Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-09-29 | Page 16 | Women of Red Light Keeping Open House

WOMEN OF BED UGHT IEEPII Hffij HOUSE ' Sheriff Emery's Purity Crnsade Appears to Be Losing Force. Sheriff C. Frank Emery's alleged purity crusade In Salt Lake City was short lived, as a visit to Commercial street and Victoria alley, two of the noted streets for sporting houses, will readily show. It was Just a week ago that Sheriff Emery and six of his deputies went about the city arresting girls from houses and those on tho streets for Illegal practices. On that night ho ancstcd fourteen women. wom-en. Since that tlmo he has arrested five women, and one of the nineteen taken In gave two of his deputies tho slip and got an-ay. Sheriff Emery served no notice on a number of the houses on Commercial street, but they took the cue when the arrests were made and closed their doors and darkened the llghtfl over the entrances. en-trances. This state of affairs continued for two days in moot of the houses, but In others nothing was closed down but the music. A ramble along Commercial street would make a stranger think that everything every-thing was as dead as a door nail, but not so. Tho girls are there In tho big houses and the welcomo hand Is extended extend-ed to nearly all comers. Reports from the county jail at 1:0( o'clock this morning said "nothing doing." do-ing." Tho Sheriff and his bunch were out, but did not make any arrest.s. Although Al-though Sheriff Emery gave out the information in-formation to tho press that he was going to rid the town of all denizens of tho red light district, they are still here, being be-ing harbored In rooming houses In every section of the cltynnd rambling about tho streets during the afternoon and carlv evening, notifying former friends where they are located.