The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-08
SHERIFF
OCLz Al Up
| he COUn TY
Hamtramck Vice Raid
Is Just a Start,
Says Stein
"a WOMEN, SIX
MEN ARRESTED
Prosecutor Promises
Aid In Driving Out
Vicious Resorts

Wsvv county IS 70 be as clean
morii, ass ever was spotless
Town This statement is on tho
authority OF sheriff Edward T. stein,
who took fhe first step late FRIDAY
night iu "a campaign that Is design
80 20 drlN, every ORDERLY resort
from his county outside OF De
ifolt rhe sheriff in his cleanup
campaign viii nor modest Detroit
but VIII leave that work, of which
There is 90 be- plenty 10 the police
department
Sacn Srcin and 20 deputies, with
feet or ! . automobiles dashed into
luutrunck late Friday night and
before The dstonished inmates real
iled Nha wa- happening they raid
ei N dsorseriy resorts, made "a
women and sis men prisoners and
Grotr AZ least l25 other men out
into tbe streets iu the early morn
ing hours
u me raid the sheriff and his
pari5 obtained evidence which wili
ciy0 no grand jug 90 be called IN "a
f.w ty h fao circuit courJ con
Siderable work Among other things
includes boasts by the women that
fneir places could nor be molcsted
'nC1p.o they were under he pro
recIng wing ~ police o!hcer-
Prosecuting ttfornAv 5nsnoW Ski
fhat a- a result of The raid the
graui lur viii be asked 30 delve
dctu.' into conditions ia Detroit
sheriff STEIN says the raid wa
moi fash in the pan There VIII
( oo o.hcr excursions into thC country
and short time II is believed
+ there VIII not be vicious resort
oi DIS type left IN the county, save
those bat are proceeding fagrantly
in The city OF Detroit With the
sheriff and thc prosecuting attorney
cooperating 7nd with q grand iury
To 0r II i~ believed short shUf
Hll Do given dcnizens ~ The
.usaa orDl Driven from Detroit 20
The ouflNnr Districts
sheriff Strir took mo an prisoners
20 san only 20 End that he had ac
oowmod9f for iust four prison
ors so crowded is he jail at pres
ent As o NJ 700 he accepted casl
bail Tor Tho prisoners and turned
them loose They an guaranteed "a
be present when called, which will
be- in a Hamtramct court within a
few days The, lepers OF tho sly
resorts deposited $500 Ia cash 81
assure tho appearance Of The in
mates whiie me Sis men prisoners
accused of being orderly persons
were released on 500 cash bail
The -hcrn ba learned that at
'cast 5000 women az The underworld
have been driven from Detroit re.
Gently Most 20 these have found
refuge in surrounding villages So
great has been tho demand for
some Kind o. houses in which ia
conduct di-orderly resorts thar
shack- iu Ilamiramck hat We're be-
ing rented for 81 20 $40 q month a
-hor Hmo ago arc now being rented
ar from $50 a month and up and the
demand is so great that the rentals
are going sull higher
Veteran officers who took part in
the raid declare that conditions were
almost unspeaksble Filth was
everywhere and fhe lowest forms Of
deprayty existed on every side
Even mon who have grown familiar
with vice thru years Of experience
were shocked ar conditions existing
In establishments conducted by
women who formerly presided over
gilded and luxurious places IN De
troit
Most Of the mon and women made
prisoners are We'll known In tho all
night district OF Detroit Amonr
those NOT arrested hut who We're
chased ont Of The resorts We're a
few residents OF the netRhborhood
blt for The most part they wofe De
troit men known 20 The police and
regular hangers ON i'm the old tender
ioin
The sheriff has Information that