New-York tribune., 1904-10-11
POSTPONE DRUG RAID.
Store Proprietor Confesses- 900 Sell
Wooten AduIterated Products.

Armed with warrants Central once detectives
and agents of the Society for the Suppression OF
Vice were prepared last night to make another ralu
a drug store in Manhattan at which adulterateo
drugs furnished by Howard F. Wooten's concern
were sold. The detectives had been keeping watcn
Of the place, 10 make sure that no drugs were re-
moved from it previous TO the raid AT late hour
however. IL decided to postpone the raid until
this morning at IL o'clock.
The reason for the change of plan It was said,
that the proprietor had gone TO one OF the
counsel in the and made full confession
His store is in Fulton-st and he said he had been
making about $3.50 a week for two years by selling
the drugs furnished by the Wooten concern
An examination of the records seized in the raid
on Wooten's place last week showed that this man
and about six hundred other druggists in the city
have been selling the adulterates drugs. buying
them for a quarter Of the price they would have
had to pay pure drugs Investigations are to be
made in many other cases. and more raids are ex-
pected although many of the druggists may destroy
the adulterated stock to keep out of trouble
Agents of the Society for the Suppression of Vice
are interested in the of some OF the druggists
because of sales Of illegal articles. Some articles
seized in a raid last week have been turned over to
Anthony Comstock.
George B. Hayes. attorney for F. Bayer & Co..
OF Germany. who has been leading the hunr Tor
the drug swinders. said yesterday.
We are beginning to find out what powerful
have evidence that the gang supplied its adulter-
ated Dreparations to about six hundred druBslSts
in this city alone and probably to several t
in the country at large For making % 9p aes
of pure drugs The stuff which was selseo IaSt
week and is in charge OF the pTopeLS LoiIe
at Police Headquarters includes drugs worth SOOuI
We found that the packages made up for S- ae-
livery the druggists were all adui1sssaiteS5
smiles OF the genuine labels. The dr1sslsIs VIZ
bought used the adulterated stun, taj
must have known they were uslhs Sstine with
the counterfeitod RE ta labeis was the cheap drug
hcetaniles. .-,.so.
When a legitimate prescription from physician
was presented they simply suosttuILee veTs Se1 ony
cal" drug. The fact that the articles were ".s he
sold Prescriptions show how dastaroy 5sons o
act wouldn't TO say no" many ~ SVss tha
have been killed by taking the stun MtiC for in
druggists substituted for the drugs ceHeu ioi ."
the prescriptions. ,,,-.
Acetaniles was present In every package. Lnere-
fore. the patient who received the mlNture Ip'r o4
the cumulative effect of the drugs. but m az az
clifton received from FIVE 10 eight sIalns q .bis
dangerous acetaniles. The seriousness or TINS
stated that medical records show many uestHs N49
10 acetaniles taken In Ave grain doses
Mr. Hayes said he had declined offer OF testi-
mony by Alfred r. Goslin. who formerly was in
business with Howard z Wooten. one OF the men
arrested on the charge OF dealing in adulterated
drugs because the offer was made on the condl-
ton that Gosln should be released on the charges
growing out OF the failure OF the United states
Finance and Mortgage Company
Charles B. Cooper one Of Wootens agents
In the sale Of drugs. was arratgned at the Ionos
Court yesterday and motion of Mr.. Hayes the
examination was put 20 Thursday Cooper is
under 5000 bail WOoten has waived examination.