Greensboro, August 17—James Hackett, known as “silk shirt Jimmy,” arrested here on June 19 on charges of violating the White Slave Act, and since then confined in Guilford county jail while awaiting trial in United States Court, became insane today and had to be confined in the padded cell at the jail.
Editor’s Note: The Mann Act (White Slave Act of 1910) made it a federal crime to transport a woman or girl across state lines for prostitution, debauchery, or any other immoral purpose.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday morning, Aug. 18, 1926
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