The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-02
FORMER RESIDENT
OF ALLEY Co
THE FAMOUS WHEELING RESORT
SAYS SHE WAS VERY, VERY
NICE AND NOT NAUGHTY.

NtSE AND MOT NAUGHTY.
The officers are determined to break
up the colored houses of prostitution
in the city. Sunday morning at 4
! o'clock Chief Morgan, Assistant CHER
Bartholow. Officers Ridgely, Gould
and Fleming raided four alleged
houses of this class and found in two
of them persons lettering for the pur-
pose of prostitution. The first house
visited was the one story cottage
located just in the rear of the Merri.
field hotel and there they found two
The girls were Mamie Wilson and Ag-
mes Evans. while the men gave their
names as Rambler Rice and John Doe,
otherwise two well known characters.
Only one of these. Rice, had enough
to keep from going TO Jail and he was
released on $1,000 forfeit, while the
other three were taken to the lookup
prominent First ward physician Sc
cured the Evans woman's release,
she being the cook at his residence
Just before the prisoners were
brought up to the Mayors office this
morning, Rice appeared with his
friends forfeit and he was turned
loose.
In another house visited. the Off
GERS found two colored men, one
whose name is unknown and the 9th.
er goes by the name of Hearty"
Both had the necessary $1,000 and
were allowed to go. With them were
two colored damsels, Maggie and Bell,
last names unknown. Maggie put UP
her $1,000, while Bell had but $500,
but she promised so faithfully to pay
the remainder that she wasn't taken
in.
Only three were before the mayor,
Minnie Wilson, rather comely col.
ored girl aged about q was the first
The charge against her was lettering
in house for the purpose Of prostitu,
ton. When asked if she was guilty
she said NO" that she had no idea it
was house of i'll fame and that she
had just rented TIE room for week
and the week was up to-day and that
she had never seen anything to lead
her to believe that things were
wrong. A little questioning elected
the fact that she inhabited house in
Alley &C." Wheeling until the recent
cleanup in that locality and that Mrs.
Charles Freeman, formerly of this
town, had come to WheeIing-and in
duced her to come to Fairmont. This
we oh civ civ
Freeman house was broken up she
has lived in this house across the
river.
She Indignantly denied the accu-
sation that any man had stayed in
her room and even after placed on
oath would not admit it. Chief Nor
gan was prepared for Just such an
emergency and going out on the
street he returned with the man who
stayed with her on Friday night. This
man gave his name as w. H. Beck
and said he was a cook by profession,
having worked at Morgantown for
two years and lately was employed on
the steamer ]. o. Watson. He swore
that he was with her a part of Friday
night. The girl was still game and
refused to admit that he stayed with
her but said she remembered seeing
him in the house but that he was
looking for another girl and that she
had nothing TO do with him. The
court decided that she was guilty and
fined her $500.
James Ross and Tom Lyle. both
colored, were charged with. the same
offense and pleaded guilty and each
was fined $13.
a plain drunk was arrested Satur,
day night and forfeited $500