The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-06
POLICE BUSY ON
CRIMINAL CASES
INVOLVING GIRLS
Fatality, White Slavery, Dis
appearance and Kidnap-
ping Reported.


One might assume from the sur
charged atmosphere at police head
quarters today that Bridgeport was a
modern Sodom and the refuge, home
and field Of white slavers. First the
police were startled by the details of
the alleged kidnapping of girl by
three men in an automobile. Then
came the New York information con-
corning the alleged abduction for i'm
moral purposes of Lillian Crotto, 16
years, Of % Steuben street.
These cases attended to, Capt. E. o.
Cronan received a. telephone call
from Boston from a Boston news
paper. The latter had been visited
by the father of Florence Mullen, who
died in a State street house and the
parent alleged his daughters death
to be another Cruger case.
Several persons then wanted to-
know what the police were doing
about the allegations of Mrs. Grace
Humiston, active in the Cruger mys-
terry, who caused the arrest in New
York of Ferdinando Crisafulli, 618
Main street, As years, charged with
abducting tie Crotto girl. Mrs. Humis-
| ton says an organized band of white
/ slavers are operating in the Italian
| quarter of this city.
The New Haven police then asked
| that efforts be made to find Miss Hazel
/ IIilley, a young woman of striking ap-
! pearance, whose home is in Glovers-
4 vile, New York, and who disappear
| ed from the home of her sister, Mrs.
4 Edward Hall, $40 orchard street,
| following slight quarrel. Owing to
her beauty it is assumed she might
have been kidnapped.
Assistant Prosecutor Richard Swain
| then brought to light in the city
slave act. by John Kapuno, lis Linen
| avenue. and Patrick Carbona, 497
| Pan,hrolxe streets The latter were ar
ras+aa rnr following Mrs. Margaret
rronrad married and exceedingly
| 800 1o,Lirer vo,,ne woman who lives
e. 40 Co,,r+iand -street
,rha 80 aefa,dants had followed
/ 49, ha,,,a /. 81 ,,io-bt and were arrest
q -, a,,-a..,b ~ tibe neace charges.
Whsr, $1,000 Raua,a M had q loaded
% .ea,;,,,,s ,,sx,c.l,1a,- ~, bis nerson-
Ne 1rorrod tod tba rotice the men
r-ara 1870 - s,,as,ss her 70 enter =
aiso,dar1.r bo,,sa a,,s5I the e,,r, WAS ID
he ,lsad 70 Intirnfdate her. Both cases
se..,.;.,,.z a.,.,,5e Bxf exon t,v
\ 80, $500 "a. r+Ia+t n,+ii Cant
n r. rrors,,' could nvestipate. the
/ case
| cant Csronan Then returned to his
t;nvestieafion of the crotto case. He
Learned from his mail that the girl
bad ,n,,, W., ar was ind,nce1 TO 90
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E,a,,,i,. ~ ,Ja.,st,a,,-os, Now York
Trha s.ec,atv fo a. : p,-e,er4io1, ~
80 -. =, :. 49, = - :,
4 caused Fleming to be arrested and
lba ,,,.s sa,,+ 70 ,oi1 for .;b.,,,,,t;on
Il r,,,;s.re,,Ila ,r,to sor,,er,v lived with
l+he' cs-,++a !. -,iI,, ga wbo - novv
r,oa,S rv,ts, 1.1,,ita slsyerv re-.
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cba reas ~ Mrs. craes T51,1,,as4o,s To
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M $50 -, a. 1,,liea ~ saol-
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ltbiro- he oMrad ~ the bo,,sa !.
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=, vas all he WANTED - nossese Tv,e
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every citv Sssr,. - s,,.5,,x..a -
home ana tba,, c,,,,,,a,.,s 49, 49,,
t happens II every se city, but eon nsts