The evening world. Newspaper, July 17, 1905, Page 8

causa? Thousands of Such Miscreants Boldly Haunt Streets and Avenues by Night, Keeping Watch Upon Their Victims, in Defi- ance of Police, and Rarely Punished. 4" Since the slaying of Emil Gerdron by Nertho Claiche the eyes of a vast number of people have been opened to probably the most victous phase of | the social conditions of New York, and magistrates, lawy: Bre Jiscussing the possibility of eradicating the traffic in white slaves that has in the past teu years taken deep root in this city. A trip throughout the haunts of men of the Gerdron type, and an ex- hhaustive study of their system of trafic in unfortunate young girls and/ fwomen, reveals a truly shocking condition of affairs, THOUSANDS OWN WHITE SLAVES. ‘A journey beginning with the Bowery, extending through a wide Brea of the east side, the Tenderloin propor, and the western rim of that Wistrict running along Seventh avenue from Twenty-third to Fifty-ninth Btreet, discovered that the number of men of this type runs up into the thousands, with anywhere from one to five white slave victims to each man. Nor aro all of these creatures pariahs, outcast by all men, tpolitically prominent in the east side, a few are Jawyers, be rich, and they are banded together in one great coterie that has grown ®0 powerful that only in isolated cases are they ever severely punished by the law. The storm of public {ndignation dismal, foul-odored dance hall, while raised by the Parisian grisette's story | policemen stand at the very threshold Of the life of misery and actual torture | swinging thelr night aticke. This place 1s often the scene of the merciless beating of white slaves when thelr masters find them there intox!- | cated instead of parading the street as |they were commanded. Snterfere with the most brutal chastise- ment of women in a place of this char- acter; whereas, in resorts that endeavor to maintain a higher tone, the punish- ment is not allowed to go to the length of a cruel beating. are few Gerdrons, south of Canal etrest. she led while in the thraldom of Emil Gerdron does not scem to have driven one of these miscreants to cover, In fact, It appears to have Increased their | @eflant boldness, judging from thelr bearing in the Raines law dens, Ten- @erloin honk-a-tonks and the dismal music halls in which they may be seen | ‘any night keeping watch upon their slaves and driving them upon the streets. There ts a place on Chrystie street | not far from Broome that has come to be recognized as a regular slave mar- ket. Young girls, some of them mere ehildren out of short frocks, are lured frometheir homes to this place and there bargained for by Gerdrons, Their enticers literally sell them to the high- est bidder, and then settle between themselves whether the slave shall be- come a prisoner in a disorderly resort | or be driven upon the streets Complete Organization. It is only very rarely that the par- | ents of these girls ever reclaim them from the lives of degradation into | which they have been sold. The Ge rons never trespass upon the home Of the influential, selecting their vic- | ter arrives to mete out her punishment, one of these places a few da foreigners that have. been only a short |after the slaying of Emil Gerdron was time in this country.or sending abroad | young and veyy pretty girl sitting alone In a corner of the ruom sobb-ng. In this Chrystie street slave mart the Every now and then she would raise | her head and glance fearfully toward | A group of Gerdrons sitting | ov: near her were making sport of the girl's become | grief, and 1t soon became apparent from “beat their talk that she has lost her purse, containing quite a sum of money that had been driven ber rather than work. [pokeara: tims from among the humblest sort of | for them with promises of marriage. Gerdrons are for the most part Rus- sians and Germans, the vast majority Russianc. They have a complete or- ganization, a club that has somewhat exclusive In its membership ‘pecause of the ever increasing number of men who seek to live in this man- But in the back rooms of saloons on ers score young men who are the ma: of white slaves. “The Drunkards’ Cave.” Reginning with the Bowery and fol- Jowing northward there is a dreadful place near Chatham Square where whit glaves may be found sunk to the lowe: depths of degradation, The place is known to some as “The Drunkards Cave.” B ed men and women reel up and down the stuirs leading into the | tesh THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1906. GERDRONS, WHO OWN GIRL SLAVES, INFEST MANY. PARTS OF THIS CITY. ‘s And sociologists Many are | Some are said to No one would | and selzed”a Bottle, raising it as 1f to strike her, when a walter hurried up and separated the pair. incident was closed by the man order- ing his slave to return to the street and | up the money she lost before she dared come to her home. sat down with a fellow of his | Ther most pop- norchward from Grand street and abound along Second avenue to Sixth street resorts in this neighborhood where you | WIL see girls, for the most part of for- in and report their earnings and turn them over to their masters at stated hours, If they do not report on time it Is a of the dreadful system of these Gerdrons to go out in @ party to round up the unfortunate woman, and when found she will be driven to her home 's | And held there a prisoner until her mas. | We alone at a table talking with some At a large table a short |distance from tlem were a dozen men jof the unmistakable Gerdron type. the voices of the young women rose the name of Berthe Claiche became audible. Berthe Claiche’s Name Tabooed. men strode to the table and, while the women ‘ed before them, they threate! their heads off” mentioned the name of the to completely hapless bondwomen, and they slunk out into the dark street to again join the furtive shadow: The conversation of these men, that He had three diamond rings on they take no pains to subdue in wi on an average from twelve to @ one hand and a jeweled scarfpin, When pers, 18 usually about he saw the girl he strode toward her, and commanded her to stop c: get out on the street again. hours past midnight. Struck and Kicked Slave Girl. When she told him that she had lost his face became with rage, and he struck her across the make their headquarters drink anything women w. w to sit at their table pay for They are very wary of strangers toi There are many | them from a large roll of bill applauded | him for what he had done, and he wore | the satisfied air of a man who has done something worthy of commendation. In another place on Second avenue, a block further north, three young women French girl. This served a broad-shouldered, of the night, Forsyth, Essex, Delancey and Market gantly dressed young man entered the streets there will be found every night place. the earnings of As a rule they drink Itttle ying and or nothing—that is, until it ts daylgat It was two and the their slaves. have had an accounting from re sober and quiet, ‘They rarely take any part in the danc- In most cases his when the: making deep marks in the soft Then he kicked her in the ankles SOME TYPICAL NEW YORK BRUTES OF THE GERDRON STAMP. thelr haunt and whisper together upon} by a huge bulldog. the arrival of any unusual presence, |nown and respect System of Espionage. | Riseeoesrn near | 284 his great affection In the back of a Rain near Eighteenth street nue he struck one of his slaves over the head w ; There is a resort on Fifth street, Second avenue, above whi@i several score of these men have a club, One of their number {s posted at the foot of @ flight of stairs leading up to this club-room, and he bars the entrance there to all persons who might misiake the way when entering the dance hall part of the establishment. It is sald that whenever a member | of this organization gains possession of | a new slave she 1s taken to the club- | rooms, so that all the members of the | club may be made acquinted with her, | and thus establish the system of espionage by which the masters may hear of her every move. Among the Gerdrons who frequent resorts along Third avenue, between Ninth and Twenty-third streets, is an Englishman who is widely known as “Handsome Harry,” He is said to be the master of five slaves, all of them young girls he lured to. New York from their homes in London. He always goes about accompanied the district now known as! week has been carrled to his home hy his friends after nightsticks have played wasy the devil's ta Gerdron’s Club Closed. “reneh Club, near Seventi ninth street, bondwomen and ing spigits in it it was m&de up of men of his stamp organized fur the purpose of trafficking y Young French Many young ed the place on ma anable to get any The splendi of these men, upon whien Regular Patro! to any effort that might Hedged About by Spies. young giris le lives and suffering rie Policeman arrested would not n | plaint, Another of these me: have not only jave-driving, say unything Twenty-second street punished with a terrible beat re Vigilance women slaves of Sever is stationed j avenue within a few block much money neighborhood. who are virtually his prisoners 'n Girl Slaves from Paris. home in. France one another, thelr masters consider between thelr r control over them than the east ARREST FOUR IN LODGING-HOUSE DEATH MYSTERY Police Hold Men as Sus- picious Persons Pending an Investigation. The police of Biation to-day Btroet Cour charged with They hope to hold them prisoners a further investigation can t ri the case of Patrick Hayes, a labor found dead In bed last night tn a lodge ing-house at No. { Chatham square The prisoners Joseph Barbert, of No. 75 Baxter Luli) Gurbino, of No. 490 Pear the night clerk w and Henry Meyers No. 8 Lowery Maye » i had the wound ——__— ACTRESSES TELL OF ICEBERG, Evelyn Nesbitt und Nanette Com- moe Bring Hack Coolene s OF the deanon, tn New York fore they were wig ing t Wer we the Beigiuorhoug of tiBblcebery, oe! \ Pai ee eee ae BABY UNHURT AS BIG TREE FALLS ON IT Child in Its Carriage Found Covered with Branches. SLAVE GIRL (Continued from Ellis Island authorit! to this country? 8 when you came marry Gerdron in order to g }io the woman, flashing eyes, waving her arms wildly “I allowed him only to pose as my hus- bund in order to get off Ellis Island Q. Did you know this man Gerdron in ihe knew my daugh- ry in Paris, | France? A, Oh. ter when ghe did | Then he put her on the streets for about | a year before she came to th Daughter Confe God protects ed Her Shame. vu know that he put her J as though it fell suddenly Q. How long was she on the streets Q. How old was she then? A. Sixteen, | man pushed t but he was | to America with Gerdron? A. min Paris? y Uved wgether there about Where did they live? A. I did not | Ume ago, after my daughter had been em onee in awhile, did | driy used to come KIn't you Keep her hame? A back, bul she ned to cut h vat of ler chair see acters |MRS, CLOSE, DEAD AT 93, | WAS KISSED BY LAFAYETTE, —_—_ lane mcombensing me in a vey pecuilur daughters sunk e embilng Mr. Turn- Viole and Hin Salute Jersey Girln door war!’ Saluuadons, tved In Paterson Coroner she 4nd Old Ladies Ais. Close during he Life, “At this timo," she sald, “my husband! colli. he ene nee ebibeenletemede INDICTED FOR MURDER was a plumber and I worked in a no-| her “daughters. tion shop. One day my husband was going along the Rue de Critche to de- liver some sinks. The police thought he had stolen them and they followed him, y took him to our home and ‘ching the house found some rib- bons and laces und little trinkets I had brought home to the children from my place of employment, We were very poor then. For this | was convicted and sent to prison for six month Q. Did you ever Ive with Gerdron? A Yes. for four months I Mved with! ron and my dawrhter. and then! he put me out of the house, | Became Licensed Slave, 9. On 1 you live with him? A. rty-elehth street, Q What happened to vour daughter tn}, non the streets @ vear| paris? Hus something about her A. Gerdron first got my daughter) to take out @ certificate or licens Q Did the authorities erant her that certificate? A. Yes. and then Gerdron sent her out to slave for him on the streets of Paris. Q, Did he ever beat her? A. Yes; many, m Q. Did bi eral umes. a A. Because I tried to get my d to leave him Q. Did vou ever recetve @ threatening tier fem Gerdron? A. Yes, a shot beat you? A. Yes, trom him iy bis refuge with i Upon the request of the Assistant rict-Atiorney the fullowihg letter pliced in evidence: 1 ain surprised at the accusations aginst me, and defy you ty produce | any proof,’ First, J have never had wn American mixiress here or in any o.ber part, [1 nese are Lue moans that you coin to take my wite from her duties you Nave doied very discustiogiy. You uelty and Look ry) Ww tanner for what L have done for you, Li my wile is not with ine by the Hiet of the month you will see what 1 will do. You lave done wroag. Now do Tet, a6 Mt 18 the best thing to do, ‘have my wife's letter, and [ don't believe #.¢ Delleves a Word Of what Nos oon suid AkuMeL me. As for me aad) thy Wat, Ono8 more: Do*you wiwh peace “EMIL GERDRON.” Lured by Marriage Vow, Q. Vid Gerdeon ever offer to. marry your auughter? As Yes. He came to ny wust a Paris and said he would niacey her aad my her happy, and Wat ehe woud ue Want aor any. y He Wook her away, and ihe next Wine Lapew te MAGE & bad WO it ok hes y learned of ti \ ) whe wr and told me that ah Was ore Ge hee? Did shi "he fhe was a. ver senile Hitle girl Seved hy GZAR'S TROOPS ~INNEW MUTINY: OFFICER KILLED Soldiers at Lodz Rebel, While Police Official Is Shot at Warsaw. WHOLE FAMILY BADLY HURT IN COLLISION Car Crashes Into Carriage at Williamsburg Bridge Entrance, ck and returned Was about to be a number of women Ww up to her and began petting and ein- was very much pleased over the verdict the prisoner had self-defense Henry Moyne, ot Gerdfon in on the stand n Sandosius, that the night of June 18 Berthe Claich run out into ithe sian Poland, July Max Dubin, his wife, Ethel | two children, Johnny. , three, and Harry, mutined to-day The mutinecrs when a Broadway trolley car wre the eastern entrahke Willamsburg Bridge, Dubin was driving across the car 3853 shot down tho ald the boy their carriage man, Gerdron He had a pistol Owing to the state of siege the cit! zens of Lodz are compelled to contrib Jaily toward the maintenance of the troops he WARSAW, Russian Poland, July 17.— ant of detectives was shot and woman go? tracks when car an egan to abuse into the vehicle, smashing it into frag- her in ‘terri " eee el ITCH ADDS TO HIS FORCES thrown out and réndered unconscious. Mrs, Dubin's right arm was broken and she was cut about the face and body. and their father were insensible when picked up. no bones were crowded with passengers and thrown Into a panic by the terrific jolt Qf the car and the crash of breaking trol of infantry, volley, killing a The car ws ported that bers nearly 400, he is extensively usin forward men, suppiles teh's furce num- § reported that TWO CRUISERS FOR THE PEACE ENVOYS surgeons arrived on ap ambu- the Eastern ‘ney dressed the Dubin’ hurts, but could not induce any one of them ‘They were all and ammuniuon, ‘An official w Manchuria exp: Lineviteh plans a gr to synchronizes the me potentiaries, but th Feal aggression, Tt is understood that ¢ returns permanently to RUSSIA’S PEAC. STAND IS TOLD, BT, PETERSBURG, July 17, yoe Vremya to-day prints the following statement of Russia's position, may be Inspired Russia ran consent eas will not Interests of recently returned from District Hoi demonstration ng of the plent- Japanese and Russians Will De Taken to Oyster Bay on War- ships—Roosevelt Ready, OYSTER BAY, L. ident Roosevelt devoted himself exciur sively to-day to transaction of the ix- ecutive business forwanled to him from Washington, ‘Arrangesnents, with the exception of the date, have bee: completed for the upproaching visit to the President of the Peace Plenipotentiaries. suggested and nus approved of the Idea that the envoys be brought to Oyster Bay from New York on two crulsers, After the Informal reception, the plen- jpotentiartes will go aboard the May- who had charge of the trol- lost control of it com- ing down the hill from Keap street, ——— PRISONER KINSMAN OF JEROME, HE SAYS. CHICAGO, July 17.—-Welcome Jerome, a bookkeeper, who claims to be a rela- Uve of District-Attorney Jerome, of New York, struck Charles Faure, a French- in the face, knocking him down a fight of stalre and caus ng ijuries trom which he died later at a hospital, Th Jerome gave lor his act was that Maure caused between himself and Jerome was with Faure at the time of ihe assault, Jerome jd under arrest and Mrs, Jo- who for the Jast four weeks haw been known as Mra, Faure, is held us ley car, says he L, July 17.—Pre tal Lo Kussia and would threaten a 3 ¢ Will not restrict Burope terests in the F volevs of moral fy favor of the ind.re to Portamouth, of at leust one with am esco! and perhaps two, pander Cameron MoR. Wins'ow, who has been ordered to command th of the envoys during “Our plonipotentlaries must remem). ust defend th of Russia but Interests no also of the Jerome denied port in Beri » under arrest Pils ended Mra. Deon's testimony, any journ in the United perdips even President's Nay, ie; pow oom rmy in-the field is much she lest tho ywithess chals and sat’ with! than it Wee fifteen mouths any way to € TWO GIRLS IN AUTO WRECK BADLY INJURED ! Pinned Under Big Machine Upset by Crash with Trolley Car. 1 A wrecked automobite avenue trolley car, two were held for more than and Third ave to-day, For | they scr J and bexged pite eir ‘ ca became ot No, Jat auteur for atthe W 1s Invited Girls to Ride. ral Park Lohse whom vn bee fore, and he t n tho two little An au p was too te 5B for 5 sean Invitation to Join th Y y scrambled into the big car. both taking rear seats, art of th The w | kirls were ou had ever be pected to by Jevening before, and here tt was: close on to dawn Their clothes were ind they were n fear and they would s pady he Ww fast os red, with the out watch. ing for breakers Car Crashed Into Auto, 1 eo whirled 0 Seventy-ninth street and d e east, means home first, rd & ing to He rounded the corne! just as y car No. of Motorman Moses Lipn East Thirty-el, along at terrifi | Lohse he trol- ley car outdis- tance ft. misjudged the speed of tho car and, just is machine spun on the y car jammed against it, hurling it into the air. Tho automobile fell on the tracks ahead and the ground {t to pi before $t was jolted from tt and smashed against an elevated were a sco ar more of pase of them wero sides to the rown from thelr on the from Others wei s Giris Pinned Under Machine, In the collision Lohse was thrown Not so with Johnson and t > girls. escaped, being caught under the wreck, but he was thrown against the pillar, Hlw nose Wax mand he received se. rlous cuts ¢ head and arms The two were dundee the heavy + cnt was held down by { trolley, Lips man cu 1 he s Passe und itizens tried to litt ey nobile from the pi yn 3. but the strength was not equal to tt, an ° girls continued to cry for help, The wrecking cur was and the girls and motorman released, all of + nad been badly m the stables, Both girls are injured internally, sidex receiving many wounds about the head, legs and arms, Lipman escaped with a broken shoulder an vere cuts on the head. Liy hee und se= and the girls were taken to the Presbyterian Hospital. 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