Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-08
GRAND JURY ACTSO ON
THE REDLIGHT
DISTRICT
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
AGAINST % INMATES
Owners Of Three Resorts Held.
Under Bond Of $500 Each.
Placed Under Arrest.

Lizzie McGrath. Minnie Carroll and
Leona Grace. keepers 81 resorts in
the red light dissrlct in North Third
street, were arrested yesterday after
noon by Deputy sheriff Dick Levi,
on warrants issued upon Indictments
returned on "Wednesday by the Ber-
naAlio county grand jury. charging
the women. first with allowing
women TO loiter in places whcr.
liquor is sold. and second. with main
tanning houses Of prostitution Within
seven hundred feet Of "a fraternal or
gaHizations hal. Al the same tim
twenfy-four additional warran 8
were issued. upon similar indictments
agaist as many ome in the district.
only a part 81 which had been served
last night.
Thc three women named furnished
BOND a. once in the gum of $500
each. Nine other women We're arr
rested during the afternoon, of whom
three furnished bond in the sum %
$500 each. The following were
placed in Jail with the expectation
that bond would Dc furnished Tor
them during tie night or todas
Anna Miller. Nellie Ward. Minnie
Green. Florence Miller. Blanche
Dufrc. Hazel Ritter.
when Deputy sheriff Lewis go.
into the district yesterday afternoon
he found THAT the warming or The
grand jury's action had been given
and about haif Of those a2ainst
whom rr.rruptw ss.r. .. t.n .t-.
several of the indicted women were
located in lodging hauses last nisn.
and il is expected that the remainder
viii have been -aprrenended t.is
morning. The action follows a pre-
sentiment to the grand jury Of ~
concerning the red light dis. |
trict. There are two territorial stat |
under which the indictments
made The first is that maxi
ing il a crime 90 allow q woman t.
in or about 4 place where
is sold. Liquor is sold In at
9f the houses IN the district. Some
Of them hold city retail liquor Ii
eenses, some VI them do not ana
have no licenses At all. Th-
other statute is that preventing the
keeping Of a house of prostitution
700 feet Of % school, church
Dr. fratcgnai lodge room This aD-
alies n the case OF the Masonic Tenn
which is within the limit as to
)racucaly al the houses in the dis
rict.
other indictments returned yestes
lay were as follows
Franz Afgntnts. r.JAnu..
Jasper smith. assault with o deadly
Weapon.
William Jasper. assault with d
loadly weapon. Smith and Jasper
Pc the negroes who conducted "a bar
shop on south Second street and
Tho engaged in q battle with %razors
sunday several weeks ago. Both
furnished bond.
Joe Del Frate was indicted for al
owing women to loiter ia his saloon Z
Prisoners Plcrd Not Guilty. 7
Late Wednesday evening Judge /
.bboit arraisned all prisoners thus q
ar arrested under indictments re- ,
lrned by this grand Jury. with the g
blowing pleading not guilty: +
William Harrison, held ior rob 4
ery. d
Ambrosio Gallegos. assault. ID
Pedro Mcssato, assault 20 XIII 4
G%orgonio Garcia, Josc Mora anal q
1an Marcias. charged with %oat,la +
a
Frank Brooks. charged with as
.ult with intent 10 rape. d
Ramon Alsaraz pleaded guilty 20 g,
isault ans was sentenced to SIX h
.onths IN Jail Entimio Louez ana q
.rancisco Garcia under the same n
large. We're sentenced To- two n
onths each In jail. Julian Luccro 5.
mot guilty. 90 assault n
Tho court was occupied ail of ycs- ~
rdav with "a continuance OF the "a
airing IN the Rurpe case. The n
eater part OF the day WAS occupied M
.th the reading Of testimony in the
rmer trial and little of new inter- g.,
{ WAS brought out. The case vial 81
hu completed today. D.,
Earl T.. Rosencrans Yesterday flied 4,
it for divorce against Ethel Rosen- 81
ans. in district court for Mckinley In
unity asking divorce on the ground Il
abandonment. They were married m
Mount Pleasant. Michigan. IN 1907 ar
"a plaintiff alleges that defendant hi