The Vice Bondage of a Great City; or, the Wickedest City in the World
THE VICE BONDAGE OF A GREAT CITY
The Wickedest City in the World
—By—
ROBERT O. HARLAND.
The Reign of Vice, Graft and Political Corruption.
Expose of the monstrous Vice Trust. Its personnel. Graft by the Vice Trust from the Army of Sin for protection. A score of forms of vice graft. Horrifying revelations of the life of the Scarlet Woman. New lights on White Slavery. Protected Gambling and the blind police. The inside story of an enslaved police department. A warning to the parents. How to save YOUR GIRL or BOY.
ALSO remedies to cure the Municipal Evil that in one city alone fills the pockets of not more than ten Vice Lords with $15,000,000, annually, made from the sins of 50,000 unfortunate men and women; an evil that is blasting our nation’s decency and prosperity and is eating into the very vitals of our Republic.
Save the growing generation of men and women.
A book to create public and saving opinion, to destroy lethargy and inoculate the germ of activity; to enlist every aid to wipe out the curse of this nation.
Copyright, 1912, by ROBERT O. HARLAND.
PUBLISHED BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S CIVIC LEAGUE 301-305 Security Building Chicago, Ill.
Robert O. Harland
THE VICE BONDAGE OF A GREAT CITY
CONTENTS.
Preface.
CHICAGO—THE LIVING, BREATHING HELL.
THE SYSTEM AND ITS CAUSES.
THE COMPACT WRITTEN IN FLESH AND BLOOD.
THE DIRECTORATE OF GRAFT, CRIME AND CORRUPTION.
POLITICS, POLICE AND VICE.
FOR EACH CRIME A PRICE!
THE ATTACK UPON THE TRUST.
THE VICE-GRAFT CIRCLE:—WITHOUT BEGINNING, WITHOUT END.
THE BALLOT:—THE SECRET OF VICE POWER.
THE BALLOT-CONTROL OF VICE.
THE POLICE COLLECTORS.
THE PRICE OF CRIME:—$15,000,000 A YEAR!
A VICE CAPITAL OF FLESH AND BLOOD.
THE EVILS OF A WORLD IN A MELTING POT.
THE UNDERWORLD CONTRIBUTORS.
THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC ANDS ITS LIFE-PRICE.
PROTECTION PRICES OF ALL VICES.
SIDE ISSUES IN THE VICE GRAFT.
THE QUACK DOCTORS OF CHICAGO.
THE KIMONA TRUST AND THE VAMPIRE TRUST.
WHEN AND WHERE WILL IT END?
THE MEAGER PURCHASE-PRICE OF POLICEMEN’S SOULS.
THE BATTLE OF GOODNESS WITH THE POWERS OF HELL.
CHICAGO!—TAKE WARNING, YOU WHO ENTER!
WHY THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN.
40,000 ILLEGAL BALLOTS IN ONE YEAR.
CHARACTER OF THE VICE CORPS; ITS WORK.
PADDED ELECTION REGISTERS.
THE PROSTITUTE: A MASK FOR THE “FLOATER.”
THE LODGING HOUSE PERIL.
ILLEGAL VOTING COSTS MAYORALTY.
MR. FARWELL ON THE BALLOT CRIME.
THE LAW ABETS EVIL.
IN CONCLUSION.
THE FIRST STEP.
STATE STREET AND ITS PITFALLS.
THE STAGES OF SIN.
THE RICH MAN’S GIRL TRAP.
THE BORDERLAND OF HELL.
ANTE ROOMS OF HELL.
THE QUESTIONS UNANSWERED.
THE FEEDERS OF THE “REDLIGHT” DISTRICTS.
THE DAILY LIFE OF A PROSTITUTE.
THE SLAVES OF THE “CADETS.”
BIG PALACES OF VICE.
THE HIDDEN TRAGEDIES.
WHAT BECOMES OF THEM?
THE TRAPPING OF THE PREY.
PRICE OF ONE BODY, ONE HEART, ONE SOUL.
THE TRAFFIC OF WHITE SLAVERY!
$200,000 ANNUAL WHITE SLAVE PRICE.
THE SHACKLES OF THE WHITE SLAVE.
THE TRIUMVIRATE.
PRICE OF PROTECTING VICE.
FIGURES THAT FREEZE THE BLOOD.
POLICE PRICE FOR THE SCARLET WOMAN.
GRAFTS THAT FEED ON FLESH AND BLOOD.
THE KIMONA TRUST.
THE LAUNDRY TRUST.
THE CRIMINAL DOCTOR.
THE PROSTITUTE AND THE BEER GRAFT.
“SELL DRINKS OR STARVE.”
BEER GRAFT—$2,915,760.
THE INVESTED VICE CAPITAL.
THE PROSTITUTE AND THE “CADET.”
BRUTALITY OF THE “CADETS.”
“CADETS” AND POLICE GRAFT.
AND TO THE WOMAN?—DEATH!
“LEAVE ALL HOPE BEHIND.”
THE LURE OF THE “LIFE.”
THE PACE THAT KILLS.
“TOO LATE TO TURN BACK”—CRIES WOMAN.
THOUSANDS ENTER THE “LIFE” YEARLY.
THE RENT GRAFT.
THE DISORDERLY SALOON AND ITS GRAFT.
DANCE HALLS AND THE IMMORAL THEATERS AND THEIR GRAFT.
VICE PALACES AND THEIR GRAFT.
MANICURE AND MASSAGE PARLORS AND THEIR GRAFT.
DRUG SELLING AND ITS GRAFT.
THE VAMPIRE TRUST AND ITS GRAFT.
RUIN, PRISON OR DEATH, THE GAMBLER’S END.
A GAMBLER’S END.
A POWER SUPREME.
CHICAGO’S BOMB WAR.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE GAMBLING COMBINE.
THE HANDBOOK EVIL AND ITS GRAFT.
THE WOMAN GAMBLER.
THE GAMBLING VEINS OF THE COUNTRY.
THE HANDBOOK PROFIT AND GRAFT.
THE POLICE PROFIT.
OTHER FORMS OF GAMBLING AND GRAFT.
GAMBLING IN CONCLUSION—ITS CROOKED CHARACTER.
THE FATE OF ONE POLICE OFFICIAL.
THE LOST CHILD THAT IS NEVER FOUND.
THE EXPOSURE OF BIG CRIMES.
THE POLICE AND PETTY LOCAL GRAFT.
“TIPPED OFF” RAIDS.
STRANGE IGNORANCE OF POLICE.
POLICE, BURGLARS AND PICKPOCKETS.
THE FATE OF THE HONEST POLICEMAN.
CHICAGO—WICKEDEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED.
A PICTURE OF CHICAGO.
THE STORY IS CONCLUDED.
