Commercialized Prostitution in New York City Part 28

_X_ 214. _Sixth Avenue._

February 8, 1912. 10.30 P. M. Investigator solicited to go here by prost.i.tute; price $1.

Investigator solicited by prost.i.tute in front of this hotel to enter premises, March 11, 1912. 9.20 P. M. Investigator counted 6 street walkers in vicinity of this hotel. He was solicited by prost.i.tutes in front of place; price of woman $2, price of room $1 to $2.

March 18, 1912. 12 M. Investigator counted 4 street walkers loitering in the vicinity of this hotel. He was solicited by one of them to enter this place. Price $2, price of room $1.50.

March 23, 1912. 7.30 P. M. Investigator counted 8 street walkers loitering on Sixth Avenue, in the vicinity of this hotel. He was solicited by one on the corner of Sixth Avenue and ---- Street to enter this hotel. A police officer stood across the street at the time. Price $2, price of room $1.50 to $2.

May 4, 1912. 3 P. M. Investigator counted 6 street walkers loitering in vicinity of this hotel, on Sixth Avenue. All approached men. He was solicited on the corner of Sixth Avenue and ---- Street by a prost.i.tute to enter this hotel. Price $2, price of room $2. A police officer stood across the street at the time investigator was solicited.

The investigator stood near the entrance of this hotel for 30 minutes and saw 6 women whom he believed to be prost.i.tutes enter the hotel with men.

It is said on good authority that the receipts in this hotel on Sat.u.r.day nights were as high as $400.

May 6, 1912. 5 P. M. Investigator counted 5 street walkers loitering in vicinity of this hotel on Sixth Avenue. All approached men. He was solicited by one of these in front of the hotel to enter the premises.

Price $2, room $2.

May 9, 1912. 7 P. M. Investigator counted 4 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one to enter the premises. Price $2, price of room $2.

May 13, 1912. 6.30 P. M. Investigator counted 4 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All of these women approached men.

He was solicited by one in front of the hotel to enter premises. Price $2, price of room $2.

May 22, 1912. 7.15 P. M. Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Sixth Avenue, in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. One of the women solicited him on the corner of Sixth Avenue and ---- Street to enter the premises.

May 28, 1912. 12 P. M. Investigator counted 7 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited to enter the premises. Police officer was in sight at the time of solicitation.

May 30, 1912. 6.30 P. M. Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and ---- Street to enter the premises.

June 3, 1912. 2 P. M. Investigator counted 4 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All of these women approached men.

He was solicited by one within 100 feet of an officer at the corner of Sixth Avenue and ---- Street to enter the premises. Price $2, room $2.

June 7, 1912. 2 P. M. Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and ---- Street to enter premises.

June 10, 1912. 2 P. M. Investigator counted 7 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one of these women at the corner of Sixth Avenue and ---- Street to enter the premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2. Officer was in sight at the time of solicitation.

The following prost.i.tutes are among those who use this hotel for immoral purposes:

May 22, 1912, Lena X 219.

May 28, 1912, Christie X 218.

May 31, 1912, Rosie X 217.

June 26, 1912, Becky X 220.

July 15, 1912, Annie X 222.

August 2, 1912, Rosie X 221.

August 15, 1912, Anna X 212.

August 15, 1912, Betty X 216.

August 16, 1912, Gussie X 223.

Reports from other sources:

Reported owners are X 224, X 225 and X 226. C X 227, manager.

Proprietors are X 28, X 225 and X 229. Dive of worst kind.

The premises also appear under the address ---- W. ---- Street. Bed house.

February 1, 1912. Bed house.

August 19, 1912. This place is a noted a.s.signation hotel.

_X_ 230. _West 35th Street._

February 13, 1912. 11.15 P. M. Investigator counted 3 street walkers in vicinity of this hotel. He was solicited to enter premises by a prost.i.tute at the corner of Broadway and ---- Street. Price of room $1. He also saw four couples enter here in half an hour, the women being street walkers.

Saw prost.i.tute pick up a man on Seventh Avenue and take him to premises.

February 15, 1912. 9.00 P. M. Investigator was solicited by a street walker on Broadway between 35th and 40th Streets to enter premises.

February 20, 1912. 2.00 P. M. Clerk of this hotel sentenced to two months'

imprisonment. It is said the proprietor is a fugitive from justice.

April 10, 1912. Investigator met men who appeared to be cadets near premises. Hotel said to be run by X 231. The proprietor is said to be X 225.

April 26, 1912. 1.00 A. M. Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between ---- and ---- Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and ---- Street to enter premises. Price of woman $3. Price of room $2. This woman lives at X 238, West 34th Street. X 232 is the rebate clerk at this hotel, and this duty takes up his whole time.

May 3, 1912. Investigator counted three street walkers on south side of ---- Street towards Broadway. Two stopped men. Investigator was solicited by one to enter premises. Price of woman $2, room $2.

May 6, 1912. 11.00-12.00 P. M. Investigator counted 10 street walkers in the entrance to this hotel and in the doorways near-by. Four approached men. Investigator was solicited by one on the street near the hotel to enter premises. Price of woman $2, room $2. Investigator saw 5 suspicious couples enter this hotel in half an hour and 3 girls unescorted. Men lookouts in doorways across the street.

May 9, 1912. 7.45 P. M. Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between ---- and ---- Streets. All accosted men. He was solicited by one, in sight of an officer across the street, to enter the premises.

Price of woman $2, room $2.

May 11, 1912. 2.00 A. M. Investigator counted fifteen street walkers on Broadway between ---- and ---- Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by three of these prost.i.tutes to enter premises. Price of women $2, $3; price of room $1, $1.50.

May 15, 1912. 6.50 P. M. Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between ---- and ---- Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and ---- Street to enter premises.

Price of woman $2, price of room $2.

May 18, 1912. 1.30 A. M. Investigator counted 6 street walkers on ---- Street near Broadway. Three accosted men. Investigator was solicited by one on the southwest corner of ---- Street and Broadway to enter premises.

Price of woman $2, price of room $2. The name of the woman who solicited the investigator is Blanche X 233; she lives with her pimp at X 239, West 38th Street, third floor.

May 20, 1912. 7.10 P. M. Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between ---- and ---- Streets. All approached men. He was solicited at the corner of Seventh Avenue and ---- Street to enter premises. An officer pa.s.sed by them during this solicitation. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.

May 23, 1912. 7.15 P. M. Investigator counted 4 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between ---- and ---- Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and ---- Street to enter premises.

Price of woman $2, price of room $2.

May 29, 1912. 7.45 P. M. Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between ---- and ---- Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and ---- Street within 100 feet of an officer to enter premises.

May 31, 1912. 8.00 P. M. Investigator counted 8 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between ---- and ---- Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and ---- Street within sight of an officer to enter premises.