Arizona republican., 1915-11-30
THREE IN TOLLS;
 CRAVE CHARGE
Stolen Sweater Leads to Discovery of Bad Checks, i'll Turn, Disclosing Facts on Which White Slave Case Is Based

A faded old sweater. few bad checks, a white slavery charge-the high spots in the interesting se- quence of events that led yesterday to the arrest here of three persons disclosed to county and United states authorities last night one of the most complicated cases of white slavery Iyet recorded here.
 Ralph Unlock, photographer. Ethel Cox, an exotic beauty of l9. and A. $. Johnson, alias Harding, alias c w. Williams, are in the tolls, as result of a beautifully con- structed ease" Deputy C $. Mar shall WilIets arrested Linbeck yes terday and Johnson and Miss Cox
 were secured at Wickenburg Sunday
 The history of the case: Ethel Cox originally of California drifted
 to Salt Lake, and became the partner of Johnson. Their operations. of
 which little is known. consisted of
 working the rooming houses" They
 concluded to go to Los Angeles. and
 Johnson bought the tickets. round
 trip ones, for which both signed In
 the city of the Angels, they went
 broke. Johnson turned the girl over
 to Linbeck. who was on his way to
 Phoenix Arrived here. the couple registered at a leading hotel as man
 and wife, and later, took up their
 residence at lesser hostelries Soon
 Johnson joined them, and, late last
 week with the girl, went to Glendale, where they secured rooms at pri- vate residence.
 Here i. where the sweater enters the tale. After four days. the couple concluded to move on. They left Glendale, three bad checks and landlady minus a sweater. Regard ing the checks. nothing was then done, but. over the sweater, the land lady reused the police. Johnson and his partner were stopped by phone at Wickenburg. Whither they had fled in a hired automobile
 On Sunday, they were brought back to Glendale and taken before Justice of the Peace Patterson, who set a hearing for Saturday. Sheriff Adams, 1 informed of the affair went to Glen dale, and secured the persons of the runaways. In the county jail yester- l day, and in the presence of Adams l and Deputy Sheriff ora Matthews, 1 Miss Cox broke her silence and calmly 1 fcdIu, " eIl+ OlAIS IS some W llIle Sl'tN t ! case. all right"
 Given this lead, Miss Matthews soon 1 secured the whole pitiful story The | charge against Johnson was changed | from passing bad checks, to white ] slavery, when the facts had been dis | closed, and Miss Cox had redeemed | the worthless papers partly with her jewelry and partly with cash
 When the party was broken up | the girl being taken to the Critten l den Home and the men to a common 1 cell in the county jail. Miss Cox i'm l sirted on bestowing a photographic | likeness on Johnson, for whom she 1 displayed touching affection.
 I-inbeck who is young man, | seemed little concerned at being in 1 the tolls of the law. He admitted 10 Sheriff Adams, his part in the affair. l He will be held for the Arizona fed 1 eral grand jury, while Johnson, for whom there is a warrant in California, l will, no doubt, be returned to that district to face a trial on the basis of his introduction of Miss Cox into the state It is thought that further in vestigation will lay bare sundry check operations on the part of Johnson Williams Harding.