Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-27
Wounded Man Said to Have Been
Hastily Hustled OF
To Ogden.
OFFICIAL DOCTOR IN COURT
One Of llirclings Of Infamous stock
AIDE Arraigned in Police Court
Move 10 Close Tn.

The frIghtful system OF white slave
traffic az the notorious stockade. as ex-
posed by The News. is receiving thor
ough and painstaklng official invest
cation that will certainly result In a
severe blow TO the police protected In
stitutou. The unfortunate inmates n
the cribs are ciated because public at
tcntlon has been called 20 the baseness
and cruelty OF those who keep In bond
age the fallen women They can see a
ray Of hope that some action viii b.
taken that viii strike from them the
shacklcs that bind. and action is even
now being taken with a view TO vigor
Gus prosecution of Belle London and
her satellites
Failing TO browboat some Of the keep
ers OF houses OF in-fame who are
known here as "old timers" Mrs. Top
ham had TO look elsewhere for women
20 ON her cribs and "parlor" houses.
and her agents went hither and thithor
looking for women The "old timers
refused 90 go 10 the stockade because
they knew OF the conditions existing
In Ogden and that the stockade would
be but repetition Of the Infamous sys.
tenn there.
NET CLOSING IN ON BELLE.
That the woman il 10 be charged
with procuring now seems a certainty
and evidence has been gathered and is
being gathered as a basis FOR such con,-
paint and prosecution. The women WI %
were hcgulled Co come TO Salt Lake
d
| they ever heard OF Belle London. and
| II Is by no means doubtful that many
| OF them viii be ready ana willing
I when the time comes. to tell their
stories and give facts that can not b.,
/ published without gross violation of
! decency.
II will be recalled that before the
| stockade began 10 run fun blast .he
! streets or salt Lake were alive with
I women Of the town who Haunted their
| vocation In the face OF any and every
I body This was permitted 10 exist fnr
| months with. ~ course, occasional arr
| rests, and this condition Of affairs wa
used as an excuse by Belle -Ealulon
and her business agents" Tor the
/ stoCkade Then the women were driven
/ 10 the place and once there had % re-
/ main. Robberies and other crimes
were hushed up and II reports leaked
| 10 police headquarters f. was seldom
]
SHIPPED TO OGDEN
There is the case Of the man who was
| seriously wounded in a stabbing ARRAY
! az the stoCkade some time ago. Moth
/ lnE was said about 4 that became pub
/ De al the time and every effort has
! been made 20 hu9h up the affair The
| man was desperately wounded and was
| taken into hop-Ioint where care was
given him
Information has been received that
Wednesday night he was hurriedly
/ shipped 10 ogden and placed in Belle
L0Ed0n's hospital His exact condition
could not be learned but IL is claimed
| that it IS precarious For fear no doubt
/ that the fun details would leak out h.
was hurried out OF town and sent TO
ogden.
GAMBLING PREVAILS
There is considerable talk OF demand
ing q grand jury TO investigate not only
the stockade conditions but also gam
/ bling. For months II was claimed that
there was no gambling going on In the
city. but this claim has not been so in
sistent since Harry Keate's gambling
house ga the Gift House was invaded
by two robbers and ebout s. 500 in
/ money and diamonds stolen. A rigid
Investigation az the stockade would
disclose gambling, hop joints and white
rlANt lAhAAN
DOCTOR IN TROUBLE.
This morning Or Edward A. MANI
who first came into the limelight OF
I uotorlety iu 1903 as the official physi-
clan for Ben LOndon's stockade. was
arraicned before Judge j NJ. Bowman
ln the criminal division Of the city
court on two complaints charging stat
utory offenses with a woman named
Elsie Wcisner Tie took until Tuesday
to plead and furnished a bond OF $500
tn each case for his appearance In
court DR. MANI was simply one OF a
l large number OF employees az the
stockadc. each having a particular duty
TO perform. Some herded the women
10 the office every day where they had
to pay S25O each for a stall. Others
checked mp receipts while some were
hustliuE for women TO an the cribs and
houses Facts have been laid before
the city attorney and the latter is in
vostigating but there is another i'm
vestiglti0n going ON which Is sure O.