Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-23
BROOKLYN MAN IS
HELD IN NEWARK
rs WOMAN SELLER
Arrest Reveals Existence OF
Illicit Traffic Recruiting
System in This City.

What is declared to be a most fla
grant case of traffic in women came te
light this morning in the Fourth Pre-
cinct Police Court, when Captain Voge
lodged a complaint against two mer
and woman under section Z of tht
white slave act, which makes 1t ar
offense to knowingly. transport women
FOR Illegal purposes.
The leading figure in the case is
Wladislaus Jankowski, who also goes
under the aliases of Walter Sankowshl
and Frank Smith. This nan is As years
old and say he lives at 118 Summit
street, Brooklyn. He and his alleged
agents, Mariana Kazmarlz, So years old,
and Kari Winterchalt, 81, both of As
Mercer street. this city, were arraign-
ed before Judge Herr and held in $4,000
bail to await the action of the grand
jury. The credit for the roundup of
these men belongs to Plainclothesman
kaas, who has been hunting evidence,
ably assisted by Chanceman Kundle.
of the Irvington police. who acted as
interpreter. since August II.
Police Get Clue.
The notice of the police was first
attracted to the situation alleged to be
existing in Newark and Brooklyn when
in August Helen Sudlak. is years old.
of A Jones street, complained to Cap
tain Vogel that Karl Winterchalt had
assaulted her in the Mercer street
house. The man was a~rraigned. but
permitted to go free because the police
OWNED hat there vas more in the
story than became known at the time
of arraignmeht.
The facts up to date disclose a hor-
rible and shameful condition, under
which, 1t is alleged. many young Polish
women live.
1t is alleged that Jankowski makes
it a business to traffic in He
is said to have agents in several cities,
and is declared to have made thousands
of dollars out of the business.
The Newark lair is at As Mercer
street, and is declared to be in charge
Of the Kazmark woman. Winterchalt
Is the agent who visits Polish dance
halls and lures girls, u~nacquainted with
the English language, by promises of
wealth and luxury. For his
services. 1t is said. he is well paid.
Lures women WIN TENS.
It Is his custom after meeting these
Polish women to give them articles OF
value which are taken from them when
hey are turned over to BOSS" Jankow-
ski.
1t is asserted hat Jankowski has
places in Brooklyn. on Second
street, Third street, Summit street and
1877 Hamilton avenue from which n.
was forced out by the Brooklyn police.
Jankowski was arrested Monday
at the Market street station
by Kaas and Kundle. 1t Is claimed he
had come 10 Newark in response to a
lecoy letter written by Helen Sudlak.
at the i%nstigation of the police. The
was written on Saturday, asking
the man to come Sunday to take the
girl with him. He failed to ap-
pear on the cay mentioned, but came
Monday and was caught after he had
purchased an excursion ticket and a
one-way ticket to Brooklyn.
Confronted Fly witnesses.
Last night before Captain Vogel.
Plainclothesman Kaas and officer
.undle, Jankowski was confronted by
the women and by persons with whom
he had done business. all of whom
Identified him as the man who, they
declare, is responsible for shameful
practises.
One irate father could hardly be re-
strained by the police from INJECTING
on the prisoner.
The police have nearly twenty wit
and are daily getting more.
Jankowski was placed in a cell with
the two other prisoners, where, In the
Polish language, II Is asserted, he told
Kazmark woman that he would aid
her, but thai this would mean his
death.
Seek Missing Girls.
Many of the girls who are believed to
be in the clutches of Jankowski are
among the list of missing young women
has long puzzled the police.
Girls whose first names are Helen,
Leanora, Mary and Julia are
still being sought by the police as wit
nesses. The Kazmark woman, whose
appearance and scanned face presented
a pitifuI spectacle in the court, has con-
Winterchalt, on the contrary.
wanted to know what he had been ar
for.
1t is said that Jankowski has $13, 900
in cash money. so that his being freed
on the deposit of $1,000 does not seem
unlikely.
Captain Vogel from the first gave
Plainclothesman Kaas free rein in his
Investigation, and, according to the
captain, his efforts to bring to justice
all persons engaged in this traffic have
not ceased.