some wept. others screamed. but the
crowd cheered derisiveiy as they were
driven away. At the Tenderioin station
their pedigrees were taken and they were
locked up. Three well-dressei couples nf
apparent respec,ahility who claimed they
were married and simply seeing the
sights. were permitted TO 20 free after
close questioning.
Applause for a Detective.
Detective Glennon won the plsudits Of
the crowd in the street when he escorted
a pretty Salvation Army lass with a bun
die Of War crys 10 the door and bade
her depart In peace.
II took several trips of the wagons 10
carry the men prisoners to tho police nia-
ton There were i5i OF these, all ages
and conditions. many of apparent refine
nent and respectabslIty.
Names and addresses were taken ht the
station. and after Captain Thomas had
given warning that he would hold them
II caught again, they were permitted TO
so.
SENATOR HoAR IN LINE.