New-York tribune., 1901-03-24
MANY RAIDS BY FIFTEEN
rGURK'S AND THE VIRGINIA AMONG
THE PLACES ENTERED.
WARRANTS ISSUED BY JUSTICE JEROME
WHO HOLDS COURT IN THE
TENDERI ON.

Raids were made on a number Of disorderiy
! houses and gambling places last night by rep
| resentatives of the Committee of Fifteen. Many
| prisoners were taken, but in most cases the in
mates of ali the places were allowed to go free,
only the managers. assistant managers and col
ored women in charge of the hotel part or the
places being held
All of the raids were made on warrants issued
by Justice Jerome of the Court of Special Ses-
sions, on evidence submitted by superintendent
McCulIagh and his men. working under the
direction of the Committee of Fifteen. One of
the representatives of the committee who as
sisted in the raids was Colonel Robert Grier
Monroe, its counsel.
McGurk's Music Hall, at No 30 Bowery, was
one of the places entered. This place is known
by the police as Suicide Hail. because of the
large number of women who try to end their
lives there.
THE TENDERLOIN RAIDS.
At few minutes past II o'clock a repre-
sentative of the Committee of Fifteen entered
the West Thirtieth-st. station and informed Ser
geant Conboy, who was in charge. that he had
four warrants to be executed. He asked that
forty men be assigned to assist him.
The policemen were divided into squads of ten
men each a representative of the Committee of
Fifteen being placed at the head of each
platoon.
At the Pekin. No 145 West Thirty-ffth-st..
the prisoners were George McRae, the alleged
proprietor and manager; Harry Smith, the al
legged assistant manager; Mary Rollins, of No.
165 West Thirty-sixth-st, and John Rogers
musician of No. $50 West Sixty-fourth-st.
Justice Jerome had preceded the raiders to
the West Thirtieth-st. station and was sitting
behind the sergeants desk when the prisoners
were brought in. After brief examination he
allowed Rogers to go home. The other prisoners
ordered locked UP.
The Savoy. at No. IS West Twenty min tn st,
was another of the places raided. There the
police captured warrants Paul Slavin. the
reputed manager. of No 102 West Thirty-first-
St; Frank Nee and Jane Howard who said she
lived at No. 3S West Twenty -ninth-st At the
station the Howard woman gave her name
Annie Barrett They were all locked up.
At the Royal Garden. No. 416 Sixth-ave.. the
prisoners caught were Frank Muller, the all
legged proprietor, who said he was a liquor
dealer; Thomas F. Williams. OF No. $50 Sew
enth-ave. and Emma Powers, colored woman.
of No. 211 West Twenty -eghth-st. They were
ordered locked up.
TWO TAKEN AT THE BERLIN.
The last raid made in the Tenderioin
that OF the Berlin Music Hall. at 80. 40 West
Louis Stern. forty years Old of No. III West
Forty-flfth-st-, the reputed manager, and Alice
Hennessey. thirty-eight years old, colored. OF
No. 22I West Twenty-seventh-st. She is said
to be the chambermad.
After ordering the prisoners locked up Justice
Jerome said he would hold court in the station
house at II 80 o'clock this morning. He ordered
that the registry books of all of the places Re
contiscated and produced in court this morning
Captain Chapman entered the station soon
brought in and assisted Sergeant Churchill
who had relieved Sergeant Conboy, in taking
the pedigrees of the prisoners All OF the in
mates OF the four places were allowed TO go Tree.
Colonel Robert Grler Monroe took charge OF
the raids in the notorious red light" district.
He and Detectives Earle. Dillon and Silverman
went TO the Fifth-st. station a little before mid
night and asked for Captain Diamond. Sergeant
Hulse in charge, and he said the Captain
was not in. Captain Diamond had been at the
Tammany Club. at No. 81 Second-ave, all the
evening.
cute warrants he had and which he showed.
They wer- for people in McGurk's Suicide
Hall at No 295 Bowery. Hulse gave him
squad OF men. and he himself went at the head
of the policemen.
McGurk's was in full blast The place was
crowded Men and women were drinking and
smoking Sailors and all kinds OF people were
there, and dancing was going on. with other
amusements. when the police startled every
body by rushing in They guarded all the doors
and told the people inside they would have to
remain awhile under detention. Then Colonel
Monroe indicated the men he had warrants for.
and they We're placed under arrest and taken to
the station by some OF the policemen. They
are George Kennedy, thirty-seven years old. OF
No. 303 Bowery. the alleged manager; his
brother. Henry, twenty three, Of No. 90 Third
ave. who says he is singer, and Josephine
Freeman a colOred chambermaid thirty-five
years old. of No. 213 Sullvan-st
The people in McGurk's were kept there for
more than three-quarters OF an hour. big
crowd collected outside, and the Bowery was
jammed, everybody doing some kind of yelling.
Detective Earle took the squad of men to the
house at the northeast corner of Fifth-st. and
persons were arrested here. and lot OF al
legged gambling tables and other implements
captured The prisoners Louis Green,
OF No. 129 Second-ave.: Harry Walter of No.
i03 Eighth ave; Max Josephs of No. 234 East
Houston-st. Michael Hart. of No. So Second
ave; Thomas Weiss. of No. 533 East Eighty
fourth-st.; Isaac Fisher, of No. 81 Seventh-ave.;
Benjamin Newton, of No. 102 East Tenth-st.;
Abraham Conrich. OF No. EOS Fifth-st. ard
Abraham Marcus of No. 227 Fifth-st
At No. PSI East Houston-st. II was alleged
that what is known the "stuss" game was
going on. Isaac Cohen. of No. COG East Twelfth
St. and Harry SCHNEIDER, OF No. 8 Avenue C.
were arrested there. and SO in all sorts of
change was seized. MO" Brown was captured
n a watcher"
c. III. Miller, a detective of the Committee OF
Fifteen, made the complaint in this case. Cap
tain diamond had come to the station by the
time this raid was made. and he croSS-exam-
ined Miller severely to find out how much he
knew about Brown. He not satisfied with
his statements. and he refused To hold Brown.
your word against the word of these three
men,"
RAID ON THE VIRGINIA.
Eighteen policemen of the West Forty-sev-
enth-st. station, under lead of two of Superin-
tendent McCulagh's detectives. went to the
Virginia Hotel. Fifty ninth-st and Eighth-ave..