Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1909 — GIRLS ARE LURED TO PANAMA [ARTICLE]

GIRLS ARE LURED TO PANAMA

“Life They Lead Would Make Your Heart Bleed.” New York, July 23. —Writing to the police here. Lieutenant C. W. Barber, Second L T nited States Infantry, who Is assistant chief of police of the canal zone, declares that many American girls, especially actresses, had been lured to Panama and that “the life they lead here would make your heart bleed.” The letter tells the story of three chorus girls who, the writer says, were lured to Panama on the promise of an engagement in a local playhouse.