White Slaves
AX ORtiAXISED TRAFFIO IX AMERICA.
I AMAZING DISCLOSL'RKS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. ' Received 20, 5.5 p.m. Xew York, July 25. _ A pretty young widow was found terribly beaten and aliiio.-,t insane in a deserted bouse. I)iicn:»eiits seized revealed the of a. gang of "white slavers," with 200 women, under their direction at resorts established at leading towns in the Eastern States. Correspondence there (IcsoriM the st<v t'ons whereto' women could 'be sent, lii squads as in the ease of performers in a vaudeville circuit. A large force of procurers was engaged in trapping women into the system, the agents receiving ten dollars for each recruit. The informant declares that police interference was not feared, because 5000 dollars monthly -, vflS pau { fo] . ]i?e .twtipn, The leader of the gang-. an Italian, who la head of the "artichoke trust," which intimidates pedlars and fruit dealers who will not buy from it Letters disclose that women' were regarded like sacks of potatoes, managers complaining that they had not received goods shipped."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 56, 27 July 1914, Page 5
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171White Slaves Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 56, 27 July 1914, Page 5
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