Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-18
ChauffeurS Charged With VIC
Iation of White Slave Act
When Officer Injured
MANUEL P. M0RANH0
STILL AT DEATHS DOOR
Women Companions on 10y
Ride Subpoenaed to Appear
in Federal Court

At the instance Ct United States
District Attorney Jeff McCarn war
rants were issued this morning fer
the arrest of William L. Welsh and
Charley Reynolds, charging them with
a violation of the white slave act.
Both were placed under arrest
shortly after, noon by Acting United
States Marshal Harry Holt, and will
be given hearing before Commits
sioner Davis at ten O'Clock Monday
morning. ....-
The bail in each case was set at
$25J0 and each was of the opinion that
he would be able TO raise that amount
during this afternoon.
In a statement TO the Star-Dulletiu
Mr.. McCarn said that he took this
action solely upon his own initiative
and that he had consulted no other
authorities before so doing. The fail
ure OF the authorities now having the
matter under Investigation to take
some action, he said. was one of the
reasons which prompted him TO cause
the warrants to be issued.
In conjunction with the ISSUANCE o.
and Reynolds, subpoenas have beer
served on Mrs. Mabel Guest and Mrs
Dolly Gordon, notifying them to ap
pear in the federal court Mon la
morning as witnesses in the case. II
is believed that other subpcenas fc
witnesses will be issued during tho
day.
Welsh and Reynolds, together with
two women, were members or Joy
ride party which ended early Thurs
day morning In the probable fatal in
jury of Mounted Police Officer Man
uel p. Moranho and the killing OF his
horse in the collision between an au'l
tomobile driven by Welsh and con-
tanning the other members of the
party, and the mounted officer, Mo-
ranho now Is In the Queens hospital,
and Il is stated that he has but al
slight chance for recovery.
Act chauffsprs Violated.
According to Mr.. McCarn IL is in
sisted by the federal government that
REYNOLDS and Welsh violated Section
2 OF the Act OF June Is, 1910. entitled
"An act to further regulate interstate
and. foreign commerce by prohibitins
the transportation therein, for immo.
al purposes, OF women and girls, ana
for other purposes
That section, in part reads as fol-
lows:
THAT any person who shall know
ingly transport, or cause to be trans
ported, or aid or assist in obtaining
transportation fer, or In transporting
in interstate or foreign commerce, or
in any territory or in the District OF
Columbia, any woman or girl for the |
purpose OF prostitution or debauchery
or for any immoral purpose, or with
the intent and purpose to induce, en- /
tice or compel such woman or girl Il !
become q prostitute, or to give her
self UP to debauchery, or to engage in I
any other immoral practice, shall be
deemed guilty of felony. and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished |
by a fine not exceeding $4,000, or by |
Imprisonment Of not more than five
years, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment, in the discretion of the
court"
No Territorial Action.
ASKED TINS InOfutnE iOT SIdleutSutl
as to the motives which prompted
him to take this action. District At.
torney McCarn said:
Il do not know what the territorial
authorities intend to do. but the fact
that the authorities now having this
matter under Investigation have taken
no action as yet, has suggested two
questions in my mind:
First, whether the defendants vio-
lated any law or not.
Second, II so, what law.
IF by negligence or recklessness
they fatally injured the police officer
they violated territorial law. If they
were transporting these women for
immoral purposes, they violated fed.
eral law.
81 have nothing to do with the first |