New-York tribune., 1903-04-11

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No. IS Delancey. near Allen st.
Also Deanoey-st.. near Eldridse in the yard
The whole block in Rivington-st.. from Forsyth
to CHRISTIE, is also such houses. and you can see
s whole block IN from , ,ssr stanten s 3 t9
for sale any cigars. only girls We suppose
osase osss ss to o Sena there in the evening e De-
WHAT NJ MARLEY PLATzEK HEARD.
This letter is one of hundreds. In answer to
this clamorous appeal Of the people OF the East
Side II. Marley Platzek. a member OF the Com
mittee of Five went down on <he East Side
and on the night of November 81 held hear
ing at which he listened to the personal i'm
pressions OF a number OF East Siders. The fol-
lowing are few quotations from the steno-
graphic report OF the hearing
Abraham II. Fromenson. No u Jefferson-st.,
Q.-what is your business and occupation? A.
Editor Of The Jewish Daily News =, .,a .v,s,-
ence Of any disorderly houses in the With Assem-
6.ICan You sive me any Informs tion as where
these disorderiy houses are located? A-fes: i
ST. Nos, 2n 2o5. Iss T75 1o4 100 sS es g. 81 So as
20 - Us y 5ss arg a 81 2sg ss ise 49, is5 22 iaS
belancey-s Nes Z g 1$s 45 Is lSs So and md ~: q
stanten2st % Nos "a Z So S. and 5s; Forsyth s..
oos oSebsTd @ ~ Spa l s BaTaTds Nos 20 and a.
o-whet do you mean by nadersSoring @ some nf of
age are employed to stand at the doors and ask
owhO are these lewd women Tnsint9iRed b b By T.
most Of what is earned by these women for them
o-what induces the landlords TO let their houses
TO these women A-The enormous rem @ eey aa Tnti
IN the neighborhood be obtained for sl2 or sl3
month; they charge the prostitutes as hlgh as
o~Can you give ne the addresses OF any gam
% PINE & houses % IN @ the "a ase ad The Rre o and is
seae b s "a at Sre IS snd Tsse She enS Sonses hs 9'as as
Protected by The district leaders, the parties run
Q.EHave you any information as to the inmates
Of the disoTderly houses? A--They range from
fourteen up / have seen some as old as ffty , ana
have seen some who do not look TO be much above
obaine9 bx inserting advertsements for servant
girls. These girls, when applying. are put into a
the promise Of nice iewery are easily persTa5ded 5ed
are many girls who come here by being Induced by
agents The Christian girls come from the min
SAID MARTIN ENGEL WAS INTERESTED"
ence and is interested in this vice? A-Yes Martin
Engel. Charles hraemer and Max Hochstirn
Samuel Einsohn. Of No 20 Market-st., then
testified in part follows:
OWN you kindly state any information you
may have with respect TO disorderly houses either
IN the aLI5th & 9T ,r n @ oyd testifed 70 bv
Mr. Frornenson, and know that what he said was
- Tor am f5SF nir WIN 1t 'fe i9 sdtion to to the
disorderly houses he named give the polo%ding
and No Isl Hester-st.
The next witness. Abraham Israel Of No. 46
Allen-st.. gave personal experiences he had had
with vicious characters
o.--wlaat do yoz know about the With Assem-
bly, District? Al know all about the disorderly
houses in my vicinity. live in No. 46 Allen-st and
Nos, IS. 80 and 50 are disorderly houses
Q.-How do you know they are disorderly houses?
A
across the streets They whistle grab by the shoul
Q-Are those houses running now? A-Yes;
trance. not permitting any one TO enter unless
found to be inmates Of the house. a man in the
policemen were stationed at the door. The man
replied: We will TX YOU We will get even with
o--Are the houses open yet? Yes: fort for the
a red light giaring inside and the women are neep
ing out and soliciting passersby- They DO not 40
stand M on the stoops and solicit But they are doing
business at night as usual
FEARED ENGEL AND WERE SILENT
aa yOb eeeG eSeT M people sS in pnr neghborhood
said that Martin Engel would fix me If did Even
w hestafeG @ LOT f if same iiT ON me- know
many people who could tell much, but afraid
TO appear. being in dread of Martin Engel
Isaac Pearlstein, Of No. 12S Henry-st,
president of the Tiphereth Israel congregation,
testified that there We're disorderly resorts at
Nos. 119 and 127 Allen-st. He was questioned
as follows:
Q. Are these tenement houses? A Yes
while ] was president of the congregation made
o S9Rdi01 aRd on to e2 s9e season Rn it It q NO sTa sta
Q. What did you say to the captain? A ! SAID
the immediate neighborhood Of synagogue, ana
demanded that action be taken to suppress u
we then wrote to Chief Devery (the letter reg
GaSsn aHd tha3 he did not @ pay
CHEF DeLeIy sent tw9 eetecuESes S ron r5 Inc Hu-
On November 24 Mr.. Platzek went down on
the East Side and listened TO another graphic
recital Of the conditions. DR.. J. Cherurg,
surgeon. residing at No. % Eldridge-st- fur
nished list of disorderly houses, and in answer
10 a question whether he had seen soliciting,
said:
Yes. I have At No 271 Anen-st. 1 have. in
passing by. seen a boy standing at the stoop
distributing tickets. He even asked me to come
in saying, Come in we have many - girls
here"
Barnett Kurland. of No % Bleecker-st. re-
lated his experiences.
Il am" said he "a regular attendant at the
synagogue at No 126 Allen-st and about q
week ago, while was going TO the synagogue,
women from Nos 119 and 127 Alen-st.. at
the windows soliciting Then some of the
women grabbed me by the arm etc While the
police are standing by people come in and out.
Tonight as I was going TO the synagogue to
study Talr,ad 1 saw three persons enter one OF
the houses the shutters were down and the
policemen were near by
Israel Ziony a Hebrew journalist. impaired
to Mr. Platzek the following information:
o-Do you know of any. houses of prostitution
snd gambling? A.-Yes. ] do.
oeDo you know where they get the girls? A
parents and they do not Ike 10 work. and these