The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-01-29
LAW and ORDER
CAUSES RAID.
Captain Black and His Efficient Of.
fcers Make a Successful Raid on
Houses of Ill fame and 1873 Per-
sons are Caught in the Net.

and for selling liquor $50 aud costs.
Four other charges were held up.
! Carrie Frank Of No. 5O5 Shipley
street pleaded not guilty for selling
liquor and was fined $50 and costs,
for keeping house OF ill.fame $50
and costs.
f! Catherine Bowc OF No. SIS Tat
nall street for keeping house Of
ill.Iame was fined $50 aud Costs.
The Citizen, League OF this city
and the New Jersey Law and Order
League worked to yeLIIer in the raid.
Rcy. 5. II. Hahnnd and corps of as
Si,lants came to Wilmington and be-
ra,i an investigation Of the houses of
iIfamc.
In their reports they state that in
no city in which they have made an
investigation have they found so much
disorder and vice, and especially of
that character which tends to ruin
youmg men and young women. They
found it Haunting most openly and
The liquor selling was equally open
and brazen. The agents report that
in no city have they found more liq-
nor sold Illegally than they have in
! Wilmington and the sale has been
carried on during Sundays as well as
weekdays.
A conference was held yesterday
with City Solicitor Reinhardt and as
4 result warrants were issued. Then
came the phase of the case where eX-
ccutiye ability was needed and Cap
tain Black was equal to the occasion.
lie called IN 45 men from street duty
at 10 O'Clock and they were given the
warrants.
The members Of the Law and Order
were astounded at the successful man
ner in which the force acting under
the directions of Acting Chief George
Black rounded up the inmates of the
houses.
| The officers in making the raids
spared no one who was caught in any
OF the houses. In the past it has
generally been the rule to let the men
caught in the houses owitholt bring
Ing them to the City Hall. Last
night, however, both men and women
were taken to the police station. The
first prisoners of the raid arrived at
the City Hall about II O'Clock, and
soon after that the others followed in
quick succession,
The women were taken to the City
Court room, where they were kept I'M
Til the inmates had been summoned
as witnesses and the proprietors and
tho proprietrcsscs had given bail for
their appearance this morning. The
men who were captured in the raid
were placed in the police Office and the
call corridors until they had been
summoned to appearas witnesses.
| The news of the big raids spread
like wild fire, and before long there
was Il big crowd in front of the City
Hall, and it continued to grow. At
midnight, after The work Of releasing
the persons caught in the raid had
c.nnm,tr Il, there was still large
crowd ia hand.
The . ut witnessed both in the
hall alilI out. side will long be remcm-
bered by those who were present.
There we're women of all types and
many of them were fair to look upon,
while here and there was u pretty
young woman,
The men also exhibited various
: types. Some Of them had been cap
! urcd in dru nkcn debauchery, while
others were dressed in the latest FASH
ions. Some of them were young men
who are well known about the city,
and this class all seemed to feel keen
" the position i'll which they were
placed.
The majority Of those arrested. how
ever, looked upon the affair with Il
light heart, for they laughed and jok-
ed with each other over the prcdica-
mcnt in which they had been placed.
Every now and then from about II
O'Clock until midnight, and even after
that hour rading parties would re-
turn to add their quota to the already
large number under arrest Some Of
,l'e raiders returned carrying cases OF
ne'f or ,"l I,eH o' various h'',u' ol
l'lnof, l''al !lao oect se'lcu III inc
houses. Ihe liquor ana cases OF
beer werca'l lape'cu ana marked WIN
the name ana number OF the mouse IN
which thcv were selzeo' ana thcil
stored none part OF the poilce station
lhry will appear To-Day IN the C'lS
Court as silent witnesses OF Ihc exist
ence OF Illegal liquor Selilhg.
Wh'le tile raids were IN progress
several OF tl,e ",llcc,s % ., .iic llullhs.