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 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.
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