TRAFFIC IN GIRLS.
] NEW YORK REVELATIONS. 1! » ; Aust. and N'Z. Cab'*. NEW YOBS. Aug. IS. s i AsTOrxniVG statements have been mad* e I to Mr. Smith. District Attorney, trio is » : making investigations into the allegation t I that a great vice trust exists with the - I connivance of the police. It is stated that >' ! the trust had a house in East TVentTi- 1 second Street, where partly robed girls a were sold to the highest bidder. In some •s cases the girls were weighed and the n buyers paid for them at the rate of a 1- dollar a pound. Other people who Lave made confessions relate stories of amazing and revolting practices. The trust is said 't to have had highly paid representatives • in many of the eastern cities of America. r " —
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16310, 17 August 1916, Page 6
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