The investigator stood near the entrance of this hotel for 30 minutes and saw 6 women whom he believed to be prostitutes enter the hotel with men. It is said on good authority that the receipts in this hotel on Saturday nights were as high as $400.
May 6, 1912. 5P. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers loitering in vicinity of this hotel on Sixth Avenue. All approached men. He was solicited by one of these in front of the hotel to enter the premises. Price $2, room $2.
May 9, 1912. 7P. M.Investigator counted 4 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one to enter the premises. Price $2, price of room $2.
May 13, 1912. 6.30P. M.Investigator counted 4 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All of these women approached men. He was solicited by one in front of the hotel to enter premises. Price $2, price of room $2.
May 22, 1912. 7.15P. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Sixth Avenue, in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. One of the women solicited him on the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter the premises.
May 28, 1912. 12P. M.Investigator counted 7 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited to enter the premises. Police officer was in sight at the time of solicitation.
May 30, 1912. 6.30P. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter the premises.
June 3, 1912. 2P. M.Investigator counted 4 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All of these women approached men. He was solicited by one within 100 feet of an officer at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter the premises. Price $2, room $2.
June 7, 1912. 2P. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter premises.
June 10, 1912. 2P. M.Investigator counted 7 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one of these women at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter the premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2. Officer was in sight at the time of solicitation.
The following prostitutes are among those who use this hotel for immoral purposes:
May 22, 1912, Lena X 219.May 28, 1912, Christie X 218.May 31, 1912, Rosie X 217.June 26, 1912, Becky X 220.July 15, 1912, Annie X 222.August 2, 1912, Rosie X 221.August 15, 1912, Anna X 212.August 15, 1912, Betty X 216.August 16, 1912, Gussie X 223.
Reports from other sources:
Reported owners are X 224, X 225 and X 226. C X 227, manager.
Proprietors are X 28, X 225 and X 229. Dive of worst kind.
The premises also appear under the address —— W. —— Street. Bed house.
February 1, 1912. Bed house.
August 19, 1912. This place is a noted assignation hotel.
X230.West 35th Street.
February 13, 1912. 11.15P. M.Investigator counted 3 street walkers in vicinity of this hotel. He was solicited to enter premises by a prostitute at the corner of Broadway and —— Street. Price of room $1. He also saw four couples enter here in half an hour, the women being street walkers. Saw prostitute pick up a man on Seventh Avenue and take him to premises.
February 15, 1912. 9.00P. M.Investigator was solicited by a street walker on Broadway between 35th and 40th Streets to enter premises.
February 20, 1912. 2.00P. M.Clerk of this hotel sentenced to two months’ imprisonment. It is said the proprietor is a fugitive from justice.
April 10, 1912. Investigator met men who appeared to be cadets near premises. Hotel said to be run by X 231. The proprietor is said to be X 225.
April 26, 1912. 1.00A. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $3. Price of room $2. This woman lives at X 238, West 34th Street. X 232 is the rebate clerk at this hotel, and this duty takes up his whole time.
May 3, 1912. Investigator counted three street walkers on south side of —— Street towards Broadway. Two stopped men. Investigator was solicited by one to enter premises. Price of woman $2, room $2.
May 6, 1912. 11.00-12.00P. M.Investigator counted 10 street walkers in the entrance to this hotel and in the doorways near-by. Four approached men. Investigator was solicited by one on the street near the hotel to enter premises. Price of woman $2, room $2. Investigator saw 5 suspicious couples enter this hotel in half an hour and 3 girls unescorted. Men lookouts in doorways across the street.
May 9, 1912. 7.45P. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All accosted men. He was solicited by one, in sight of an officer across the street, to enter the premises. Price of woman $2, room $2.
May 11, 1912. 2.00A. M.Investigator counted fifteen street walkers on Broadway between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by three of these prostitutes to enter premises. Price of women $2, $3; price of room $1, $1.50.
May 15, 1912. 6.50P. M.Investigator counted 5street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
May 18, 1912. 1.30A. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on —— Street near Broadway. Three accosted men. Investigator was solicited by one on the southwest corner of —— Street and Broadway to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2. The name of the woman who solicited the investigator is Blanche X 233; she lives with her pimp at X 239, West 38th Street, third floor.
May 20, 1912. 7.10P. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. An officer passed by them during this solicitation. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
May 23, 1912. 7.15P. M.Investigator counted 4 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
May 29, 1912. 7.45P. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street within 100 feet of an officer to enter premises.
May 31, 1912. 8.00P. M.Investigator counted 8 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by oneat the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street within sight of an officer to enter premises.
June 1, 1912. 8.00P. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $3, price of room $2. Investigator talked with X 231, part owner in this hotel. He complained about business, saying it was “too hot.”
June 4, 1912. 7.35P. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
June 7, 1912. 7.30P. M.Investigator counted six street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street, within sight of an officer, to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
June 8, 1912. 8.15P. M.Investigator counted 13 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between 34th and 40th Streets. All approached men. The investigator was solicited twice, once within sight of an officer, to enter the premises of this hotel. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
June 11, 1912. 8.15P. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street, within 200feet of an officer, to enter premises. Price of woman $3, price of room $2.
June 15, 1912. 8.00P. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Seventh Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Seventh Avenue and —— Street, within sight of an officer, to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
June 17, 1912. 8.30P. M.Investigator was solicited by a street walker on Sixth Avenue near —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2. The following prostitutes are among those who frequent and use this hotel for immoral purposes:
May 25, 1912, Anna X 234.May 28, 1912, Sarah X 235.May 31, 1912, Louise X 236.June 6, 1912, May X 237.
Reports from other sources:
August 19, 1912. Notorious assignation hotel.
X215.West 28th Street.
February 7, 1912. 11.00P. M.Investigator solicited to enter premises.
February 7, 1912. 9.15-9.30P. M.Investigator solicited at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $1. Price of room $1.50.
February 7, 1912. 1.15P. M.Investigator was solicited by street walker on Sixth Avenue near —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $1. Price of room $1.50.
February 7, 1912. 1.15P. M.Investigator solicited by a prostitute on 28th Street to enter the premises. Price of woman $1, price of room $1.
February 7, 1912. Evening. Investigator asked clerk price of room for himself and was told $2.50, a prohibitive rate.
February 10, 1912. 8.30P. M.Investigator solicited by prostitute to enter premises.
February 19, 1912. 2.00A. M.Investigator solicited by street walker on Broadway between 31st and 32nd Streets to enter premises. Price of woman $3 for the rest of the night. Price of room $1.
March 11, 1912. 9.20P. M.Investigator counted 9 street walkers within 50 feet of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one of the prostitutes at the entrance of the hotel to enter the premises. Price of woman $2. Price of room $1.50.
March 11, 1912. 11.25P. M.Investigator counted 2 street walkers at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street in the vicinity of this hotel. He was solicited by one to enter premises. Price of woman $3, price of room $1.50.
March 11, 1912. 9.00P. M.Investigator counted 9 street walkers in the vicinity of this hotel. He was solicited by one on the west side of Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $1.50.
May 1, 1912. 3.30P. M.Investigator counted 11 street walkers on Sixth Avenue in the vicinity of this hotel. Three approached men. Investigator was solicited by one on Sixth Avenue within sight of anofficer to enter premises. Price of woman $1. Price of room $1.
May 1, 1912. 2.00P. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter the premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
May 8, 1912. 5.00P. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
May 13, 1912. 6.45P. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
May 15, 1912. A man sold obscene photographs in the toilet room of this hotel. He had a bundle of such pictures.
May 15, 1912. 5.30P. M.Investigator counted 4 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets, in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
May 23, 1912. 11.00A. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men.He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of room $2, price of woman $2.
May 24, 1912. 11.00A. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one within sight of an officer at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
May 31, 1912. 1.30P. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
June 1, 1912. 1.30A. M.Investigator counted 7 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets. Six of these women approached men. Investigator was solicited by one of them at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street within sight of an officer, to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
June 4, 1912. 10.45A. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets in the vicinity of this hotel. All approached men. He was solicited by one within sight of an officer at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
June 6, 1912. 1.30P. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by oneat the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street within sight of an officer, to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
June 8, 1912. 11.30A. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $1.50.
June 13, 1912. 11.30A. M.Investigator counted 5 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street, within sight of an officer, to enter premises. Price $3 for woman, price of room $2.
June 15, 1912. 11.30A. M.Investigator counted 6 street walkers on Sixth Avenue between —— and —— Streets. All approached men. He was solicited by one at the corner of Sixth Avenue and —— Street, within sight of an officer, to enter premises. Price of woman $2, price of room $2.
The following prostitutes are among those who frequent this hotel for immoral purposes:
April 24, 1912, Laura X 240.July 29, 1912, Mamie X 241.August 2, 1912, Marion X 244.August 12, 1912, Kate X 243.August 15, 1912, Anna X 212.August 15, 1912, Betty X 216.August 15, 1912, Mrs. K. X 242.August 16, 1912, Gussie X 223.
Reports from other sources:
Bed House. Hotel and disorderly house. Proprietor X 245. License issued in the name of X 245-a. One of the worst places in the city. X 245 is manager.
February 1, 1912. Bed house, hotel and disorderly house; proprietor X 245, license issued in the name of X 245-a. X 245 is manager.
August 19, 1912. A notorious assignation place.
APPENDIX XII
SALOONS: ADDITIONAL DATA
February 2, 1912. A man entered the rear room of saloon X 275. With him was a porter from a house of prostitution at X 173, West 27th Street. Prostitutes here were especially vulgar and obscene. A waiter in this place, named X 277, knew the prostitutes by name and encouraged the men to sit at the tables with these women and treat them to drinks. The proprietor, named X 278, also attempted to “drum up” trade between the prostitutes and the men.
February 4, 1912. Between the hours of 7.15 and 10P. M.the same conditions prevailed with variations. One prostitute who was intoxicated exposed herself. The waiter did not offer any objections to this exhibition.
May 1, 1912. At 12P. M.a stranger entered the rear room of saloon at X 279, West 42nd Street. The waiters appeared to be familiar with certain girls who were unescorted.
May 23, 1912. 2P. M.A special officer attached to a notorious saloon and dance hall accompanied a man to this place. He told him it was a resort for pimps, pickpockets, cheap crooks and prostitutes. The dancing on this evening was vulgar and obscene. There were several young girls present between 17 and 20 years of agewho gave vile exhibitions. At 3A. M., six pimps invited the man to go to a saloon at X 280, Seventh Avenue. When they reached this place the pimps talked to several prostitutes. One of these girls was called May. While the young man sat at the table with one of these women, she attempted to steal a $2 bill from one of his pockets. When he remonstrated one of the pimps called to his five companions and said, “Come on, fellows, let’s go through him.” When they found the man did not have any more money they threw him out of the door and jostled him on the sidewalk. The man threatened to call a policeman who was standing on the opposite side of the street and they laughed, saying, “Go ahead, call the cop and see if he will come over.” The man yelled “police” three or four times and the pimps said, “Holler louder, he won’t bother us, we stand in.”
June 6, 1912. 2.30A. M.Thirteen girls were sitting at the tables in the rear room. Jack X 281, a waiter in this resort, who lives at X 282, Second Avenue, stated that the boss, Joe X 283, has a small room in the rear where a few of his friends play cards and “roll” dice.
February 20, 1912. 2A. M.Concert hall at X 288, West 39th Street. Manager is X 289. The door at this house is guarded by George X 290. A chain on the door. The dances were vulgar and obscene. Carrie X 291 solicited a man to go to a furnished room at X 292 West 39th Street, A pickpocket stole a watch, a stickpin, and $9 in money from one of the men in the place.
February 24, 1912. 3.50A. M.During the night there were over 100 men and 16 white and colored prostitutes at the tables. A negro named Albert X 293 pointed out the proprietor, whose name is X 294.
April 11, 1912. 4A. M.Same conditions prevail.
April 19, 1912. 4.30A. M.Same conditions prevail.
March 29, 1912. Saloon at X 848, Sixth Avenue. It is said that X 849, the manager of this place, bails out the girls who solicit in his saloon. X 850, living at —— West 96th Street said that madames send to this rear room for girls. Following are some of the girls who solicit in this saloon: Hope X 852, May X 853, Bessie X 854, Elizabeth X 855, X 856, Nellie X 857, Mattie X 858, Marie X 859, and X 877.
May 16, 1912. Twenty unescorted women counted in the rear room. Several girls solicited investigator to go to the X 860 hotel at —— Sixth Avenue, to the X 861 Hotel at —— Sixth Avenue, and to different flats.
June 3, 1912. 9.15P. M.Fifteen unescorted women in this rear room. Two women from this saloon solicited men to go to the X 862 Hotel, —— Sixth Avenue.
July 25, 1912. Nine unescorted women, among them being Ellen X 863 and Mildred X 864.
July 27, 1912. Seven unescorted women. One of these is Catherine X 865.
August 14, 1912. May X 866 soliciting in the rear room.
August 15, 1912. 9.P. M.Nine unescorted women. Dancing was vulgar.
August 28, 1912. Eleven unescorted women. Oneof these was Lottie X 850, who said she had been soliciting in this rear room for years.
August 30, 1912. Seventeen unescorted women. One of these is Beatrice X 867.
September 24, 1912. Lottie X 850 was again in this rear room with others, among whom was Cora X 868.
September 26, 1912. Fifteen unescorted women. One of these was Sue X 869.
October 5, 1912. Four unescorted women. One of these by the name of May X 870 said that she had been coming to this place for 15 years or more.
October 9, 1912. Among the seventeen unescorted women was Lottie X 850, previously mentioned.
October 11, 1912. Nine unescorted women. One of these was Rose X 871.
October 30, 1912. Several unescorted women. Four left the saloon with men. One of the women was Anna X 872.
November 1, 1912. Lottie X 850 was again in this saloon with other unescorted women.
November 4, 1912. Eleven unescorted women. One named Mamie X 873 said, “I have my steady friends come here—they know where to find me.” Another girl was Celia X 874.
November 19, 1912. Eleven unescorted women. One of these was Lena X 875, another Clara X 876.
Previous records:
Proprietors of this place have given cash bond.
Concert place and saloon. Women gather here to solicit trade, without interference from the management.
January 26, 1912. Between 6.30 and 8.30P. M.X 878, East 14th Street. Number of unescorted women in the rear room. Waiters assist girls in finding customers. One of the women named X 877 solicited investigator to go to X 893 Hotel at —— Third Avenue.
February 2, 1912. 11.05P. M.Twenty unescorted women in rear room. Many solicited investigator to go to hotel.
April 8, 1912. During the evening eleven unescorted women sat at separate tables. One prostitute said she would go to a hotel for $2.
May 14, 1912. May X 879, living at —— East 13th Street, was soliciting in this rear room.
May 20, 1912. Nine unescorted women. One of these was Annie X 880, known as X 880-a, living at —— East 15th Street.
May 25, 1912. The following prostitutes were seen in this place: Ida X 881, Annie X 882.
May 29, 1912. Lettie X 888 was soliciting in this rear room.
June 5, 1912. Seven unescorted women. One of these, Emma X 884, said that she meets some good men in this place. Another girl was Minnie X 885.
June 8, 1912. Pauline X 886 was engaged in soliciting in this rear room.
August 7, 1912. Three unescorted women. One of these was Emma X 887.
September 26, 1912. Five unescorted women. One of these was Rose X 888.
October 2, 1912. Five unescorted women. One of these was Mary X 889.
October 3, 1912. Mary X 889 was again in this saloon.
Previous records:
February 1, 1912. Café and rear room. Women enter without escorts and solicit men in this place.
January 13, 1912. The proprietor of this place has given cash bond.
February 13, 1912. 9 to 12P. M.X 890, W. 40th Street. Ten unescorted women at the tables. Six of these women beckoned to investigator to come to their tables. A number of these girls have been seen soliciting on Broadway. During the evening 7 couples left this place and went to the Hotel X 891. At 12P. M.on this date, X 892, a prostitute, solicited investigator to go to a hotel.
June 8, 1912. Number of unescorted women in this saloon.
Previous records:
This place is on the police list, alleged disorderly. Proprietor has given a cash bond.
APPENDIX XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PLACES: ADDITIONAL DATA
February 6, 1912. 3A. M.Pool room and barber shop at X 300, West 28th Street. Conducted by two or three men who sell liquor without a license at 5 cents per glass. One of the customers in the place solicited a man to go to a house of prostitution at X 25, Sixth Avenue. The man’s name is X 301.
A man by the name of X 302 conducts a pool parlor and cigar store at X 303, Second Avenue. A pimp named X 304, frequents this place. X 305, another pimp, was at this place on February 5, 1912.
About nine years ago a woman named Rosie X 306 opened a hair dressing parlor on Second Avenue. She now has the same kind of a parlor at X 307, Second Avenue. It is a rendezvous for prostitutes, and Rosie’s husband is a bail bondsman for these women when they are arrested. Rosie sells these women dresses, hats, kimonos, feathers, and hair goods, either for cash or on the instalment plan. One of the methods used by X 306 to draw trade is to allow messages and mail for prostitutes and their pimps to be delivered at her parlor. One of the prostitutes is the wife of X 308. She is a street walker and also a shoplifter. Becky X 309 and her sister Sarah, whosolicit on the Bowery, both go to Rosie’s to have their hair dressed.
February 9, 1912. Twenty-five pimps, gamblers and crooks were in the restaurant at X 311, Second Avenue. The chief amusement of these men is gambling, playing such games as stuss, poker, and “klobiosh.” These pimps receive at this place telephone messages from their women on the streets or in vice resorts, and make arrangements in connection with arrests and other deals. Among the pimps who were seen here at different times were Louis X 312, Harry X 313, Joe X 314, Sam X 315, Joe X 316, and Sam X 317.
APPENDIX XIV
SHIPPING WOMEN: ADDITIONAL DATA
X 47, alias X 47-a, who is part owner in X 46 West 25th Street, has had his woman in England, Russia, South Africa, Dallas, Texas, and Seattle, Washington. He travels back and forth between South Africa and New York.
X 431 took his woman, X 432, to Africa and China, and now has her in a house of prostitution in Texas, the city being either Dallas or Fort Worth.
X 316, alias X 316-a, alias X 316-b, sends his women out to western cities of this country.
X 433, a pimp, had a German girl for his woman and sent her to Denver, Colorado. She “threw him down” and now he has another girl named Ida, whom he broke into the business of prostitution. When she was in Philadelphia she is said to have made as much as $200 for him every week. He then sent her west. She returned, and he sent her west again.
X 434, the wife of X 435, a pimp, has been sent out west. One week she sent X 435 $150. Formerly she was with him in Portland, Oregon, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Billings, Montana.
X 402, alias X 402-a, has sent his woman to South Africa and to Brazil.
X 47-a took his wife, Ida, to South Africa seven years ago.
Ray, the wife of X 407, alias X 407-a, is now in Providence, Rhode Island, in a house of prostitution.
X 406, alias X 406-a, has just returned from Denver. X 436 once took her to Philadelphia; when the houses there were broken up and they were arrested, they “skipped” their bail.
X 410, owner of a house of prostitution, has sent his woman to South Africa, Philadelphia and St Louis. He has a house in Philadelphia, which is now conducted by one of his women, Rosie.
X 437, alias X 437-a, alias X 437-b, has sent his women to the western cities of this country. One of his women at the present time is X 438, alias X 438-a, alias X 438-b.
X 439, who is part owner of the house of prostitution at X 426, Sixth Avenue, has sent his woman Minnie to Alaska three times, and it is said that each time she came back with between $4,000 and $5,000, all of which she gave to him.
X 73, who is a part owner of the house of prostitution at X 67, West 25th Street, sent his girls to all the cities of the west—Seattle, Tacoma, Denver, San Francisco—and also to Philadelphia.
X 440, alias X 440-a, pimp, has traveled with several of his women all over the country. He is now located in Boston.
X 441 conducts a house of prostitution on Percy Street, Philadelphia.
X 442 conducts a house of prostitution in Paterson, New Jersey. X 443 and X 444 have sent girls to him there.
X 445, who is part owner in a house ofprostitution at X 441, Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn, has sent his women to Omaha, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Lena, one of his girls, is now in Philadelphia; she has been in Omaha and St. Louis.
X 110 has conducted a house of prostitution in South Africa, and at present is interested in X 109, West 40th Street—a house of prostitution.
X 145-a, alias X 415, who is a part owner in X 416, West 36th Street, has been in South Africa, with his woman, from which place he went to Chicago.
X 34, partner in at least 11 houses of prostitution, has sent his woman, X 87, to Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and other cities of the west. He also sent another woman, X 86, west over practically the same route.
X 69, who is partner with his brother, X 68, in the house of prostitution at X 78, West 27th Street, had a woman named Becky, whom he sent to the western cities of this country.
X 446 recently sent his woman to Stockton, California. She sent him $150 and he followed her to that city. Since then they have been in Seattle, San Francisco, and other western cities. In going from one city to another with his woman, X 446 was apprehended by the authorities and sentenced to one year in prison.
X 429, who hangs out at X 400, Second Avenue, sent his woman to El Paso, Texas. The immigration authorities arrested her and are at this writing still holding her. X 429 also has a girl in Buenos Ayres at the present time.
X 447 has had his girl in San Diego, Denver,Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. At the present time she is in California.
X 448, who owns X 499, East 13th Street, has been in houses of prostitution in San Francisco and Seattle.
X 450, who is now in New Orleans, had his girl there. She is now in New York City with a return ticket to New Orleans.
X 451, who now has X 452 as his woman, has sent women to houses of prostitution in New Orleans, Fort Worth, and Houston. X 452 lately returned from Texas.
X 424, alias X 424-a, has left with his woman for South Africa.
X 387, alias X 387-a, part owner of X 425, West 28th Street with his brother, X 424, alias X 424-a, had his wife in a house in South Africa, where he ran houses of prostitution.
X 453, alias X 453-a, has sent his woman Jennie to houses of prostitution in Denver, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and other western cities. She was in Denver four months ago. When in Spokane it is said she made $2,700 in two or three months.
X 443, alias X 443-a, has taken his woman Becky to Philadelphia. It is now supposed that she is either in Globe, Arizona or Havana, Cuba.
X 454 has a girl in New Orleans; she left him when he took a married woman to that city. X 454 has another girl named Rosie in a city in the west.
X 455 sent his girl Ida to Brazil, from whence she has returned. He is thinking of sending her back to Brazil.
X 328-a has a girl Sophia in New Orleans. She is about 24 or 25 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs about 135 pounds, dark hair, was born in Russia and has been in the United States about 7 or 8 years.
X 428 has had two women. One woman left him. The other woman is in Panama and he expects her back soon. He has had her in houses of prostitution in Chicago, New Orleans, Brazil and Panama.
X 385 had a woman whom he sent to Brazil. She returned, but with another pimp.
X 456 has been unfortunate. He sent three women west and lost all of them.
X 390 has sent his women to western cities to work in houses of prostitution four or five times.
He has also taken his girls to houses of prostitution in Chicago, and has one girl there at the present time.
X 453-a has had his woman Jennie in cities of the west three or four times. X 453-a is part owner in X 459, West 24th Street.
X 427, a pimp, sent his woman Fanny to Butte, Montana, about five weeks ago, from which place she sent him $150, the first week.
X 444 sent his woman to Panama five years ago and she left him.
X 314 has had his women in houses of prostitution in Seattle and Philadelphia.
X 460 has had his women in houses in Boston, Philadelphia and New Orleans.
X 461 has had his women in houses in Philadelphia and Boston.
X 439, partner in X 426, Sixth Avenue, a house of prostitution, sent his woman Ida to Tacoma, Washington. For a protracted period she is said to have sent him $100 every week.
INDEX
Amusement Parks,75.Business of Prostitution,112;Receipts,126-133.Cadet,87.Call Houses in Tenements,29.Census, Tenements,26.Chicago Vice Commission,111.Cider Stubes in Tenements,30.Conditions in 1907,10.Concert Halls in Amusement Parks,75.Committee of Fourteen,34.Correctional Work,267.Customers,13,108,111.Dance Halls,67,76.Davis, Katharine Bement,163.District Attorney,123.Excursion Boats,73.Exploiters, The,77, etc.Fifty-cent Houses,16, etc.Five and Ten Dollar Houses,42, etc.Hotels, Disorderly,33etc.;Appendix XI.Independent Benevolent Association,41.Inmates, Numbers of,Appendix III.Investigators’ Reports,140-142.Investigation, Period of,4.Key, Explanation of,7.Law, Tenement House,24.Leasing Property,113.Lighthouse,7.Liquor Licenses, Revocation of,161;Sale of in Vice Resorts,15.Lookouts,12.Madames,92, etc.Massage Parlors,45, etc.Medical Certificates,9.Miscellaneous Places,59;Appendix XIII.Morals Survey Committee,111.One Dollar Houses,17, etc.Owners of Houses, etc.,77;of Property,114.Parks,73.Parlor Houses,4, etc.;Appendix IX.Pimps,64,87.Places which Cater to Vice,52;Appendix II.Police Precincts, Reports of Police on,138-139.Police Rules and Regulations,137;Appendix VIII.Police Commissioner,123.Prevention Agencies,253, etc.Procurers,85.Prostitutes, Professional in Manhattan,100;personal histories,101;birthplaces,101,102,198,199,243;nationality of parents,200-203;previous occupations,102,103,112,231,247;reasons for entering life,103,225,241,249;salaries in occupations,105,106,210,234;age of first sexual offense,106,216,224,232;age when entering life,107,245;length of time in business,108;earnings from prostitution,222,239,246;committed to Bedford Reformatory,163.Prostitution, the Police and the Law,137.Public Parks,76.Reformation Work,258.Renting Property,113,114.Runners,12.Saloons, Disorderly,53;Appendix XII.Shares, Trading in,118.Shipping Women,85;Appendix XIV.Social Evil in Chicago, Report on,111.Special Sessions,160,161.Stars in Parlor Houses,7.State Reformatory at Bedford Hill,163, etc.,267.Stolen Goods, Buyers of,97.Streets, Soliciting,65;Appendix VII.Street Walkers, Receipts of,121.Tenements, Vice Resorts in,24;Appendix V,Appendix X;department records,144.Trading in Shares,118.Venereal Diseases in New York City Hospitals,134-136;at Bedford Reformatory,188, etc.;other institutions,240.Vice Resorts in Parlor Houses,3;in Tenements,24;Massage Parlors,45.Watchboys,12.White Slaves,85.
Footnotes:
[1]Attention is called to the fact that the vice resorts described in the following pages are all situated in Manhattan, this being the only section of Greater New York considered in the present investigation.
[2]All statements made on the basis of our investigation are to be understood as of this period. There is no implication as to conditions before or after those dates. Where a statement under any other date is intended, that fact is noted. This caution applies to the entire book and will not be repeated.
[3]See Chapter II.
[4]See Chapter IV.
[5]X 2. The foregoing sign is the key by which the woman referred to can be identified in our records. At this point, I shall explain once for all a system which will be continued throughout this book. The persons, places, and exhibits mentioned or referred to in the text are invariably definite and concrete. A complete register of them has been made, each item being lettered and numbered. The sign X 2 in the present instance enables the writer promptly to put his finger on the name, address, etc., of the person designated. This is equally true of all future references similarly indicated.
[6]For additional samples, see Chapter VI.
[7]Among our exhibits are several business cards belonging to the physicians here alluded to.
[8]X 461.
[9]X 1.
[10]X 473.
[11]X 415-a.
[12]Discharging his present doctor, X 474.
[13]For details and results, see Chapter VII.
[14]Among them X 189, X 470, X 472.
[15]Among the cabmen who are active in promoting this business are X 85, Joe X 22, Louis X 24, X 483, X 484, X 485, X 486, X 487, X 488, and X 489. As a rule the men do not own their cabs, but hire them by the day or night from proprietors of livery stables. In any case, they are supposed to have a license, which costs fifty cents per year.
[16]X 490.
[17]At 10.40P. M., on March 25, 1912, the bartender in a saloon on Manhattan Avenue suggested to a man that he visit an apartment in a tenement house at (X 475) West 111th Street. A waiter in a disorderly saloon at (X 476) Seventh Avenue endeavored to persuade a man in the rear room to go to a house on the second floor of a building at (X 147) Broadway. The waiter said there were three women in this resort and the price was only $5. Liquor was sold there at $2 per round.
[18]X 3.
[19]X 4.
[20]X 9
[21]X 11.
[22]X 12.
[23]X 13
[24]X 19.
[25]X 20.
[26]X 894.
[27]X 21
[28]X 22
[29]The event alluded to is the murder of a notorious gambler, which shortly resulted in a change of attitude on the subject under discussion. See Chapter VII.
[30]X 25
[31]X 41
[32]X 59
[33]X 16
[34]Additional data, Parlor Houses,Appendix IX; alsoAppendix III, “Inmates of Vice Resorts.”
[35]Including apartment houses.
[36]X 112, X 113, X 114.
[37]X 115.
[38]X 117, X 118.
[39]The original copy of this letter is on file. The woman’s name and address are X 119, X 120.
[40]X 121.
[41]X 122.
[42]Bryant, X 124.
[43]X 123.
[44]X 125.
[45]X 126.
For further examples, the reader is referred toAppendix X, “Additional Data—Tenements.”
[46]X 147.
[47]X 164.
[48]X 182.
[49]New York, A. H. Kellogg Co. (1910), p. 38.
[50]This $800 fee was imposed in Manhattan and the Bronx and was the rate established by the Raines Law at the time of its passage. The rate of $200 was the tax for saloons prior to the passage of the Raines Law.
[51]Report of The Committee of Fourteen, 1912.
[52]X 207.
[53]X 208.
[54]As to this and other hotels, repeated observation at different periods established the notorious character of the places. Corroborative evidence is collected inAppendix XI, “Additional Data, Hotels.”
[55]X 253.
[56]X 261.
[57]X 262.
[58]X 246.
[59]X 248.
[60]X 247.
[61]X 250-a.
[62]X 250.
[63]X 251.
[64]X 251-a
[65]Wanted—Female.
[66]X 251-b.
[67]For a statistical summary of vice resorts, seeAppendix I.
[68]“Christianizing the Social Order,” p. 268.
[69]Mr. Arthur H. Gleason brought out this point in two articles under the title of “The Saloon in New York,” published inCollier’s Weekly, in the issues of April 25 and May 2, 1908.
[70]X 263.
[71]X 264, X 265.
[72]X 265.
[73]X 264.
[74]X 269.