The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-10

Ter bottle contains cocaine, an extract !
from the dried leaves of the cocoa /
plant.
This is what Is craved in the last |
and most terrible stages of the dis /
ease," the clerk was saying, when we
were interrupted by the entrance of
Dutch George
.eDutch George.~
Almost everyone knows "Dutch" as
he is commonly called. He is a lean.
cadaverous, lantern jawed "hypo
hend.' a kind of yellow dog of hui
1nanity that skulkS about the alleys,
seeking the bone, that is in this case,
an empty bottle or two which he may
exchange at = drug store for a dose OF
the elegant" When some charitable
person who doesn't know the extent Of
Georges failings gives him the where
withai he buys enough Of the drug
for cocaine drunk" Such times
are the hapDie5t OF his life. He spends
them in a state of satisfaction he
knows at no other. During the winter
he thought he would die and had
horror of being left there until
SPRING" as he put it. He asked the
nightWatchman to look in upon him at
his cabin on Commercial avenue every
night, and for weeks Captain Thomas
D0bSOn has discharged that duty.
Dutch" eyed me suspiciously when
I made OVertureS for q conversation,
but a promise Of new needle Tor his
gun" as the hypodernnic syringe is
called worked like magic on the
covering wretch.
The History OF u Fiend.
He is twenty-nine years Of age was
born in Indiana, ana has no living
relatives except a half-sister whose
home is at Logan. For seven years he
was addicted to the habit Of smoking
opium. having fallen into that habit
who INDUCED in it He got into
trouble and was thrown into Jail
where he came TO know a. "hypo
f1end' who induced him to take
"shok." He found the effect was near
~ Instantaneous, and the expense
less than that Of smoking and
from that time used the gun
meneed the use Of cocaine. GLOW do
you feel when you are out Of
money and can't set cocaine" in
quired- 81 feel as If [ would Kill any
one that stood in the way Of my get
ting it," was the reply.
The Usual Chestnut.
How did you happen to commence
using cocaine?" I asked. "For my
| TOOTH was the answer, with q PECK
sniffean air. '"They all say that" re-
| marked the clerk, in an aside.
George Takes n E"shOt.''
AT this 1uncture the fellow COM
planned of feeling Ill, and, applying the
gum to his arm, he thrust the needle
to the depth of half an inch into his
flesh. at don't matter to me whether
that's a vein or not he said. But if
anybody but a 'fend' pricked a vein it
would be dangerous"
1t was evident that the prick Of the
needle, which he said he could not
feel, was followed almost Instantly by
ance of it. The mans eye grew
| brighter, and for the first time he sat
| erect.
Was Cured Once.
He had been Cured" once at the
Kelley, he said. A considerable
supply of whisky, tonics and whole
| some food replaced this terrible stin-
ulant. After three weeks he had gained
! in flesh and strength, but the craving
was not gone. Even then" he said,
81 felt that I would rather die than
! live without cocaine. They sent me to
| the mines, where I staid a couple of
weeks, but I came back to Salt Lake
| and-well, I commenced again. Except
those i've weeks 1 have never been
without the influence of opium, NOR
| phine or cocaine for more than two
hours"
4 Vivid Recital.
dutch" prides himself on having re-
| duced his supply somewhat during the
| past two weeks. He told US that one
| Sunday morning he had awakened
| from one Of those long fits of Stupor
or sleep, into which he falls when ma
/ ture is utterly exhausted, and which
! last from fifteen to twenty hours. and
/ dashed out into the street, conscious
| OF nothing but his fearful craving for
cocaine. He was but scantilY clad,
| and the officers took him back to his
| novel more quickly than ceremon-
iously. Something of the disgraceful-
ness of this occurrence and of his own
Wretched condition seemed to impress
the fellow. 81 cried there by myself
all afternoon" he said, and since That
I have been taking smaller doses. If
/ [ can get rid of the cocaine habit I
can break loose from morphine, too,
maybe, especially if can leave Salt
Lake"
His Only Friend.
Do you want to leave town to get
away from your asgociateg2' asked one
Of the number. who had dropped in
during the conversation. There was a
/ ghost Of a smile on the clammy fea-
lures. 81 have no associates Dutch
said; Il don't want any. When. have
enough cocaine in me I am satisfied
That Waterman that looks in every
night to see how [ am is the only per-
son I'm attached to. When 1 meet
any of the people I used to know they
look at me or speak in a way that
hurts my feelings. l often walk down
the middle OF the street to avoid
them"
Then you have some pride, Dutch 2"
said one. Yes. but il don't last long,
He told us the idea Of fends baskine
in imaginary luxury is false. You fee
satisfied, but YOU don't imagine any
thing" Cocaine he found to be more
immediate in its effects but not sc
fuence is gone you feel worse he
said.
Another Appeal to the .sGun.',
He was growing FESTIVE under The
dialogue and looked furtiyely in TIT
supplied with the drug. He was turn
ishe6 with the rev needle, and a new
supply Of cocaine and was at once
oblivious TO his surroundings. H,
went to the faucet and carefully
mixed the solution, half and half
striking a match and holding tn,
flame near the tube TO hasten the dis
solving process. Again ne pushed III
his sleeve showing an arm covered
with sores made by the breaking
OF the needles in the flesh
! Again the arm was puncture1
The instrument was returned 70 It
case and Clutch George" saying gOod
night TO his whilon audience disap
peared-