The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
Save The GIRLS
White Slaves Are Being Bought and Sold
ou the New York Market.
DEALERS RAN TO EARTa

Two Young Earnest Women Work
ers Make Most Revolving Discov-
cries and Uncover the Vilest and
Most Horrible Of Trafics and
Bring the Guilty Fiends TO Justice.
The New York World Gays white
slavery in that city was shown to
be a real. hideous fact in the last
Few days. The following proof Of
the above We take from the World:
After three months OF careful
planning by District Attorney Whit
man and John D. Rockefeller. jr..
foreman OF Grand Jury now in ses-
sion, four girls were bought IN New
York by an Assistant Dist.ict-Atto7-
ney and two courageous women.
graduates Of Smith and Radcliffe
Colleges. who had worked WITH the
Rockefeller Grand jury on tae cases
The girls were purchased in the
open market. The Nstrict-Atsor-
ney has the receipts for the money
paid for them. The were sold with
the direct understanding that they
were to be carried TO Alaska for I'M
moral purposes. They were sold as
slaves. without any reservation. &C
cording TO the evidence in the pos
session Of the District-Attorney.
Each OF the girls gave her age
officially as sixteen and seventeen
years old. One girl when found BY
the authorities cried bitterly for a
half nour because she had been tax
en- 80 quickly from a home OF vice
that she did no, bring her doll.
Another little girl cried equally hard
for her Teddy bear.
Three arrests have already been
made In the cases and other arrests
are predicted by the District-Attor-
oey within a shor. time. The h7st
was that OF Harry Levenson. 2!
years old. living at No. Is East 3rd
street The District-Attorney charges
that through the agency OF Assistant
District Attorney James B. Rey-
ac,ds, and the two college women
two girls were purchased from him.
The second arrest was chat OF
Belle Moore, nesress. living ct No.
34S West Forty-frst street. The
District Attorney charges that two
white girls were purchased from her
last week By tha same agents. liz
connection with the woman's ar
rest the District Attorney stated that
not ore-quarter OF the facts could
Sc made pnblic at this time.
Later in the evening Alex Ander-
SON, who is employed in the Union
Cafe In Broadway. near Fortie;n
street. and which is said by the OFF,
cials to be under the management OF
George Corsidire. was arrested. The
officials admitted that warrants are
OFT for several other persons. but
said they did not expect any more
arrests before morning.
While the arrests were being made
the police were searching all the
hospitals in the city for an eleven
year old girl. who lad been bar
gained for and who. /, is declared.
would have been sold but for the
fac, tha, she became so Ill because
of mist-eatement IN an immoral re-
sort tat she had TO be sent to
hnsp!t'l. There is reason to be-
lseve lat the girl has BEN found
and will tell her story later. but
her whereabouts are being kept Sc
cret.
The investigation was made by the
grand Jury and Mr.. Rockefeller. who
each devoted a large sum OF money
10 the search for the roo; OF tee
white slave trade. II was found
.or them by two young college wo-
men who had devoted themselves 10
the interests OF their distressed Sis
,ers. They went to Alaska. where
he traffic is fierce. and there got ac-
auai:.ed with theunder world and
with the people who traficed in de-
bauchery.
They got in touch with their cor
IN al! parts OF the coun-
..v. and finally got letters to pa':!es
In New York. the state for which
,hey were working. Thsy returned
home. took the district attorneys OF
ice into their confidence. and with
, member OF the grand jury nailed !
the rraf,icers beyond question. as ;
'eported above
They found that formerly white
Urls could b. bough, for 50 10
$50. bu, the activity OF the grand
uries all over the country had
nate the price Of these articles OF
commerce rise. so iha; the dealers
laimed $500 for the great risk that
hey ran.
Thy found also that little white
iris were brought and sold for de-
aucbery 10 white men or negroes.
hey found many things most re-
ol,ias and sensational. but they VII!
ot talk much unit! the cases are
rouSht 70 trial The recitation OF
,uch that Is published. even now
,ay we'll maxi one question w.aeth-
? this is christian country or not?