The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-07
POISONED NEEDLE
USED ON WOMEN
Investigation to Determine Ex-
tent OF This Method OF
l.ntrapping Girls.
SEVERAL CASES REPORTED
Device Believed to BE That En-
ploycd by White Slave
Agents.

! New York. December t. The arrest
OF Armand Meraro IN Newark, " j..
on the charge of having used a ''pois
one4 needle ON Mrs Marjorie Graf. of
Brooklyn. while the young woman was
seated beside him in I; Newark theatre.
has aroused the heads rr societies for
the protection of young rirls
As u result Of the efforts OF these So
cicticS AN Investigation was begun to-
day hN tho Department of Justice /" dc
tcrminc the extent OF the use of the
poisoned needle I" cutrap reputable
youuG girls into whit" slavery.
Two inspectors Of the white slave
branch Of tho Secret Service have been
"ctaticd 10 iuVcstignt" cases that have
been reported to the authorities i'm this
city More than u dozen such cases
cam" 10 light To-day. and information
haas brcu received that SIinilur devices
haNc hcon used by White slave agents
iu other cities
District Attorney Whitman Wa in
formed three weeks ago by Miss l.uujsc
g Nroclaud. OF the Girls Friendly So
cictS Of st GEORGES Parish OF the cN-
pcricncu Of a young girl under the
caro- of the society who had been stab
he'd with Il needle in a moving picture
theatre in ThirtN-iourth Street Three
young men had attempted To carry the
SiNl'il'I Elit INTO q ltNltib. nut were
prevented by a companion. who had in
sisted that she bc taken to the Office
of - physician. whcr" She VAS revived.
Several other eases. each of which took
place ia darkcncd moving picture the
.,tr-s, have been reported to the police.
Mcearo. the youth under arrest. is
WARMLY defended 10y his former Assoc
ciates in the Harrinscr High school
and the Newark branch 81 tho Y. NJ.
C. y 'rh" young man was born IN
the Argentine Republic. If Italian par
cnts. and brought To Newark 10y his
uncle, a reputable phy stefan. who dc
STREET him t. bccou. a pharmacist.
The boy. however, showed little dili-
gene" in his studivs in the Earriupcr
tiish school and ia In" New Jersey
College of Pharmacy. Ills uncle then
became Disguised with his apparent
lack OF ambition. ANA he lott home ANA
sought work in various places around
the city. iie had lately been employed
ia a drue store.
MedicaI examination OF the needle
found in the boN in which N"Yprp
VAS seated when young Mrs Gran was
stabbed, Is nov being made. Ia the
meantime. Mvgarp is being hold in
S2cocp bail The police say mat 80
far there is no evidences that he has
ever been associated With white sla-
N"rS or other shady characters.
Jcauucttc Clark 4 pretty Young girl.
told tho Newark police today 81 ana
attack made upon her or THANKSGIVING
on the same evening ON which MR.
Gran WAS attacked. Miss Ciark said
She felt It sting in her arm as size
threw her wrap across tho arm OF her
chair. She became faint. but hurried
to the wumcns retiring room. whore
tic nlatrou revived hrr with spirits
OF ammonia Shn did not know uutl
she reached home that she had been
attacked with needle
Sh" fouid a wound ON Nor lett arm.
sine" then AN oval shaped eruption has
Appeared upon the arm every day. aC-
cuInpanird 10y tiuuling sensation.
which lasts an hour and then disap-
Miss clari, noticed thrce young men
sittiuE nearby ana the theatre whose
actions were somewhat mysterious. but
She docs not believe She would be able
to Identify thcm.
Given Poisoned candy.
Nnolh"r cas- IL which I'll" victim
was given poisoned candy iiaS come to
tn" notice of the Newark police. fhc
mind OF this victim .\uuIe ti"rpate.
has been affected by her experiences,
and she * now in the observation ward
kuNochUl,, WHO - accused lay the gul
oi having taken her To his apartments
after druprins her. is under arrest
Many persons to-day profcSScd to Scc
iu the - posture 81 the needle poisoning
ct@cH "u explanation of tn" mysterious
disappearance of lDoruthN Arnold thrc"
Gears ago. Francis Arnold father Of
the young woman. said. ~ don't know
feel confident that my daughter fcll
into the LANDS Of criminals. We have
given up hope OF ever seeing her
again.
Figures Of the immigration League
OF chicago SHOW that 5cV 600 girls dis
appoar annually ia tic United States.