The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-28
GIRLS SAFER NOW
Three Leaders of Western White
Slave Gang in Prison.
Other Members Convicted and
Awaiting Courts Sentence.
GETS $500 MONTHLY.
One Man Wealthy Off Women's
Shame Money.
Nae Brown Fears Accomplish
Will Kill Her.
GETS $500 MONTHLY.

Leavenworth, Kan, June 2S.-The
operations of an organized gang of
white slavers, which has carried on
the traffic all over the northwest, are
believed now to have finally been
broken up. j. H. Anderson, a United
states marshal of salt Lake City,
brought three members of the gang as
prisoners to the federal prison at
Leavenworth They are Mae Brown,
who must serve a term of five and
one-half years; Herbert Gould. seven
and one-half years, and William Siegel,
four years. Mr.. Anderson expects to
return in two weeks with two more
members of the gang, now convicted
and awaiting sentence.
zone of these Roscoe Morrison,
Mr.. Anderson said, took a girl from
salt Lake under promise of marriage
and forced her into a life of shame at
La Grande ore. After two weeks
search in which the girl was moved
from place to place by her abductors,
the federal officers located her and
arrested Morrison. Later his associate
in the abduction was arrested in san
Francisco on his way to Mexico 10
avoid the officers.
'The confederate, whose name is
Baggs intends to test the constitution
atty of the white slave traffic act. He
is said to be the leader of the white
slaVers.
"All of the girls he has taken are
young American girls and for eleven
wears, according to his own admission,
he has not done a days work, but has
lived from the earnings of the women
and by gambling. 1t is said the women
have contributed as much as $500 {
month to him. His part Of the COM
bination was to go from town to town
collecting the money, and locating and
procuring young women. The officers
say he had sixteen girls, located at
Los Angeles, san Francisco, Cal;
Portland, Pendleton, Baker City and
LaGrande, ore; Spokane, Seattle and
Walla Walla. Wash; Butte, Mont;
Boise and Pocatello. ID; Reno and
Ely, New, and ogden and Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Zone of the Baggs gang. named
Kenyon, has been convicted at Butte
and sentenced to five years in fed
eral prison. Another, Jack O'keefe, is
held at Portland, Ore. and is to be
tried September next"
Threatened to Kill the Woman.
The Brown woman was found guilty
of inducing q 15-year-old girl to leave
her home in Salt Lake City and enter
into an immoral life. Mrs. Brown was
the tool of Herbert Gould. who drifted
into the west from Ohio five years
ago and since has lived on an income
from the traffic
During the trip to prison Mrs. Brown
was in great fear of her life, saying
that Gould had threatened to kill her
because of the nature OF her testimony
at their trial. She was kept well pro-
tected in a different section of the
coach.
"Siegel,'' said MT. Anderson. desert
ed his wife and child ten days old at
Denver to go with a woma~ to Ogden.
There he forced her to live al immoral
life and give him her earnings.
1.-THE federal officers on the Pacific
coast and in the Rocky Mountain
states" continued Mr.. Anderson. ARE
operating in a way that ought to break
UP the white slave traffic in that sec
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