The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-07
BRUTAL STORY Of
WHITE SLAVERY
Girl Lured to Vicious Life and
Earnings Taken From
Her

Philadelphia, Aug. enlarged with
being implicated in the white slave'
trade, three men were held in ST 100
bail each by Magistrate Carey in the
Eleventh and Winter streets police
station, while the 16-year-old girl the
men are said to have lured from home
appeared against her tormentors. and
charged that she had been sent to this
city from New York for immoral pur-
poses.
Christine Bertha kressler is the ac-
cuser, and the men she names are Ma
than Miller, of 461 North Ninth street.
and two New Workers.; BENJAMIN
Bernstein, of 129 Riverton street, and
Herman Sayette, Of 80 East Fourth
street, New York.
Got New York Zip.
The investigation and arrests fol-
lowed the receipt by Lieutenant Barry
of q tiE from New York that the girl
had heen lured here, ana ne at once
detailed the two specials on the case.
The girl was arrested on Ninth street
by Special Policeman Ernst, and the
men were captured by Ernst and
Barry at Ninth and Vine streets.
At first the girl protested that she
was IL and that her name was Pearl
Williams. She has a wolnanly an
pearance, though she is short in stat
ure, and her age claim might have
stood but for the questioning to which
she was subjected and under which
she broke down.
According to the girl, she was sent
here from New York by Bernstein,
where she met Miller, who she said
promised to marry her. The cere-
mony. the girl said, with tears in her
eyes at the hearing, was to have taken
place in Trenton today.
Girls Letter Found.
A letter supposed to have been writ
ten by the girl to Bernstein, in New
York. pleading for money to return
home, was found IN Bernstein's pocket
and read in part as follows:
Dear Bennie: l received letter
this morning stating that there was
lot of danger ahead of me. You
know l did not think of leaving home
and would have been there still If not
for you. would love to be home
again. and If you can help me any try
to get me some money and will go
home, promising on my word of honor
not to mention your name II I am
dropped In a hole, no matter how big.
Don't think am threatening you, for
amt. would have been still yours
If not in love then in soul. If I am
in trouble remember you will be worse
of than me, for you know you've got
that trial standing"
Held for Hearing.
Magistrate Carey, after he had heard
the story of the young girl, asked
the men what they had to say for
themselves. All three men denied the
charges made, and Miller said her
statement was entirely false. The men
will be held until more evidence can
be gathered against them, when they
will be arraigned for another hearing.
In the meantime the Kressler girl
will be turned over to the care of some
institution.
Lured from New York.
The Kressler girl is pretty, and
looks older than she is. At first she
said she was 10. Later, under the
questioning of Lieutenant Barry, she
admitted that she was really only 16.
Under the questioning of Magistrate
Carey the girl said:
l met MT. bernstein IN New YORK,
and he told me II I would come over
here he had a friend who would get
me good job. He gave me ticket
over here, and when l came l met
Nathan Miller and he took ME to
restaurant near Ninth and Callowhill.
"Mr. Miller always treated me all
right and he said he was going to
marry me. We were going to Tren-
ton today to be married. He intro
.duced me to his friend, Sayette, and
they made me live a life of shame and
give them the money"
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