New-York tribune., 1918-04-08
Men and Women T,l.
Police in Tenderlo;,
Round-Up
Swami Expects to
: Obtain "True Sto,,,
Patrons of Seven pl,,.,
Frequented by SlainM,,
Taken to Station

Seventeen men and sixteen von.,
taken yesterday in a wholesale .a,s' ss
roundup Of Tenderloin diva. m
coffee houses" will be question.a
day by Edward Swami, District A. .s''
iey. III an effort to ascertain n. a.
story" of the murder of Harry c,s'' -
or "Harry, the Yot," for which ss
Morris" Rothenberg is now !, Y
Tombs under indictment.
Convinced that many habitue, - a
Tenderloin resorts which we,. !, y
quentcd by Cohen knew more ahor. ~ Is
manner of his murder than ha. ,,~
to light, District ATTORNEY Swan, !,
rected that the places be raidsa ...i "
tnelr occupants examined. Jnds, MI ~
direction OF James &. Smith. Ass;...as.. ".
District Attorney, and with the 's,s.s.' sss;a
ance OF Inspector Dominick Henry 'as' e.
tain Richard McKenna, of tbss tbss ~, X
Branch Detective Bureau. and q n.,. 'I Y,
Inspector "Honest Dan" Costipans s ~. ;.
squad, the order was carried mt .,.s ,Te
yesterday morning. Ss''
More than a hundred men and wom.,
found in seven places were loaded asa n,a
patrol wagons and taken to the Vss, sss
Forty seventh Street police static s.,'
Thousands Of persons of the tvns s.iSa w..
save daylight" by utilizing the hsns' ,ns'
Of darkness to the full, followed II,
changing patrol wagons to the static,
mouse, and not until daylight. when n
raldlng party ceased its activities Al
the LoDgacre district relapse into II i,
Usual Sunday morning calm,
We knew there were manv in .hs,
resorts with knowledge of the Iss fs.s
that led to Cohen's murder" said Al 4,
slstant District Attorney Smith Ia,
night, "To obtain these facts It v. W
thought necessary to clean up the !,
sorts. Some of those held as mater,
witnesses can tell the true story' ,
the murder, and we mean 10 make the,
| expect some big DEVELOPMENTS to "a
low the examination of these peopJe i
dav." f~'r''
Besides the thirty-three arrest
eighty men and women were ous me-
toned at the West Forty-seyent
Street station house and subpuned !,
appear before the District ATTORNEY II
morning. The raids started at
O'Clock yesterday nom ng and COZ
tinued until 6 a. m. The first pl,,
VISITED was a restaurant known as ii
Little St. Regis" in West Fort,
seventh Street, just east of Broadvs
The place was one of the favorite N
sorts of Cohen, Rothenberg and oths,
involved in the murder case, the pot
say. Thirty patrons were parted fro,
their cocktails in this place ard take
to the station house. The place the
was closed and a policeman put 0
guard.
The E. and L. Restaurant. in Ne,
Forty-fourth Street; Wolphin's
broadway and Forty STREE
the "Sharps and Flats Social Club
Forty-si Street and Eighth Avenu
and LA Mode" Restaurant, oppost
the "Sharps" headquarters, were rads
in turn, and their patrons whisks
away to the music of patrol gong
Two Chinese chop suey emporium
were next emptied of their clientele,
Stretched across marble-topps
table in the "Sharps and Flats" head
quarters the police found a your
woman incapacitated from the use 9
a drug. She was taken to the static
house and revived. Saad H. Dahdsi
who said he was the manager Of til
club, was arrested on a charge Of vlo
lating the excise law. This follows
the discovery Of a cellar full Of BOZ
tied liquors.
II believe valuable additional eyi
dence concerning the Cohen murds
will be brought out as a result Of thf
raid" said District Attorney Swami
"The action also will make it clear I
drug users, thieves and other habllus
Of dives that they must either les7
town or take the consequences. 81
determined to do everything in nI
power to rid the city of the evil pres
cnce of such places and persons"