Commercialized Prostitution in New York City Part 17

BEDFORD CASES

PREVIOUS RECORDS, SO FAR AS CAN BE ASCERTAINED

Bedford State Reformatory for women 13 Catholic Protectory 4 County jails 6 Florence Crittenton Home 7 Gerry Society 4 House of Good Shepherd, Brooklyn 20 House of Good Shepherd, New York 34 House of Mercy, Inwood 23 House of Refuge, Randall's Island 15 Insane Asylums 2 Magdalen Asylum 16 Ma.s.sachusetts State Industrial School, Lancaster 3 New York Juvenile Asylum 5 New York State Industrial School, Rochester 3 New York State Training School for Girls, Hudson 6 Orphan Asylum 20 Penitentiaries 7 Sherbourne Prison 1 Washington Square Home 3 Waverly House 4 Wayside Home 13 Workhouse 65 Various other homes for Wayward Girls 31 305 47.1 -- Say never in inst.i.tution and never arrested previously 255

Admit one or more previous arrests, but got off with fine, suspended sentence or discharge, and claim never to have been committed 66

Admit having been on probation 21 ---- TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES 647

OF THE ABOVE

Arrested twice, once fined, once on probation 1 In one inst.i.tution, twice arrested and once on probation 3 In one inst.i.tution, three arrests and on probation 1 In one inst.i.tution, several other arrests 3 In one inst.i.tution, workhouse eight times, six months each 1 In two inst.i.tutions 30 In two inst.i.tutions, several other arrests 6 In three inst.i.tutions 5 In three inst.i.tutions, several other arrests 2 In four inst.i.tutions 1 In four inst.i.tutions, several times Raymond St. Jail 1 Six months in workhouse, four times arrested, twice fined 1 Workhouse once, six times arrested and fined 1 Workhouse once, seven times arrested 1 In two inst.i.tutions, workhouse once, fined three times, and on probation 1 In Madgalen, twice; Good Shepherd, once; 10 days in workhouse; three times arrested; on probation once 1 In workhouse twice; arrested six times; on probation once 1 In one home; workhouse twice; twice fined, and once discharged 1 Workhouse, three terms 1 Workhouse, three terms, six months each; four times fined. 1 In three inst.i.tutions; workhouse, three times; seven other arrests 1 Arrested about 30 times; City prison, 10 weeks; workhouse, 6 terms; fined over 20 times 1 Three times on the Island; arrested over 30 times 1 Twice at Good Shepherd, workhouse two terms and arrested nine times 1 Two and one-half years House of Refuge, arrested five times; on Island four times 1 Two terms at Hudson; three arrests; workhouse, three months; Bedford for third time 1 House of Refuge, four years; Juvenile Asylum, one year; more than 40 times at the workhouse, once on probation 1

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TABLE XXVI

CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

BIRTHPLACE

_American Born_ _Foreign Born_

New York City 210 Austro-Hungary 34 Other parts of N. Y. State 53 Canada 11 Alabama 2 England-Scotland 9 Arizona 1 Finland 0 Arkansas 1 France 4 California 6 Galacia 2 Colorado 1 Germany 24 Connecticut 4 Holland 0 Delaware 2 India 0 District Columbia 3 Ireland 12 Florida 3 Italy 6 Georgia 3 Mexico 1 Illinois 4 Poland 9 Indiana 2 Roumania 2 Iowa 0 Russia 46 Kansas 1 Sweden 5 Kentucky 2 Switzerland 2 Louisiana 0 Venezuela 1 Maine 0 West Indies 7 Maryland 5 Total No. foreign born 175 28.68% Ma.s.sachusetts 24 " " American " 435 71.31% Michigan 1 ---- Minnesota 1 TOTAL 610 Mississippi 1 Missouri 0 New Hampshire 1 New Jersey 17 North Carolina 6 Ohio 3 Oregon 0 Pennsylvania 23 Rhode Island 2 South Carolina 7 Tennessee 0 Texas 3 Virginia 8 Vermont 0 West Virginia 0 Wisconsin 2 Unknown 33 ---- TOTAL 435

TABLE XXVII

CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTRY OF 147 CASES, BORN IN THE UNITED STATES

City born 85 57.82% Country born 62 42.18% ---- TOTAL 147

Born in cities of New York 52 Born in cities of other states 33 ---- TOTAL 85

Born in country, New York State 1 Born in country, other states 61 ---- TOTAL 62 147

TABLE XXVIII

CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

REASONS FOR COMING TO NEW YORK OF 400 CASES BORN OUTSIDE THE CITY, AMERICAN AND FOREIGN

Ran away to escape home conditions 4 To live with family or husband 63 To obtain work, or easier work 57 To practice prost.i.tution 42 To see New York 10 With lover 11 Unknown or not given 213 --- TOTAL NUMBER CASES 400

TABLE XXIX

CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

EDUCATION

Does not read or write in any language 68 11.15% Reads and writes a foreign language 20 3.28% Reads and writes English, no further education 335 54.92% Finished fifth grade 34 5.57% Finished Grammar grades 74 12.13% Entered High School or Business courses 36 5.90% Unknown 43 7.05% ---------- TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES 610 100%

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CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

OCCUPATIONS

_Before entering prost.i.tution_ _After entering prost.i.tution_ 662 cases used 497 cases used

Artist .. 1 Book-binding 1 ..

Canva.s.ser 2 ..

Chambermaid 34 5 Clerk in small store 9 ..

Companion 1 ..

Department store 70 10.57% 10 Errand girl 1 1 Factory 215 32.46% 24 Domestic service 117 17.67% 20 Laundry 16 1 Librarian 1 ..

Manicure 4 2 Ma.s.sage 1 ..

Millinery 12 2 Nurse girl 34 1 Office work 20 0 Palmist 1 ..

Salvation Army worker 1 ..

Sewing 16 4 Steel Engraver 1 ..

Stenographer 8 ..

Teacher 1 ..

Telephone operator 13 ..

Theatrical work 20 3 Waitress 53 6 No work 10 Supported by prost.i.tution only 353 ---- Supported by husband or parents 23 TOTAL 662 Stealing 11 Unknown 30 ---- TOTAL 497

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CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

AGE

_Years_ _Number_ _First_ _Number_ _of_ _entering_ _s.e.xual_ _entering_ _age_ _Inst.i.tution_ _offense_ _prost.i.tution_

6 .. 1 ..

7 .. 1 ..

8 .. .. ..

9 .. 1 ..

10 .. 2 ..

11 2 5 3 12 2 9 1 13 .. 7 ..

14 7 33 7 15 7 67 32 16 20 59 45 17 28 83 67 18 43 77 73 19 54 56 59 20 51 35 66 21 31 31 37 22 54 32 35 23 41 12 25 24 54 10 24 25 31 7 13 26 31 11 9 27 20 3 8 28 28 6 6 29 15 1 1 30 23 5 4 31 14 2 2 32 14 1 2 33 6 .. ..

34 7 .. ..

35 1 .. 1 36 5 3 1 37 2 .. ..

38 1 .. ..