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INVESTIGATIONS AT WHITECHAPEL 269
The "pimp," as I have already stated,
combined the selling of stolen property with
the selling of white girls in the East. He
can always "bring to light," as they term it,
a fine diamond ring, a diamond pin, a highclass
gold watch or two, watch-chains, earrings,
bangles, etc. all stolen in England or
America, and altered in design and made
ready for sale in the East.
To add to his other accomplishments, this
"pimp" has lots of "push," and is nearly
always to be seen at Eastern carnivals, race
meetings, regattas, etc. Such gatherings help
him to practise his nefarious tricks in selling
stolen goods, but these exploits are only
entrees or side dishes compared with the
main business of his life namely the selling
of white girls to the highest bidder out
East.
Last
month
July or August I forget
the big race meeting of
the exact
1911 was
held at Bangkok, Siam. This despicable
" "
pimp appeared at the gathering, and,
wearing fashionably cut clothes and diamond
rings and pin, he elbowed his way among
decent people. A friend of mine, a man
whom I have known and trusted for twenty
years, saw this pervert of humanity seated
in a comfortable armchair on the large, hospitable
veranda of the German club at
Bangkok. The "pimp" had more to say than
any of the decent men who were gathered in
that quiet corner, trying to keep cool on
a hot, sweltering day, and in his boastful