William Damrill: Violation of The Mann Act (White Slavery)

William Damrill was born 25 may 1883 in Missouri.

Inmate: #4107 McNeil Island Federal Prison (Washington)

Rec: 21 Mar 1922

Crime: Mann Act

Term: 3 Yrs

Age: 38

Here's one more newspaper article: (Click the link to read).

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79280834/william-damrill/?xid=637&_ga=2.215916818.428217789.1620345769-2020079248.1603979517

 What is the Mann Act (White Slavery), you ask well here is the the answer.

The Mann Act (also known as the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910) is a federal law that criminalizes the transportation of “any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose.” ... The committees believed that no girl would enter prostitution unless drugged or held captive. Or taken across state lines.

While the Mann Act has never been repealed, it has been amended and altered since its initial passing. The Mann Act continued essentially unchanged until 1978 amendments that expanded coverage to issues around child pornography and exploitation.

Here's a link with more information:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mann_act#:~:text=The%20Mann%20Act%20(also%20known,for%20any%20other%20immoral%20purpose.%E2%80%9D&tex=The%20committees%20believed%20that%20no,unless%20drugged%20or%20held%20captive.

I wish the newspaper articles would of given us more details about him taking this young girl from Idaho Falls to Reno.

I think he was married twice first on 30 Mar 1906 to Allie Straight they had a daughter named Fay Pauline Damrill.

Then he married Rosa Bills(1889-1982)  8 Aug 1918 in Salt Lake City, she eventually had 4 husbands including William.

Here's Rose's Obit.

William worked for the railroad.

He worked for The Coppersmith Oregon Short Line Railroad.

Here's his WWI Draft Card

In doing my research I came across 2 William Demrill, I noticed a few trees have mixed these 2 Williams up.

There are 2 William Damrill, this William gets mixed up with William Theodore Damrill they are not the same person.

WWI Draft Card

Name:William Theodore Damrell

[William Theodore Danrell] 

Race:White

Birth Date:23 Jan 1882

Residence Date:1917-1918

Street Address:3

Residence Place:Shelby County, Missouri, USA

Physical Build:Medium Stout

Height:Medium

Hair Color:Light

Eye Color:Blue

Relative:Ella May Damrell

WWII Draft Card

Name William Theodore Damrell

Birth 23 Jan 1882 Shelby County, Missouri, USA

Death 26 Aug 1951 Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri, USA

 THIS WILLIAM: (Our William)

WWI Draft Card

Name:William Damrill

Race:White

Birth Date: 25 May 1883

Residence Date:1917-1918

Street Address:635 So. Grant

Residence Place: Bannock County, Idaho, USA

Physical Build:Medium

Height:Medium

Hair Color:Dark

Eye Color:Blue

Relative:Rose Damrill

If you look at his WWI Draft Card he has a bad eye the other William doesn't 

 

He does not have a WWII Draft Card he most liekly died before it was due to be filled out.

These things are still going on Human trafficking is a huge problem across the world.