Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20
Women and Their Ca
diets" Are to Be
Driven Out.
NUMBER ARRESTS MADE
Male ConSortS Retain Legal
Counsel to Fight Vagrancy
Charge.

During the present week there has
been a systematic warfare directed by
the Rock Island police department
against the street walkers and their
male consorts. Several arrests have
been made, both of the women and the
Ieeches that have been living of the
returns from the vicious traffic of the
former.
Mayor G. w McCaskrin announced
some weeks ago that he proposed treat
ing the city TO a moral cleansing. He
has made a good beginning, and he is
to be commended. The one hope of
The Argus and the people generally of
the city is that he will follow up the
campaign and not permit a return of
the evil conditions.
Two Of the men-the proprieties pre-
vent the use of their proper name in
a newspaper cription-languish in
the county jail. The women off whom
they were living told appalling stories
of degradation in police court. These
vultures regard a girl as a commercial
asset. They rent a room, which they
call home, and send the woman out on
the town to earn a livelihood for both.
Her instructions are to get the mon
ey." II she must steal, that is up to
her.
One OF the girls arrested this week
told Of her marriage when she was Is.
Her husband was saloon loafer He
refused TO work. He induced her to
leave their home city. When he got
her far enough away from home so
that she could not turn back, he show
ed her the way to earn money easily,
as he told her. Finally they reached
Rock Island.
Various Types of street walker.
There are various types of street
walker. There is the young girl, who.
in fear of her master. must tramp the
streets as a solicitor. Then there is
the hardened harlot; the adventures.
The latter has her man also. She Is
more dangerous than her younger sis
ter in crime She is seasoned in the
art of separating the unwary victims
from their money. She will resort TO
the drugging of a victim to get his
money.
These vultures that live off Of women
are known in the larger cities as
cadets" They serve as panderers in
women. It is their business to secure
girls for the keepers of disorderly sa-
looms. They operate on an extensive
scale in the larger centers. Some of
the profession had moved to Rock Is
land. The Argus learned of an in
stance today where one of these
cadets induced two girls TO go to
Chicago. on some pretense of getting
them employment, and they fell into
the hands of a resort keeper. It is I'M
derstood, however. that they managed
to get out of his clutches and return
to their homes here.
The cadet" is paid anywhere be-
tween $25 and $50 for each girl that
he furnishes. His plan of procedure IS
to attend the public dances and become
acquainted with young girls who have
not home restraint. He paints pict-
Ure of the easiest way" to them.
Many of them fall.
Retain LegnI Counsel.
The cadets" are well dressed. AS
a rule. they are young and attract the
impressionable girl around whom
are not thrown the proper home in-
f1uences. He was doing well here until
the order of the order Of the mayor
went forth TO bring him in. together
with his wife" The cadets" are IN
dignant They object to being termed
Migrants. They have become so strong
ly entrenched here that those who re-
main and have not yet been arrested
by the police have retained legal coun-
sci to protect them in the event of the
run in" with the authori-