The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-25
HOLDS COUPLE
AND DOCTOR
FOR CRIME
WagnerS Under Heavy
Bonds After Shocking
white Slave" Story.

Charged with having committed
crimes, the mildest one hat of white
slavery" Herman Wagner and his wife
Freda. We're asked today to furnish
Jury, the bail fixed being exceptionally
heavy for the mere formal complaint
of maintaining a disorderly house at
S91 Frelinghuysen venue
ut is a case of peculiar atrocities, +"
Judge Howell declared when Counselor
Frank M. McDermit asked the court
to fix the amoun of bonds.
After the commitment of the Wag-
ners, DR.. William o. Bailey, of $50
South Orange avenue, was arraigned
on a charge of performing an illegal
operation upon Matilda Bush. He was
ordered to furnish $4,000 bail, which
he did, for examination Tuesday. Jo-
seph Hensler, a brewer. went on the
physicians bond.
Matilda B. Bush, or Sophia Heinrich,
as she is also known, told a shocking
story. The police are inclined to think
that she may even now be holding
back some valuable information.
The Wagners have long been known
by reputation to the police. but that
there existed in their saloon any such
| condition of affairs as that described
by the Bush woman seemed to be be-
yond their belief at first.
Among other things told to the po-
lice by the Bush woman. is that she
was held there a captive, and that
when the police would look over the
l-..- IL $500 -IIt~AI 80 Is1n 4, n co
cret closet within a closet. Here she
would remain until the police would
leave, and her she would be obliged
to carry on a life of shame for the
gain of her big German master and his
wife. She was but n of others at
the place. She was the slave of her
master, who purchased her from one
Barney Cohen, an eN-Newark lily
keeper. Unable to scarcely walk at
times the girl testified that she was
obliged to work to bring in money for
Wagner.
Ignorant and fearful. with no one to
befriend her in the Gus Of vice, the
girl testified that she bore her life of
misery without complaint until she had
a good opportunity of escaping when
the police came to rescue her Sunday
When rescue at the hands of the po-
lice came Sunday afternoon h Bush
woman was greatly relieved. Once IN
the First Precinct station Acting Cap
tain Caffrey and his men obtained a
confession from her. Today she told
in court ever worse practises than she
told the police.
In her statement early this week she
implicated DR.. Bailey, charging him
with performing an operation on her
II was on the strength of this state
ment that the physician was arrested
and held in $751; 600 bonds for examina-
ton Tuesday morning.
For months the police have beer
watching Wagner's place. Despite his
reputation for maintaining ~disorderly
houses the police, although descending
on him several times, when they Least
thought he would be prepared to re-
ceive them, never could find anyone
there. 1t was Captain Ryan who first
began to watch Wagner. When Ryar
fell i'll Caffrey took up the work. Sew
eral sorties by the police on the place
amounted to nothing. Sunday the CIR
was caught and that caused The Wag-
Hers to vanish. A warrant was ISSUED
for them Tuesday.
Since Tuesday the police have beer
searching for the Wagners. but were
unable to arrest them until late yes
terday afternoon, when they were
caught in Brooklyn. 1t was Wednes-
day night before the full confession
was obtained from the Bush woman
Wagner in the meantime had disposed
of his interests in h Frelinghuyser
avenue place. and his son, Arthur
Wagner, undertook to run it. The po-
lice were there day and night, Or
Wednesday night Piainclothes police
man Troy found a torn envelope witt
the address of J.. r. Rosenbaum, AZ
Fulton street. Brooklyn, on It, and an
other one bore the address OF e6 Henry