#12 An arrested man and three women sit in the back of a police wagon following a vice raid on the Rialto Theatre on Oct. 17, 1937. Twenty-two women and 10 men were arrested in the surprise raid at the theater and charged with presenting or participating in indecent exhibitions. All arrested were released on $125 bail. In total 70 men and 45 women were arrested in the surprise raids across the city.

A Look at Female Criminals of the Early 1900s

#12 An arrested man and three women sit in the back of a police wagon following a vice raid on the Rialto Theatre on Oct. 17, 1937. Twenty-two women and 10 men were arrested in the surprise raid at the theater and charged with presenting or participating in indecent exhibitions. All arrested were released on $125 bail. In total 70 men and 45 women were arrested in the surprise raids across the city.

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