New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
SAY THE TIVOLI MUST GO.
POLICE THREATEN TO DRIVE ACKRON
OUT OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
WOMEN AND WATERS NEARLY ALL DIS
CHARGED IN CoURT-sENATOR
FORD AS A WITNESS.

| the Tivoli. the dive which was raided on wednes-
day night by direct orders OF the Chief It is the
declared intention OF the police officials to close
up the Tivon for good and drive Charles E Ackron
the real proprietor out of business IN this city
Aclkron has held licenses through different persons
and whenever he has needed a license to open a
resort he has used the names OF people practically
unknown to get it.
Senator Ford. who robbed and assaulted in
| the Tivoi Friday OF last week. said yesterday
that he was disposed to follow the up and
If possible prevent Ackron from again doing busi-
ness in this city
Commissioner Sexton said yesterday afternoon
that the Ttvoli had been closed to stay closed TT
will be raided every time it opens, he said. THE
Tivol has got to go out of business"
Chief Devery said the Tfvoli would have to re-
main closed. He added;
| The T1voli has got to go out OF business. We
ydsnc Giose to he every Sa aa e opens got the best
arrests there, but the courts did not hold the
aFFet sucen to shows ha N riSo
t the Courts decide NAV stSy open up every time
WeIl raid it tonight If we find people in there
e 6aTe Bde to " o SO 4ng fsn as hy 2 h
W S aotd 9 S sse clothes with Tb
lcited and made engagements with them pro-
morrow and there is plenty OF evidence for them
to act if they wish TO do so.
BIG CROWD AT THE COURT
Knowing that the prisoners taken in the raid on
the Tivoli. in West Thirty-ffth-st. would be ar
ragned in the Jefferson Market Court yesterday
morning, many morbidy curious persons were there
early as o'clock waiting for the courtroom to
be thrown open. The large crowd annoyed Mag
istrate Pool and he ordered Sergeant Foody TO
clear the court of every person having business
there.
OF the women taken in the net, twenty seven had
secured bondsmen. They came to court in cabs,
on the electric and afoot They looked bright
and clipper. and had the advantage of their less
fortunate sisters OF having opportunity to go
home and fix up" said Those who had
been home were demurely clothed.
There were ffty-four women In the court prison.
They had been carted down early in several patrol
wagons from the West Thirteth-st. station The
women's prison filled to overhowing and many
were put in the mems division.
Captain Thomas In the court $50 o'clock
and conferred with Magistrate Pool for an hour
1t took nearly two hours for the clerks to make out
the complaints.
THOMAS WANTS TO GET ACKRON.
The women who had been out on bond were
taken into the Gerry Society room ard the roll
called. Two weye missing
This will be the most eficacious raid ever made
in the Tenderloin," said Captain Thomas we
viii hold every woman the charge Of vagrancv
and not having any visible means of support We
will hold the men on the charge Of working in a
disorderly place. This fellow O'Connor will be
prosecuted as the manager of the dive until we get
our hands on the ex-convict Ackron."
Eva Brown, one of the three women arrested by
Headquarters men before Captain Thomas arrived
the first prisoner be arraigned before Magts-
trate Pool on the charge of vagrancy. Magistrate
Pool denied Louis Lowensteins motion to dismiss
and sent her to the Workhouse for three months
AleXandrine Adrian, another of the three women
arrested, was arraigned next She fined $40
| for soliciting. and the fine was paid
! Htda V Grace, the woman arrested by Detective
Short, was next called. Detective Binning said he
had seen her in the streets soliciting The
woman took the stand. She said she was
eighteen years old, and was engaged to be
married. She denied that she had ever Solicited
men She had only promised to take Short out and
show him the town She said some friends were
in the Tivoh, and she had gone in see them
Who were your frends?" asked the Magistrate
Boston. -
IF you don't tell his address I will send vo,
down to the prison." declared Magistrate Pool.
Sne then by her lawyers advice gave the address
as No. S06 Columbus-ave Boston
Her alleged fance, Charles II Harris 10 NJ
23O West Thirty-fourth-st was then called
DO you know this woman?" Magistrate Poo,
| asked rooi
we are engaged to be married" he repIied
We were to have been married TODAY bu+ some
thing happened last night that caused ne m Dos+
pone the wedding for some time"
her?" ''
About year and a half"
DID you know she in the Tivol?"
II was who brought her there I've known bar
since We Were children. We used to make mud pies
together" F
Il think you're the most accomplished liar 7 o,o-
met sald Magistrate Pool, angriy. Get down
from the bridge If you took this eighteen Ola
@ giTi TO such place as the Tivoi you ought TO be
Magistrate Pool then ined tho ,,-or. 90 :
soliciting. e1 ''e woman $40 for
| O'CONNoR HELD FOR MISDEMEANOR
John +. O'Connor the temporary manager of tho
! IlVoh in Ackron's absence was then arraigned
| Captain Thomas said the charge was maintaininp
a nuisance He said, too that O'Connor Tailed ax-
| acuy with the description given by Senator Ford
! as one OF his assailants in the Tivoi.
! Lowenstein asked for a postponement Mag
lstrate Pool granted this until to-day and fixed the
| pond at $1,000 This caused the lawyer and de-
iehdant to give expression to their surprise and
| the lawyer suggested that this bail was pretty
| heavy for a misdemeanor
I've held them in IS 600 for misdemeanors and
| some or them got away at that" said the Mag
lstrate L am not taking any chances with this
defendant"
John f. McAvoy. the waiter who is said TO hava
assaulted Senator Ford, was then araigned Som
ator Ford testified that McAvOy was one ~ bis ss
ton in this case " d 'oh'ihua-
When the time comes we wish to file q coun+e-
Ford" u assault ana mayhem against Senator
Magistrate Pool said he would not entertain +b,s
ScnaEge untL the formal complaint filed against
McAvoy, and adjourned the hearing until 2.90
o'clock in the afternoon; He named $1,000 as the
pond for McAvoy, and the court adjourned ~
Just as the Magistrate was leaving the bench his
artendon at c was called to the fact that the twenty
under bonds had not had anything to eat since
rs that so?" asked the Magistrate .yybv tbat,s
100 bad. III buy the girls something to eat EJs
pulled a large roll Of bills from his pocket and
order court policeman to get some food "
IL vas then suggested that the women had an
known whether they had right to have food