The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-01-30
CARD INDEXED VICE
SHOWS CENTRE HERE
This city Capital Of White
slavery. :. II. London Tells
Curran Committee.
&. 100 TR\FFICkERS HERE
And 10000 Women support
Them. Census ShOwS--POlicc
Aid Masters. Is Charge.
q. 100 TR\FFICkERS HERE

seven years, the after part OF this time
IN conjunction with the Department OF
Justice. testified before the curran Al
dcrmanic committee Yesterday with re-
gard in tho points of contact he had
ohscrycd between the ,raf'ir and the
\aw York police. Mr.. London mad. II
plain that his primary interest mad not
been at all concerned with the police.
put that ,h,s, features came in as side
lights to- the main part ~ his lnvestl-
cation
He had information. however. about
the PAYMENTS made by the keepers OF
uf.,Stlunablo resorts for police protec-
tinn and Of \aiiuu. other phases Of the
alleged t,nnc,'iun of indi\ llual polic,-
men Win tn. traffic Pcrhaps the most
start ing bi' uf testimony given by Mr.
london was To the effect that his in
vestigaturs who were in the employ OF
the Department. Of Justice. had found
numerous cases in which when u woman
If the streets had sought to break away
from the man 10 whom she WAS paving
tribute 4 policeman was called In to
force her back into the control of her
upprcsSor and thai 'he policemen in
these cases actually did aid in compel
ling the woman 10 return to her bondage
A. the beginning Of his testimony Mr.
London said that from 1901 to 1903 he
had been prosecuting attorney Of FL
paSO. Since leaving that ufiC. h, had
devoted most ~ his time to this investi-
CATION lie WIS assisted in financing
the carly years Of ;hls work hv individ-
ul's and suCia, organizations, and then
became allied with the Department Of
.luStiCc, which detailed some OF its own
men t. assist him.
In this country Mr. London has coy.
cred the chief cities from Fairbanks.
ALASKA. t. the Canal Zone. His !nycs-
flcd'Iun of Nov York conditions began
IN April T. 1911. and continued thrnurh
lnll and most of 1912. He maintained
40 offices IN New York. on. st 81 Mas
san street and one at the DEPARTMENT OF
Justice Offices IN tn, Park Row Eui,d-
llg. and for "A time n. mad a third IN
q hotel uptown.
The particular feature which attracted
,lro inquiry tn New York for So long a
tine was the evidence that the whole
traffic In America seemed to radlate
from Ncw York Mr. London and Lis
assistants mad. a card index of every
j,crson engaged in the traffic in the
United States of whom they learned.
including the Canal Zonc. and made
census. also r.rordcd in a card index, Of
every man they learned was living on
the earnings Of the women engaged
IN tn, business. Finally they made a
census Of the women themselves, so
far as these were employed in what
Mr. London terms commercials
vice. in which men are profiting from
the earnings 81 the women. His invos-
tication disrogardcd all women engaged
IN the business who do no; give their
earnings. or part of them To men.
AS an example Of IN. completeness OF
his records, Mr.. London said In reply
io question 10y Emory X Buckner,
chief counsel FOR the committee,
that he had had three OF the four
Gunm"n now under conviction or
murder In IN" irSt degree IN con-
n"chpn Win N" murder OF herman
kosenthal IN ms card index Tor four
wears Tn" fourth man, of whom Mr..
London sald he had not heard IN con-
hectlon WIN the 'raHlr' was Dago
FRANK 'HonC'
ShaplnE ms testimony hN the aues-
lions o' MT. buckner. IN" investigator
"l'd 'hht MS !hueN contained the names
"i nearly "'ioV men IN freater New
YORK VINO We're HNlhE on the Illicit
earnings oi women Mr. London and
MS men listed an"nt .e'ooo women who
were turning over their earnings to
men
MT huckher asked II at any time in
MS investigation IN Ne" YORK III" wit
ness hau "'sc"Ner"n points OF contact
petW"eh 'he f"'ice department and the
SUBJECT matter OF ms investigation, Mr..