New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1917, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1017. DINNERS AND JOY RIDES CAUSE RUIN Yasele Bound Over Alter Girl : Tells Her Story In the arrest of Peter Vasele of An- sonia, 25 years old, the police have rounded up one of the worst ‘“white slave” operators that has ever perpe- trated his nefarious practices in this section, according to the belief of Prosecuting Attorney George W. Klett. Vasele was arraigned before Judge James T. Meskill in police court this morning, charged with bringing to this city pretty 17-year-old Esther Renslow and taking from her the profits of her shame. So serious is the case. Prosecutor Klett states, that the Federal authorities could prosecute Vasele for a violation of the Mann Act were they so disposed. Judge Meskill found probable cause and bound the accused over to the next term of the criminal superior court in bonds of $7,5600. He like- wise found probable cause in the oase of Michael Kretzis, charged with owning and showing pictures and lit-| erature of an obscene nature. These two cases are somewhat closely allied and in order to hold the girl as a material witness she has been placed in bonds of $100 on a charge of im- | Proper conduct. Prosecutor Klett stated at the con- clusion of the morning session of court that he woudl ask State’s Attor- ney Hugh M. Alcorn to bring both Vasele and Kretzis before the present term for speedy judgment. Story of Girl’s Downfall. The story of Vasele's alleged crime 48 one which deals with the downfall of & pretty little country girl, easily flattered and of apparently weak character whose head was completely turned by the attentions of the suave Vasele. As in many other cases of a similar nature automobile rides and dinner parties contributed to the girl's downfall. Vasele and the Renslow ®irl were arrested late Friday night at the Hotel Washington by Sergeant Theodore Johnson, Officer Frank Moore and Officer John Storey after the police had trailed the couple for two days. “In testifying this morning, Sergeant Johnson said that he had received in- formation to the effect that Vasele had offered the girl for immoral pur- poses at a local coffee house and the arrests followed. The couple were in separate rooms at the hotel when ar- rested and the girl told Sergeant Johnson that she had known Vasele for three months, having made his chance acquaintance at the depot in Ansonia when she was there with her father. Her father asked Vasele for a match, she said, and from that mo- ment their acquaintance grew. The girl also told him of the varlous trips she made with Vasele, culminating with the alleged *‘white slavery” pro- ceedings in this city. The clerk at the Hotel Washington testified that on Wednesday night Vasele and the Renslow girl engaged rooms 34 and 26 at the Hotel and left the next morning. They | returned on Friday night, he said, | and engaged rooms 10 and 26. i The Renslow girl was called to the | stand and, hanging her head in em- barassed shame, answered the ques- tions put to her in dull monotones, lifting her voice but seldom, once to laugh with a sarcastic sneer when she told how at first she had really loved Vasele and had been willing to marry him until she learned how he had planned to wrong her. The girl said she is 17 years of age and was born in Bristol, Vt.,, although her family home is in Springfleld, Mass. IShe told of making Vasele's chance acquaintance with her father in An- sonia three months ago and from that time traced her actions carefully. She told of his constant attentions to her, of the many automobile rides he took her on and of his promises to marry her. She told of going to Springfield with him in the automobile with her i father and then returning to An- sonia with the man when he told her glowing tales of good work and high wages. “Well, you liked him didn’t you?" queried Lawyer A. A. Greenberg, counsel for the defense. “I did then—yes,” replied the girl bitterly. “You were willing to marry him when he asked you to weren't you?” insisted the lawyer, to whicl the girl replied she was at the time, but since then her love has turned to hate. The girl also told of the many flattering things that Vasele told her and ad- mitted that she believed him at the time. Up to the time she left Spring- field and returned to Ansonia with the man, the girl insisted that their friendship had been purely of a pla- tonic nature, but following this semi- elopement she admitted that their re- lations became more intimate. She told of making many trips wth Va- | sele, each time, she sald, he luring her on with the promise of good jobs and big wages. She sald she went with him to New York, to Providence, to New Haven, to Hartford and last- ly to New Britain. In Ansonia, she testified, she worked three days in a munition factory at $1.80 per day and when she gave up her job her lover drew her wages. During all her in- timacy the girl sald Vasele never per- mitted her to have any money of her own, but paid her board and lodging and took her for automobile rides and to shows. On the ooccasion of their trip to New York the girl told of Vasele’s avowals of love and bit- terly remarked that she believed him then. . The Expose in This OCity. Coming to New Britain last Wed- nesday, the Renslow girl told of her activities here. She told of visiting a coffee house on 'Washington Place and another at 468 Main street. 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Finally on Thurs- day night she sald Vasele took her to a house on Broad street and insisted | that she must get some money. She then admitted meeting two men while Vasele waited in another room. She | sald that Peter took her money from her and on the next day took her to i Hartford to the Star Hotel, where he professed to want to marry her. Her love had turned to hate, she said, and : she declined his offer of marriage and asked for some money 80 that she | might leave him, feeling that he had | not done right by her. Up to this time the girl declared that she had never met any other men except Va- sele, and on Friday she testified that he warned her to keep away from all | men, as the police were on their trail | and might arrest them. The climax came Friday night when the arrests were made, she said. Harry Heros, proprietor of a coffee house at 468 Main street, testified that on Wednesday Vasele brought the girl to his place and made some improper proposals to him regarding his pat- rons and the girl. Heros claimed to have spurned the man’s infamous of- fer. James Contravis, one of the two men whom the girl picked out as hav- ing been in her company Thursday night, admitted that he knew the girl and also insisted that Vasele was well aware of his relations with her. Lawyer Greenberg did not call his client to the state, but asked that a light bond be fixed. In commenting ion the case, Prosecutor Klett asked for a heavy bond and termed this case “the worst case of ‘white slavery’ here. He also said that ‘the Federal authori We ask every nervous, weak, run- | tles could take up this case if thev wanted to. because there is no doubt that Vasele took the girl from one state to another, from Connecticut to Springfleld, to New York, to Rhode Island.” Another Revolting Case. Michael Kretzis, proprietor of the coffee house on Washington place, where Vasele brought the girl at sev- eral times, was next arraigned on a )charge of having and showing im- | proper pictures and literature. Act- ng upon information received, the po- lice, in charge of Detective A. J. Rich- ardson, ralded the coffee house yes- terday and later went to 110 Beaver | street, where they searched the house and in an overcoat owned by Kretzis found this book. Lawyer Greenberg, counsel for the took one look at the book remarking “It accused, and threw it down, makes you blush.” The Renslow girl testified that on | Thursday Kretzis met her in the cof- i fee house and insisted on her looking i at several pages. Bven the girl, in- | ured as she had become, to that which 1was revoiting, became disgusted at | this and threatened to tell the police. The accused denied ownership of the book and insisted that he had found it at 5 o’clock Tuesday morning on the Main street crossing. 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