Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-05
WARRANTS SERVED ON ALLEGED
! PaoPRlEToRs OF HOUSES
or PROSTITUTION.
CRUSADE At MuscATINE
AGAINST LIQUOR SALES
Law enforcement League Authorizes
Six Raids and Liquor Is. Seized at
Two Wholesale Commission Houses
plan to Fight Cases, Defendants
contsndins Beverages Non.AIeohoIie.

| Keokuk, Aug. 5.-A sudden spasm of
virtue struck Keokuk Wednesday,
when three agents from the office Of
George Cosson, attorney general.
walked into the police station and
asked Chief kenney and his men to
alleged houses Of prostitution were
raided, and the inmates and proprietors
] brought to the station. Informations
charging them with keeping a house
Of prostitution, and vagrancy under
the state law were filed. Informations
charging Bookkeeping. also were filed
| in two or three cases. The police sta
ton and the court OF Justice John
Leindecker were about the two busiest
places in town after the police got to
serving the warrants.
The state officers who are in Keo-
kuk, and who may remain for day
or so are w. Fl. Bronson, ]. E. Risden
and w. S. Patterson, all of the state
attorneys office. George Bidwell was
with the party, but left keokuk Tues
day. The state agents have been in
Keokuk for several days, according to
what they told the police, and stated
that they had collected their own evil
dence. They asked the police to serve
the warrants which were prepared by
the state agents The local officers CO.
operated with Cosson's men and served
all of the warrants which were handed
them.
Many Women Arrested.
Those who were arrested by the To-
cal officers were the following alleged
proprietors and inmates, according to
the police:
Hattie Kirbye, colored, Beatrice
Rose and Mary Carey, inmates; Pearl
Rogan and Loretta Burton, Iva Will
liams and Lucille Grady, inmates;
Daisy Brooks and Minnie Watkins.
inmate; VERNE Darden, colored, and
Marie Jones, Jap" Roth and Mamie
Choke. inmates; Pearl Davis and
Minnie Myers, inmates Of Evelyn
Wayne's place; Benjie Burton and
Bessie Dade, inmate, colored; Grace
Schmidt and Gladys Benson, inmate:
Hattie Spaulding and Ruby Bland, in
mate.
nj Informations charging Hattie Kirbye.
Pearl Rogan, Daisy Brooks, VERNE
Darden. Benjie Burton, Grace Schmidt
ana J11dttle Spa uiuAl8, s.WlIU ASepdNGFd
house; of prostitution, were filed.
Evelyn Wayne was. out. Of the city the
Officers found, and had been gone for
several days. A warrant for her ar
rest was issued, along with the others.
The informations against the al
legged inmates, charged them with
vagrancy under the state law.
!! acc.!eg.inn Inform atoms.
Informations charging bootlegging
were filed against several. AT Hattie
Kirbyes place the officers found three
empty cases and six full bottles; at
Hattie SpauldingS place twelve pint
bottles of beer were found. Anainfor-
nation charging James Sullivan with
bootlegging also was filed.
Some of the persons arrested were
able to give bonds and were released.
Others employed attorneys and were
arranging for release on bonds. Some
were arraigned and bound over to
awaik the grand jury's action.
The activity of the states officers.
it is understood. was based on the
Cosson red light law. This law was
found to be unconstitutional thru the
fact that it was not properly signed.
A similar law was passed by the last
legislature. 1t is under this law that
the state agents conducted their cam
paign.