Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
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 grining
given the detectives Friday afternoon
by Chief Beavers, five new arrests
were made by a squad OF officers
shortly after noon Saturday, in raid
on a boarding house at No. 1874 1-2
Peters Street.
The persons under arrest gave their
names as Lulu Bell. Maud Wilson,
Mrs. Lee Bernstein and L. W. Berlk-
stein. Effie Drummond. a 22-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 Officers Brannan, Moncrief
and Baker.
More Arrests Probable.
Chief Beavers declares he has evil
dence that the boarding house, which
was run by the Bell woman, is an i'm
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 a new
statement, duplicating three more
men in her downfall, and naming
half dozen girls as victims of the
ring.
The detective department, follow
ing a severe grilling 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
terested in the welfare of the little
Rothstein girl. have entered the case
and are aiding Chief Beavers in Sc
curing evidence.
Information has come to Chief
Beavers of a 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-
rality at the Cumberland Hotel
Four persons-Hattie Smith, Mrs.
Lola White. Paul Estes and Hoyt
Monroe-were held for the Grand
Jury Saturday morning on new
charges, following the Smith girls
story of a Joy ride" Estes has
said that he will make a confession,
in which he will involve men hither-
to unsupported
Girl Promises Confession.
Corinne Wilson, one of the victims
of the ring. told Chief Beavers that
when she is placed on the witness
stand Saturday afternoon she will
make a complete confession, impn-
eating more than a dozen men and
half dozen young girls.
Chief Beavers attaches great I'M
portance to evidence already obtained
by the two business men who have
Joined him in the crusade. These men
held a conference with the Chief Sat
urday 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
girl, who charges that Corinne Wilson
lured her into a life of shame, named
three more men with whom she has
had illegal relations, and also fur
nished the names of half a dozen girls
who, she declared. had trodden the
same path as she.