Show r GIRLS A IT 1 8 I N Negro gro p Posing irig as Book Book- Y i. i nS n g Agent gent 0 Entices Young Women Into I Dive Wh Where re They Are Drugged and Assault Assault- Ass silt silted ed d. d I 11 1 J A story str full Il of harrow harrowing dc dc- p Parallel in the criminal criminal criminal crim crim- inal anI annal ls s of ol the city or county was unfolded unfolded- 14 d to police officials and Sheriff John i nn S. S Corless last night by to tw w j girls giris who have gave gave their nam names as aAlice fAli Alice e Moody 19 and Mad Madelain l' l y Young ung 16 16 who told of bel bei being g enticed into a negro negro ne ne- gro den at South State and andor of or being drugged ed and amI att attacked The story between j sobs brought to light a a a condition of oC affairs u un uri dreamed o of oC by Iii the police police- No less these two girls Irl told Jiow tow ow the they had been approached by a n negro ro who professed proCessed to be b be a theatrical al booking agent g and In this manner enticed the them Into his hIs hIs' dwelling 1 There they were I persuaded to uk df k H which the they told th the poIl s d d. d 1 U The They fell Cell Ij va Ica adeo cc which th they were n nor r arout c ot r- r several hours At 5 o oclo clock o'clock k morning mornIn mornIng morn- morn In Ing the they the were ordered to leave the theRaid hoube I Raid Is Js Ordered When complete details ha had ha ct be been en gathered b br by the police pollee all available city detectives dete U es were called l Into to head licad headquarters quarters preparatory r to a raid on the dive Sheriff John S S. S Corless with D Deputies Carstensen and Burbidge also III so participated In the tho raid Last night at a raid against the house at South State St te street str et directed h by Deputy Sheriff Carsten- Carsten arste I eon son Ben and CIt City Detective Reed Billings was n-as made The following following- inmates were were arrested James McAdams I ro charged with pandering who was as identified by the tho two girls as one ono of ot tho men who assaulted them Sidney Sidney Sid Sid- ney Iley Robert Lowery D D. DanIel Dan- Dan let lei Bennett A. A Kennedy Kenned Mrs Irs Frank Seals all negroes the l latter being the tho lh proprietress of ot the raided dive Two white women giving ln the names namest of t f Carrie Carrl Kennedy Kenned and DIane Blanche he were also arrested The Tho two girls were held b by the police George Georbe Robinson juvenile officer of- of of officer o- o was called roBed Into lino the case ease and will take ake the Young girl in custod custody today G Girl ii Is Break Brenk Down r UI cun r UI cun I white While recounting their experience to the police pollee and Sheriff Corless the girls girls' broke down For a time It seemed that it would be bo impossible to obtain further information from them Finally FI nal 1 when whon their stor story was completed the they collapsed and were taken to tho the women's quarters In the city jail According to the stor story which the police SD say say was told by the girls thc they met a negro in the city db and count county building park about 8 o'clock Friday 4 evening The Tho negro ro professed to be bo in the theatrical business engaged as a ab b booking agent The girls confided to him hlin that the they wished employment on the stage The remainder of oC the story as re recounted recounted recounted re- re I counted by bi the tho police follows The negro on promises of furnishing furnishIng furnishing furnish furnish- ing them with employment with n. n a theatrical troupe persuaded them to togo to too go o to hl Ills his home where he said other members p of the company were were stop stop- ping pins He told toUl them that the troupe was made up up of oC negroes roes and white women The girls acc accompanied d him to the I house hous There Ther the they found foun they told the police many nanY negroes negroes and f four ur other women women Th They were introduced to the other persons persons In the house and an evening of ot carousal commenced I Negroes Enter Room Toward midnight tho the girls who had lad persistently refused to drink I were were we're finally persuaded to take a glass of ot beer Soon afterward they felt 4 faint and b became sick They were removed d to another another room where the they were were left alone for Cor a aUme time Later two negroes went nt to lo the roo room Then commenced a n. fight tight which as described to the pollee police by the two girls has perhaps perhaps' no no parallel in criminal history of pt th the state state For E r two hours hoursh the h girls i half faint taint fought off the ne negroes ne- ne groes groes The negroes left the room several several sev sev- eral times but always returned return d. d The fight would be renewed the girls told the tho police and Bud in every ery instance the negroes were worsted Toward the breaking of oC day da tho the negroes became less les aggressive and finally failed tailed to return to the room at all Shortly Continued on B 2 u pa page TWO GIRLS Continued from C 1 after aftel 5 o'clock a third negro went Into the tho room and told the thc two girls to leave the house This they did lid The details of or the case caso were brought to light b by C C. 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C deputy sheriff who learning of or tho the alleged assault located the thc two girls After listening to their story he with Sheriff Corless and Deputy Durbi Burbidge je Went to poll headquarters and turned the tho matter over to the thc police Inasmuch as the police sa say it la Is a known fact tact that opium Is stored and distributed at the house where the girls were taken it was concluded that opium was used to drug the girls gills The s symptoms attending the drinking of ot the liquor by the two girls substantiate Close and rel repeated ed questioning I failed tailed to shako tho the stor story told by the girls In any l particular Their stories agreed lu ever every detail and tho the police pollee pin place co all credence In the tho talc tale When taken to police headquarters both girls were at first reluctant to tell the story The They feared thc they said the wrath of or the negroes Finally however however however how how- ever they consented after attel being promised prot protection A dr dragnet the tho meshes of which extended extended ex tended to er c every section of the state was spread Immediate Immediately That perhaps the ne negroes roes operatIng operating operating ing as white slavers intended to s sell 1 or otherwise dispose of thc the two girls but for the heroic battle battlo they thoy made for tor their freedom is one theor theory ad ad- ad In fact It is already a. a well known fact federal authorities sa say that negroes are arc actively engaged Inthe in inthe inthe the white slave traffic For this reason rca rea son every effort is being made to arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest iest all those concerned in the plot |