New-York tribune., 1903-05-23
MANY ARRESTS IN RAIDS
O'ConnOr Takes About One Hun
dred at Cairo and Bohemia.
THEATRE CROWD SEES AFFAIR.

THEATRE CROWD SEES AFFAIR.
Captain OConnor. with several Of his de-
tectives. made raids the Bohemia and the
Cairo. in West Twenty-ninth-st., last night just
as the theatres were letting out their patrons.
and arrested the two alleged managers, several
men and seventy-two women, all Of whom were
taken to the West Thirtieth-st. police station
and locked up. The raid caused great excite
nent. Happening at q time when Broadway
was well filed with people, big crowd quickly
gathered &c watch the proceedings.
Captain OConnor first visited the Bohemia.
With him were Detectives Armstrong. Mooney,
Ridge and Ryan He had borrowed patrol
wagons from the West Twentieth and Thirty
seventh St stations. and these. with the wagon
from the West Thirtieth-st. station, were placed
within easy call The reserves were also at
hand to help pack the people arrested into the
wagons and 10 keep order.
Going into the Bohemie Captain O'Connor, IN
uniform. caused the doors to be locked, and
then, addressing the startled merrymakers.
made little speech. He said:
"All persons in this place must consider them
selves under arrest However. l will allow
those to go who show that they respect
able and are not known to my men,"
Many Of those present were mere sightseers.
and these had been more alarmed than the reg
ular patrons Of the place whom a raid more
or less matters little. They crowded around
Captain O'Connor. and by means of cards. let
ters or other papers sought to prove their
spectabihty- Many Of them d.d to the cap
tain's satisfaction, and were allowed to go; but
out Of the one hundred and fifty people in the
place, fOrty-siX women were placed in the patrol
wagon and taken to the station. was Philip
Greece, Of No. 1,1E9 Madison-ave-, who was ar
rested as being the manager of the place
Captain OConnor then went across the street
TO the Cairo where similar scenes were enacted.
James Alel1s. was arrested as manager. he
said he was born in Cairo Egypt Twenty-six
also taken. and seven men, three
OF them walters. and the other four guests
In the Cairo Captain O'Connor made the same
speech he had made in the Bohemia promising
70 let those go free who could prove their re-
who could not do Some Of the men visitors
. objected TO this. They argued with the captain
that they were not guilty OF disordeTly conduct
by being in the place, and said that if the
were arrested they would insist on being ar
rested, too. The captain informed them that
they were privileged to take that stand If they
wished to. and as a consequence Herman G.
Hostier. who said he was secretary Of coal
and iron company and lived in South Orange:
William Edans, drygoods merchant Of Mount
Vernon; John Arnyd, Of No. $50 Ninth-ave..
and James Johnson. of Baltimore, stopping at
When all those arrested had been landed at
the West Thirtieth-st- station, that place was
packed II was remarked that all Of the women
were well gowned, many OF them being in ex-
pensive evening toilets and, almost without
exception they were young and good looking
Outside the station house the friends OF those
arrested gathered that the sidewalk was
blocked for some distance Those Of them VINO
found the friend for whom they were inqutring
had fallen into the hands Of the law started out
10 look for bondsrnan- It was great night
for the professional bondsrnan in the Tender
Ioin The Haymarket was not u1olested-