The San Francisco call., 1908-08-26
JESSIE HAYMAN IS
ARRESTED IN RAID
Notorious Woman Charged
With Harboring Alien in
House of iii Fame
Allan st. John Bowie, Well
Known CIubman, Goes on
Her Bond

The moral crusade against the
women slave trade Instituted by the
immigration department of the federal
government swept across San Fran
cisco and Oakland for the first time
yesterday. arrests being made by the
wholesale. irrespective of the strength
or wealth of the keepers of the houses
of i'll fame. Among those to fall into
the hands of the federal officials was
the notorious Jessie Hayman, the pro-
prietor of house of i'll fame at AZ
Mason street, and the most prominent
of her kind in the cities around the
bay. She was arrested by Deputy
United States MarshaSs Towle and
Nolan on a warrant charging her with
harboring an alien prostitute.
The crusade came like a thunderclap.
There was not the slightest inkling of
the action to be taken by the govern
ment authorities. For several days
past the immigration inspectors have
been searching for evidence and yes
after house, arresting right and left
Jessie Hayman's house was raided
shortly after midnight yesterday. The
girl whom she was charged with har-
boring was Ethel May Southweed, a
young Englishwoman. The claim of
the immigration officials is that the
girl arrived from England March of
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house of Ill fame. The federal statutes
prohibit the "harboring and maintain
ing in q house of i'll fame an alien who
has not been in this county three
years" the offense being punishable by
heavy sentence in the state prison
and fine of $1,000. Jessie Hayman's
bonds were fixed at $4,000. She was
taken to the city prison and imme-
diately made arrangements for her re-
lease. Her bondsman was Allan St
John Bowie, a well known clubman in
the city, and a member of a well known
family. Billy Pratt, proprietor of
dance hall at O'Farrell and Mason
streets, also interested himself in her
behalf and introduced Bowie to Judge
Shortall. The latter was apprised of
the condition of affairs by telephone
and left his bed to go to the city
prison and accept Allan st. John Bowie
as Jessie Hayman's bondsman.
The action by the immigration in
spectors was in direct accord with the
wishes of Special immigration Commits
sioner Brown. who came to the coast
from Washington to assist Hart H.
North, the local commissioner, in the
| crusade.
| SEVERAL HOUSES RAIDED
The first raids were made on two
| houses in Commercial street, where six
| French girls were removed. A little
later two houses in Oakland were
| raided. One of them was that of
Nine. Mascotte, in Fourth street,
near Broadway, where four girls were
arrested. The 10 French girls were
placed in the Alameda county jail.
Yesterdays proceedings were but the
preliminary skirmish in the battle to
be waged by the government against
this traffic. More arrests will, in all
probability, follow, and every endeavor
will be made to stamp out the system.
| The war will not be made against the
women alone. The government recog-
nized that the traffic is carried on
through the medium of male parasites,
and whenever possible they viii be ar
rested on the charge of procuring.
FORM PROTECTIVE LEAGUE
To protect themselves the male deal
ers in women have organized a pro
tective league" for the purpose of res
cuing any. of their fellows who fall into
the clutches of the federal laws. The
trial of Henry Villette, who was ar
rested few weeks ago for bringing a
Frenchwoman into the United States
and placing her in a house of i'll fame.
Will come up for trial in the United
States district court Friday morning
The prosecution will be in the hands of
Assistant United States Attorney Black
Jessie Hyman's claim was that the
girl in her abode was there in the
capacity of pianist and singer. She
disclaims all knowledge of the girls
nativity and told the arresting officers
that she had been informed that Ethel
Southweed was an American.
For some time past it has been a
well known fact that there were reg
ular agencies for the Importation of
criminal women into the United States.
The usual system is to send them over
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husband, as federal officials are ex-
tremely chary of allowing single
women into the country unless they are
able to give a good account Of them
selves.