WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2212, 27 July 1914, Page 5

WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC

;—« —: GANG AT WORK i : SHOCKING REVELATIONS AN AMERICAN STORY SENT IN SQUABS AS VAUD&' ■•'.; VILLE PERFORMERS ] By lW«araDli—Prsw AteociaUon-Oopyrlsht '). (Rec. July 20, 5.40 p.m.) . .. " New York, July 25. A pretty young • widow was found tor- ■'."' ribly beaten and almost' insano in a deserted house. . " The documents seized revealed the -..-'i operations of a gang of white slavers.; IVo hundred wo.raen are under their . .--[ direction in resorts established in lead- ' ingtowns in the Eastern States. Tin •"-, .-.-; correspondence found there described the ■'.' ; stations-to which the women were to be 66iit in squads as performers of a' vaudeville circuit. '\ ; A large force of procurers was engaged trapping women into the system; the agents receiving ten dollars for each recruit. .'.-■■..-._■'!-."•/■ ; : An informant declares she did not ; : fear police interference, because she paid hve thousand dollars monthly to 1 the polico for protection. ■■ _ , ■' ;' The leader of the gang is an Italian, •'■' ~i who is the head of the Artichoke Trust, which: intimidates pedlars and fruiti y\ dealers who won't buy from it. The letters disclose the fact that the women were regarded like sacks of potatoes, the managers . complaining of , not having received gOSd shipment, oi the goods. ' ■; . •'■ ) ."•■■■ ■'!