Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
DRAGNETFOR
'SLAVERS'
IS SET
Arrest of Additional Men Named
by Girl Victim of the "Ring"
Due Soon.

With rapid-fire developments fea-
turing the days investigation of the
vice ring" said to exist in Atlanta
Chief of Police Beavers announced
at noon that he is accommodating new
evidence through which he hopes to
be able soon to break up the gang.
The new evidence he intimtaed, is
startling, and is expected to result in
arrests of several men and women
within "a hours
The principal developments of the.
day, through which Chief Beavers is
errs: givr2ground- i1ciks, (urrr cmfwyp
obtaining his new evidence are as fol-
lows:
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.
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-
ralitv 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.
Chief Warns Detectives
In his conference with the detective
department late Friday afternoon.
which was held in Chief Lanfodr Of
fee behind closed doors, Chief Beav-
ers took the detectives severely to
task for their Iaxity in reporting vice
cases. He intimated strongly that
the detectives were not doing their
duty and not getting results.
Makes Suspension Threat.
ut is as much your duty as it is
the duty of any other man on the
force" Chief Beavers is said to have
told them, ito report the existence of
vice. In the future all knowledge
gained by detectives as 10 the exist
ence of immoral resorts must be re-
ported at once to headquarters. II
you personally are engaged on some
other case and have not time to work
the vice case, report it so some one
else can investigate and make the
case"
Chief Beavers urged the detectives
to greater activity in the war against
vice. and declared that they would
fare the same as uniformed men if it
was shown that they know of immoral
houses and do not report them. They
will be promptly suspended, the chief
said.
May Involve Hotels.
The story of the Wilson girl is
fraught with possibilities, Chief Beav-
ers declares. She will give a detailed
account of her adventures after she
met Dora Rothstein at the White City
on July4. and it is understood that
she will make revelations of her life
before she was married several
months ago, by which she viii in
volve several downtown hotels. She
has promised Chief Beavers that she
will make public the name of every
man who has been with her and the
Rothstein girl during the past two
weeks.