The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-04
HUGE SLAVE TRAFFIC
DISCLOSED IN LETTER
Note From One Of Seven Men
Caught in Raid Supports
Woman's Story.
$40 WAS THE PRICE PAID
Bronx District Attorney, Aided
by Witnesses, Hopes to
Get Rest Of Gang.

The amazing story Of Mrs. Della NJ
Hanson. young widow. OF GA Broad
street. Bridgeport. Conn, who was RES
ouod on Tuesday night from "a house at
2G6 tss' 18th street. was substantiated
yesterday when District Attorney Martin
OF Bronx county obtained a letter writ
ten by one of the seven Italians taken
IN a raid Thursday night to another, who
was arrested yesterday.
The letter discloses tho existence OF q
traftc IN women such as suggested during
the graft trials which followed the murder
of Herman Rosenthal but which has never
been laid bare. District Attorney Martin,
with thirteen prisoners, documentary evil
dence ana witnesses who are willing to
talk, believes he can fasten on some OF
his cdptiNes the responsibility for taking
women and selling them t. various places
~ New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City.
Twelve detectives worked yesterday and
last night on the Information given to Mr..
Martin by Mrs. Hanson and five girls
VINO were arrested and who are now held
as material witnesses in $500 bail. They
are working particularly on the theory
that the coffee house Of cresccnzo Car
faro 1T 80 East 18Th street has been
III" clearing house for the gang inter
osted ~ this traffic. II was TO this place
that Mrs. Hanson says she was directed
10y some young men who found her in 4,
park recovering from the effects Of a
drug. ~ she left the place she was
seized. beaten into insensibilty and then
taken TO q house In Morris avenue. From
ther, she Vas taken to a place IN East
lfsth street, and from there to the "a -
loon ct Francesca Masiutti at 80 IVES.
Ch"s;.r avenue, portchester.
M">iintu ~ among the prisoners ana
Il We h" who wrote a letter addressed
10 Antonio baronzo Ht Carfaro's coffee
hous" "n June -. District Attorney Mar.
Tin has the original letter. written IN
ITALIAN and on the back of 1t is the re-
turi address of Masilotti The transla-
ton uf the letter is 40 follows:
brH Antonio: | let you know
Mat Friday I will send the woman,
and also ask you that for Friday
afternoon to send me another one.
and II you can mud for mo an Italian
one 50 as to give more of show to
tn customers.
In your answer you will let me know
81 everything and at what time the
woman will come go 7 can go myself
a. the depot
II,~lng no more to say. Send my
regards to all your friends and under
slgA myself your friend
Francesca MAsrroTTr
This letter was found at carfiros cof-
fec house and detectives soon rounded
mp llGfonZO. Magistrate FrcSchi held
him in $4,000 bail
Mrs Hanson was found alone in a
house at "G6 East l54th street by city
Marshal John Hoefing, who went the re
10 serve II disposses summons. She was
half crazed and was taken to Lebanon
Hospital for treatment. She is 30 years
old and the mother OF four children.
The other girls arrested on Thursday
night are not of Mrs. Hansom's type.
They arc willing. however. to tell OF their
experiences. Mr.. Martin has learned
from th-m that the price which Masilotti
'paid for a woman was $40. Carfaro APP
pears to have been in the business ~
supplying them and the men who loafed
about his place were his agents Da-
ROMEO was one of these. Another is a
man known "a Jim Wilson or Jim Ca
lussi. Detectives were searching Brook
lyn for him yesterday.
Prisoners and witnesses were locked up
in the Bronx county Jail and II any o.
them shows ability to get the bail OF
$40, 900 required by County Judge Gibbs
il will he increased Mr. Martin says
he believes the gang has been working
for AZ least year and that he has in
custody only a few of its members