Judge Horton in Wake Superior Court on Monday sentenced the three proprietors—Cornelius Sinodis, Nick Zakras and Toney Alfonzo—of the Raleigh Café each to the roads for six months, they having been convicted last week for aiding and abetting in prostitution.
These three Greeks operated the Raleigh Café on Martin Street, almost in the heart of the city, where, according to the reports and evidence, one of the most notorious criminal enterprises was operated.
This is the café and rooming house told about in a former issue of the Jeffersonian in which the American girls were used for purposes of prostitution as a money-making scheme by these Greeks.
The defendants appealed to the Supreme Court and Judge Horton fixed supersedeas bonds at $1,500 each.
In commenting upon the activities of Justice of the Peace Parrish, who almost single-handedly unearthed this infamous practice and brought it to the attention of the court, Judge Horton had the following to say when sentences were imposed:
“Whatever may have been the motives of Justice Parrish in starting these cases, the indictments have borne fruit and have disclosed a bad condition in the heart of the city.”
From the front page of the Carolina Jeffersonian, Raleigh N.C., September 25, 1924. Some newspapers were Republican, some Democratic, some independent. The Carolina Jeffersonian aligned itself with the Ku Klux Klan.
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