The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-22
"H0P," POETRY,
ELECTRICITY
Police Raid "Joint" and Make
Discoveries.
MANY MODES OF ESCAPE
ELABORATE SYSTEM OF En-
FRANCES AND EXITS FOUND.

The police have begun a crusade
against the hop joints" The officers
received tip that white men and wo-
men were smoking opium in Chinese
dives in Plum alley and a raid was
made on several Of the suspected
places The police were not fortunate
enough 10 capture any Of the smokers,
although at the time one of the houses
was ra1ded there were two .'nymphs
du pave from Commercial street in
me dive, according to reports. The
dives are fitted with electric bells and
patent locks and every precautiOn is
taken to guard against a surprise by
the police.
The first place visited by the officers
was two-stOry board shack in Plum
alley, few doors north Of Second
south This 'jOint" is operated by a
Chlnaman. whose heather name IS un-
Known but who is known among the
denizens of the lower world as DR.. Fat
1t was reported to the officers that DR.
Fat had been doing a Iarge-sized bust
ness at his palace Of late and the pO-
lice decided TO raid it. and if possible
10 catch some of the people who have
been hitting the pipe" An officer was
stationed at the front door to prevent
escape in that direction while several
more went around on State street,
passed through livery stable and en-
tered the place from the rear
Break Down Three Doors.
After making sure that some one was
INSIDE, the officers made a rush and
broke down a door. This was only a
DHnd, however, and the bluecOats had
10 batter down two more before they
could enter the room where the smOk-
ing was done The work occupied but
a few moments. but in this short time
rtne inmates had been warned and
when the officers got inside the hop
nends' had gone.
The room was blue with smoke and a
6lckening OdOr of opium. mingled with
the aroma Of vile cigarettes, pervaded
the place Long hop pipes" were scat
tered about the room Just as their users
mad dropped them when the alarm was
given Cards Of BLACK opium were "
Ing on the table near a fickering
candle, but the smokers had escaped.
The officers searched the place from
cellar to garnet, but the birds had
uOWn- In two of the rooms were found
electric push buttons, which the police
say are connected with every house on
the alley and the moment a bell rings
the hop fiends" make their escape. The
houses are built touching one another
and are connected by innumera Bile
doors so that it is not difficult to avoid
the police. From the officers stationed
in front of the house it was afterwards
learned that the insant the policemen
Knocked in the first door the bells were
rung all along the line.
Devices to Fool. Police.
All sorts of ingenious devices are used
by the prOprietOrs of the joints to fool
the police. Often the smokers are
placed in a room which is locked from
n
ing the officers to believe that the room
Is unOccupled. This ruSe worked for
while, but the officers finally -'tumbled''
so it is no longer used
The police claim that most of the
smoking is done early in the evening.
about O'Clock, and in the mornings at
ABOUT the same nOur. The people who
patronize the hop joints principally are
FALLEN women and the lowest class of
men. Occasionally. however a prOmi-
nent young man who is looking for
new sensation" may be found hitting
the pipe.
Effects Of 'EHop" on Brain
As an example Of the effects. the fol-
lowing, said to have been found in the
Joint is submitted.
DR. Fat Of Chinatown can make fat peo-
pie thin;
The way he cooks. those pills" of hop
Is certainly sin.
GU enter his JOINT from Plum alley. find
your way through the smoke to a
bunk
And DR.. Fat of Chinatown takes a card
of hop from his trunk
y on take your place upon a mat, lOngslde
a Chink or two,
But just so long as you get your hon
why, what does it matter to you2
Then DR.. Fat of Chinatown calls out to
his friend Chung Lu,
THE Melicau man he want TO smoke.
so gettee the long bamboo
DR.. Fat of Chinatown, he teaches you
how TO smoke.
And kicks his customers out of the door
as soon as he finds they're broke.
DR. Fat of Chinatown, as soon as il gets
bright day,
He leaves the hop fiends in their hunks
and goes on a fan-tan lay
He CANDLES from morn till dewy eve, /
loses his money. and then
Makes his way down the alley to the door
of his opium den
He opens the door and steps inside, and |
cheerfully looks around.
And says TO Chung, his cOuntryman, Go (
glettee hop, one pound
W hen night has fallen and the stars are
L out. the hop fiends come and so,
ARd Doc Fat stands by the wicket gate /
that opens onto the row
six bittee hop, there you are. he cries, /
and four bittee hop for YOU.
You no hittee pioe before2 Then two /
bittee hop Will do
He sings this song the whole night long. I
assisted by good Chung Lu.
And cooks" the pills in the dim gas /
light in the alley at number ..