The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
HGH BAIL FOR GIRL SELLERS
LEVENSON AND THE NEGROES
Held ~ $4,000 EACH.


The Grand Jury Of which John d.
Rockefeller. IT.. Ia foreman il a long
wAy tTsm being through with the white
slave Investigation. The arrest Of Harry
Levinson. Belle Moore. a negress. and
Aleck Anderson. q negro employed by
George Considine. proprietor Of the Union
Cafe. was the inst important step in a
series Of actions by which District A.
torney Charles \. Whitman hopes to break
No the business
Levinson, Anderson and the woman
were aFraigned before Magistrate Rresn
yesterday. Assistant District ATTORNEY
Press made a statement To- the MaRis-
'rate in which he said that Assistant
District Attorney James Bronson Rey-
nolds. after some remarkable deteo
tive work on the part NJ two Young
women. bought. for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning evidence. two girls from Levinaon
aud two from Belle Moore. Aleck Ander-
son had Part IN one Of the transa ctions
A lawyer who represented the prisoners
argued that all the District ATTORNEY
had against his clients was that they
were Interested in disorderly housss
and that the District Attorney had taken
the stories Of inmates Of the houses for
evidence against the prisoners Mr.
Press assured Magistrate Bresn that
the evidence 10 he presented was secured
from per>ons ~ high repute.
The Magistrate committed the three
10 the Tomhs in default Of $1,000 hail
apiece. He set Tomorrow for their eH-
animation
Because OF the Importance Of the evil
dence and because Il will ba used in other
prosecutions neither District Attorney
Whitman nor Assistant District Attorney
Press would ampliiy Information already
given out from the District Attorneys
once concerning the unusual methods
nv which the cases against L.evinaon.
Belle Moore and Alex Andersen were
worked No. The two Young women.
one a graduate Of Radcliffe College.
the other Of Smith. who were OF such
assistance 10 District Attorney Whit
man uncovered a state Of Affairs which
proved the assertions made during tho
lsst campaign that there was an organized
,rafhc Ia girls. % which New York was
the centre and headquarters.
II was said yesterday az the District
Attorneys oftioe that although magazine
articles and newspaper stories which
had been published on the subject were
Inaccurate IN many details. and pOsaibly
not easy 10 snbslantiats IN all particulars.
nevertheless the real conditions that
existed were about a. black As the writers
made out
when tho Grand Jury was named %
investigate the white slave industry
and john y. Rockefeller was selected as
foreman there was a good deal Of -Ceptir-
cism manifested Many peFsOns were
unwilling 20 believe that the trade was
organized OF that young girls could he
bought like drinks in a blind tiger The
preliminary work Of the Grand Jury was
not successful. Mr.. Rockefeller and his
associates found 10 almost impossible 70
collect first hand evidence by using
policemen OF regular attaches Of the
District Attorneys ONCE. So the Grand
Jury evolved scheme % unusual inquiry
Two young women fitted for the investi-
cation because Of their soCioloRica!
experience we're asked 20 take the job
nf getting first hand evidence. They were
told that 10 wouldn't he a pleasant task
for them but that they would earn the
thanks q tie crmmunity 4 they were
successful.
The young women studied out plan q
campaign. They vent West tthe District
Attorneys Office wont gay what cities
IN the West they visited and familiarized
themselves with red light districts In the
cities they visited. They former acIuMint-
anceships with men and women keepers
81 disorderly house,. persons who knew
who the White slave dealers IN New York
we're. and At no time were they suspected
~ being spiea
About month ago they returned from
TIM West and took rooms IN a section OF
ths Tei.derloin where thu s-sasie iourishos.
Ihsy I'D credentials from their Western
acquaintance Thsy lr' q - known %
1endvrioin dealers that 0na % them was
from seattle. tho other from juneau.
Alaska, and that 10th wanted ~ buy some
girls 20 put IN disofte-ly hDu-es they ran
az home. They played III" game 20
neatly. oven % the slang u the trade that
none Of thu t-s.Ss -s wIJn w5on they talked
took alarm.
According 20 tho District Attorneys
once the first actual purchasss Of girls
were made from Levnson on the Fast
SIDE The business took some dickering
Finally be- brought forward two girls.
both under u. aud sold them for S2OO
auiece The women detectives turned
the Rirls over 20 the District Attorney, who
nut them in a sale place. and went cut 60
huy more This time they made a bar
gain with the negro woman Belle Moore
II 3is West Forty-hrst street., Belle
The black and tan trade. She ~ charged
Nth supplying white girls 70 negroes as
well a. 70 white men From this woman
the two detectives bought two girls.
According 20 the evidence m District
Attorney Whitmans possession ADder-
son vas called IN by Belle Moore as go
between IN the deal.
The Grand Jury will report 90 Judge
O'Sultvan tomorrow, and " h expected
that a bunch II indictments will be- handed
down against dealers. Il was said around
The Criminal Courts Building yesterday
that more arrests will he made within the
next day or two.
Commissioner Herman Robinson OF
The Department OF Licenses sad N his
annual report. which vas issued yes;er-
day. that there we're no grounds .or the
IMPRESSION that the employment agencies
we're responsible Tor the white slave
trAfic Thi- par q hts rerort va meant
a. reply 10 A statement made IN a ga
zine article which asserted Oh the author
~ ~ tho Numsn'- Municipal League
that II was through the Fast Side employ
mem agencies that the diSorderly houses
mostly olitaiEcd their inmates COurnis-
-'0ner Robinson denies this ~ his re-
mort "" says
The head Of ths principal association
1i employment agencleS 10 N" city en-
doav1red for two months % have the
Womens Municipal Lsigi@ produce any
evidence whatever 70 suh .tantiate is
charge. bfft the result Vas what might
have been expected silence
The fact r. that the employment
arenciss OF che Earl Side END tho sands
! -irls 20 places ever tay Not one IN
..,sr, Of tl,sse Rirls - sem ~ a place that
~ uy' f"r- sCtiy proper and respectable