Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-20
SHERIFF {: 4. |: 4 / |: RAIDS
The STOCKADE.
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Belle London Arrested Along With
Half a Hundred Scar
let Women.
----,-.--- : 1900
poll cEMAN WARNS INMATES.
One OF Clller Barlow's Men Rushcs to
Doors and Tells Women
TO Run.

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Again. the mighty have fallen, Again
the female who rules the police de-
tsfpartment of Salt Lake city has come
4 to grief. Again has the shadow oil
4 the law fallen tdarkly over the lost
Esouls In the abandoned and wanton
] police protected stockade.
A. d II all happened about 10 o'clock last
might. There was n sound of reyelry
within. and the poor deluded and for
gotten sisters beyond the pale were
\ shiverlng on the front steps OF the
houses of infamy as they called to the
!, motley horde of passeraby to. come
within. Tin-pan ragtimc made the
night hidcous
Walters were scurrying to and fro
The single silent police officer whom
i Chief Barlow sends there 10 protec.
THE women WAS dozlng In warm
z corner. It was not n busy night. the
crowds who passed and repnssed evil
IDENTITY came more out OF curiosity
than anything else. In the mob were
+ Greeks, Italians. Slavs. negroes
Japanese, and Cinnamon. 1t was a,
3 motley crew. 4
y SuQOeHly out vi tiie ahi n
1 came a band Of men, They came IN
iitwos and 5threes and took each his sep
i.nrate station and circled the den OF
Twice, When all avenues of escape
were shut off, Deputy Sheriffs Coriiss.
iI;ddington, Burbidge and Smith entered
1.-THE arena. They went from house 70
1 house and ordered the gaudy and TIM
\ seled NIaEdalcns to don their street
CLOTHES and get ready. There was
! .currying and scattering Of the clans
that inhablt the city of the lost ones.
There were oaths coming from Ups
that were Redeemed and drawn: oatns
from women to whom nothing Is sa-
cred.
BELLE DEFIANT
An advance was made on the home
OF Mrs. Dora b. Topham. sometimes
known MS Belle London. Belle was In
neGligee. She was defiant. She ruled
this town and wanted the deputy
sheriffs TO know It, She told again now
she had the powers TINT be where she
wanted them but, Belle" SAID
DEPUTY sheriff, this isn't Mr. Hariows
ana YOU must come htther and take
little Joy ride at the expense Of the
D. Belle decided she needed some fresh
\ air lust about.this time and ioadea mo
the waiting automobile About 30 others
took a hand in the little game OF FOL
low the leader 30
1.-THE chenp tawdry hnery OF tne MI
world looked real in the artificial liBht.
,rhe hollow eyes spoke tpitifully OF the
terrible existence that was sapping the
,very life blood.The carmine piastsred ON
faded cheeks told n tale of how nature
was 5exactinR the inevitable penalty OF
az Some we're gay IN tine
brazen affected laugh Of the Nnder,
world. Some realized their position ana
were sad They were In the minority
All chatted with their leader ana eN.
acting mistress, Miss Belle" they
called her.
81. HELD IN 800 BONDS.
S.rrha queen sat enthroned in the au-
{tonobile. Her willing workers who
are slaves In every respect but one.
Sraid her homage. AS soon as one auto
mobile whirled away with its load OF
+ lost fcmininity another cana and took
another, They were taken to the coun-
ty jnil and given O hearing by Justice
Of the Peace Hanks. He committed
them on the charge OF vngrancy In 500
bonds.
what a different sight greeted the
or,looker in the county jail this morning
MS Judge Hanks held court there. The
tinsel looked cheap and faded. The
X N9TInlnR SlSSpetl nav 'psA ihiSs'h ~
their color The eyes were lusterless
and the cheeks more hollow In tho
searching sunshine of the bright morn
ing. It was n sad spectacle to sec
these women who the night before had
so flippnntly called to one another as
they were brought to Jail. now sad-eyed
and remorseful. All but the mistress
She had been released with some Others
the night before. A faulty warrant al :
lowed her to go hack to her deserted
village OF lost souls.
CHIEF HAS VISITORS.
Chief Of Police Barlow Is silent. as
I usual. He divided his time this morn
Ing between reading the latest quota
X tons on the coffee market and smoking
Ills pipe contentcdly. About noon some
of the fallen sisters paid him little
visit at headquarters, One was a wo-
man who calls herself Miss Milo" and
another "glrl' named Lucille. They
u Nyere5ln y taxicab and looking for Attor-
ney Dlchl Chief Barlow shook hands
X MI around they all smiled pleasantly
Z and then Miss Milo" and Lucille
We're whirled away to the county jai
to look for Dichl
4! TWO GIRLS ESCAPE.
q, There are two girls, presumably un.
der age. who escaped arrest last night
sii-AcCofdlng TO one OF thG pafticirGlntS tr
1.-The raid. the two girls We're hustlet
into Belle 14ondon's private apartment,
and were locked In, When the officers
"a appeared 1.-THE queen of the tenderloin'
y dared sthen to break down her dool
land for some reason or other no at
y tempt was made to get these inmates.
THIRTY-TWO PLEAD GUILTY.
OF the sc women arrested. SO PLEADED
r-llilty To the charge OF yagrancy. 5an(
the date of their sentence was fixed ia,
n Saturday morning Mt 10 O'Clock by
lJustlce Hanks. The 80 women wer,
then released on their own rccogniz
9 ance. 1t is understood that the won
< eli will leave town between this tim,
and Saturday morning If any ar,
4 found In the city at that time the,
vs. will be given a sentence OF 90 days II
NJ fail. There is little doubt that the,
/ Ssv-ill take advantage OF a "noater.''
Twenty-four of the girls We're hell
pending further proceedings. Some o
1hem have secured ball and have re
tanned attorneys, active among WHOM
e IS blu Newton. who was busy TIL
morning trying to secure bail for som
of the women, 1t Is expected that "
Z hearing Of the remaining "a girls WI
he held this afternoon,
WHITE SLAVES STORY;
Some idea of the bondage tho inmate
r * of the Infamous 5.stockade" are unde
TO Belle London was given by one al,
z WHO was released d on 300 bail las