The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
Believe JURORS VOTE
TO INDICT POLICEMEN
Gossip About Four Courts lndi-
E Gates Bills Charging Neglect
Will Be Returned.
OTHERS MAY BE IMPLICATED.
Girls Arraigned Before Judge
= Tracy Declare They Were
Lured Here by False
Promises of Work.
OTHERS MAY BE IMPLICATED.

3 Indictments charging neglect of duty We're
said yesterday 10 have been voted by the
Grand Jury before adjournment Friday
against several policemen of the Fourth
District, who failed to suppress the alleged
open conduct of immoral houses on NCrsh
Twelfth street.
The names of those against whom indict-
ments have been voted are not yet divulged.
but that all of them are not patromen. is
said on reliable authority to be fact. The
names IL is believed, will be made public
tomorrow, when the Grand Jury is expect
ed to make a partial report
The Grand Jury would have made a par
iial report Of these cases Friday had Ed
mund w. Lii Beaume one Of the members,
been present. Illness I'm his family kept
. him from being in attendance and rs all
members OF the Grand Jury must he on
hand when report is made it was impos-
sole for firth he S siTNG to do WITNESSES
Circuit Attorney Folk has received more
than fifty letters since he began the invcsti-
san9n Of The SYNDICATE , OF yiSs i In MS
persons who will be summoned AS witnesses
before the Grand Jury Tomorrow;
J. II. Hammond of No. 1907 Franklin ave
nue. will he among these witnesses. Mr..
Hammond has informed MIR. Folk that he
wrote letter to the Board of Police Com
missionsrS last summer complaining Of the
open manner in which vice has been al
lowed to run on North Twelfth street.
stated that his letter resulted only in the
policeman who walks the beat in that vi
entity calling on him and asking few
questions.
This information received by Mr.. Folk
is in direct opposition to the statements OF
police officials who have said that they
knew nothing of any such condition of at
Iairs as has been found by the Grand
Jury.
GIRLS ARE FINED.
Sadie Jewel and Mary Norochok of No. oil
clark avenue and Rosa Ross and Mary
Sharpella of No. SO Clark avenue. who
were arrested Friday, told Judge Tracy in
the First District Police Court that they
had been lured to St Louis under the pre-
tense that they were to get employment
In restaurants. but, instead. were forced to
enter immoral resorts.
Despite these statements. Judge Tracy
imposed fines of $50 on two women and 80
on the others.
Sadie Jewel who was better understood
than the others, said:
Louis Muscovitch induced me TO come
to St. Louis from New York. l met him at
dance there. l was employed in a restau-
rant. re told me that l could get more
money and have an easier time il | would
come to st. Louis and work in restau
rant here for him.
When 1 arrived in the city l was taken
to No. 70i North Twelfth street. They took
my clothes away from me and put short
skirts on me. l tried to get away. but
they beat me. A life of shame was forced
upon me-"
CANNOT PAY FINES.
The girls were unable to pay the fines
imposed and will be compelled to go to the
Chief of Police Kelly yesterday declared
that he did not care to discuss the question
Of the syndicate OF vice further.
1T has gotten to be matter of politics
and I'm not a politician. The same persons
who caused the investigations in the Fed
eial Court are responsible for this"
Chief Kelly declared that the complaints
Of the Jewish Charity Association had APP
piled only to Lucas avenue conditions.
We have cleaned out that district" he
said, lard / assure you that We have al
ways been ready to clean out the others
Probably one or two policemen knew of the
condition, but I did not. Neither do 1 be-
Iieve that the situation is as bad as II has
been painted. Had / known that anything
Of the kind existed, you can rest assured
that it would have been stopped long ago.