Documents Tagged ‘prostitution’
A cruise on Adams was a Walk on the Wild Side
Archive Entry Date: 3/26/2001
Peoria's red light districts were once the playground of teenage boys
“Retired Peoria Madam: ‘I look back and wonder how I did it all'”
Archive Entry Date: 10/3/98
Karen Connally, one of Peoria’s last madams, reflects.
“Prostitution in Peoria — always a tricky, risky enterprise”
Archive Entry Date: 10/3/93
Brothels find new neighborhoods after demolitions.
Play in Peoria Not Like in Old Days
Archive Entry Date: 11/2/1980
An AP reporter's survey of a century of prostitution in Peoria
“Peoria Says Goodbye to Merry-Go-Round”
Archive Entry Date: 9/30/79
A well-known hub for prostitution was demolished in 1979.
2 Women Entertainers Slain In Motel
Archive Entry Date: 9/30/1964
Two “entertainers” were murdered at Bris Collins's motel over an unpaid debt
Prostitution Case Fines Total $700
Archive Entry Date: 3/5/1968
In the year before his death, Buck was still getting arrested in vice squad raids
Vice Raid Nets Man, 56, Woman
Archive Entry Date: 11/15/1967
Buck arrested for 3rd time in as many years for running a brothel
Ex-Peorian Sentenced to 10 years, Fined $10,000
Archive Entry Date: 1/27/1967
The FBI joined the crackdown on prostitution in Peoria
Prostitute Testifies She Met Poos in 1963
Archive Entry Date: 1/20/1967
The notorious Elmer Poos was brought down by an ex-lover who worked for him as a prostitute
5 of 10 Vice Raid Counts Dismissed
Archive Entry Date: 11/10/1965
Buck avoided jail time by evading police during a raid
Prostitution Counts Name 5 Defendants
Archive Entry Date: 9/10/1965
When police raided the brothel of Richard's father and stepmother, Buck ran and Ann stayed
Lack of Prosecution Kills Case On Collins
Archive Entry Date: 10/14/59
Collins escaped the law, for once
Survey Shows Prostitution On Rise
Archive Entry Date: 05/07/1959
Prostitution was tightly monitored, and even more tightly controlled, in 1950s Peoria
Lipkin Files Bid To Shut 10 Vice Houses
Archive Entry Date: 4/24/1959
Shutting down brothels was no easy task
Old Peoria: As Wide Open As The Gateway To Hell
Archive Entry Date: 4/14/1956
From the newspaper of the All-American city, a guided tour of the old “Empire of Vice”
Joe Eagle Indicted on Lie Charges
Archive Entry Date: 7/2/1954
Joe Eagle, a fellow N. Washington St. brothel owner, was charged with perjury and tax evasion
8 Jailed Here in Narcotic Raid
Archive Entry Date: 4/9/53
Uncle Dickie was arrested with heroin and marijuana, and under suspicion of turning women to prostitution
Ad Club Joins Fight on ‘Red Lights’
Archive Entry Date: 6/5/1951
A new partner in the coalition against vice: the Advertising and Selling Club
Jury Urges Nine Taverns Closed
Archive Entry Date: 2/15/1945
A grand jury widened the crusade against vice to the taverns frequented by prostitutes
Mayor Woodruff: More Penicillin Needed
Archive Entry Date: 10/10/1944
A $1000 order of penicillin was urged to combat the city's growing “social problem”
Vice Termed As Sabotage
Archive Entry Date: 12/07/1943
Ministers called vice “sabotage” and accused Peoria's citizens of thwarting the war effort
Council Votes Cleanup Power
Archive Entry Date: 12/1/1943
The health department was empowered to inspect anyone thought to have VD
City Council Targets Social Diseases
Archive Entry Date: 11/30/1943
The city council urged the Mayor to work with the US Army to fight vice
Police Ordered to Enforce Ban
Archive Entry Date: 11/30/1943
A judge sent a stern message to Peoria's brothel owners and prostitutes
Two Women Held In Vice Check Up
Archive Entry Date: 11/21/1943
After the military threatened a further crackdown, Peoria police took action
Plan Fight on Social Disease
Archive Entry Date: 11/19/1943
All of Illinois law enforcement was marshalled to stamp out vice in Peoria
Carson Orders Resorts Closed
Archive Entry Date: 5/8/1942
Illinois's State Attorney stepped in where Peoria's mayor did not, attacking the red-light district
Peoria Vice Hit By Government
Archive Entry Date: 3/18/1942
The Christian Century editorialized against Peoria as “the sinkhole of midwestern vice”