The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-23
WHITE SAVERS?
st.nleys Hold Here for Okla
homa Officers on That Charge.
Beautiful Gypsy Girl Said te
Be Victim.

According to r. 8. Woodruff. special
! detective and agent for the Anti-W hite
Slave society, the gypsy band held to-
day ir the Shawnee county jail are
members of the Stanley gang. one
Of the most notorious white s!ave oands
in the west. Three of the band with
Juanita. 8 beautiful Roumanfan gypsy.
whom ofIicer Woodruff believes to bo
| their latest victim. Will be taken to
Tulsa, Ok, this afternoon. Mr.. Wood
run stated this morning that he ex-
pected to have the three tried In the
Oklahoma federal courts for violation
Of the Mann act. and to hold Juanita
= Juanita, the officer declares. was
! sold by her father. Steve Lewis. to
| Carl stanley for $1,000. part cash.
Stanley and Juanita were married in
Colorado Springs. The gypey girl be-
lieves Stanley married her in good
faith. and binds about her black hair
the scarlet band worn by gypsy wives
who love their husbands.
That's what they, all believe" said
Officer woodruff, curtly.
He has been following their trail for
weeks. and thinks they have operated
from New Jersey to California. When
Stanley heard he was being tracked.
the procured a marriage license, giving
Juanita's name as Mary Louis. and her
age a. 10. The day after the ceremony
was spent In jail.
Nine. Anna stanley. said to be the
head Of the gang, y in the Shawnee
| county jail. and will 30 to Tulsa to-
! day with her two sons, Gus and Carl
| She. too. is q gypsy-travels without
! trunk, and astonished tho inmates OF
the women's ward by peeling of sever
| separate suits OF clothes. Juaufta II
| unused to sleeping in bed. and crashed
! to the floor last night from her cot.
1 Conflicting stories are told b y the
band. Leaning forward. her jeweled
| hands slasped, her big eyes bright with
| excitement, Juanita told Of what she
considered her elopement.
MY father is cruel to me. He beat
me-say he shoot me-strfke me with
| a daxEer. He want to sell me for ST.
600. But mol love Carl. I run away
| to him. We go on together. I am
married. My father did not sell me
| We are happy. My husband act fol
4 what you call the-the movies
too, shall work I dance the Spanish
dances with my tambourine. Low
l Carl? Yes. OF course"
Nine. Stanley her son Carl, and
| Juanita were taken to the city Jail
then transferred to the county Jail last
! night.
Oficer woodruff is small. alert, wal
member Of the Mexican secret SER
vice under the Diax regime, and haa
i OeG0 OIOu1Iu0uGlY COnU0CC6Q With III LIN
Il prosecution Of many important whitt
| slave cases.
Thompsons Arrested, Too.
In connection with the Stanley ar.
rests, Leo Thompson, . Brazilian
was arrested shortly before IL O'Clock
this morning by Police oficer Fer.
guson. 80
Thompson was first brought dowr
to the station for tying a saddle horss
to- q. white way pele, but Aftsrs oIosl
questioning, Lytle placed him in the
city prison for Investigation. -Thomp-
sons uncle. Steve Thompson. was alst
held.
i The Brazilian said he was born IL
Russia and that he knew Gus Stanley
one of those wanted in Tulsa for vio.
lation Of the Mann act. He gave hi
occupation as a horse trader and de-
MED any connection with the alleged
gang. The South Americans hav,
travelled over the country for the pur
pose of telling fortunes and trading
horses.
F. S. Woodruff of Tulsa was called
to the private Office Of Chief Ross and
he and Lytle questioned the tw,
Thompsons separately and littl,
boy. cousin to the one under arrest
Woodruff is not certain that lie,
Thompson has any connection will
Stanley. The old man and boy wer,
released but Leo Thompson was hell
for further Investigation.