The Washington herald., 1918-04-15
800 ARRESTED
AS N. Y. POLICE
RAID 80 JOINTS
Of 1900 Questioned Many
Who Give Unsatisfactory
Answers Locked Up.

New York. "A pril 14.-Thirty chop
suey restaurants N New York's ten
derIofn. from Broadway and Forty
second streets. through the upper
West Side as far north as 10th
street were entered early today by
scores OF police and detectives in
one Of the most spectacular raids
ever made here.
The raid was made at the direc-
tion of James E. Smith, assistant
district attorney. under orders from
District Attorney Edward Swami.
who made a similar raid one week
ago in the course Of his sensational
anti-vice crusade. Mr.. Smith was
assisted by Inspector Dominick
Henry. OF the Fourth Inspection
district: Captain Richard McKenna
of the Fourth branch detective bu-
reau; two hundred uniformed police
men and more than fifty detectives
More than fifteen hundred per-
sons. customers in the various res
taurants, were questioned. More
than three hundred OF these were
taken to the West Forty-seventh
street police station. and the major
ity Of these held for further exam
| ination tomorrow by Mr.. Swami.
Patrols Kept Busy.
Mr.. Smith modified his forces at
Fifth avenue and Forty-second street
shortly after 2 o'clock this morning.
From that hour until O'Clock the
patrols kept changing up and down
Broadway, Sixth. Seventh. Eighth,
Columbus and Manhattan avenues.
BY a preconcerted arrangement two
uniformed policemen entered each OF
the thirty chop suey restaurants when
the raid started and announced Jkat
every one present would have to re-
main until the district attorney ar
rived. At first CONSERVATION reigned
in all the places and in some efforts
were made by many men and women
| to escape. AS soon, however, as the
police made ii known they would use
the utmost force to retain those pres
ent the excited customers settled
| themselves back In their chairs to
await developments.
| Each man and woman was ques-
toned. Names and addresses and bust
ness were taken and they were asked
what they were doing in a chop suey
restaurant at that hour of the morn
ing.
! One of the first questions put to the
men was a demand to produce their
draft registration cards. In many in
stances these were not forthcoming,
and i'm all such cases the men were
Immediately sent to the police sta
| ton.
! Each man who was accompanied by
a woman was asked II the woman
was his wife. In most instances he
replied she was. The woman was then
asked to produce her wedding ring.
and in several cases could not do so.
In these instances both were at once
sent to the police station.
Many Young Girls Found.
Many young girls evidently not out
of their teens were found in the raid.
In most of these cases as soon as the
police entered the men escorts of the
girls deserted them. When asked to
explain how they came to be out at
that hour of the morning alone many
Of the girls broke down and acknowl-
edged they had been with men whom
they had met accidentally in the
| streets.
Several enemy aliens also were
caught in the roundup. Mr.. Smith
said. and these were reported to the
| Federal authorities. More than 2Ol
| women known to the police were
taken, as were many known burglars,
gamblers and crooks of almost every
| description.