The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
CLEAN. UP IN CHINATOWN.
80 POLICE AND 4 PATROL WAGONS
GO FOR CAUCASIAN DIVES
where Raines Law Has Been Violated
Tom Foley and Fred Fleck Sent For
TO Give Bsil-Ch hath I'M Tub Z psidc Down
Diamond Dan O'Rourke's Visited.

Inspector Brooks. Capt. Wendell and Nifty
p~lain-clothes men from the Elizabeth,
Eldridge and Mulberry street police sta
tons, armed with twenty warrants issued
by Magistrate Cornell, descended upon six
resorts near Chatham Square and rounded
up forty-seven prisoners shortly after II
o'clock last night. The prisoners were
tbirty-four women and thirteen men.
The places raided were So Bowery.
Doyers street, 10 Doyers street. 7 and
Chatham Square, $50 Park row and 1874
Park row. tho charges in each case being
either violation Of the Excise law or the
maintenance Of a disorderly house or both
Most OF the prisoners were charged with
being disorderly persons.
Although the places raided are in China
town, none was a Chinese dive. The first
visited was the Chatham Club, a dance hall
at 8 Doyers street, with a wonderfully
crooked staircase and a wonderfully sonor
Gus steam organ. Here our men were
taken prisoners. one the proprietor. JOIN
j. Kenney. The club" was crowded
and there was a rush TO escape
by windows, fire escapes and roof. but few
got away, as all the exits were blocked by
police. The police assured the crowd
that they wanted only the proprietor and
his assistants, and the women OF the place
were much relieved and went away in a
hurry. The warrant against the pro-
prietor of this place was issued for violation
of the excise law only.
Next door, at 10 Doyers street, is a saloon
with a back room concert hall. There was
a warrant for the alleged manager Of this
place, Bernard McCullagh, for violation Of
the Excise law and for conducting a dis
orderly resort. This place was also full
and the police arrested ten women and
two men.
The raiders continued down Doyers
street, passed Mike Galatians place, and
tackled Z and s Chatham square. a saloon
run by Thomas Sullivan who was arrested
along with two bartenders. He was ar
rested on both unit
There was a big crowd following the
raiders by this time. At Diamond Dan
O'Rourke's saloon at $50 Park Row five
women and James Anderson, the alleged
manager, were arrested. O'Rourke was
not in the place at the time and as he is
seldom there, no warrant has been issued
for him.
Two doors further up the street at 1884
Park row the police got Tour women and
Abe Meyers, the alleged manager. The
charges here were for maintenance Of a
disorderly house and violation Of the excise
law.
The last place was Smith d Ryan's saloon
at rs Bowery. The charges against this
were the same as against the other saloons.
Here the police got fifteen women and two
men, who were Patrick Ryan, the pro-
prietor. and his bartender.
All the prisoners were taken to the Eliza
beth street station, where the alleged man
ayers and proprietors were held on war
rants and the others locked up as disorderly
persons.
LAts last night Big Tom" Foley ard ex-
Alderman Fred Fleck called at the station
TO see about bailing cut sSAls Oi the pri-
oners.
The violations of the Excise law which
were the basis for the werrants were not
committed Last night but il is alleged that
the places have been kee ng open in I'M
lawful hours for the past Two weeks and
that some Of them are disorderly houses.
Four negroes were arrested and two
opium layou's were seized last night In a
thIrd floor room at 1853 West Twenty-fourth
street.
SO ARRESTS IL ALLEGED oAM1So HOUSES.
Capt. Brown OF the Fast Sixty-seventh
street station and a squad OF men raided
an alleged gambling house al 2lS East
Seventy-seventh street shortly after mid
night this morning. arresting the reputed
proprietor, Adolph Benzinger Of 2l2 East
losth street and thirty-tive persons who
were in the place.
A patrol wagon had TO make ten trips
to the house TO take the prisoners to the
station. Capt. Brown and his men sur
rounded the house, front and rear, and men
were stationed on the roofs of the adjoining
shooting craps on pool tables or playing