New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-06
Mr.. WHITMAN HOPEFUL
Trying Now to Verify Confession
of Harry LevinsOn.
TO ISSUE WARRANTS TO-DAf
Places First Described Fouho
Empty When Police at Last
Descend Upon Them.

District Attorney Whitman sald ldo'
night that If the statements regard1hs VA
5c in white slaves made to him by HAN
T,evinsop were verified he will nave MOI
information than he expected to get "Ho''
I.eyinson pleaded guilty to the lndic'iie'.
found against him by the Rockefeller GRAM
jurv and promised to tell all ABOUT ''7
traffic in this city.
Edward Carpet. the prisoners counsel
said that in the six hours his client was DC
fore the District Attorney yesterday
gave further important details reedrui'S
tho exchanges or stockades in winch 'ie
girls were kept by the traders TO supply
orders from disorderly house keepers 10
other cities.
No warrants will lie issued until the
charges made by Levinson have been IN
vestigated Detectives Ravens. Leigh
Thomas Fitzsimmons and Russo, OF the
District Attorneys staff, spent last night
irving to confirm the story, and II 'helt
reports Justify such course warrants Will
he issued to-day The cross-eXamlnatloh
of Ieyinson will be resumed this morning.
Among other things Levinson said yester-
dav that he knew Belle Moore, the negro
woman also under indictment, by repu.a-
ness with her.
# was learned yesterday that Levinson
had q wife and three children in Boston,
and he acknowledged that while he was liv-
ing with another woman here he had been
receiving money from women in Seattle and
other cities.
The police found no trace yesterday Of
Helen Hastings. tie eleven-year-old girl
1,,,.- {,aa,, nv RpIIp Moore,
and were still looking for her last night
Assistant District Attorney Press. who
will handle the prosecution of Belle Moore
and "AIeck" Anderson. said yesterday that
they would be brought to trial in two weeks
Judge Crane, in the Court of General Ses-
sions, denying the motion of Alex harlin'
of counsel for Anderson and Belle Moore.
for a reduction of bail and refusing TO per
nit his inspection of the grand jury min
utes. said he would continue the present
bonds of S25. 900 each until May 20. At
the same time he ordered the names of the
witnesses before the grand jury to be turned
over to Mr.. Karlin.
The names given by Mr.. Press were Amy
Jackson and George a. Miller. Miller is
one of the investigators of the District At
torney's office The other witness is not
Miller in the Tenderloin
Mr. karlin said that his motion to in
spect the minutes was made with the OBJ
iect of moving to quash the indictments on
the ground that neither of the girls alleged
to have been sold by Belle Moore had ap-
peared before the grand jury and that tn"
indictments We're founded upon illegal and
insufficient evidence.
Assistant District Attorney Reynolds had
a number of callers and received flood of
letters yesterday in reply to the grand
iurv's invitation to the public to help in tie
investigation by giving positive evidence.
Mr. Reynolds maintained silence as to the
result
The three places to which Levinson re-
ferred in his first confes sion to the District
Attorney as exchanges or stockades used
in white slave traffic were found deserted
Yesterday when detectives called. The
news that Levinson had turned states evil
deuCe had reached the keepers first. Tie
addresses were not disclosed.
A number of other addresses that may
prove of value were turned over to District
Attorney Whitman yesterday by Miss Cole
man. the probation officer i'm the TOmbs
police court. They We're obtained by he-
from May Schuler, an eighteen-year-oId
girl who had been Iured from her home
three years ago. \ general alarm has been
sent out for the man accused by her.