New-York tribune., 1900-08-02
ACKRON'S TIvOLI CLOSED.
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED MEN AND WOMEN
TAKEN To THE POLICE STATION.
CAPTAIN THOMAS MAKES A RAID ON THE
NOTORIOUS RESORT UNDER ORDERS
FROM CHIEF DEVERY.

Charles Aclkron's notorious Tenderloin resort.
known as the TivoI, just off Broadway in
West Thirty-ffth-st. was closed by the police
late last night, and seven wagon loads of women
and fifteen OF men carried to the police sta
ton The raid was attended with great deal
OF excitement The crowd hooted, cheered and
jostled the prisoners; the metallic clang of
patrol wagons heard with the clatter OF
hoofs: the shouts of officers and the shrieks of
the captured women interspersed with
their dersive laughter. The women's gay ap-
parel. in grotesque contrast with their surround
ings as they were josted into the wagons and
the sight Of lads. barely out of their short
breeches marching arm in with gray
haired men under the guard of policemen con-
tributed TO make the occasion one to be remem-
bered.
Captain Thomas. OF the Tenderloin station.
said TO Tribune reporter the seventh wagon
load Of women was hustled off to the station;
They were all bagged like birds in No stick
and I guess We have all Hoooken, by the LOOKS.
CAPTAIN Thomas said he received word OF the
mission he was to perform at O'clock when the
telephone bell OF his station rang sharply. Chiet
Devery was talking This is what Captain
Thomas heard:
Raid the Tlvon a. Il sharp: take thirteen 5; men
in patrolmens clothes ana nave i@nr pesos S fS S
everybody. man. woman and child, the station
house.
Chief Devery had nisjudged the size of the
crowd the captain would have TO handle.
POLICE GO IN LIKE WEsTERNERs.
Captain Thomas reached the TivoH about
1045 o'clock. He did not enter himself. but
let his men strag ggle in slowly like Western
visitors who were out TO see the town. The
walters were at once At the elbows Of the new
to do heir nd
customary smirking welcome of certain habitues
OF the place. The orchestra was playing lively
melody from The Runaway Girl" the glasses,
tinted with various colored wines and cordials,
were gyrating about on the extended arms of
dexterous walters. the money was clnking at
intervals as drink after drink disappeared, the
incandescent lamp bulbs and the glitter Of
jewels seemed at their brightest in the mirrors,
when dull. heavy thud in the vestibule startled
those who sat nearest the door. a few Of the
frequenters had by this time suspected or
learned the identity of the newcomers and
started 10 go out.
CAPTAIN THOMAS AT THE DOOR.
Then it was seen that Captain Thomas stood
at the door,
What's up, Captain?" asked a person in the
crowd who recognized him.
This place is up" was the answer. up the
spout Just wait until the wagons come and
I'll let you out"
What, the place raided?" exclaimed a dozen
voices. Before the Captain could reply the cry
OF raid, raid!" responded from end OF the
hall to the other. The orchestra stopped play
ing, and. leaving their instruments behind them,
the musicians made rush for the doors.
They found them already blocked by crowd
A line Of officers stood behind and when the
rush against them had become too great Cap
tain Thomas gave the order:
Stand back" Of night sticks pro-
duced from under citizens clothes added such
emphasis to the order that the crowd fell back.
The walters proved the least submissive. Sew
eral Of them tried to force their way past, but
were hurled back with the threat that any show
OF violence would only result in heavier pun
ishment. The tumult then subsided. and the
situation settled down to simply wait. One
woman disclosed her age by gayly piping out:
Wait for the wagon and we'll all take a
ride There was litter among some of the
other men. and a few men guffawed with broad
bravado.
In order TO make the scene more dramatic
Captain Thomas slowly walked into the middle
of the floor, and. having surveyed the men and
women with air of indifference. he an
nounced:
Every person in this place is to consider him
self under arrest
The women screamed and the walters made
by the police. Others Of the women began to i'm
plore the Captain to let them go free. Several
undertook TO pose as the wives Of their escorts
but upon falling back upon the corroboration Of
the men they found the latter gone.
TWO women. however, succeeded in persuadng
the Captain that they were there in the escort
Of their husbands, and as the husbands swore to
the fact they were permitted to depart.
PATROL WAGONS ARRIVE.
Upon the arrival of the patrol wagons the
doors Of the Tivon were swung back. Outside
could be seen a crowd extending in each direc-
ton along Thirty-ffth-st. for half block. The
Jam reached Broadway on the east, so that peo-
pie had 10 push out into the cartracks to go
from sidewalk TO sidewalk. Cabs and automo-
biles ploughed their way through the throng
ike moving machines
The women prisoners were sent away from the
TiYoli first. They marched through two rows
Of policemen from the door Of the resort TO the
patrol wagon.
The crowd hooted and yelled until one woman
was seen apparently half fainting and leaning
heavily upon the arm Of Captain Thomas. The
sight 50 appealed to the sympathy of the spec
tators that a hush fell upon them.
The first wagon load contained thirteen
women The other three wagons were speedily
filled and order sent out for more. Then
there was another wait. 1t finally found
that three more wagons were necessary As
the last of these rolled away two Of it's occu-
pants began to sing and affect a high state NJ
jollity- They grabbed the hats Of the police
men VINO were standing the rear platform
and attempted to throw them among the by
ISLANDERS.
After the women had gone the men were taken
out Then the ridicule Of the crowd was with
out bounds. Every victim was greeted by some
apparent friend by nickname, and sometimes
by his Christian name.
Hello there, Bill" shouted somebody AS
soon as Bill" had reached the wagon he shouted
back and said:
Never mind. You had only been out half an