Commercialized Prostitution in New York CityKneeland, George J. (George Jackson)
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Commercialized Prostitution in New York City
Kneeland, George J. (George Jackson)
Prostitution -- New York (State) -- New York
February 25, 1912. 8.30 P. M. The investigator counted 12 inmates.
March 4, 1912. 12.15 A. M. The investigator counted 16 inmates. The
investigator was solicited to go here by a lighthouse, X 79. The
proprietors are X 68 and X 69. The names of some of the inmates on this
date are Ray, Matilda, Jennie, Belle and Georgie.
March 6, 1912. The investigator witnessed X 69 in conversation with a
patrolman. X 68 is the chief owner.
March 24, 1912. The investigator counted 16 inmates. The physician of this
place is X 80. The inmates pay him $1 per visit.
June 19, 1912. 11.30. The investigator was given a card to this place. X
69 forced X 72 out and bought his interest.
June 28, 1912. The investigator was handed a card to this place by a woman
on Seventh Avenue near 28th Street. He saw another card on the sidewalk
near West 27th Street on Seventh Avenue.
July 12, 1912. The names of three inmates of this house on this date are X
81, X 82 and X 83. The name of the owner of the property as given in the
tax book for 1912 is X 84.
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_X_ 16. _West 31st Street--a one-dollar house._
February 8, 1912. 4.15 P. M. The investigator was approached on the street
by a woman "runner" and given cards to above address. She said she had 5
or 6 girls there and she invited him to follow her. The investigator said
he might call in the evening, and she told him to ring the bell on the
stoop.
February 14, 1912. 12 P. M. The investigator counted 8 inmates, and was
told there were 12 working here. The investigator had been solicited to
come here by a cab driver, X 85.
February 16, 1912. The madame's name is Rose.
February 20, 1912. 9.20 P. M. The investigator was solicited on Sixth
Avenue by a woman "runner" to enter this house. She had been stopping
other men. The investigator counted 6 inmates. Mamie acted as madame. The
names of some of the inmates on this date are Goldie, Ella, and Richmond.
March 7, 1912. 1.30 A. M. The investigator saw a prostitute who solicits
on Sixth Avenue take four different men to this address within an hour,
the first floor of which is a house of prostitution run by Madame Rose.
April 24, 1912. The name of the madame is X 86. The proprietors are X 34
and X 17.
May 14, 1912. X 86, the real madame, conducts this house on a 20 percent
basis for X 34.
May 24, 1912. X 88 drunkard, lighthouse and procurer, works for X 34 at
this address. He usually stands in front of X 89.
June 12, 1912. 3.00 A. M. The investigator talked with two men who had
just come from this house. An inmate had shown one of the men her card
punched with holes indicating that she had entertained 60 men that night.
July 10, 1912. The place is reported as closed, probably on the
instructions of X 34. X 90 and X 17 are interested here.
July 15, 1912. The name of an inmate at this house on this date is X 91.
The name of the owner of this property as given in the tax book for 1912
is X 92.
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