Arizona republican., 1898-08-27
MINING SUPPLIES.
THEY HIT THE. PIPE.
The Roidinq of an Opium p0rty Yesterday Morning.
It Was a Cosmopolitan Affair-A Strong White Light Thrown on No. 2JZ East Adams Street.
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The police made curious and vari- a egated haul yesterday morning, re- minding readers of Dickens of an incl dent in the earlier chapters of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Informa- tiop reached the officers from a secret source that an opium smoking seance was billed to take place at the resi- dence of Mrs. Elizabeth Myers, No. 232 East Adams street, a thoroughly respectable neighborhood, except for the presence of Mrs. Myers herself and a lately constructed livery stable.
 Just before clock Officers Molloy and Galpin and Jailor John Rock went to the house and demanded ad- mittance. The inmates were slow about answering. That the house was dark had not led the officers to think ing that the opium smoking project had been abandoned. Under threat to force an entrance, the door was opened. Officer Galpin had a lantern. It's glimmering rays shed enough light on the situation to prove to the visit ing party that the secret information was trustworthy. Beside Mrs. Myers there was a young woman. well known attorney and politician, and most important of all a Chinaman, the grand high priest of the occasion. There were also opium pipes and a lamp used in the opium rites, but the lamp was extinguished. Galpin put his hand on it, but didn't keep it there till Christmas. Touch it." he said to Rock. Rock touched it, and ex- claimed, Its red hoti" You think you will be able to remember that in court tomorrow" asked Galpin Rock rubbed his fingers and said he believed he could. Beside all these people of various nationalities, and these en- blems of an oriental vice, there was something else in the room, four great chunks of consternation, though the Chinaman partially concealed his share behind an immovable yellow mask.
 Mrs. Myers was released on her own recognizance, but the high priest and the two devotees were taken to the station, where they subsequently each put up $25 cash bond. The case will probably be set for trial today
 All the members of the opium party say Iulo WdS lliSlI uISt OnSuSS- Hey said they had been reading about the effect of opium upon the human sys- tenn and wanted to test the accuracy of the information they had had. Sc the proceeding so rudely interrupted by the police was nothing more than a society engaged in physiological re- search. In proof of this they point to the fact that they had retained Cki- naman to initiate them into the mys- teries, whereas if they had been adepts they could have rolled the pills and cooked them themselves without pig tailed Celestial Interference.
 However that may be, No. 232 Easi Adams street has been running dowr pretty fast and the neighbors have been watching it's descent with awe First came the livery stable, and ther questionable people coming and going gave the number a suspicious reputa tion. People in the community had steeled themselves against astonish. ment at whatever might transpire al No. 232, but they were not prepared to learn that they were in close prox imity to hop joint. They are there fore scandalized and astir.
 Speaking of scandal, this carly morning discovery is possibly only thu removal of the outer crust, and ex traordinary as it is in itself will likel, precipitate the disclosure of a scanda that is a scandal