New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-27
KNOWS OF TRAFFIC
EENNET TO MURPHY.
Whtc SlaUery Helped by Tam
maRy, His Charge.

Answering Charies F hCIphy's refer
saces 70 him IN yesterdays news pspers,
Congressman Benner. campaign manager
Cor otto 7 Barnard, backed up yesterday
IRE reports about white slave traffic in
Kew York There was such traffic. Mr.
Bennett stated. but declared that it existed
rather among native horn girls in New
Yo-k than among girls imported for the
purpose.
II. Bennett in his statement. in which he
laid the blame for the condition upon Tam
many Han. said he would have spoken be
fore but that he did not believe that If
vas the place CO a campaign manager TO
d the talking. The basis of Mr.. Beunot's
s,sterent vas & long report made by the
Congressional immigration Commission, OF
which he vas member. and which report
marked 'conhdentiaT' in big type. he dis
tlzre5 IS 70 exterior TO the reporters this
morning
This Is confidential report said Mr.
Beuner. and cannot be made public until
tn meeting OF Congress. ! wish that I
r,iSHt make II public
II Is quite true that 7 remained silent in
relstion 10 the 'McClure's' article" MI
Be1net continued But now that Charles
:. Murphy, the real Tamnsny candidate for
MAJOR, requested q statement from me as a
citize- I shah obige him.
The reasons have kept silent. are, first
that 3, Is my judgment, in which Mr.. Muir
rhv does not seem TO share. that tic speak
.rE in = campaign ought 10 be done by
TIE candidates. who are and will he re-
spo1zible 10 the people. and not by man
ayers. or course. I realize Mr.. Murphy's
rozitio1 as boss Of Tammany Hall makes
the doctrine incomprehensible TO him, but
rtsnkt-=. People n the second place I am
member az the United States Immigra-
ton Commission, which has had TO do with
tie Investigation Of the white slave traffic
NJ Turner's article was brought 10 me
ed I vss asked 10 buy copies Of il 10
circulate a. campaign document I read
n through and refused, for several reasons.
While En- -he main 2r Turner'S article is
--ue n O. its hideous details and circuul-
s-s-ces. - sacrifices accuracy TO pct
u-eso leneSs n his story about the Jewish
ks.rans, ana as I could not irdorse such
sn article IS q whole I would not touch IT.
The white slave traffic does exis: and
core-s the country. In June, 1909 Pro-
fezS5r John X. jerks. Of Cornell Univer-
sHt-. ard r--self organized, in connection
with the United States District Attorney
Edward X. Sims Of that district raid
or ire Chicago headquarters Of the traffic
There have been about twenty-five convic-
tons under the 1907 statute in the United
States Circuit Court here in Manhattan
Borough. Two have been had this month.
Largely q my suggestion the night
court In NeT York County was utilized
p break I'D the traffic Mr.. Murphy ought
20 know about this part Of the business,
= least, because I am glad TO say we had
~ -.f-r-
Alr. BerneI then instanced the case of
Inspector Russell whose reduction. he
I'D vas due % his Interference with this
r-sf5c and not on account OF the Duffy
case
Inspector RusseIIs sole connection with
The D1rv case said Nj. Bennett. was
70 make some official reports, but in BROOK
I'm he commenced 70 raid, not the swan
loz-E II Coney Island 10 which Justice
Gsynor referred and which had not ex-
i=red for some fifteen years. but some Vi
rtogs resorts One day the proprietor Of a
df-orderly resort said TO him; on such
md slnh day you won't be an inspector;
Eo1 VIII D. . captain and yoU'u have
--9uz precinct Within fortv-eight hours
the message conveyed by this singular
route vaz followed by the official order
% The MAJOR Of the city
el--ElSLT has always fought every e.
tc-- 20 better conditions II relation 10 the
protection OF young girls I introduced the
Grzt biz In relation 10 dance halls in the
Assembly 10 1900 The fight against il was
iel uv Julius Hamburger, now q coroner,
a-d : candidate for reelection On the Tam
Ea-~ ticket
Everv organization has Joined 70 sup
press The traffic III connection with the sale
~ tz--or except Tammauy Hali-churches'
c7zR-eea atoms. the Committee Of Fourteen,
-rs r9o associations Of brewers. the Liquor
Dealers Association and the companies
2. ~ bond licensed places
The federal records show that this traf-
~ exists" Sad President Parsons Of the
Re3ubIicsn County COMMITTEE. An effort,
farever % tx II on any one race Of reo-
. rs absurd OF my own knowledge I DO
r1- kno- that such a traffic exists, but
10 know what the federal records show
some O. the men interested in it aid Tam
r-s-v 80 primaries and elections, and for
doing 50 they are protected"
Crt-o 2 Barnard Fsid that he believed
rom reliable sources that white slave
r-sEc existed
-Tol said he other night that # the
lossl ofi-ials could nc; stop It you would
20 outside Tor help.
7 Cid. meant that T. ! could not get
detectives ~, stop. II there would have 10
~ secret service established for that
sorry rUrpcse I did not mean and 90
nc3 mean that r. would be necessary 70 90
cutside II New York for police officials.