New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-05
film "SLAVE" PLOTS
SHOWN in COURT
Motion Picture Produced
Before Judge Swami
as Evidence.

The Inside OF the White Slave Traffic,
q motion picture in five reels. was pre-
scented in Judge Swans part OF General
Sessions last night Every reel was duly
marked in evidence and introduced
against Samuel r. London. the author.
and Harry c. Bohn, manager or the Park
Theatre, who are on trial for predicting
an immoral exhibition.
Owing to the courtesy OF William
Williams. Commissioner or the Depart
ment Of Water Supply, Gas and Eiec-
tricity. nobody was arrested for produc-
inc moving picture show without a
license. Commissioner Williams learned
that the reels were TO be shown the jury
and notified Edward r. Carroll. clerk OF
General Sessions. that unless a permit
we're issued somebody would be guilty
Of 2 misdemeanor Then he obliginSIE
sent up Inspector John J. QUINN VINO
looked over the arrangements and issueu
what IS called "onc-nisht etand per
nit
According 20 the way william hay
ward. Assistant District ATTORNEY dlas
nosed the play I'm his opening addfesS'
r. is designed to "demCralize morals.
According 10 the theory OF John g.
Starchfeld and Samuel :. Koenig, coun-
sci for the defence. its purpose Is 10 sup
press the white slave traffic. IL was
pointed out by Spencer G. Sladden' VINO IS
the man TO 20 to if you want pass u
Park Theatre shows. that in writing inc
MAY Mr.. London had exposed the pass
words code and signals OF the ""hite
slayers" Mr. London had done all TINS
lust 10 annoy them. Mr.. Sladden said.
AS the reels unrolled Mr.. London's work
in this respect was laid bare. He an
nounced quite BADLY that wh'te
slavers" called their property razor
blades: that when one said he had
"smiled' he meant something quite dl-
ferent from what one might suppose.
The narrowing adventures OF Annie
Kline. the innocent shopgirl George
Fisher the wicked slave driver, and an
the rest unwound monotonously until
nearly II o'clock. At the very end or
things. after Annie has been I'm the shad-
lost parts of New orleans. Denver, Hous-
ton and OTHER places. restitution over
takes George. end all on account OF his
carelessness.
George wants blond girl. He can got
5000 for one. But, as Mr.. London points
out i'm big type, he goes about II IN the
ordinary way. lie tells pleasant FACED
woman about il. and she Immediately
PUSHES off TO Gramercy Park, where she
dnds one sitting on a bench.
The pleasant faced woman escorts the
Girl TO hair dressing establishment
where the blond tressos are done mp IN q
sausage roll. The girl is ontranced ana
doesn't wake up until George has her
fairly i'm his clutches. chairs are smashed
and doors shattered Secret Service men
rush in iust in time TO save the remnants
George and his buXom friend are arrested
The inference is plain that II George had
,bougbt I'D some original way Of getting
girl he would not have been arrested.
Assistant District Attorney Hayward
contends that this nth reel was an after
thought. anyhow. and was added merely
10 make sure that some ono suffered TOT
his crimes.
The courtroom was filed although
Judge Swami had issued orders that no
ono vas 10 be admitted except witnesses
,u,ors and counsel Mrs lnez Milholland
poisseysin was there with n portfolio OF
legal documents, and her husband. MT
pois-.vain. wore. among other things