Evelyn Blackwell arrested for offering to commit prostitution
- Title of event
- Evelyn Blackwell arrested for offering to commit prostitution
- Type of event
- Prostitution
- Persons involved
- Evelyn Blackwell arrested for offering to commit prostitution Subject Blackwell, Evelyn
- Address of event
- Evelyn Blackwell arrested for offering to commit prostitution Happened Entirely at 159, W 133rd St
- Evelyn Blackwell arrested for offering to commit prostitution Happened Secondarily at 527, W 143rd St
- Report on event
- Evelyn Blackwell arrested for offering to commit prostitution Primary event referenced by Inmate File of Evelyn Blackwell
- Start date / time
- August 3, 1917
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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Evelyn Blackwell, returning from visiting husband on nightshift as elevator operator, followed into her building by man who offers her $2 to have a good time with him. She claims to have refused, but is arrested by two detectives who say they overheard her offering to commit prostitution. By her account, she is victim of a stool pigeon