The sun., 1916-09-05
WEALTHY MEN BACK
WHITE SLAVE TRADE
Persons Of Social Standing
Said to Supply West
Side Resorts.
MORE POLICE ACCUSED
Payment Of Hush Money Is
Traced Even TO the Uni
formed Force.

Evidence to prove that a group of
wealthy men with some social standing
has participated In the tranhc in women
for h purpose Of supplying certain ex-
pensive disorderly resorts in the upper
West Side came into possession Of A.
sistant District Attorney James r. Smith
yesterday on information given him by
a procurer at Narragansett Pier. Under
. promise Of immunity this person fully
revealed. according to District Attorney
Smith. the extent to which the business
has been carried on IN New York. This
man named ten such places In which
this trafhc was carried on.
As a result Of this information Dis
trict Attorney Smith aid he hoped to be
able completely TO break up the traffic in
women among what ne termed the up
per strata Of the underworld" Several
OF the witnesses who were brought on
from Boston n Providence were ex.
amined and gave the name of a man,
said to be prominent socially. who. IL is
alleged. was the chief agent for the
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work OF collecting women for midnight
orgies in luxuriously furnished apsrt.
ments.
Politician s ALSO Involved.
This new phase Of the white slave in.
vest.ga.ron, which is expected also 60 in.
volve one or Two politicians. has for .ht
time being overshadowed the police graf
question. In furtherance OF the plan &c
expose the expensive disorderly resor,
business more witnesses will he brought
to the city from Boston, %Philadelphia
and Providence.
District Attorney Smith announced
maj ne was ready TO go to trial next
week with the cases Of several alleged
white s!avers now under Indictment, a.
though he has not yet determined whicr
ones Will come first. All the cases vii
he tried before Judge Rosasky in Spe.
cial Sessions beginning next Monday.
Detectives from the prosecutors of C,
LETT yesterday for Philadelphia to round
up thirty witnesses who will aid I,
chnchinK the cases against those row
under indictment. but who have bee,
forced to fee under threats from mem
bers OF the Police Department who ar,
said to he involved. They are also look
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force more than fifteen women In disor
derby houses on the East Side. The de
e~cct!rc. are expected 20 bring back a
least fifteen important witnesses whe,
they return from Philadelphia to-day.
Police Further Entanxled.
The contention held to right along tina
certain members OF the police force VIII,
hnlh vnnro ~ loos htuA aA.,t~.. a..
been In a conspiracy with white sla YER
and have taken a share OF tho earning
OF girls who were forced into immoralit,
was further borne out yesterday whe,
witnesses told Assistant District Attor
ney Smith Of their intimate relation
with the police. Because OF these sto
; ries Mr.. Smith now believes he will hav,
about a dozen detectives and uniformed
officers indicted.
Besides accepting bribes from resor
keepers whom they were sent to sun
press. II Is alleged tina, a group Of cor
rupt detectives were active In framing
all those who refused to pay 'husi
money" and in many cases actually re
sorted to physical violence II their de
mands were not promptly met. Ais,
witnesses have told Mr.. Smith that the,
were given mon to get out OF the cit,
IA loon as District Attorney Swami
activity against the white slavers began
| Evidence that certain detectives wer,
in league with ~pickpockets and shared
the result OF their labors with them ha
also come to light. II n p~ickpocket VAR,
arrested the detective could usually man
| age to get him free on one pretext or an
| other.
Tomorrow Mr.. Smith Will present
mass OF new evidence to thee franc Jur,