New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-11
Italians, Arraigned Yester'
day, To Be in Court
Next Week.
PROSECUTOR TALKS
OF A "SYNDICATE'
Saws He Has Evidence That men
Conducted Operations on
a Wide Scale.


Bronx last Tuesday as members VI :"
white-slave ring were arralgheo Iva
pleading yesterday before Judge oloo',
and their cases were set down Tor triai
~, ,xeok before him, despite the eHor'
If their counsel, William Kerr, 10 nav
tbom transferred TO the oup.ene
court He argued that Judge IippS
could not sit as the trial judge since
be had acted as committing magistrate
tho night the prisoners were arrested
Judge Gibbs denied the motlon'
Severely rebukng Keir for ms stand
Tho first case to be tried Will be tnat
81 Frederick Carfaro next Wednesday
7, addition to the white slave" charge
tbere are other serious counts against
them. r. :, Chat
ham Square. was arrested yesterday
afternoon on the complaint OF Amelia
De Gray, of Springfield. Mass, one Oh
the women caught by the Bronx
notice. She accused him of selling her
for $40. Anastaso was captured ID!
detectives Degilio and Capabanclo az
Hester and Mulberry SITS. when tne
woman pointed him out. He was helu
for trial with the other prisoners:
Carmine Hansen, of SIG East i3otn
at Frances Perez, of 6l7 Caldwell av''
and Norah Murphy, of 1876 st. Nicholas
av. who may be witnesses against 'he
| Italians. appeared before Magistrate
! Sims Yesterday. The Hansen ana fereH
girls were committed to the Magdaieh
! Home and House of Detention, respec-
/ lively, while Norah Murphy was given
| into the care of the Childrens DO
ciety.
Evidence Of Syndicate.
District Attorney Francis Martin
wbo over since the arrest OF the
/ Italians has devoted himself 70 spe-
cial personal investigation OF the
"white slave" traffic revealed by their
: arrest. said yesterday that he had
conclusive cases against all ten OF
the prisoners.
are only the beginning. ! am con-
WINGED that we have unearthed an
actual "vhite slave" syndicate.
81 have evidence tending to show
that this band operated in Port Ches-
for. The Bronx. Manhattan. Long Island
{ City and Astoria We also know that
it's chief recruiting stations were
Coney Island and Palisades Park on
Sundays.
"They enticed, drugged and beat
their victims into submission, ana
kept them prisoners many girls tail-
ing prey to the good looking, smooth
talking men sent out TO ensnare tnem'
THE deeper we go the wider the
ramiications of this business seem 70
extend. For instance, up at Port
Chester one fellow kept on illegal re-
sort. The police must have known It
they couldn't have helped II unless
thew shut their eyes. In fact, we have
found that one of the detectives up
there borrowed $50 from Machll~tt
Again, charges against members OF the
band have been brought before magis-
trates and dismissed. II certainly
looks to me as if there was protection
there
May Be Witness.
Two other angles uncovered IN the
activities of the syndicate are policy
games and drug vending. George Rip
lev. alias Fred Hansen, husband OF one
of the inmates in the house where the
band was caught, was arrested yester-
dav on a charge of having cocaine IN
his possession in violation OF the
Boylan law. It is believed that he can
give valuable information in the white
slave" case.
The most important witness is Mrs.
Della Hanson, the Bridgeport widow
who was found last week, literally IN
rags and covered with wounds from
heatngs, in an East l54th st. house.
Her cries attracted the attention OF
marshal. who broke into the place
where she was held prisoner, result
ing in the discovery of the band.
"As soon as she is able TO come out
of the hospital" said Mr.. Martin, Il
exnect 10 get much more valuable in
formation from her. | have investi-
gated her life in Bridgeport and find
She had good reputation there
Everything she has told me has turned
out true. She will be able, | am
sure, to help me trace the circuit Of
nlaces run by these men,"