Rock Island Argus., 1913-04-10
ROCK ISLAND is
VIRTUAL WHITE
SLAVERY MECCA
Gigantic Vice Trust Operating
in City Is Belief of Com
missioner Hart.
ORGANIZED GANG AT WORK
Police lnaugurate Crusade Against
Ring Leaders-To Wipe Out
Business

4 wholesome vice trust, having as
,rs principal business the traffic i'm
women, has established headquarters
In Rock Island where II has trans
acted a fourishing business for
months, according TO the statement
". Police Commissioner Archie Hart
this morning. The capturing Of Young
girls, their subsequent sale 10 resort
Keepers by hired agents and the man.
agement Of chain of redlight resorts.
has been carried on by an organized
sang. is his belief.
Commissioner Hart has been on the
trail Of the band for some time. Sew
oral weeks ago he quietly began 10
gather evidence which might be used
for the purpose Of disrupting the white
siavers ranks. and driving them out
Of business. Through the admissions
G. Minnie Brewer. the Muscatine girl
who was forced into a life Of shame
hy he vice trust, two members of the
organization have been ensnared and
lines are nov being thrown out,
which the police believe. will result in
crowd. and the wiping out Of the busi-
ness
TWO ARE LANDED.
William Connolly and John Hubbel.
two OF the ring leaders in local white
shaving operations, have been run 10
Garth and are now laaguishinC be.
EinG the bars. Connolly has begun a
ao.day sentence in the county Jail.
liubbell was this morning sentenced
to 81 days at hard labor. At the ex.
plrotion OF that sentence. he faces a
term In the penitentiary, provided the
authorities can CLEAN the evidence
which is now being sought
Hubbel II appears. was a partner
BOO the Connolly resort on Twenty first
street, and was partly the means OF
placing Minnie Brewer there The
couple was run out Of Davenport in
January and then repaired to this side
q. the river. The Brewer woman
made an honest effort 10 obtain work
bur was finally induced by Hubbell
also Of Muscatine. to enter the Con
nelly resort Later. Mrs Connolly and
IiUhbcll took the Brewer woman or
o tour Of the country. forcing her "a
lead a. life of shame az various cities
which were visited in rotation. Hub
belt according to the police. has beer
white SLAYER for years and in the
event OF their obtaining complete
r',urd of his past he will uudoubt
odIy be- railroaded to the peniten
tlary
nv DCATES WHIPPING POST.
Uubbel has not worked day for ST,
months but has taken money from
fal.,' women. The charge preferre,
against him in police court was tha
OF vagranCy. When the man recciv
Cd sentence. Minnie Brewer. in spit,
Of rhc fact that il was through Huh
ua' that she was betrayed. broke dow
and Wept Commissioner Hart de
uouuced Hubbel in no uncertain terms
u have evidence at hand which vii
land YOU in the penitentiary for
five year term" shouted the commits
giouor "Thc penitentiary is too goo
for men of your stamp. There shoul
10 a public whipping post for YOU an
YOUR kind No matter how low a cir
has fallen. she Is some mother
daughter and a man that will stoo
so low as 10 live on her shame is no
worthy OF being called man"
MEANS BUSINESS.
Commissioner Hart believes tha
hired agents have systematlcall
secured the surrounding country /
search Of prey and that scores Of giri