Title

Newspaper Article: "13 Women Arrested in Cafe"

Description

This article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describes the arrest of 13 women at Joe Daneri's Cafe and the adjoining Chinese restaurant on Market Street. The women were arrested for an apparent string of purse thefts. The cafe and adjoining restaurant had come under scrutiny from the police department for an unsavory reputation.

Creator

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Semester

Spring 2026

Subject

Chop Suey

"Hop Alley"

Crime

Chinatown

Police

Market Street

Temporal Coverage

1910 – 1919

Spatial Coverage

"Hop Alley," Downtown St. Louis, Missouri

Language

English

Medium

Newspaper article

Date

April 17, 1917

Source

State Historical Society of Missouri Newspapers

Explanation of Omeka Map Location

The article lists an address of 1633 Market Street for the cafe and adjoining restaurant.