New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
Fifty Thousand Dollars a Year FRONT

collections from the string OF houses
controlled by the trust amounted 20
,2t.o a month. which would mean that
twenty-five noises out OF thirt'-t
known to the District Attorney 70 be un-
der the management" OF the sanhi
brothers. big Mack" "Dago Frank lie
Luxo" and others namei by Assistant
District Attorney Smith az tho men bach
OF tho "Disorderly House Trust. we're
oreroted regularly NJ the protection
price OF 500 month. according To the
.,idenc. in the hands OF the District At
toruev. The profits Of the trust are
said to have been more than 10000 year
small part of the $3.50 police Fees
went to Becker. II was said, while In
spectors got tho major portion.
peyond the ramincations OF the so
called "Sanni trust" or "the BIG five
syndicate. the District Attorney has In
formation that another syndicate operates
a string OF more expensive resorts OF
similar nature further uptown, and that
many independent disorderly houses have
also been "countenanced by the police
I'm various parts Of the city. There were
OF the disorderiy house business, 1t was
said, and other police officials shared In
the spolls. The District Attorney has the
names OF all these collectors and the e1-
act destination OF their collections
II was only the first Of the three syndi-
Gates dealing In this kind OF Vice which
was struck at by the raids on Thursday
night. Though all the houses raided were
poorly kept and Of a low and filthy type
this particular group which was broken
is considered one OF tho most important
by the authorities.
Explaining the situation yesterday 20
the court on the arraisnrnent of tho pris-
oners taken in the raids, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Smith said:
Vice is in the hands OF three syndicates
in New York. The power OF one of them
and Of one OF the most important too
subject OF that raid was known as The
Big Five" We understand that The Big
Five" controls thirty-two different houses
and that the number OF women IN It's
thrall Is about twelve hundred
No graft goes from THE Big Five"
houses directly 10 the police. but is oaid
In lump sum by representatives OF the
trust One of the Sanni brothers IL said
10 have run a similar string OF resorts IN
Cape Town, South Africa, and 10 have
been driven from that place eight years
ago. after a hundred lashes had been In
fiicted upon his back. From there Sanni
went 10 ST. Louis, where the same busi-
ness IL said TO have occupied his atten-
ton. He showed up in this city, accord
ing 10 tho District Attorneys information.
in January last year.
Places in "lsssrve."
.'The Big Five" syndicate maintains
twenty-five houses regularly. II was
learned. and the remaining seven were
extras" fully furnished and ready to be
used in Jumping" from house where
something had gone wrong, In the threat
Of q possible raid or some other handi-
cap TO the full fledged business of the
syndicate. Sixty-four women were en-
pIoyed by the trust to manage the thirty
two houses, working In day and night
shifts. with frequent transfers to various
houses to avoid the service OF warrants
which might have been obtained under
the names by which they were known III
specific houses.
A good deal OF the detailed informa-
ton about the trusts" Is said to have
come through a woman known as
patty" close relative OF bald Jack"
Rose. who first told It to the gambler.
who passed II on to the District Attor-
ney. The woman Is said to have been
collector for police official In the dis