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POKTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1900.
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EW frontier towns,
and time was when
Portland was In that
category, grew from
obscurity to metro
politan proportions,
with as small a share
of criminal suprem
acy, as has fallen to
the lot of Portland.
On the whole, the
metropolis of the Pa
cific Northwest has
always been a moral
city, taking into con
sideration the fact
that It Is a seaport
town, and that har-
j bor cities are pro
' i verblally bad, and
I also considering that
1 this is the headquar
! tern of an Immense
'ij mining district, and
. that to the city on
.-'. the Willamette flock
cowboys and range-
men from a territory larger than any
European kingdom or empire, with the
exception of Russia. Sailors from every
land and every clime, are here peren
nially; miners from the great states of
Oregon and Washington, from the wilds
of Montana and Idaho, from Northern
Utah, Nevada and California, from the
wastes of British Columbia and from the
almost boundless expanses of Alaska, and
the frozen North, frequent Oregon's me
tropolis. It has been so since the earliest
days of the development of the Northwest,
and probably always will remain so.
Distances Eliminated.
Distance has been practically eliminated
In the great West. Vancouver, Lewiston,
Salt Lake City, Carson, Marysvllle and
San Bernardino are nearer neighbors than
any six towns of the same felative im
portance in any single one of the New
England states. People in Northern Ida
ho are fairly well acquainted' with tho&e
In the middle of Montana, yet the dis
tance between $hese places is greater than
that from Maine to Florida. In early
pioneer days the vigilance committees of
Lewiston or Walla Walla never Inflicted
capital punishment, except the fact and
the principals were pretty well known In
Tucson or San Luis Obispo. From this
viewpoint then, the .morality of Port
land, in pioneer days, as well as at the
present time. Is as surprising to the
visitor as It is gratifying to the resi
dent Every city has Its own pe
culiar and particular bad spot.
The "Barbary Coast" of San Fran
cisco is as well known the world over
as Jt. Peter's or the Coliseum at Rome;
or the Tower of London at Britain's cap
ital. It Includes a whole section of the
city, and has its boundary lines as dis
tinctively marked as those of the mission,
It derived its name from the Coast or
Barbary, along the Mediterranean, ana
the point of resemblance is found in that
pirates infest both places, though the rob
bers are of a different kind.
Portland's "Enrbnry Const."
For this reason, the North End of Port-'
land's water front Is often. Called Port
land's Barbary Coast. Seattle, Tacoma,
Los Angeles and all coast towns have
this peculiar section, some In a more
marked degree than others. Portland is
not exempt. She has always had and
some of them exist yet her dens of vice
and crime and her Barbary Coast. Some
people argue that they are necessary evils,
and that the town ia better for them.
However, like the poor and the Salvation
Army, they cannot be shaken off.
The gambler, the tough, the typical cow
hoy and the old-time miner are wont to
exclaim that the good old times are gone,
never to return, for, in the palmy dajs of
yore, Portland had a Whltechapel district
that was not in the habit of playing second
fiddle to the slums of any town. On aS
small scale, it was In the same class with
the Barbary Coast of San Francisco, or
the lower Canal-Street district of New
Orleans. All this, however, was before
the moral reform wave set in. Portland's
past and present are radically different,
yet there are those who believe, or sny
they do, that the former condifoq of
society is preferable.
Most of the men who kept the old-time
resorts are dead, therefore, perhaps, noth
ing but good should be said of them. Oth
ers have reformed, and a few ara strug
gling along in this and other cities, lead
ing an echo of their former lives.
"Ivy Green." "
One of the old-time Portland dives, the
name of which will go sounding down the
corridors of time as that of a tough den,
was the "Ivy Green," that flourished on
Second street, below Taylor. Fifteen years
ago, this was one of the most notorious
of all the rendezvous of the "panel work
ers," and a long list of robberies, and
even graver crimes, has been recorded to
the discredit of this joint. y
A "panel worker" Is a man who enters
a room through a panel and robs the in
mates. The rooms are finished with extra
high wainscoting, with large panels some
of these are in reality doors and when a
victim has been sufficiently plied with bad
liquor or "knockout drops," he is placed
in bed In one of these chambers, with high
panels. .After he Is asleep, the "panel
worker" enters the chamber, nflss the
victim's pockets and departs as noiselessly
as he came. This happens when the se
lected victim Is a sound sleeper. Should
miner, and a dangerous man, he will fight.
Then murder has been resorted to. Mmy
miners who have worked throughout, the
summer, with varying degrees of succeFs,
have come to Portland, in the autumn, to
have the proverbial miners' "good time,"
only to be relieved of their dust in the
"Ivy Green" In a single night. It Is said
that a number of men. have mysteriously
died with their boots on In this place.
Others of a Kind.
Another den of vice, similar In all of its
appointments, was the old "Red Light"
saloon. This rumshop was conducted in
the most approved style and was lun with
all the variations. Carrie Bradley kept
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their legs. The, only other occupant of
Shortell's saloon at the time was a Swede,
who fainted from fright. The effect was
a dive of this kind on Third street, near I wholesome, and the habit that prevailed
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Yamhill, that has a history. It was here
that a logger named Brown was mur
dered accidentally in an effort to keep him
from testifying before the grand jury. It
was supposed, that two women, Dolly Ad
ams and Molly Fllppen, were gui'ty of tLe
crime, but they were acquitted, after a
long trial. Carrie Bradley was sent to
prison for life, for complicity in the mur
der. In those days, "Jim" Turk's sailor boarding-house,
In the North End, flourished
like a green bay tree. Jim Is the man
who shanghaied his own son, and In the
zenith of his powers, he had, for a runner
the celebrated "Dan" Moran. "Gassy"
of closing up saloons galore was never
resumed to any extent In Portland.
It was in this saloon that a somewhat
self-important Englishman, while drink
ing, explained to a group of men how
much he knew. "Different nationalities
have different tlme3 to drink," he said.
"The French, drink a great deal with their
mealsf so do' the Germans; but we Eng
lish drink more largely after dinner."
"And we Americans drink when . we
damnedi please," chimed In the Irish-American
behind the bar.
"Liverpool Liz," et al.
"Liverpool Liz" was proprietor of a sa
loon, gambling den and "robbery," called
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Charley, who was afterwards hung, fre
quented this place.
Most Portlanders of mature, years re
member Amy Brinton, the height of whose
ambition was to keep- the toughest joint
on record. In this, she probably succeed
ed. Her rumshop and gambling den, on
Third street, near Yamhill, was the scene
of many crimes. Robberies perhaps mur
derssuicides, blighted lives and ruined
homes were landmarks that lined her trail.
Bequeathed a Fortune.
' In the height of her glory, a relative of
Immense possessions died in Ireland and
bequeathed to the gentle Amy all his
wealth. Then she took a stand to be good,
and was as enthusiastic In her piety as she
had ever been In her wickedness. It is
said that she gave up all her fortune to
purchase prayers for the repose of the
souls of those who had gone wrong and
died In her den of vice. Subsequently she
became mentally deranged, and Is now con
fined in a lunatic asylum.
In the old days, flv cowboys came to
Portland to see tfie elephant. They saw
him, one evening, In dozens of different
poses, and toward midnight their amuse
ment took the form of closing up saloons
In the North End. Their manner of pro
cedure was to enter a saloon, have a
fist and skull fight, make the bartender
set up drinks all around, and then close
up his place for the night.
-At that time Robert Shorten, who, for
i many years, Kept a saloon or a better
class In Portland, was selling whisky In
the Whdtechapel district. The block of
five marauders entered Bob's place and
made the usual demands. The leader said:
Tackled "Wrong Customer.
"We have just shut up six bars, and-lt's
your turn next. Set up your refresh
ments and then get out see?"
Shortell picked up a heavy Iron "bung
starter" that weighed something less than
a ton, and leaped ovet the 'bar, exclaim
ing: '
"This Is an Irish house, and we close up
when we get ready."
Then the" "bungstarfer" began to come
into play. Two, of the outlaws fell in
side the bar, another was dropped on the
sidewalk, and the remaining air escaped
the "Dragon." This was a great resort
for French pirates, ,and many unsophisti
cated cowboys and miners were there re
lieved of their surplus cash. A similar
place was kept by "Old French Mary,"
near Third and Yamhill streets.
The fact cannot bo accounted for, but It
la nevertheless true, that the worst of
these dens, in the old days In Portland,
were conducted by women. In these
places, of course, the gambling attach
ments were run by men, but the master
spirit that presided abtho helm was a fe
male mind.
At the beginning of the Klondike ex
citement, there was a revival of the old
water-front successes of pioneer days.1,
Montana and Idaho cowboys, who were
among the first of- the argonauts, were
largely responsible for this.
An incident, well remembered In the
North End, occurred when five cowboys
from near Missoula, Mont, came to Port
land to outfit for the Alaska gold fields.
They brought their horses with them to
tho Coast, and they were celebrating the
occasion of their arrival in true cowboy
style. In a body they rode into a saloon
and Dance Hall at the North End and
called forten drinks, one each for them
selves and horses. Their guns were very
much In evidence, and It Is perhaps need
less to state that the drinks were served.
A party of barroom bums fell heir to the
equine refreshments.
"Joe" Taylor's Place.
The most picturesque of all the dives
that obtained under the old regime was
perhaps that at Front and Taylor streets,
kept by "Old Joe" Taylor. Among the
attractions this joint offered were Included
dog fights. In the rear room, and cock
fights, in the cellar. Old Joe kept a par
rot hanging In front of his shop that
could swear like a trooper. The claim
was made for him that he could repeat
the Lord's prayer in 10 different lan
guages. This may not have been true,
but, at all events, the bird gave out
choice hits of profanity In English, Span
ish and Portuguese.
In those days murders were numerous,
and many of them were concocted, and
some of them were committed. In the
dives In the Whltechapel district- One
of the best remembered of these mur-
unharm,ed, by "timely and clever use of 4 dors wa9 the brutal killing of ft Frenoh
' barmaid, who wras literally chopped to
pieces with a meat ar. There were no
1 eye-Tvltnesses, but the alarm was qulck-
t ly given by a little black and tan dg
that belonged to the murdered wo:
Bobbery was no. the motive. It w
lover s quarrel, ana aitnougn neany
everybody had strong suspicions, as to the
personality of the perpetrator, no ar
rests were made. The suspect lives in
Portland now, and is prominent in a
way.
At the time the Portland Hotel was In
course of construction, tho mutilated body
of a miner was found in the building.
The supposition Is that the man, who
was known to have had J1C00 in gold with
him, was killed In solie of the then no
torious dives on Third street,. the body
robbed and then carted to the new hotel
building.
Some Modern Dens.
From a den of vice point of view, Port
land's past is-Immeasurably superior to
her present. She has retrograded. The
sun of her glory has passed its noon, and
the evening shadows are lengthening.
There is little left now, hut small music
and dance and beer halls, with their evils
of box rustling, and the few gambling
houses. There are. of course, the Chinese
Joints hut most of. ttoesc arjjpatroaise
Only., by4 the- -Atlaflcst ihemselves. The.
tahineso lottary houseware run la qqh-
nectloh. w-iCh latin&rtes, hut are" aw
orderly, and no ono Is robhed of "mora
money than the market price of the lot
tery tickets. A few opium dens still ex
ist, but white people who frequent them
are so few that they really amount to
nothing. The same may be said of the
Oriental gamblIng-house3, where "fan
tan" prevails. White men rarely visit
these places, and Chinamen arernot very
communicative; hence the "public knows
little of them.
The old-time gambling-houses are no
more. In some of the down-town saloons
and beer halls gambling, on a small
scale. Is going on, but the ominous sign
is, displayed: "No betting- except for
drinks and cigars." This, of course, Is a
dead letter, but it casts a kind of dam
per on -the festivities.
Thenuislc halls, too, have been robbed
of their pristine glory. Victims are not so
numerous as they were in the- palmy days
of yore, and few "touches" are on recerd.
Some of these places, however, are wit
nesses of many fights between the intoxi
cated men who frequent them, and be
tween the customers' and the box rustlers.
Sttrth and Music.
Tho places in Portland where mirth and
music reign supreme, from twilight to
dawn, are on Burnside street, in the vi
cinity of Second and Third streets. There
are several of them, and every night
they are in a blaze of glory. It Is a
commingling of beer and music There
Is music -and music, but this is muelc.
In some of these places pianos are kept
that are played by turning a crank. Young
women are employed to sit at these and
grind out the mechanical melody with
their feet. Perhaps they mako more har
mony this way than In the regulation
manner of playing a piano, and after the
audience has. had a sufficient number of
drinks of North End whisky it can easily
he deluded into believing it is listening
to celebrated interpreters of the old mas
ters, whb trot in the same class with
PaderewskL Old bums, when thoroughly
enthused with stale beer, have been seen
to stand and admire a woman who was
grinding out "Because I Love You" and
"I'd Leave My Happy Home for You" by
her clever manipulation of the pedals, and
talk earnestly to each, other about her
"delicate touch"; her "tono color"; her
Interpretation," and her "soul power."
All the while tho woman with bleached
hair and painted cheeks was simply turn
ing a crank, while the works of the old
masters, perforated In cardboard, were
being wound off a reel.
In these all-night music halls there ara
billiard and pool tables a free-lunch coun
ter and women who sing and dance. In
private rooms there Is frequently gam
bling, where the limit Is sometimes high.
However, these places are legitimate, and
are said to he conducted on the square.
Bright lights are gleaming on the out
side; good feeling prevails on the Inside,
and here the millionaire, the laborer and
the tramp fare alike, while their' mosey
lasts. Any man is welcome who has the
price of a drink.
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f-r'I sef gambling is running, wide open
in Colorado again,'' said Walter Harris;
a cattleman of Topeka, to a reporter of
the Denver .Republican. "I don't sup
pose, though, it Is"as'wIdeopen now as
it was in tho lato '$, "I wCs itf 34a"nl$y,
every summer at that time, and the high
games that used to run at sons of the
clubs would he an ey -openr to the gam
blers of the resent day. CWttlwnea "S$CP
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"I remember how one young fWfcnr was
made to quit a winner, against his will.
His name was Rich. He was a nephew of
one of the big reaper men, and his folks
kept him supplied with money, a. regular
allowance: -He bad been gambltog every
cent of it, letting .Mite pile up ir hotel
and livery and everything else. "Bte peo
ple seat word that they wooWn't seai any
mora money, and said If he got into trou
ble he'd have to get out hhneeif.. His
creditors were Just about ready to jatrap
onto him, when on night bo made a Ms;
winning. He was pteytog faro la the
club that's torn dowa now. It need to
stand over from, ihe depot, aad woe the
place for high play.
"I suppose h had $4M0 or JSW hi front
of him whenrhte friemfe haadh tryteg to
persuade him to quit. He was jtoet like
all the 'rest of then, going 'to' break the
bank, and all that sort of tbhr. aad he
wouldn't quit.
"It was a red-hot night for MaattoM, and
with the excitement and all melt had
pulled off hfas coat and rolled up" bis
sleeves There was a doctor among bis
friends, and though he. hadn't soid any
thing to Rich. I suppose he felt a re
sponsibility, because the young fellow had
come out here for his health, and bad been
referred to the Manttou doctor by the
doctor he had at home.
"I was watching the play, though I
didn't know any ot tho people. I aaw the
L doctor turn his back to the cr for a
minute, and fiddle with something he had
taken out of hie pocket. Then he walked
over to Rich and put his hand ea his
bare arm. 'You need a sedative,' he said.
Quick as a flash he took the hypodermic
syringe he had la his hand and ftred a
charge into Rich's ara.
"Rieh said 'oueh,' had grabbed at the
place where he had, been pricked, bat the
deal was going off, and be turned to that
again. Before half the cards wore out
his head settled on the table, he com
menced to draw good, long breathe, and
waa-asleep.
"The doctor took the chips, cashed them
JnfNthen be took and wrote a receipt for
the money and gave H to another friend
Of Rich's to keep. Then he took Rich,
loaded him into a carriage, took him ap to
! hla office, and watched over him uattt he
came arouno, too . j
his bHte, but he did no awre gemhWng
in Manitou- They weanta't let Mat play
again.
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