The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-18
WHITE SLAVERS
ARE CONVICTED
Herbert Gould and Mrs. Mae
Brown Found Guilty in
U. S. Court.
SENTENCES ARE TO BE
PRONOUNCED MONDAY
Two Other Defendants Are to
Be Sentenced at Same
Time.

Herbert Gould and Mrs. Nae Brown
were found guilty Of violating the laws
against white slave" traffic by q
jury in the United States district court
yesterday, while Raymond Thompson,
the third co-desendant in the case, was
found not guilty and dismissed. Ar
guG,ents for both sides were made dur
ing the day and the case went to the
jury in the afternoon. The verdict
covering all three prisoners was re-
turned shortly after 9 clock at night
before Judge Page Morris. The court
instructed the jury TO h-;-g - YER
d;ct o. rot guilty Or the srst Eve
counts of the Indictment against
Thompson. but the defendant. who is
boy IS years old, was dismissed on
all six counts. Gould and the Brown
woman were found guilty on all counts
of the indictments against them. Sem
tence will be imposed Monday morn
ins.
All three were charged with having
taken Cora E, Frohm. l6-year- girl.
from this city to Pocatello, January
2S. for immoral purposes.
1t WAS brought out that when
Mrs. Adelinc Frohm, the young
girls mother. learned of her daughter S
associations. she sent her to Scipio, but
that Gould sent her transportation to
return to this city. The testimony OF
w. w, Fuller, ticket agent for the
Salt Lake Route, was introduced to
substantiate this.
Gould Buys Tickets.
The evidence then showed that Gould
purchased tickets upon which the four
persons went TO Pocatello, where they
registered in pairs as man and wife
ut Il hotel. Later the two women were
placed il evil houses, it is alleged,
Gould receiving part of their income
The testimony of Tobie q 'Sharn,
Gould had arranged to place both wom
en- in evil resorts.
The testimony seemed to bring out,
that Thompson had been lWred into the
offcnse by the other two and that
he was more or less the dupe
of evil influences An Indictment
charging him with entering into 4 con-
spiracy i'll connection with "whitc
slavery" still stands against him. on
which he must face trial. His bail of
$500. covering both charges, was re-
duccd to $500 yesterday by Judge Nor
ris. covering the conspiracy charge.
against Gould and the Brown woman.
Sentence Deferred.
William Siegel and Eugene Y.
Hughes. also convicted as "white slav
ers,'' were to have been sentenced yes
terday morning. but Judge Morris de
ferred until Monday, when Gould. Mrs.
Ciarnl Iunhoc mill
their punishments all at the same time.
Siegcl was convicted of the charge on
six counts but Hughes pleaded guilty,
after first having entered plea Of not
guilty.
Anna Matilda Anderson. the pretty
young Swedish girl, who is said to
have been the victim of Sieeel's
"white slave" trading, will be deport-
ed from the United States to her native
land j. G. Hise, local immigration in
spector for the government, leaves with
his charge for New York this morn
ing, Inspector Hise said that the girl
was expected to prove the principal
witness for the government in the case
against Siegel. but that when the trial
came, she endeavored to protect the
man. Later investigation. he said. re-
vealed that the girl came from Sweden
and entered a house of evil repute.
The new ''white slave" law provides
that alien women may be deported at
any time after coming to this country
If they are found in immoral resorts.
The "white slave" cases of Ross
Morris and Fred U. Baggs will also
come before the federal court during
the next week. Morris and Baggs are
charged with having taken Irene Hen
derson from this city to La Grande,
Ore, and later to Walla Walla. Wash,
for immoral purposes. E. L. Wells, i'm
migration inspector for the government
in Washington, is in the city for the
prosecution of the cases, and will re-
main through the proceedings against
both men.