The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-21
FALLEN CREATURES WOULD co. OPERATE WITH VICE coMMis.
 SION TO AID THEM.
WANT fORCEDTnEIR DOWNFALL
Claimed That This Form of Vice Is the Head and Front of All Kinds of Graft in the Police
 Department.

Albany. N. F., March 20.-A cry from the outcasts of the underworld. pleading for an opportunity to co- operate in efforts being made to solve the social evil question Is voiced in letters to the special legislative com mittee appointed to draft remedial police legislation for New York city. These letters among the thousands or more received by the committee from New York city officials, social and civic bodies and citizens generally, will be given serious consideration.
 Senator Wagner, chairman of the committee announced today that more meetings of the committee will be held and the senate today extend ed the time for receiving the report another week. Mir Wagner tonight made public several letters received from women of the underworld who insist that they can be of assistance to the city if permitted to cooperate in their own way toward restricting and segregating the social evil They claim this phase of the situation in
 
 graft. They support the plan of the citizens committee proposing social welfare commission and pledge them selves to be of greater value to such committee than all of the social and civic bodies in New York These women also declare the time has come when New York should at least ham, dle the subject practically and sensi- bly and mot make any attempt to drive unfortunate women from homes, that give annoyance to no one. to the streets and to the gutters and to help swell the army of street walkers who have no regard for their own physical condition, nor the health of the peo- pie in whose midst they circulate"
 One woman wrote
 ''l am representing goods upon thousands of unfortunate girls that are without homes. some are working for starvation wages, some are sell ing their souls to keep off starvation and cold. These women are much like other women where all grades are to be found in their ranks and some good, some bad, others very bad My experience is that the out cast women of society have a code of morals and are honest in the majority, The better half would be surprised to know of the self sacrifices that many of these women make for these that are dependent upon them for susten- ance, and almost every girl has one or more dependent upon her for snp- port
 q have had girls in my house who have had royal blood in their veins. Many of them were the descendants of the best families in Europe and America. Some were the daughters of well known clergymen of Chicago, Philadelphia. New York and Boston. The army of the fallen is recruited from all ranks of society. including the daughters of the select"
 "If you wish to get rid of graft in the police department for all time to come,p wrote another woman, re move the police department from all temptation. Take the social evil out of the police department entirely.
 "If we were protected by the city instead of persecuted and oppressed and driven and haunted from pillar to post, we would be of great help to the city by protecting the young wQm- en from the procurer and convict every one of them by a simpln pro- cess of informing this tsocial welfare) committee. should cadet bring girl to our houses we will pledge our selves to help prosecute and convict any white slayer that comes before us. It is only through us and III eo- operation with us that you VIII ae- complish this.
 should young girl come to us with the intention of leading that life, we could again communicate with thls committee and thus save her from going farther by taking care nf her and persuading her and giving her little purse which we have done so many times and send her home to her parents without publicity and be- fore it is too late
 
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