The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-20
WOMENS VIRTUE BOUGHT;
SOLD 70 VICIOUS AND S0RDID
SChWarzG COntGdGracy Alleged to
Have IS Affiliated Establishments
---l,2OO Women Victims

New York Aug. 20-The Schwarze
Confederacy as the more sordid and
vicious OF the three vice syndicages
lin New York is known IN the under
world. has thirtysix affiliated estan-
nshments End controls the lives Of II
200 women. 1t Is the largest OF the
three syndicates
This was the statement made by
Assistant District Attorney James u.
smith who with Samuel Marcus,
counsel for the Society for the Sup
preston of Crime, raided eighteen OF
the resorts controlled by the syndi.
cate last night
According to evidence in the pos
session of Mr. Smith, these women
managers We're in the main paid no
more than 81 month for their mis-
cradle work
Police Commissioner Waldo, it was
learned today from reliable sources,
FIRMLY believes that his administra-
ton Of the police department viii
eventually be indicated Of much that
.has been charged against 1t within
;he last four weeks by the facts gath
.ered from the inquiry being pushed
forward by District Attorney Whit
man and the probe about to be start
Ied by the aldermauic committee That
l'Tairio has the unqualified support OF
HaYor Gayuor was stated at the lat
ters office in the city hall
The time is past Tor pulling the
wool over Waldo's eyes. said a high
official Of his headquarters cabinet
- T. . fftt4 . Ia
u'arlN inceuses him is that a report
has become wide spread in the city
dat be is fast asleep surrounded by
q clique Of men who operate him at
the end OF a set o. wires that they
pcll IN unison.
Yesterday the details OF the opera
tons of the resorts themselves came
tc light.
These houses were no places The
raiders found them in squalor almost
without exception The dust of tins
streets lay thick on the battered fur
: iturc the floors were uncarpeted
ana unwashed there was nothing
anywhere 10 beguiie the visitor into
maxim longer stay .han he was
expected 40, and visitors we're sped
aa cordially as they were welcomed
Front windows and doors were Aept
closed aud doorheepers We're always
cn dwN buf only 10 bar the way to
Gunhon men. These were admitted
only within wcll-doGued restrictions
Closed In Daytime
None of he houses was allowed
T. remain open after sunrise" This
rule was strictly enforced and the
stipulated hours were ffonl s IN tne
evening 20 in the morniHt ihcn
the inmates went TO their own homes,
and the managers made ua their ac
counts ior thc scrutiny 0l the Five
These accounts were kept after 4
new fashion The brass che ts 81
other days were discarded and in
hcir tead We're tickets. the punching
al numbers from which kept the tai
lt a different punch was used IN
each house every night the dsiino
tive mark affOrding a check against
The dOctoriug" of the cards Like
the punches. the managers were
but not so frequently, this
euablcd the Five 10 keep their busl
ress mon a purely commercial basis.
This commercial as. eet was still
igrttcr heightened by the fact that
ii any inmate failed TO win popularity
ion one house she was moved on to
another from which she went on
again If the same results followed
rwo MOVES OF this sort meant that
ttc girl must face the Five az the
clearing house. where she would
end herself cut of from all eonnec-
lion with the syndicate houses unless
a satisfactory explanation We're forth
coming Al tire clearing house
r ere also settled disputes between in
lasies and mmaeers over the ac
counts.
Proceeds were divided ou a 76fty
end fifty basis The average eXpen-
O. tara Der visitor To this chain OF
houses was 81 o which 50cents went
Ctrisht to the Five and 5u cents 10
tae innate Zach innate. however,
was required ID pa s. dav board
although she got no such thing as
aoard. SHE lived in her own home.
save for the eight hours spent at the
resort and tor her 81 she got moth
ing uut q midnight luncheon and her
right TO make use of the houses
facilities
9.cCC Visitors Nightly
Each uf these houses had from ten
a teeuufve inmates, the number
Tor -la th.ry-two being SEQ An ay-
erase of eSo visitors uighr came
tn each house. it has been found by
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