The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-20
YOUNG GIRL SAVED
FROM LIFE OF SLAVE
Two Men Fooled in Attempt
to Sell 18-Year-Old Maid
to Little Paris"

CHICAGO. July 2O.-Mme Eva. pro-
prletress or the Little Paris on Dear
Dorm street was called upon a few days
ago oy man who was accompanied by
, sirL The man said. Want TO buy
Her' she Is young and worth S1OO." The
sHl stood mute, her head hanging and
p4eadlng loot in her brown eyes.
NINE Eva looked at the girl critically.
me girI was young, not over eighteen
years Old and evidently knew nothing
OF the life Of vice that the man was
trying 10 sell her into
Come back I'm an hour and I may buv
the girl" said the crafty French WON
an.
IN an hour the man aecompanied bv
a companion and the girl returned and
were met at the door Of the resort by
officers from the Twenty-second street
police station. All Of the parties in
terested in the white slave" sale were
arrested with the exception OF Nine
Eva. She had betrayed the man 10 the
police
The men who were trying 10 sell the
young girl into bondage were George
Gibbs. twenty years old and George
Gil, nineteen years old. who have been
living a the Oeming Hotel. 135 Madison
stree;. The lave dealers attempted
10 blur LieUtenant Enright and De-
tective Duffy into the belief that they
were statesmen, but they could not tell
for whom they worked and their trick
failed.
What the Girl Has to Say.
The girl whom Gill and Gibbs were
attempting to soil was Minnie Peterson.
an eighteen-year-old servant girl who
has been working for a family living in
Ashland avenue. She was taken to the
Harrison street annex. She declared
she did not know that the men were
trying to sell her into a life OF sin and
that she had only known them a few
days
II met these men a week ago while
standing in front OF a department
store" the Peterson girl told the police
They took me TO the theater. and other
evenings took me 70 amusement parks
They never said a word out OF the way
to me. and I never suspected anything
wrong. Thank God that I escaped from
their clutches, and the girl broke down
and cried.
The men were arraigned in court
and prosecuted under the rev State
white slave law, known as the pan
deTing Law
George Gibbs vas sentenced 20 one
year IN the house Of correction. and
George Gill. his companion, was fined
500 by Municipal Judge Newcomer
In sentencing the men Judge New
conner expressed satisfaction that a
law had been drafted which gave mag
istrates the opportunity 10 punish men
and women interested in the traffic
New Law a Good One.
Before this law was enacted it would
have been impossible to legally punish
these men said Judge Newcomer in
imposing sentence. las the evidence in
dicates the willingness Of the woman
in the transaction The law has been
drafted expressly to mike II possible TO
end this degrading traffic and punish
the morally peTverse persons engaged
in it.
The young men declared that they
had come from Portland. Ore. a week
ago. and had met the young woman IN
n scent thcater in STATE street. She
entered into their proposal 10 become
an inmate Of a resort. and Gibbs visited
the Dearborn street place lie exhibit
ed the woman 10 the keeper and prof
fered her for Sloo
The resort keeper gave him s.. and
told the couple 10 return in an hour
When they -A-entered the place detec-
tives Of the TNenty-SecOnd street sta
sort keeper. arrested them
Gill Tries to Get Away.
Gill had remained outside. he at
tempted To escape when the detectives
emerged from the place. but was cap
tured after "A short chase. He declared
that he had no knowledge OF the sale
and his story was substantiated by the
young woman.
Both the young meu wept loudly as
they we're returned to their cells after
being sentenced Assistant States At
torney Roe. who was Instrumental in
having the law drafted and enacted.
declared the success Of the first case
reans a crusade against scores OF men
and women or 81 sc3 In the business. In
ing as prosecutor in the Harrison
street municipal court he has compiled
long lists Of cases in which be had been
unable to act legally before the passing
OF the present law. The data VIII be
the basis for numerous arrests and
prosecutions within a few weeks