The New York herald., 1870-11-16
THE WAGES OF INTAMY.
Revolving Depravity In Jersey City-The Pro-
curess System Unmasked-A Woman Sells
Her Own Daughter and Carries On
Traffic in Innocent Girls

Little do the people OF Jersey City know that thel
nave been harboring In their midst one OF th0sa
harts OF iniamy where human depraylty reaches III
acihe me discovery was made by mere acct
dent and II Is astonishing that such villainy
should have nourished so long In the cen,
IRE OF q most orderly and respectable cOmmu.
hitS. few days ago q girl named Anne Brennan,
fourteen years OF age returned TO her parents resi-.
oence IA Jersey CITY, after absence OF several
DAYS. she hestatcd TO give any reason for her ab.
sehce, but after q white her mother elected tne
whole truth. The poor woman who had secured
the whole city In search OF the missing one, was
so shocked ~ the revelations tnat she at onca
proceeded TO The First precinct police station and
haa tue gnl taken into custody. requesting at tho
same In Mllns thai lhe Guy Judge would have he's
placed IN The House OF The Good shepherd The
GIRL who is very smart and intelligent for her years,
Win lnc, healthy comp peXion and sparkling eyes,
placed the police In possession some facts which
enabled them 10 get
THE TRAIL or THE ARCH VILLAIN
and 20 rescue even now many innocent young girls
frcm the abyss OF pcrd.tion.
Yesterday afternoon another young girl Of four.
teen sarah Clen, fell into the hands OF the police.
after having spent o short time In somc u
the New York dens. The Information obtained
from her completei the chain OF evidence
sought for by the police, and about an hour after
darkness had set In last evening detectives Carroll
and Sratford Knocked al the door OF No. 33S South
Eighth street 1t opened by "a Short full-faced
German woman OF forty, who answered TO the name
OF Barbara Miller, and who the landlady Of the
establishment This was not SIMPLY hoase OF pros.
tution, but regular dcpo where recruits for
THt ARMY or FALLEN ONES
VINO parade our streets were decoycd In. Besides
the uanie, VINO tfemOied Ike aspen leaf as she
gasped out lhe replies To the question: OF the dctec-
tives were three other iumates-ncr husband, Fred,
"A a., N nm Mar ltlnn NfaI, frna
lives IN Willow street. liob0ken and Louisa Ben.
necSer, who belongs to The establishment at 40. 81
Chrysuc street, New YORK. The four individuals
were taken into custody, ana locked up the First
precinct station IN cells, while the girls, Brennan
and Gilen, we've afforded u room In different part
The prisoners were visited 10y HERALD reporter,
ties more words In a minute than her companion
could In two and VINO demeaned herself with pid-
diness and leyty tina! betrayed Indifference TO her
Sltuatiol, lnade the following statenlent:-
THE GIRLS STORY
was delivered in a frank and straightforward man.
ton in which she was placed. ~ beong,n she
stated, 40 Jersey olty, where ] iived with my
house in South Eighth street. and after keeping me
there some time, though not long, for l AM
only month altogether on the town.
she placed me ia house In New
York I hay. been AT lOl Forsylh 1856 Broome and
10 Ellirdge streets. Anne Brennan there at III
Canal street. she Was placed there by Mrs. Miller,
who kept her ut her own house for some ine first,
have known great many young girls that thld
New York.
HER OWN DAUGHTER,
who is only fifteen years old Is now at l0l Forsy
street, where she Was placed by her mother. Lucy
Leonard, who Is now ut the House or the Good
Shepherd WAS sent over to New York by her. So
was Maggie rravers, OF Wayne street. She Is now
at ia Canal street. Her father is dead and her
mother IS nearly blind. Mrs. Miller brought Mary
Neville over 10 1S5 Br00mB street. but Mary
ran away from there. Mrs. Miller promised us nice
clothes and told us how well of we should be II we
remained where she placed US, but would not stay
any longer.n !,
The reporter next paid visit TO the cells. Mrs.
Miller peeped out between the bars the very picture
Ql remorse and terror. Sue was dressed IN black,
without any covering on her head except q black
shawl, which she pulled 50 tightly around her head
that only her face visible she admitted that her
daughter was In house In New York. and that seve.
| ra young girls went there from her house, though
not through her instrumentality. Louisa Benneckcr
| who was inclined to froc IN the cell and wa:
4 given TO JOKE, seemed totally unconcerned. She
I II appears, had come over from New York Tor re
cruits when she was caught. Ihe police say that
she ~ o ''runner' or agent FOR the establishment
at S4 Chrystie street. The whole batch viii be
1 brought up for examination this morning. ana n
ever there was that called for vindca Ion
ofJcrscy justice this Is one.