To the Hon. THOMAS C. O'SULLIVAN, Judge of the
Court of General Sessions.
Sir:
We, the members of the Additional Grand Jury for the January term, 1910, respectfully present as follows:
In the charge delivered to us by Your Honor on the 3rd day of January, 1910, Your Honor said:
"There have been spread broadcast in the public prints statements that the City of New York is a center or clearing house for an organized traffic in women for immoral purposes, or what has come to be known as the 'white slave' traffic. Some of these statements may have been published with ulterior motive and may have been mere sensationalism, but some are said to be based upon official investigation and charges made by persons who profess to have knowledge of the fact.
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"This traffic in women, it is charged, follows two main objects: First, the procuring of women of previous chaste character, who through force, duress, or deceit are finally made to live lives of prostitution; second, the procuring of women who are already prostitutes and placing them with their consent in houses where they may ply their trade.
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"But the main object, gentlemen, which I desire you to keep in mind throughout your investigation is the uncovering not alone of isolated offenses, but of an organization, if any such exists, for a traffic in the bodies of women.
"You should make your investigation sufficiently broad to cover not only present conditions, but also conditions existing in the past within the statute of limitations.