The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
OMAN DECLARES He
WILL ACT.
Says 'Kid Sullivan 81 Re-
sort Will Positively
Be Closed at Once
OTHERS MUST co

Inc good houSeholderS of the West
ern Addition have lost much of their
admiration for the men of large
stature and authoritative mien who
strut so proudly in Van Ness avenue
parades. Fathers and mothers first
wonder at the Importance of the
| minions of the law, but as intelligence
dawns they begin to apply harsh Ian
| guage.
Some mothers and fathers became
| frantic with indignation when little
children tnpocently ask questions about
resorts that have been opened in the
| residence district since the fire. Ap-
peal to the police has thus far pro-
duced small result, and the preserva-
ton of law and order. these good cfti-
zens have concluded, as a farce so far
as Commissionerless police force is
concerned.
1t is several weeks since Chief Dinan
announced that he would order all OBJ
jectionable women out of the residence
district and force them back into the
burned section. So far no effort in this
direction has been visible. complain the
people whose home environments have
been contaminated.
AS to taking action against the
places that are established so stealthily.
the police seem most reluctant. declare
the Western Addition residents The
absolutely TO do anything on his own
initiative. Appeal to Chief Dinan, lit is
said, has been met with fulsome prom
tses, but nothing further was accom-
plished
POLICE FORCED TO ACT.
Only the pulpit and the press have
been able to force the police to act
Those few places that have been the
subject of public outcry have been
blockaded. If the individual citizen
made complaint no attention was paid
to it, but public criticism, the resi-
dents say, has had some effect toward
closing the few places involved. The
many other redlight resorts have not
been molested in the least.
Chief of Police Dinan says that he
VIII exercise drastic measures to re-
move the objectionable characters who
have held forth at 1895 Geary street.
the house to which DR.. o. C. JosIen's
attractive auto drove its load of in
ebriated human freight on the morn
ing of July II. The house which has
been conducted as rendezvous for
ex-convicts, thieves. gamblers and ten
derloln habitues, is rented by the no.
Iorious piekpocket and jailbird Joe
Sullivan. alias Kid" Sullivan
Complaint was made by Harry Camp
bell OF the Grand Opera House Com
pany, who occupies the fat directly
beneath the disreputable house. His
family has been disturbed at all hours
of the day and night by curses, loud
and boisterous talking and noises of
carousfng.
Unable to get any protection from
the police on his heat, Campbell ap-
pealed to E. A. Fischer the landlord.
He promised to eject the tenants, but
did not do so. The women of Campbelrs
household sat in terror day and night
If they ventured to the door to remon-
strate with the disturbers they were
roundiy cursed and abused Three days
before the disgraceful episode of the
red automobile Mrs. Campbell made
second appeal to the police She noti-
ned two policemen on Geary street that
the disturbances in the fiat above were
intolerable. They went in to kid"
Sullivan's place and when they came
out informed the frightened woman
that they found no evidence of any
thing wrong.
DINAN'S STATEMENT.
Chief of Police Dinan's attention was
called to the place last night by The
Call. He said that he had never re-
ceived any report about the house from
his patrolmen and was not cognizant
OF the nature of the conduct of the in
mates of the place. When advised that
the lives of respectable persons were
!ndOe nllSeTdOie Dy the actions of the
charaeterless crowd that infested the
house he said that he would order the
Inhabitants of the place to move today.
Chief Dinan said:
Il am greatly handicapped by a lack
of men. Many of my men are on a
forced vacation on account of the small
appropriation we received this year
More than sixty-fi five patrolmen are de-
tailed in refugee camps, all of which
makes the enforcement of the law par
ticularly difficult. .a
IF these people would move back to
their old haunts we could regulate their
conduct with greater ease. 1 am de-
pendent to a great extent upon COM
plants from residents about town. As
soon as hear of a disreputable house
operating in the residence section l
take steps to close it. 1 cannot do
more
This much. though: Kid Sullivan
will have to vacate that house on Geary
and Steiner streets tomorrow, and 1
will do my best to rid the residence
section; of such Objectionable charac-
sters.'