New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
FINDS WHITE SLAVERY
Illegal Traffic Proven, 1t Is Said
but Not Organized.
SECURE MUCH INFORMATION
The Conviction of % Out Of IA
Indicted Foreshadows Grand
Jury's Report.

Although Judge O'5ulIfvan has m.
fled the report OF the Rockefeller e-s-s
jury on its investigation OF so-calIed "vsf.ss.
slave traffic IN this city. the opinion .,
growing among persons qualified 10 ganv.
the situation that the document whs, 4
has been fled and open TO public INSPECTION
will reveal little Of Importance which car
not be inferred now from general knorf-
edge of the grand jury's work during tba
last six months.
A man who is in position 20 know ira
facts yesterday gave a suggestive outina
of the grand jury's report
I'm the first place" said this man. -
must be borne IN mind that the report q
the grand jury on the white slave i1auiry
viii be based upon the important fact rha.
this body has actually reported ffty-sou-
indictments for offences related TO the sub
feet matter of the inquiry The defendants
in twenty-four Of these indictments hays
been brought TO trial and convicted
Much information Gathered.
TT Is reasonable 70 presume that in ths
evidence upon which such indictments ver.
based many things were disclosed relattrr
to the evil under probe, and the conditions
under which that evil or statutory Offences,
related to II have grown up in this city.
|, that would find proper place In such
report as the grand jury vas charged 10
present to the court
This does not necessarily mean that ira
grand jury will report the existence OF any
organized traffic IN women for immoral
purposes; on the contrary, there is every
reason to believe no such organized traffic
has been unearthed. But at the same tina
there is no doubt the jurors are satisfied
that they have established that woman
may be obtained IN this city for a r1one-
tary consideration to third parties. whether
it be called white slavery or anything
else
District Attorney Whitman has expressed
the opinion-undoubtedly based on evidence
embodied in the grand jury minutes 10
which he has access-that while no organ
lied traffic in women has been established
by the investigation. It has been shown, to
his satisfaction at least, that the so-called
trafickers In women have an understand
ing which. for all the purposes Of their
business. is almost as useful as an orgaus-
zation-
Cheap Hotels ard Picture Shows.
the Raines law type Of hotel as factos
in the ruin Of young girls and as the first
step to the life wherein they become the
chatteIs of keepers OF disorderly houses
will probably form a section Of the report
Under the Rockefeller grand jUry's direc-
tions, q number OF these hotels have tee1
raided and the persons found in charge are
under indictment and awaiting trial
THE cheap type OF moving picture shows,
especially in the congested portions Of the
city, will in all likelihood receive consider
alton These shows have been referred 70
more than once in trials Of defendants on
this grand jury's indictments Judge O'Sul-
Hvan from information obtained in the
course Of testimony Of witnesses. tcok oo-
ca.ion to denounce them as one Of the
greatest factors in the degradation et
young girls, alluding to them as 'dens Of
perdftion.'
Finally, various organizations interested
in Settlement work and the study OF socio-
ie g1caI conditions generally have responded
to the grand jury's invitation for co-opera-
ton, and il IS PROBABLE that the report viii
contain chapter devoted 70 this phass OF
the grand jury's work
In any event, il is certain that the pre-
sentiment has been drawn up on the sub
! stanttal basis of ffty-four indictments and
twenty-four convictions up TO date lor
crimes revealed during the course Or me
investigation and related 70 the main SUD
ject Of that investigation"