New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-26
TELLS STORY OF LIFE
AS A WHITE SLAVE
Louisville Girl Was "Bought
for SIS from Man Who
Lured Her from Home.
PURCHASER PLEADS GUILTY
Samuel Harris Agrees to Ala
District Attorneys Office IN
Convicting Man from
Whom He Got Her.

samuel Harris who was on trial oeioIe
Justice Seabury in the Criminal braH' :,
Of the Supreme Court as 'Wnite siaNei'
pleaded guilty to abduction YESTERDAY
after Ethel Angel. seventeen years o'u'
whom he bought" for $l5. had testiheu
against him. Harris promised 10 anu
Robert l.. Manley. assistant Dls''l'' ~
tornev. in arresting and convicting the
man from whom he got the girl
Ethel Angel lived in Louisville ny
Last fall. while she was roaming Tue
s,ree,s after a quarrel with her step
fa,hor ebe met a man who said ne Was
. o,or,ercial traveller from New horA'
Sircs her mothers second MAJ '"e
rtbers home life had not oeeh
and after few clandestine meeti'lss o."
ooreented TO come TO New lorh WI" ~
-. frieod lie promised TO MARI! ne' ;
Inn, said he could not do so AT one -
he father. a wealthy man. cut HI" o''
without penny. e.o,
ono night he introduced her to sanlue'
y5arris as Sam" Parker. Alter I'''e
,ail the two men left together. i'N'.
,nst evening the man who had brous" III
I,,hel 10 New York telephoned her 'na'
he was arrested as a gambler and "ouiu
No, be home until late. lie salu ii''',
,,,o,,ld take care of her and that she h'"9'
obey him.
Had to PAY His Fine
..-o,,,,orcial traveller" returned to
the Harlem boarding house the neN' u"'
ord said that he had been hned go -.
I'm, going to leave you with farhe''
- cid You must earn the money !"
rsv my fine and Parker VIII give -
NO He has lots of girls WORKING lo'
hin, and some Of them get as hlucn a.
4, week. You'd better do as ne 'e',a
van for he beats the girls If they uoil I"
THAT was the last Ethel saw OF the man
u.ho had prorised 20 marry her. Harris
- ber from the dngy "hoter to d
d,rcier lodging house. lie threatened 10
write to Ethels family telilhs Oh 'i'e
che was leading unless she dld as ne
wished. Sometimes he brought 10 tne"
cheap rooms others like himself inose
he told her were notorious gunner anu
Gang leaders These men, shc salu'
smashed beer bottles against the walls
ia show their excess of deviltry and pc
tween drinks RECALLED the trembling Glrl
with tales Of the horrible fate Whlch
overlook girls who were disoocdleht 10
their masters.
Harris worked as an elevator operator
and when he left the house in the day
time locked the door of the room behind
him so that even if Ethel had known
where 10 turn she could not escape
His cruel ingenuity contrived scheme
10 avert possible apprehension by Etnel 5
family They were at the Bradford HOTEL
i'm East 18th street. when Harris brought
some hotel stationery TO the room ana
told her that IT was time she wrote home.
Under compulsion Ethel wrote. at his die
tation. a letter to her mother in which
she said that she was happily married.
After she had addressed the letter Harris
took it and stamped it, Ethel was never
even allowed the two cents necessary for
postage.
ESCAPES from Her Captor.
AS she saw him shove the letter in his
pocket and turn the door Ethel grew
desperate She knew that although
countless letters she had written had
been DESTROYED by Harris. this one would
surely be mailed. She sprang at him and
tried 70 wrest it from him. His hands
closed about her throat. and half an hour
later she was thrown into the hall bruised
and bleeding
She staggered down TO the hotel Office
and there a stranger, taking pity on her
gave her card on which was written
Harris's name and the address Of the
house where he was employed. Clutching
the card Ethel dragged herself TO the
home Of Mrs. Mary Crane. in West 14th
street Mrs. Crane had met Ethel before
the girl realized her position and had
been kind to her.
From there she went 10 the Waverly
House. and the police were notified Had
not the kindly stranger in the hotel lobby
given the girl the card on which Harriss
true name and address were recorded he
might never have been brought TO book
With that to help them, however. the po-
lice made short work of finding HIM
In spite of the cheerful letter Ethel was
compelled to write home her mother had
become suspicious and had written TO
Mayor Gaynor asking him TO help her find
her girl