The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-16
IS D|SORDERLy HOUSES
RA|OED At SAME MINUTE
All Belong to Same Set Of Men.
Says Assistant District
Attorney.

Simultaneous raids we're mac, :, I.
| night upon eighteen alleged disurder,y
houses under warrants sworn out IN
evidence obtained by the Society for the
Prevention Of Crime.
The greatest care was used to keep quiet
the fact that the raids were coming. The
police who were assigned to make tne
raids did not know what they were going
to do until the warrants were pushed into
their hands and they were told to go right
into house and get the person named IN
the warrant.
Agents of the society have been work
ing busily the past week getting the
evidence. Yesterday morning Samuel
Marcus. attorney for the society, enlisted
the aid of Assistant District Attorney
James Z. Smith and yesterday after
noon, after the Court of Special Sessions
was closed, Justice Foelker sitting az
Ma gistrate. listened to the testimony OF
the society's agents. He issued warrants
for the keepers Of eighteen Tenderioin
resorts.
| Mr. Smith then communicated with
Deputy Police Commissioner Mckay
and through Mr.. Mckay and Comms-
sioner Dougherty thirty-six policemen
were ordered to report to Mr.. Smith and
Mr., Marcus at s O'Clock at TWENTY
seventh street and Sixth avenue The
police all came from precincts remote
from the West Thirtieth street station
in whose territory all the raided house.
are.
The police were then separated into
pairs, each pair in charge Of the agent
| Of the Society for the Prevention Of Crime
who held the warrant. The policemen
were told to be ready to serve the war
| rant which the agent held at $50 sharp
but were not told where they were going
Mr. Smith and Mr.. Marcus planned 80
that there would be no opportunity for
any one to pass the tip along.
simultaneously. at s:3O eighteen squads
OF three men each-two policemen and one
agent-walked into eighteen Tenderloin
doors. In eight of the places the warrants
| were served, and the prisoners taken
to the West Thirtieth street station.
In ten places the individuals for whom
the warrants were issued were not md.
| so the warrants were not served.
This IL = severe blow to the dlsorde "
house trust" said Assistant Dist ~
Alto rney Smith. in spite of the + llIa-
baloo created by the Rosenthal 'urd.r,
many of these houses in all par - Of III"
town have been running wide or n,
We know of six men at the h ad Of tho
trust. and we are going 10 get ai n them
They hang out on Seventh aver de near
lwenty-seventh street and run II the-e
houses
As soon as we can We will & : after the
persons who own these hol see It IS
against the law for the owner Il property
to allow it to be used for ist rderly pur-
poses. and We intend 20 rr" ecute"
Commissioner Waldo il An endeavor 20
find out just what the nditions are in
the city called to his offic, yesterday after
noon Inspectors Lahey. ayes. Cahalane,
Titus and Farrell. Ii understood thai
Commissioner Waldo - led each Of the
inspectors into his office and s I him down
in chair opposite. Then he ques
toned them something after this fashion
Now. Inspector. ] want you to tell me
frankly just what the conditions are ID
your district. If the district is open.
ought to know it and | want TO know 1t
How about il. are they running?"
Each. inspector shifted a bit in his char,
at this unusually direct probe. and
answered in effect
why of course not. COMMISSIONS
My district is absolutely clean"
A clean bill Of health was given TO he
entire city. The raids followed fe"
hours later.