THE GIRL THAT DISAPPEARS
as such, does now or has never trafficked in women, but that such traffic is being, or has been, carried on by various members as individuals.
This much was allowed to get into the papers, but the rest of the paragraph was discreetly omitted. Here it is:
We find that the members of this association are scattered in many cities throughout the United States. From the testimony adduced it appears probable that the social relation of the members and the opportunity thereby afforded of communicating with one another in various cities have facilitated the conduct of their individual business.
After citing a trenchant example of the closeness of relationship between the members of this exonerated band of worthies, the presentment goes on to state that by their own confession practically every member of the association is now, or has been in the not remote past, engaged in the operation of dis-
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