The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-29

pOITCE RAYD HER PLANT, WITH
IRIS "RED CROSS" INMATES,
AMI She takes Morphine in Earnest After
+, dramatic Poison lnterlIltie
wagon Carries OFT Eight women,
Dressed as Nurses, ana Two Men.

:, Dramatic Poison Qnterlsiuc-PatrOi
Wagon Carries OT Eight women,
Dressed as Nurses. ana Two Men.
can't OConnor Of the Tenderloin station
Io., evening emulated the example set by
,,,rco IF his predecessors by raiding the
..or,arHn" run by Frances McCulloch
-, hast Twenty -scventh street The woman,
rbo /. listed in the direct ry as a physi-
oi,n took morphine after the raid All d an
o,rhpl,unr was called to the police station
at lli,
v,.clp'ain found no pink slippers about
,., ,L,,r this time az once the invaders
,EI but got number of young women
"",Ip,l ~ nurses " it'll red crosses on
their ~lfrNes
abr McCuloch has been branching
ont a,oy by adding the adjoining house
wired and one of the first things done by
nr ,orlincn was to break an opening
thr,ugh the party wall, SO as to connect
Covt O'Connor and eight plain-clothes
mon sl,caked into the new house last night.
g. one saw them enter. They found the
rr,,iup In the wall covered only by cur
nm and thus were ableto continue straight
ON into he "sanitarium" proper, taking its
inhabitants wholly by surprise.
There were eight women besides the
"doctur," and two men were found in the
place,
When the presence Of the police in the
horse became known TO her, the propri-
chess declared that she would never submit
to'ne disgrace of being dragged to station
hoi-e She called on one OF her nurses to
bring her the small bottle The nurse
promptly took vial containing white
hld from closet and handed it to her chief
The doctor" poured the liquor with
steady hand into water glass, added
some rcd stuff to get color, poured in water.
raised the full glass to her lips, paused
moment to see if anybody was going to
interfere and--had the satisfaction Of seeing
A detective knock the glass out of her
hands
Then Capt O'Connor spoke up
"That old bluff don't go-come on; and
he quick about it"
The drama ended, everybody was hustled
into the waiting patrol wagon;
Al the station "Dr. " McCulloch said that
she was an osteopath. The taking Of the
redigree Of the other women brought to
light the presence of mother and her
daughter among the nurses"
They said they were Matilda Wayland,
81 and Edith Wayland. 49, Both wore the
uniform Capt. O'Connor said he was
sure that the girl was not over 10 years old,
and that he would notify. the Children s
society.
None Of the prisoners was let go. The
men had had hopes of being released, but
were disappointed, They gave names and
addresses that were palpably fictitious.
Ate" the McCulloch woman had b cen in
u orll for some time the matron heard her
groan and found her in a state of semi
consciousness To Sergt. Brindley, who
was called by the matron, the prisoner said
That she had managed to swallow large
dose of morphine while she was being
taken down to the patrol wagon. An ambu-
lance was summoned from the New York
Hospital The doctor who attended her
said she had taken good deal of poison.
but. after leaving her, he said she would
recover
The raid was made on warrants issued
Ivy Magistrate Fammer in the Jefferson
Market court
Or" McCulloch is charged with keep
ing a disorderly house. Capt. OConnor
said that his men had been gathering evil
dence against the place for some time
and that several of them had succeeded in
getting in repea teddy.