Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-15
CHIEF KEEPS RAID
SECRET TO DIXON
Galloway SWoops on Red Lights
Without Tipping Captain
of District
FINDS INMATES IN a HOUSES
Arrests Six Women in Places Said
Not to Be on Suspect List
of Subordinate
FINDS INMATES IN q HOUSES

Led by Chief of Police Galloway, a
squad of officers, consisting Of Ser
geant Sebastian, Acting Sergeant Ora
May, Patrolmen Miller, Walker Weiss,
Kierscey, Stevens, Watson and Detec-
tive Hosick, raided six houses in the
old redlight district late yesterday
afternoon and arrested six women and
booked them at the central police sta
ton on technical charges Of vagrancy.
The accused were locked up in the
matron's department and their bail
was fixed at $500 each.
The raid was planned by Chief Gal
loway and for the first time in the his
tory of the Los Angeles police depart
ment the raiding expedition was con-
Quoted without the captain in charge
of the central division being informed.
The places raided were 424 and 512
Ducommun street, 126 North Alameda
street, 139 North Central avenue, 469
Labory lane and Ali Ducommun street.
At the first two places the police ar
rested two women at each house. AT
the Alameda street place and the Cen
tral avenue house the officers found
only one occupant at each place.
Those who were taken into custody
gave their names as Lazette Morell,
Suzanne Eloy, Marie Pernot, Marcelle
Cardain, Antoinette Boursley and Mas
cot Duval.
Sam Solomon, a special policeman
who is a close friend of Captain Dixon,
has a private watch service in that
district.
Heretofore it has been the custom
in planning raids to place the matter
in the hands of the captain in charge
at central station. This was not done
yesterday. Instead of taking captain
Dixon into his confidence Chief Gallo
way carefully arranged matters, gave
Instructions to Sergeant Sebastian and
Acting Sergeant Ora May, then led
the raid. At the time the arrests were
made Captain Dixon was waiting for
a street car at First street and Broad
way and apparently was ignorant of
the affair.
WOMAN TRIES TO ESCAPE
The raiding party had little trouble
until it entered the house at 424 Du-
commun street. Here one Of the in
mates, Suzanne Eloy, made desper-
ate attempt to escape, climbed up a
hole in the ceiling and hid behind a
brick chimney in dark corner Of the
loft. Acting Sergeant May saw the
woman draw up her foot through the
small aperture and after considerable
difficulty squeezed through the hole
and routed the woman from her hiding
place. The woman offered resistance,
but soon decided to submit to arrest
and entered the, patrol wagon.
When the officers entered the house
at 469 Labory lane they found it oc-
cupied by Lille Larue, who was fined
S25 in police court yesterday morning
on charges of vagrancy. AS the wo-
man was i'll and had promised to leave
the city she was not taken into GUS
tody.
The police found the house at All
Ducommun street unoccupied. The
woman evidently had learned of the
intended raid and had fled.
Although a number of policemen
state that the existence of the alleged
disorderly houses was a matter 'of
common gossip, 1t is said that Captain
Dixon's list of suspected houses of i'll
repute does not contain the addresses
of the houses raided by Chief Gallo
way and his squad.
The women probably will be ar
raigned in police court this morning
on charges of vagrancy. None was
able to furnish the bail and will re-
main in their cells until their cases
are called.