The sale of these drugs is prohibited by law except under the most precautionary methods. In the South side “redlight” district four druggists make a profit on the sale of these drugs which is larger than their income on all other articles combined.
The sellers of these drugs must of necessity be known to the police who see the constant throng of hundreds of unfortunates sneaking shamefully into the places to procure the poisons that bring pleasant dreams, and even unconsciousness.
These places pay on an average $150 a month protection money to officials through their subordinates.
THE VAMPIRE TRUST AND ITS GRAFT.
Wherever wealth congregates, and men seek to while away the leisure hours, willing to spend thousands of dollars in a night’s enjoyment, there you will find the agents of vice ready to minister to the wants of those men.
Out of such conditions has been born the Vampire Trust of Chicago.
It is composed of more than 100 women of loose character, women steeped in sin and vice, women of apparent refinement and dashing appearance, women of beauty and luring manner.
These women infest the lobbies, cafes and restaurants of the most exclusive hotels in the city. Their victims are the wealthy Chicago visitors who are compelled to forget their troubles and business worries over a glass of wine with charming, siren members of the trust. These women drug, rob, steal and blackmail their victims.
Many of these women have extensive police records. Their faces are known to the old and young detectives who are appointed to protect the city’s guests.
Then why are they allowed to carry on their thieving trade and fatten on their ill-gotten gains?