The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-20
TRANSIENT HOTELS RAID o.
GUESTS" DRAGGED OUT
Attempt Will Be Made To Put
Proprietors of Vice Dens
In Prison.

Following a big police raid on the
transient" hotels in the downtown
district, which cater to the ruin of
young girls and 10 the disorderly ele-
ment generally, Prosecutor Shepherd
and Police Commissioner Croul are
searching for some legal means OF
either putting such places out OF Dusi-
ness entirely, or putting the proprie-
tors in prison.
Nearly 100 guests" OF the places,
including many young girls, some be-
Ing members of respectable families,
were rounded up in the Saturday night
raids by Detectives Wilson, Black,
Graus and Lemond, of the central pre-
cinct. The original plan OF backing
the patrol wagon up TO the door and
loading In all of the guests" was not
used, but, instead, every one found
was marched over to police headquar-
ters, and after receiving lecture and
some advice from Capt. Baker, with
whom they were required to leave
their names. were released. They
rere warned that If they were caught
again they would be locked up, and
their names made public.
The Breitmeyer hotel, No. l48 Ran
dolph-st: Grand Central hotel, No. las
Randolph-st.; Powers hotel, Wood
ward-ave and Elizabeth-st.; Lincoln
Inn, No. IL Washington-blvd.. and the
Grand hotel, No. 94 Gratiot.ave. were
the places raided. There are easily
so more of such places, and all OF
these will be given the same atten.
ton.
Meanwhile, there was activity all
over the county. Marshal William
Osborn, of River Rouge, jumped into
the crusade, and raided saloon near
the Great Lakes Engineering works,
where a Saturday night poker game
resulted In the arrests OF Mike" Gra-
go, John Lozer, John Dinby and John
Sherry They were taken TO the
county jail
Chief Deputy Sheriff Stein and four
other deputies visited the road houses
and dance halls, closing them up at l.
O'clock. Saturday night. the legal hour
outside the city. Vernier's place on
Mt. Elliott-ave., where a debauch was
In progress a week ago, was very
quiet about 20 customers being in the
place when the deputies called These
were put out. In one OF the vine
rooms, two young girls were found,
drinking with Anthony Porzondek,
who Is now wanted for breaking his
parole on which he was saved from
prison on a charge of assaulting a To-
year-old girl. Deputy Sosnowski ar
rested Porzondek, who has been
sought for months, He is married
man.
Assistant Prosecutor Jasnowski and
Detectives High and Larkins were
also active in seeing that the laws
were obeyed. They found peculiar
condition of affairs i'm Arbeiter hall,
where Sergt Ed. Knight. OF Hunt-st.
station. told them at 210 o'clock. Sun
day morning. that he had closed the
place and no drinks were being
served While Detective High talked
with Sergt Knight, Jasnowski and
Larkins went inside and bought sew
eral drinks. AT least 80 men were
at the bar, and about $50 men, women
and children were seated at tables,
and walters were doing rushing beer
business.
Harmonic hall at Leland and Rus
sell-sts., and Schiller hall, Gratiot and
st. Aubinaves, were also closed by
the prosecutors raiding force. In
Harmonic hall, nearly 500 young men
and women, and many mere boys and
girls, were dancing and drinking at
1:15 O'Clock in the morning. Girls or
tender age, some apparently not more
than Is, were very much under the In
fuence OF LIQUOR. Peter olzewski
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