Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-19
"BEeR CAMP" RAIDED
Au.omobi,s Wreck Results In ADAM
donment Of Most Notorious OF Oes
Moines Resorts - Police Probe On-
cover. aGarden" Where "Taxi Girl"
Who Posed In Altogether, Was
Feature.


form campaign being waged by the de-
partment of public safety under Coun-
Gilman Fred T. Van Lew and j. W..
Jenney, chief Of police. yesterday re-
suited in a victory for the advocates
of clean city when one OF the most
famous Of the many beer gardens ana
camps of prostitution being operated
around the city was disbanded by the
owners and their aids who threw up
their hands with the local authorities
as we'll as the United States officials
on their trail
This victory, so considered by Chief
Jenney, because 1t is the first evil
dence that the traffickers in vice WHO
have been driven from operating in the
city proper are on the run and because
/ II eliminates den of vice which rivals
many of the old red light palaces. was
preceded by an investigation which re-
suited in the authorities arresting two
girls, issuing orders for the arrest of
dozen others, discovering the names OF
the proprietors Of these camps ana
their locations, discovering the means
of TRANSFORMATION to and from these
l.places and the automobile taxicaD
owners and the taxicab drivers VINO
engage in this business.
Chief Jenney yesterday morning was
pushing into the probe Of the beer
| gardens" and their connections when
he started to investigate why a Joy
| riding" auto wreck just inside the city
limits north Of Kimballs corner on
Hickman avenue had not been re-
ported.
The investigation showed that James
| staley. a driver for the Morrison Taxi
cab Company, had been approaches
down town by two men Tuesday eve
ming. They wanted to go riding with
couple of girls. About 1890 o'clock
Staley took these men, whose names
are said to be Louis Clemmett, cafe
| owner of Waterloo, and Russell Ken
| Won. a druggist Of Ames, to the home
of Clara and Iva Woods at 80 West
Eleventh street. The girls entered the
auto and the party went north to the
camp which yesterday was disbanded'
They started home early yesterday
after the party had bought some beer
Just inside the city limits on Beaver
| avenue and north Of the Beaver bridge
Staley lost control Of the car and II
1 went into the bank and crashed into
a telephone pole. All were thrown out
| and Clemmett sustained broken
1 shoulder blade and Iva Woods sus-
tanned bad bruises, especially about the
mouth. The other three escaped in-
Jury and all were later picked up by q
passing automobilist and taken to
| town. CIemmett and Kenyon disap-
peared. Staley went home as did the
girls but later were taken to the po-
lice station by Chief Jenney after they
I failed to make report OF the accl-
dent. Later they made affidavits re-
garding the accident and the chief Sc
cured much information regarding the
camps.
Later he ordered the arrest Of twelve
| girls who are alleged to have taken
! part in the taxicab work.
Late in the afternoon the chief went
out to Beaver road to investigate the
accident Later he decided to have
look at the camps" He went north
on Beaver road and after being sent
on on several false trails he started
for the main camp which had been
visited by Staleys party.
The camp was no more, but the re.
mains were there. There were hun.
| dreds of labels from beer bottles scat.
| tered on the ground wet as IL they hat
/ just been dumped from the tubs. There
was smoldering fire which apparently
| had been built Of beer bottle cartons
| There were several pieces Of unmeltet
ice. There were empty cigaret boxes
] and pieces Of clothing were scattered
right and left. Everything showed
| that the occupants had gone few
minutes before.
The chief even was able to find thu
place where the famous platform HAD
been built an dlater covered with {
tent. On this platform beer had beer
served and later the chief learned thai
q dance by wen known taxi girl !,
the altogether was one Of the prime
features Of the den.
When he viewed the wreck OF TIN
palace of vice the chief started 70
town on the Highland Park road. Their
he found that the residents on the out
skirts of the city are up In arms owe
tho conditions with which they, had t
contend. They wanted things cleane'
up.
4 Chief Of Police Jenney explained q
he has before that he was powerles
ana It IL up to the county officials t
'lact. He said he had no jurisdiction
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