The New York herald., 1921-06-15
WOMEN RISK LIVES
TO ESCAPE RAIDERS
Dive and Leap From Windows
as Police Crash Into
Rooms.
IA GET RIDE IN PATROL
Three Men Also Accused Of
Playing Ponies in Float
ing Poolroom.
IA GET RIDE IN PATROL

A woman weighing about 176 pounds
climbed out a rear window Of the
three story brown stone dwelling In
21o West 121st street at 4:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and dropped ten
feet to the roof Of a storm shed. She
appeared to be about so years old, ac-
cording to persons who were looking
In amazement out the rear windows OF
apartment houses on 120th street. but
in spite OF her age she was willing
to take another chance. She tried to
leap from the storm shed to fence.
Her skirt was snagged in a nail and
she tumbled headlong into the grass
plot twelve feet below. just in time to
land unhurt at the feet of Detectives
John Tuite and James McNamee of
Inspector Cornelius Cahalane's staff.
Other faces appeared at the windows
behind her and there were other cops
to be seen. but the woman ignored
them and addressed herself to Nc
Nance and Tuite.
You're a couple of poor fish to come
around interfering with a lot Of good
women who want to earn q little hon.
est jeck,~ she cried. She pounded the
palm Of her left hand with her right
flst and continued to talk. why don,
you let us girls alone ?"
shout Of laughter came from win
dows up and down 1e0th street. and
Tuite and McNamee interrupted the
gray haired woman and led her inside
the house where thirteen other women
and three men had been corralled by
Lieut.. Louis Mcmahon and Detectives
William Matthews and John J. Miller.
Tho fourteen women. two OF ther,
sek-styled high divers fresh from an
early act in vaudeville. and the three
men were locked UP at the West 123d
street station pending arraignment in
Night Court
The raid, both the police and the 500
spectators agreed. was one OF the most
exciting afternoon surprises in the his
tory Of the "Women's Floating Pool
room" which. It is alleged. was In full
operation In the basement Of the house
whom the detectives broke in.
At 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. how
ever. Lieut. Mcmahon and his four as
sistants were hidden in nearby Railways
watching the basement entrance to the
big brownstone dwelling. They said
they waited until they thought the place
was filled and then entered by one OF
the back doors. McNamee and Tuite,
perched on a rear fence said they heard
women asking such questions as Are
they off in the second at Latonia ?" and
who won the third at Belmont
A little later the back door fell in
with n crash ana there were loud shouts
and a few screams from the room where
the men and women were sitting. The
high diving sisters, Florence and Con-
stance Marvio. according to the police
raced to the third floor and tried to take
OF from a seven inch window sill. De-
tective Matthews grabbed them and
hauled them back. At the same time the
gray haired woman poked her head out
the window of the next room and
dropped to the storm shed. While she
was being persuaded to Join the other
women three OF her friends tried tc
climb the six foot fence dividing the
yard from those next door. One of them
was making good headway In spite OF
narrow skirts when detective overlook
her.
A charge of keeping and maintaining
a gambling place was made against q
woman who called herself Mrs F7orencs
Anderson. Joseph Wood. Joseph Boyt
and Frank II. Schnugg were charged
with using loud and boisterous lsnsuas,
while placing bets on horse races. DIS
orderly conduct was charged against the
others. Frances Smith. Emma Cocker
man. Belle Vardon, Sarah Howard. Vers
RIM. Lora Pulsisy. Agnes Dunn. Jose
phine Brown, Mary O'Neill. Cathcrin,
Carey. Caroline Wilkens and the Marvic