Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-30
QUIZ STARTED
IN PROBE Of
NUDE DANCE
Several Are Questioned by
Chief TonneSen-0thers
Will Be Heard
DURING THE AFTERNOON
Indications Are That Prose-
cutor's Office Will Be
Called Into the Case

An arrest may be made today in
connection with the staging of a
smoker where nude women per-
formed, in this city on the night oi
Tuesday, April Is, it was intimated
at police headquarters this morning.
Sensational developments in the
investigation being conducted by
Chief Niels J. Tonnesen. are expect
ed today and it Is probable that a re-
quest may be made to the prosecu-
tors flee at New Brunswick for as
sistance in the probe.
Monsignor William P. Cantwells
sermon at st. Mary's church last
Sunday morning, has started the law
enforcement wheels in action and
some interesting information may
be brought out as a result of the
police investigation.
Chief Tonnesen has promised a
complete probe of the charges made
by the church pastor aud friends
Joseph E. Stricken yesterday offered
the assistance OF his department to
the local authorities. The police
chief is considering the offer.
A number of persons were ques-
toned by the chief yesterday and
some important witnesses are sched-
uIed for questioning this afternoon
Captain of Detectives Lawrence A
Long is cooperating with the police
head in the local probe.
1t is common talk that men and
women performed at the smoker
given by a local fire company in a
| hall within a stones throw OF st
| Marys church. The smoker was
| given during the Holy Week, two
| nights after a successful mems mis-
| sion had ended at the Mechanic and
Centre street place of worship.
Monsignor CantweQ is in posses
sion of information, it is said, tnal
! tickets for the affair sold for 81
| apiece. and that the April . smoker
was one of series staged by loca
! firemen. He points out that reports
show smokers with nude women per-
formers. have been going on in the
city for the past two years.
/ Persons who witnessed the last
| firemen's affair say that the men and
women performers were dressed II
regular stage attire, and that theii
songs and stories were the same as
are delivered in any vaudeville
| house.
4
! ing "why the firemen do not come
out and say something If the charges
as made are not true" or why don'i
the firemen make Monsignor Cant
we'll prove the charges made in hi:
| church last Sunday?"
| Investigations similar to the one
being carried on here have also
been carried on in Monmouth and
| Hudson counties In Hudson the
violators were dealt with severely
and it is believed that in Monmouth
| the state Is serious in its investiga'
ton.
| 1t is understood that Chief Ton
| nesen has struck a new angle in hi.
investigation, in connection with ac
! tivities which followed the smoker
at the hall within a stones throw
of st. Mary's." The chief, it is said
| has information that the entertainer:
went to another place in town aftei
| leaving the hall where their regular
performance was put on.
| More than local men attended thu
| firemens affair, the investigation
] shows, and the chief is wondering
why persons from other towns woult
come here just to see a regulal
vaudeville show. No information
has been obtained as yet in regard
to the number of persons who at
tended the affair.
/ The local police investigation Il
not only in connection with the las
| smoker, but the one held about two
months previous in the same hall
| and others held in various parts o
this city during the past two years
| The next to the last firemen's smoker
was staged in this city on a Sunday
night, Mgr. Cantwell is informed.
| (Contlnued on Page p
| fsars--fzrea ned. Washed and Polished