The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-19
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Police Say Half Dozen Women
Of Underworld Fill Purse of
Armless Irving Forbes
FOUR ARRESTS MADE,
OTHERS. TO FOLLOW
Sordid Story Laid Bare When
Cripple Quarrels With One
of His Victims

Irving Forbes, the armless peddler
of pencils. who has long been n famil.
lar sight on Detroit streets, was re-
yealed as a White Slave trader, re
ceiving a small fortune from the earn
ings OF fallen women, when he put the
police on the trail OF young woman
| who refused longer to contribute TO
the mans shameful income. Investt'
l8ation by Special Officers Poole and
limerick revealed that the young man
who has received a"shower OF pennies,
|nickles and dimes from charitable De
troiters, working on life license to
peddle, free, on the Detroit streets,
has no less than six women furnish
Ing him with money which they re
cetve In resorts and from men whom
they accost on the streets.
Four arrests have already resulted
from the strange disclosures, and
more are to follow.
Forbes, who II 81 years old. and
rooms at No. 173 Cass-ave., Is held on
a white slavery charge. May Reming-
ton, "a years old, OF No. 1S9 Cass-ave.,
who betrayed him, Is held as wit
ness. May Forbes. - years old, wife
Of the cripple, and rooming at No. 3
Leverette-pl., was arrested. and later
released, under surveillance: and
Joseph M. Schneider, a teamster, "a
years old, and living with Mrs. Forbes
IN the Leverette-pl. house, Is held as
Ia suspicious person, for further In
vestigation.
Mrs. Forbes alleges that Forbes,
armless beggar, Is q hypnotist, pos
sessed OF remarkable eyes that force
women to love him, fall into the low
est pits for him. and do his bidding
absolutely and without question.
= May Remington laughs at that the
DRY, says that Forbes has nice eyes,
and maintains that she doesn't feel
able to explain why she sold herself,
BODY and soul, to the man, and why
she turned over to him more than
$500 q year.
Poole and limerick declare that four
other young women, all girls OF small
stature, such as would be classed as
ponies" In the vaudeville houses, are
scattered through various resorts In
the city, and are turning over the pro-
ceeds OF their lives OF shame TO tho
harmless peddler These women will
be arrested. the police say, and held
as witnesses.
Forbes was the victim OF the old
adage commencing. He who digs a
pit"
He pointed May Remington out to
The officers, Tuesday night, and stated
that she was street walker" who
operated boldly, and should be watch
Cd. The officers watcher her. They
learned that Forbes was telling the
truth about her, and placed her under
arrest.
Then she told her story. She had
succeeded Mrs. Forbes, a year ago, In
the strange affections" Of Forbes. He
had sent her out on the streets, to
bring back money to him, and she had
willingly filled hisp urse until last
Saturday, when they had violent
quarrel. and she left him. Then the
man put the police on her trail, an
gered because he would receive no
more money from her.
Her story also led to the arrests OF
Mrs. Forbes and Schneider.
/. Mrs. Forbes met Schneider while
walking the streets for her husband
But she fell IN love with Schneider
and went TO live with him. Then
Forbes took up the Remington girl.
The mother OF Mrs. Forbes pleaded
for the release Of her daughter, Thurs
day. and the police allowed the daugh-
or to go with her mother. subject to
their orders at all times.