The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-20
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IRaiding Officers Say Richmond :i IN nd.
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The recent arres. OF Jans,s \ I'LL, Il, The
negro yendo or Of cocaine, and j his s:I,pe ar
iance III court j yesterday morning, W here
he was fined sl,O and rlsVncd one
year | In default Of ssJON 7sscii.t .tty has
stirred the police to i;rc,ltpr ac, y than
ever In crushing out he uae Z; the dtvg
among tile negro SSS 5s'
ATE ftllcs time Of Fl IS ARREST y thcle was
found upon Y his pc r sn,l good u-sized
bundle of cocaine pack q sos :S5i a 4 tbs sanae
time was found lii the i5c!, Dii the
dark ey the address \. Sol ere
1887 East Pratt s street tiincre Md.
# AS ito tliis ado dress. ntGll was flund
in the prisoner 8 ockat 81 e.ll Werner
said stinight that 5notnlns liai yet been
done u h the wa of M, invest tio1 OF
the source of the drug packages 6: p. !.
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The Tinles- Dispatch asked for In! !oinla-
ton from n its 35spsclal col res sI,osdent in
baltimore Yesterday, and tke. f0ltoWINg
telegram, was receivad# lassA lAstf .giit :s
Dr.st schereson !, is ~ lr,gs to q Mo-
1887 East Pratt Street. lsie ngnitoNvIe'f f
3s reads sSs Philips AIelltal sa8.i rs tl.ute a
n Scheresons was no t8 y II ~ III found y to7
n night, Morris, tile mana AID ne ne Z
Y knew nothing o rs FL III or his, pow lcr ~,
4 and denied that he CT sScner e.,sl ever n
II forgery said Morris, Sj4s q N
Evil Rapidly Spreading.
ss The police say that the wholesale y, 70 use
but comparatively recent, but that f lts
use has spread bro adcn st # "a Is M
Among the vendors Of the poison have
been Mortimer Truo. the white man, who
EKwas d walking drugstore up TO the
time Of htse arrest by 4 otticerS Bolton, in
the Old Market, recently, !, Ano ther Is i ne
negro fired Perki s. W 10 was sen teneed
on April 34th. and y Just |, out q JAY
again. He was arrested at tia time BY
K Oftlcer y N u n. Wiley In meat ley,
near the locality OF II Illl'sa arrest u & III
II Another dispenser of the drug, who was
arres ted and Is now 4 Sc erYlng ~! me. ~
Armstrong, the crippled white man, who
not only sold al kinds az dope to both
negroes and whites, but ran q den on
Oregon Hill, which was raided at the
time of Ills arrest, s II l3 W. II 4 4
4 the drug lis being sold by n many u others.
I but II Is difficult to get ut them here
they secure 1t from Is a. ystery, !. d. It "a
stated by the police tnnt certain drug
stores In this city ara thought to be one
OF the sources. III VI af3 S f N sAs 4, ,g
& Although cocaine Is used by the ne groees
iall K over Richmond, there ~ IA certain
district which Is the hotbed OF Its use,
1T lies along the alley between Broad and
Marshall Streets and runs from AAindi dison
/ to Erook Avenue Here " .is said that
4 the negroes use 1t In great quantities,
IN one small neig bor hood ~ police SCR
5geapt stated that over ~ hun drsd people
ofi both & sexes were knoWn to use the
drug. The Panitentiar AIRY Bot tom IS another
Il bad section, s,s e y sS La j 4,
h5 The only way to lessen this Wholesale
use 9of cocaine. say the pol Ice, Is to get
at the source Sof its sale, ,gM.l M his has not
YET been done, nd ~ cpsA scan on VI cone
with Ats Rccompl hment. .s II l.S.s a