Show COUNCILMEN WENT SLUMMING Made Official Visit to Victoria Alley Which May Have More Lights and Bs Patrolled as Result Monday night was City Council night In Victoria alley After the adjournment adjourn-ment of the Council session Sharp Cottrell Cot-trell Eardlcy and Hewlett In their official of-ficial capacity rs Councilmen and ac compmJed by Capt Durbl fie of the police force made a tour of the alley and Inspected the cribs and dives that monopolize that part of the city The chief object of the visit was to Inspect the scene of the recent Ryan murder but after the Councilmen became I warmed to the subject they made the I rounds They tell weird stork of tiulr i advontuiCH of wading through mud and Hush of climbing rickety stairs and risking their necks In dark and noiseless noise-less shucks The crime committed so recently In the alley and the dignified bearing of the Councllnirn were not sufficient to suppress the hilarity of the lnhTbltan3 and even the high offlclaln were Invited to Del up the beer The committee i named above completed their Investigations Investiga-tions and wore leaving the alley I When they met the other members of the Council going In and In this way the Hlummlng Inspection was made mores more-s than was at first Intended The Inspection was expended to Com iiieiclul street The visit to Victoria alley al-ley may result In the place beinG better lighted In the future It may result also In the ulley being patrolled which will mean an addition to the police force The Idea of having the place patrolled If l to keep the boys out although It Is said that boys are not going Into tho alley as they were previous to the exposures ex-posures resulting from the Ryan murder mur-der The Councilmen expressed themselves them-selves ah determined to do their full share In stamping out the vice and Clime that have become such a blot on the fair name of the city |