New-York tribune., 1903-04-11

to detain him and shout Come In. come in!''
oPe Is sase up snd n down. the on
these women would pull their sleeves and invite e
AtonseHt the soiciaSn was something snns
TO the synagogue these women would stop IN front
of them and shout: ,..o
clear Conscience on the Day Of Atonemert, Your ,on
sge sns w that a Follows he eanao be
Q-Did you ever make any complaints! A.aSu' .t
but nothing could be done to stop the conditiSns
The president who preceded me and some otmsr thnr
members were active In the matter before, put ther
energy was wasted Lately: matter OF cur4s Gu t
houses
kpsy st sss Of + 5he~ n IS AHf5s lis s
l2o lS l27. 4s 15S and 1910: Delancey-s NO "'
and Stanton-str No. 5e.
In conclusion. Mr.. Hyman said that he saw
that very evening, November 81, about o'clock.
on leaving the synagogue in Allen-st, and on MS
way TO testify before this committee. three or
four walk deliberately into the disorderly
house at No. 127 Allen-st The shutters were
then closed, but from all appearances the house
was open for business
At this stage in the Investigations II becomes
apparent that at least one member of the Com
mittee Of Five was getting dangerously close
TO the situation He was destined, however, to
get one step nearer. Perhaps the most power
full single document Of the great fusion cam
paign were the brass checks. which night after
the story of their meaning and stirring his
denCes with Indignation The original brass
check story, or, at least, much earlier one, was
part of the sworn testimony submitted to the
Committee Of Five. 1t never saw the light OF
day. and it was many months afterward that
Judge Jerome made the Infamous system noto-
rious. Here is the affidavit of girl, who fur
nished to Mr.. Croker's committee personal
view Of the system. She swore as follows:
SLAVES OF THE CADETS.
1 have been in this country ten years. am
Russian Jewess. / have worked in the following
Fifth-st. near Bo7very. and Nos. las ard lss For
= the t 5er 5 ace era ee Te nVe to the pr
prietor each night the money. they receive checks
e cade as arond each Week cor
ect the girls earnings The girls receive check OK
week to pay her. board. Whatever remains the
troll Of her: if she wants to get pair stockings
she must have his consent and he even dictates
proprietor gives the money to the girl and she gives
directly TO the cadet.
The foregoing extracts are all that limited
space permits presenting but they are illustra-
tive of the sort Of evidence that obtained
and explanatory Of the sudden ending Of the ac-
tivity of the Committee Of Five. There We're
other streets, notably Delaney and Rivington,
in which there startling If not as nuner-
Gus evidences of the presence of disorderly
houses The Committee Of Five was furnished
with list Of at least one hundred In this quar-
ter.
Some OF these houses disappeared before the
last municipal election, in the face of an ap-
nroaching election the conditions queted
down but the testimony in another place Will
show that many persisted until the Low admin
istration was finally seated in power. In view
ing this exhibit ii should be borne in mind that
nine out Of ten of these places were in tene-
ment houses, occupying one or. TWO sets Oh
rooms usually on the ground floor, and exposing
the women and children of the other residents or
the house to their corrupting influences.
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