Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-06
RAID RESORTS;
TAKE SIXTY TO
POLICE STATION
OFFICER FRUSTRATES EFFORT
TO ESCAPE IN AUTO
BREAK DOORS IN cHoWoER
HOUSE JIM's HOTEL
Men and Women Hauled to City Jail
and Booked to Appear as Wit
nesses Against Pro-
prietors

n lis East Third street; the Hotel
Bacon, as East Second street; the Bos-
ton apartments 3O7A West Second
street and the Edison Annex at Fourth
and Los Angeles streets, which nave
long run unmolested by the police, were
raided last night under orders of Chlet
of Police Dishman, and the managers,
attendants and inmates of the houses
arrested and taken to jail
The raid on the Manhattan hotel was
conducted by squad of officers headed
by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Joseph
Seymour and Sergeant Dan Long. the
Bacon raid was conducted by Capt.
Charles e. Dixon, while Sergeants
Kriege and Mcdowell had charge OF the
officers who raided the Boston and the
Edison Annex. Sixty men and women,
a majority of whom are of respectable
standing in the community and some OF
whom are prominent in business and
professional life, were captured in the
raids. Ten plain clothes officers who
have been collecting evidence against
these places for the past two weeks,
were in the raid and fifteen uniformed
officers were along to guard the door
ways and keep the crowds PACK from
the sidewalks in front of the places
raided.
Runs Auto in Curb
In a desperate attempt to drive four
persons taken in the raid at Hotel Man
hatten last night in course opposite
to that leading to police headquarters,
a struggle ensued between Chauffeur
It. %. Day, 448 South Figueroa street,
and Patrolman f. w. Erven, resulting
in the auto being crashed into the curb
ing at the corner of Third and spring
streets. Day claimed he was ordered to
drive to Pico street, and in the attempt
to wrest control of the machine from
Day Patrolman Erven tore nearly all
the clothing from the upper part OF the
chauffeur's body.
1t was shortly after II o'clock when
Attorney Seymour and Sergeant Long
and his squad reached the Manhattan.
The side door in the alley was found
open. and Seymour entered quickly and
Jumped for the elevator door, which
was the only means of entrance to the
upper floors, all OF the stairways in
this delectable place being guarded by
steel barred gates which were locked.
The Japanese elevator boy took alarm
at the sudden entrance of the officers
and endeavored to shut the heavy steel
door which guards the entrance to the
elevator He was not quick enough,
however, and Prosecutor Seymour lev
eled a big revolver at his head and
commanded him to hold on. The Jap
anese almost collapsed, but obeyed the
order and hofsted the party to the sec
ond floor, on which is located the office.
Doors Broken Down
An affable young man of the name of
c. E. Smith was found in charge of
the office, and to him was read the
warrant which commanded the officers
to enter and search the place and take
therefrom such persons as might be
found therein, and also all liquors and
other contraband goods.
AS soon as the warrant was read the
clerk was forced to produce the pass
keys to the rooms and the search be-
gan The register, which had been
seized in the elevator, was found to
contain but five names of couples who
h,.d registered during the day, and
from floor to floor the officers went,
opening doors with keys and breaking
them down when the inmates refused
to open.
In one of the first rooms came to the
inmates refused to open. and after due
warning had been given, Detective
Murphy raised his foot and with
crash the door flew open Inside in
scanty undress were found Al Greene
valid, the cigar dealer, and blonde
haired young woman who was hidden
in closet behind the entrance door.
They were told to dress and get down
to the first floor Leaving them beg
ging and pleading to be allowed to go,
the officers went on with the search
and found in another room a couple
who gave the name of e. V. Cobb and
wife and claimed their home was in
Chicago. Because of their refusal to
give their right names and addresses
and because of other circumstances
they were held at the city Jail on sus-
piclon when the party reached there.
NAos.ao Liea ~ DooR
In third room S. H.. Solway, the
manager of the house, was found, and
he was made to dress and sent to the
station, where he was released.
In nearly every case the women
found there frantically begged to be
allowed to go to their homes, saying
that 1t was the first time they had ever
been in such a place and that they
would be ruined if taken to jail.
At the Bacon hotel the house was
found full of men and women, and all
were loaded into the police patrols and
taken to the station house. Here sew
eral attempts were made by parties to
escape, many of the women climbing
to the roof and hiding behind chimneys
in the hope Of escaping detection.
The Boston lodging house was found
crowded with men and women, all of
whom were taken to the station. Here
the descent of the officers created con.
sternation, as in the other places. and
tears and pleadings to be allowed to
go were found of no avail.
When the officers reached the Edison
Annex it was found that the house
had been sold yesterday by the men
who had been running it and there was
but one couple found in all of the
ninety-six rooms of the establishment.
Costly Liquor Seized
At the Manhattan hotel costly stock
of liquors was found and a splendidly
equipped grill and Kitchen with ice
boxes filed with the choicest viands to
which were attached the costliest
prices. Prominent in the elevator and
in every room was the neatly printed
card stating that "the orders of the
patrons of this house must be filled,
regardless of cost or trouble
Samples of the liquor found in the
house were taken for evidence and the
name of every waiter in the place was
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