Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-11
NEW
VICE WAR
ARRESTS
Man Prisoner Declares He Will
Bare the Whole System if
Brought to Trial.

AS result Of statements made TO
Chief Beavers Friday morning by
Hattie Smith, the young girl who has
been held for the Grand Jury in con-
Rosser at noon arrested three persons
two men and wOman-who were
named by the Smith girl as contribut-
ing to her downfall and being in
volved in her white slavery charges.
The persons under arrest are Paul
Estes, So queen Street; Hoyt Mon
roe Edgewood, and Mrs. Lola White
1853 Marietta Street.
The woman is a cousin of Matte
Smith and lives next door, while both
Estes and Monroe are in the employ
of the Collier Garage at Cone and
James Streets. where the Smith girl
says she met Lena Barnhardt, who
later took her to the Cumberland
Hotel.
Says She Went Joy Riding.
In her new statement made Friday
morning Hattie Smith declared that
she went automobile riding with her
cousin, Mrs. White, and Estes and
Monroe. The two men were released
by Chief Beavers after being giving a
copy of charges and their case set
for Tuesday afternoon. The White
woman was taken to detective head
quarters and will be questioned by
IL m nnA
the police that she will be held Oh
heavy bonds.
The arrests of Estes and Monroe
are considered by Chief Beavers as
the preliminary to the spreading Of
the dragnet and the arrest of seven
teen men, some of them prominent in
business, who, it is alleged, are in
volved. Estes, when arrested, de-
clared that he intends to make a COM
plete confession and throw new light
on the situation.
I'm not going to be the goat,
Estes declared. Il am going to open
my mouth and tell everything I know
about vice, and I'm going to give
names. I'm going to name every girl
and man that / know have taken
automobile rides and gone to hotels
for immoral purposes.
Promises a Sensation.
And l know enough names to stir
up an awful racket if they are all ar
rested, and l know a lot about vice in
Atlanta that no one else knows"
Chief Beavers stated that every
man whom Estes names in his pro-
posed confession viii be arrested and
brought before Judge Broyles for trial.
The Chief declares that the develop
ments of Friday in the vice war have
placed him in a position where he can
put speedy end to the immoral op-
erations of men and women in A.
lanta, and he stated that he intends
to continue his investigation with in
creased vigor.
Sensational revelations involving
two more downtown hotels and sew
enteen well-known men, one of them
a prominent business man, were
made to Chief Beavers and Plain
clothes Oficers Green and McKibben
Friday morning by Corrinne Wilson,
the l6-year- girl who was ar
rested, together with 14-year- old
Dora Rothstein, Thursday night.
The confession of the Wilson girl
which Chief Beavers regards as one
Of the most important developments
Of the vice crusade, and which is
even more sensational than the story
Of Hattie Smith, came at the close of
a long examination of the girl by
the police.
Accuses Business Men.
The Wilson girl was definite in her
accusations. She furnished the chies
with the name of prominent BUSH
ness man whom she said has con
tributed to her downfall. and told OF
three others whose names she does
not remember, but whose places of
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