The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
WAS SACRIFICED.
Missing Helen Hastings
Lost } Save Others.
LONE ( l OR IOO.OOO?"
Investigator Reynolds Explains Why
Child Was Not Taken From Crini-
nails Den-More Arrests to Fol-
low Leyinson's Confession.

New York. May 5.-"ShoHld we save
one girl or 100000 from white slav-
eryF What would you do?' That was
the reply of James B. Reynolds, as
sistant district attorney. when he ex-
planned why George w. Miller, his de-
tective, had let Helen Hastings. the
little eleven-year-old girl in the fiat of
Belle Moore, the negress. get away.
Now that the girl has disappeared
some persons think she has been muir
dered-the criticism of the detective
has brought forth the fact that he
suddenly found himself in a remark
able situation the day he called on
the Moore woman to buy girls.
MILLER understood the situation"
continued Mr.. Reynolds Had he
taken the girl our plans to save 100,-
600 would have gone awry. l would
have done just as he did under the
same circumstances"
New York, May 5.-Information Civ
en- to District Attorney Whitman yes
terday by Harry Levinson. the self
confessed dealer or broker in women
will, 1t is expected. lead to a number
of arrests today and may be the means
of uncovering number of exchange
houses" where women are kept in
readiness for transportation all over
the country Whether these Eek
changes" form the center of the so
called white slave" organization does
not appear but the revelations con-
cerning them seem to be the strongest
indication of an organized traffic
which the investigators have hit upon
as yet. So far most of the informa-
ton given to the grand jury which has
the traffic under investigation, has
been so general that John ID. Rockefel-
Ter, ,Ir., the foreman of the jury, sent
out a call for witnesses with real facts
to present
According to Edward Carpet. Levin
sons counsel. L1vinsOn told Mr. Whit
man of places in this city where from
five to ten women are always kept
waiting for transportation to places
in New York and elsewhere. Descrip-
tions of these women on the waiting
list are said to be furnished to such
persons as wish them, and it is under
stood that orders are left at these
places for women.
Levinson is said to have told Mr..
Whitman that the exchanges" are
supplied with girls largely by men
who get 10 per cent of the girls earn
ings for Il specified time.
According to Levinson majority of
l -. ia.
| changes" come from outside of New
/ York. In many instances they are APP
! preached at cheap theater or moving
/ picture show by woman. who invites
/ them out to dinner, takes them for
auto rides and finally suggests to them
| an easy way to live comfortably with
out work che girl is usually intro
duced to man who acts as a kind of
broker for various houses and whose
business it is to see that she is placed
advantageously, For his part in the
work of procuring he receives IA com
mission on the girls earnings.
1t was not understood from Levin
sons story that a majority of the
young women introduced into the sex
changes were previously of mblem
ished character, He is said to have
told Mr.. Whitman however, that he
felt certain that at least some oi
the girls taken to these houses hat
been lurcd there without understand
ing the fun meaning of the step they
Were taking. The Ehrlich and Green
berg girls, sold by Levinson to the
district attorney agent, were not in
mates of an exchange, according Il
Levinson's story, but women of th'
street whom he procured hurriedly II
answer to Niller's request.