The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-02-13
ROme's White Slaves


II EAnEES uf The Menace Who have
x prusri rs TagGs since d bcgan
IHiHi.atiUn have had their hearts
'inuul.Ul uhIn ue have followed the We.
Tins uf Roman cruelty to thr llouscs Of
Good shepherd and other boltcd and
barred Institutions
lu uHr sreund number We introduced
fIr s#If of Mamie smith. tnnsfcrrrd
tom NarfIuFiIIe. lnH, % Indianapolis.
A verdict was Secured for Mamie al the
hr-f trial. lHf .Lc was defeated In In.
ulan1puiis. How she came 10 BE- put
in .hc Tapal slave prn vas brought out
Il thr trial Our editorial comment GA
tus point says;
What cruel conspiracy was that
/ hriurTn the father and the priest. The
uouhdiur daughter with her father on
heir uav 10 the city Tor a DAYS out
] ing. Going o. the depot they met tho
priest, What the pricst and the father
,aid un The side. Mamie did not hear.
fuestrratt ant cunning superstition and
fear met together and plotted against
the life aud liberty Of a dcfcnsclcss
woman. The ties of blood and the
Christ hf' 10th plead for a square deal
for Just such a lfe for the girl az
The father had promised her. Of a school,
fancy WUfS and musiy-but instead shs
received Of the hands Of these men inn.
prisoumrut iu the ~, q. G.. s. Hunger.
unrcquItcd toll, nakcdncss. degrading
snd disgusting environments we're her
portion an awful experience Of six
years iu hell
\ FUN report Of the case was printed
m No. ~ Tho Menace from the pcn
OF one connected with the case. This
very significant iart was brought out in
The trial:
'Thcrc are about three hundred vic
Tins here in the Indianapolis institution.
and with thrrc hundred Of them (ani
many are larger than this onrl We find
that ia the world they have about l00..
600 women and girls locked up and
working them for the pope. One wear
The surplus was $4,000 Another IL was
$4,000. 80 10 take all Of them il tells
you what they get out of these poor,
helpless and ignorant women to help
enrich Rome
II was shown. too, that the county
paid them $500 per year for some work.
In this indianapolis institution they
have a large laundry, one aud two
wagons 70 gather up the washngs and
take them back. They have large
overall tactory and also make gloves.
Mamie worked in the laundry. She
was an expert, and a witness, a laundry
man, testified that her work was worth
$40 per month, and she was there for
six years During this time she never
took music lessons nor did any fancy
work
She finally grew desperate and made
her escape by scaling the high board
teucc, bat she did not escape the
clutches of two Irish Catholic policemen,
Rome 5 white slave catchcrs
IL b. enough II we point ont that all
the sweat shops Of Rome are run for
profit, without taxation, and without
public supervision. All manufacturing
concerns are required 10 report 20 the
government once a year Rome's fac
tories 10 not. They pretend 20 be
charitable institutions, when in fact they
make profits a. brought out in the
Mamie Smith case. OF course il goes
without saving that all these institu-
lions are under the jurisdiction Of the
pope through the hierarchy, 80 that the
pope can not escape responsibility for
The existence aud perpctuation Of these
white slave institutions. They belong
% the papal system Of which the pope
IS head and chief.
As commercial enterprises, untaxed.
lud as penal institutions 20 which
women are sent by courts, they are sub
ect to law and public inspection. It is
he business Of the state TO find out the
nature of these enclosed prison houses,
where the prisoners are worked, and
where manufacturing is carried on. IL
3 the business Of the public TO know
whether white slaves are being kept re.
strained. deprived Of "life. liberty and
he pursuit Of happiness" IL banks
re inspected because they are custod.
aus Of public money, why should not
and penal institutions be in.
pectcd that have IN custody the per.
ous and unpaid labor Of its inmatesf
s money of more value 10 he kept safely
han human heings-pOor, friendless,
clplcSs and defenseleSs wOmeni Col
orbiil let heaven inspire our hearts
o feelings Of compassion and smite
he white sepulchers-ihe white slave
ems Of Rome. Work for the passage
{ the inspection bills now before the
legislatures Of several states.