The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-03
HUGE VICE RAID
IN PHILADELPHIA
Territory of Twenty Square Miles
Swept Clean-TWo Thousand
Prisoners.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Philadelphia, July By one of the
most gigantic police raids in the his
tory of any municipality, the new adj
ministration Of Philadelphia yesterday
emphasized it's hold on the city gov
resorts territory Of twenty, square
miles, including the tenderloin and
high-class residence districts, and let
loose food for scandal that will wreck
scores of homes.
Everything was closed. The station
houses could not begin, to hold the pris-
oners, and from midnight until 90 CLOCK
| the cases. ~. s....-+ ..--- o.. ..-.s-
| g. Extent of the Raid.
The following figures will give some
idea Of the extent of the movement:
Number of houses, comprising speak
easies,'' disorderly resorts and political
clubs, entered, $50.
Number of prisoners, men and women,
/ taken, nearly 2,000.
ApprQxima tessaInD Of neSsa imposed
upon men found in these places, 5000.
i Approximate amount Of bail imposed
,, upon proprietors and inmates, 100000.
Number of police employed in raid, 400
Law and Order Evidence.
+: The raid was made upon evidence Sc
cured by the Law and Order society
which has been in it's possession fol
months, and upon which the police de-
partment previously had refused to act
Every police captain was called il
and given his orders that the places
must be raided and no tip should go out
simultaneously at IL O'Clock the net
began to close in. All the territory
east of the Schuylkill to the Delaware
and from 200 feet north to 1900 feet
south of Market street, covering nearly
twenty square miles, was dragged.
High and Low Alike. ..-.
Mixed with painted women, will
drunken negroes and vicious hangers.o1
clans, lawyers and men whose faces ar
familiar in public gatherings and in thu
higher walks of life.
Crouching in corners of police sta
lions, trying to hide behind each other
were women whose faces, showed they
were of birth and breeding. There wer'
girls not out Of their teens, whose cloth
4 ing spoke of luxury, and who bore thu
indelible touch of gentle homes.
These were the catch Of the net from
hotels and palaces Of the under world.
VdAA4y IouSu1 w 1oCeep0'
They had not been taken easily; mel
in Tuxedos fought like mad to open ;
way of escape for themselves and th'
women with them. In many cases. thu
police held the hands Of women ben
on suicide Some Of these women. will
utter ruin and disgrace before them
fought the policemen more effectuaH,
than the men, Some escaped, but the,
were few.
Of many women who were desperat
and hysterical and tried to kill them
selves two almost succeeded. On
stabbed herself and the other hurle'
herself down a flight Of stairs.
There were others who begged thei
escorts to kill them to avoid exposur
and disgrace. Large sums of none.
were offered the police, whose palm
itched, but who did not dare to accep
! them.
Until late in the morning the magis
!: trates labored at the crowded polio
stations. All the men, not proprietors
: without exception, were fined $40 an
. costs. Every woman was held in ba
. for the court.