The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-30
4 RAID THAT STUCK
Undersheriff B. F. stahl
Raids Disorderly House
and Arrests %.
CAME WITHOUT ANY WARNING
Raiders Reach House just After One
O'Clock Sunday Morning and Not a,
Person in the House Escaped-Pay
Fines in Court This Morning.

The movement in civic reform has
reached the raid stage and following
closely the elimination of young girls
from the dance halls and the movement
to close stall saloons in the city the
house of i'll fame on Pearl street was
raided just after one O'Clock Sunday
morning. IT was a real raid at that and
with no one to tip off the coming of
the officials and with no escape for the
inmates and their associates. Under
sheriff Ben Stahl, who was in charge of
the raid, twice loaded the patrol wagon
with visitors for the county Jail. A
total of twenty-five arrests were made
and of this number eight were women.
When Undersheriff Stahl and Turnkey
Nick Fonk, who had the aid of quin
tette of city police officers, got through
with their operations the only two peo-
pie left in the place were Gladys Jewel,
the proprietor, who was under arrest,
but who collapsed when the raiders ar
rived, and who was unable to leave her
bed, and negress who was engaged as
a maid Of all work about the place.
Seven young women inmates and six
teen men who had been in the place
had the uncomfortable fate of spend
ing the early hours of Sunday in the
county Jail, but they all managed to
get out on bond Sunday morning. The
keeper of the place put up $3.50 in cash
to secure TIE release of the seven
women and George Miller, a Racine
man, came to Kenosha Sunday and fur
nished bond in the amount of $500 to
secure the appearance of the keeper
when the case was called in court this
morning.
The raid was one of those unexpect-
ed things that always succeed and it
was the first real star raid made on a
place Of this kind since the days that
Charles Pfennig was sheriff and the old
Four Corners were raided.
There was no reform organization
behind the raid. Sydney P. Maddox,
as an interested citizen, went to Court
Commissioner Buckmaster late Satur-
day night and on his complaint a raid
warrant was issued. This was placed in
the hands of Undersheriff Stahl few
minutes before the place was raided.
Stahl had with him the turnkey and
five members of the police force, Off
GERS Maher, Clausen, Borden, Zievers
and Breidt and before the knock was
made at the door the place was wholly
surrounded. Turnkey Fonk went first
to the door and when it was opened by
Mrs. Jewell he asked admission. How
many are there with you," was the
question from within and Fonk de-
cleared that there were himself and his
partner, and with this the undersherif
stepped into the little path of light
that came from the peek hole. The
woman did not know either of the men
and she opened the door just a little
ways and the turnkey stuck his foot
between it and the casing and the raid
was on. Now, don It any of you peo-
pie make any effort to get away. The
house is surrounded and anybody that
attempts to duck will be shot, was
the first order of the undersheriff and
it was effective and in few minutes
the rooms were cleared and the party
of twenty-six was huddled together IN
the front room of the place 1t was a
bedraggled looking party and there was
no laughing among the members. The
wagon backed up to the front door and
the police began loading in the men
and they were given the first ride,
while the women were permitted to re-
turn to their rooms and don their street
clothes. There was no release for the
men and women arrested and they were
all forced to remain in jail until morn
ing, when they were bailed out, each
putting up bail of SIS.
Mrs. Jewell declared to the under
sheriff that she could not understand
the meaning of the raid, as she had
paid her fine for the month and had
been allowed to understand that she
would not be molested. The only COM
ment Of the officer was that she would
probably have q chance to pay another
fine.
As the men and women arrived at
the jail they were booked and this is
the list Of names that decorated the
Sheriff 5 blotter. Babe Hanson,
Pauline Arnold, Luella Norton, Emma
Winters, Of Chicago; Gertrude Norton.
i Of Detroit; zetta Lewis, Of Omaha, and