Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
FIVE CAUGHT
IN BEAVERS
VICE NET
Police, Spurred by Chief, Raid
Boarding House-AdditionaI
Arrests Due Soon.

AS the result of the increased ac-
tivity by the detective and police de-
partments, following the grilling
given the detectives Friday afternoon
by Chief Beavers, five new arrests
were made by squad Of officers
shortly after noon Saturday, in a raid
on a boarding house at No. 164 -
Peters Street.
The persons under arrest gave their
names as Lulu Bell. Maud Wilson.
Mrs. Lee Bernstein and L. w. Berk-
stein Efie Drummond, 2-year-old
country girl, who has been In At
lanta only four weeks, is held as a
material witness.
A man whose name is given as Joe
North escaped through a back win
dow while the police were raiding the
place. A general order has been is
sued for his arrest. The raid was
made by Omcers Brannan, Moncrief
and Baker
More Arrests Probable.
Chief Beavers declares he has evi-
dence that the boarding house, which
was run by the Bell woman, is an inn
moral resort. The quintet probably
will be tried in Police Court Mon
DAY. The Chief intimated after the
arrest that other arrests are probable
within "a hours as a result of devel-
opments of the days investigation,
which have brought out the follow !
ing:
Dora Rothstein has made new
statement, duplicating three more |
men in her downfall, and naming |
half a dozen girls as victims Of the
ring.
The detective department, follow
ing a severe griIling given them by \
Chief Beavers Friday night. is seek
ing evidence against the vice ring |
with renewed vigor.
Business Men Aid Chief.
Two prominent business men. in |
in the welfare Of the little |
girl, have entered the case
and are aiding Chief Beavers in Sc
curing evidence
Information has come to Chief |
Beavers of house where young /
girls are taken by men and ruined, |
and then taken to hotels or immoral
resorts
The dragnet has been thrown out
for the son Of one of Atlanta's most
prominent business men. named by
Hattie Smith in her story Of immo-
-ality at the Cumberland Hotel |
Four persons Hattie Smith, Mrs. |
Lola White, Paul Estes and Hoyt
held for the Grand
Jury Saturday morning on new
following the Smith girls
story Of a Joy ride Estes has
said that he will make a confession,
N which he will involve men hither-
10 unsupported.
Girl Promises Confession.
Corinne Wilson, one of the victims
IF the ring, told Chief Beavers that
when she is placed on the witness
stand Saturday afternoon she will
make complete confession, impli-
.ating more than a dozen men ana
lalf a dozen young girls
chief Beavers attaches great i'm
oortance to evidence already obtained
BY the two business men who have
oined him in the crusade. These men
leld a conference with the Chief Sat
lrday morning and told him Of the /
existence Of the house where young
girls are taken and piled with liquor |
Until they lose their senses
The new statement of Dora Roth |
stein was made TO these men. The |
yirl, who charges that Corinne Wilson |
ured her into a life of shame. named !
hree more men with whom she has |
lad illegal relations, and also fur |
lished the names of half a dozen girls
who, she declared. had trodden the
same path as she.
Has Score of Names of Men.
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