The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-19
HARD BLOW TO 1.-THE BONDSMEN.
MAGISTRATE BAKER SENDS
WOMEN TO THE WORKHOUSE.

Men VINO Lived ON the Prisoner Earnings
Hold an Indignation Mecting and
One Gets Six onths-C0mplaints of
Church Members Caused . mig Raid.
There was CONSERVATION among q num-
Der of street women In the Yorkville police
court yesterday when Magistrate Baker
began sending them to the w~orkhouse.
Their parasites and the professional bonds
men that occupied the real benches showed
that they were equally troubled.
The bondsmen were there In the ex-
pectation that some Of the women would
be put under good behavior bonds, at q
cost Of from $40 to $50 a bond. As twenty
four women were ~arraigned It looked like
a good days business for the bondsmen.
The women had been arrested Saturday
night by Detectives Wasserman and Lang
Of Inspector Nally's staff and by detectives
under Capt. Shaw Of the Fifteenth pre-
cinot. The arrests were mad with more
than the usual zeal in consequence Of a
registered letter sent to Capt. Shaw by the
Rev. DR.. Loring Batten OF st. Mark Church.
at Tenth street and Second avenue. The
letter complained that a number Of women
were accustomed to loiter nights in the
vicinity Of the church. much to the an
noyance OF the church members.
The police say that these women had a
habit OF gathering just outside the church
cemetery and when asked why they Sc
lected this particular post explained that
they wanted to see If the ghost would walk.
There was some rivalry between the in
s~pector's men and the captains men to
see which should get the more prisoners.
The inspectors men got fourteen and
the captains men got the rest Of the twenty
four. All Of the prisoners were taken to the
Fifth street station, where Sergt. McCarton
was behind the desk. The women
didn't stay in the station long. They were
hailed out by Abe Trubitz, Louis Katz.
Nathan Sickle, Max Grossberg and Sam
Fox.
Trubitz was not easy in court when IL
was said that May Brooks, one of the women
that he had bailed out, had not shown up.
Her name was called out and when she did
not respond the bond was declared for
feited.
Few Magistrates send these women TO the
workhouse under the cumulative sentence
act, and when Magistrate Baker began
doing 30 yesterday some of the women
tried to get outside the railing among the
spectators. 1t was said that May Brooks
was seen at the back of the court until the
women began going downstairs on their
way to the Island.
I'm my opinion this is the correct way
Of dealing with the social problem. 1 do
not propose to help along the professional
bondsman business in holding these women
under bail" said the Magistrate.
He co mmitted twelve OF them to the
workhouse. Some of the others he fined
S. each and in the case Of a few where the
evidence was not strong discharged them.
In front of the court the shimchas held
a meeting to discuss the outrage of having
their toilers sent where they could not pro-
duoe a venue They wanted to now
women out by a judicious use of money.
They came to the conclusion that money
would not help them with the Magistrate
then sitting in that court.
The meeting became so noisy that passers-
by on Third avenue approached under the
impression that a riot was in progress.
Detective Wasserman arrested one OF the
young men and took him upstairs to court
and made a charge OF vagrancy against him
The prisoner gave the name OF Louis Stewart
and said he lived at POS East Thirty-third
street. TIL court clerk said he believed
the prisoners real name was Stewartski.
Wasserman told the Magistrate that the
prisoner lived OH the earnings of one Gladys
Stewart, who was among those sent TO the
~workhouse. She was known to the police
as Lady Stewart
Lady Stewart told me she supported
this young fellow because he has a broken
arm and cannot work. He passes most of
his time in playing pool of the lemon kind"
the detective said to the Court.
rs his woman that you say il your wife
a street walker2' the Magistrate asked.
Eyes, but l have been trying to keep her
of the streets" he responded.
six months in the w~orkhouse,' the
Court announced.