The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
OPIUM SELLERS
SOUGHT BY POLICE
Chinese Quarter Believed to
Hide Hop Joints, and
Suspects Being Watched.

In spite of the cleaning out of the
opium joints In the city several years
ago. when several Cinnamon, propri-
etors of the places where the dor was
smoked, were arrested and fined heav-
fly. il became known today there are a
number Of places which are now doing
a huorishing business in selling hop.
and the police and detectives are en-
deavoring TO obtain evidence sSainst
them.
Most OF these places are not far FROM
the Capitol. in what might be termei
the Chinese quarter of Washington, al
though it's a very small quarter, and
the amount of hop they sell 10 the
fiends in the city mounts up 10 Goa
siderable amount.
So far as Inc police know. there are
no joints, IN which a bug can go
and hit" the pipe. bat II Is ADMITTED
that there are probably some or these
institutions TO be found by the man
who is looking for them.
Seek Sellers of Opium.
But at present the police are looking
for the seller and not the proprietors
of Joints. Under the new law governing
the sale of this drug. the Chinaman-
or American. either-who sells II IL
legally, is apt to run up against large
ana salty sentence. with several hun
dred dollars tackled on it.
There has been as yet no dehnlte
move made to arrest any OF the OhilS-
men engaged in selling the poppy,
fh. pOIiCe DreferTing, they say, 20 eaten
them with the goods on DeIofc tley
proceed to make any wholesale aLIesls,
Already they have FOUND the EulHysi y.
Cinnamon VINO handle the stun 70 pc
large and more of the same class are
likely 10 be found at any time
The police are lust about ready, now
ever, To make the hnal moe ana II
was stated TODAY Ivy one oucial that
something is likely 10 drop IL the opium
selling trade next week.
Cinnamon Are Wary.
The Cinnamon who deal out the dope
are, as a rule. wary individuals, who
look twice before they leap, and Their
look once more for good measure, SO
that they have been selling the stuff
for many months with no interruption.
The fact that women have been seen
in these houses and looking very much
like smokers, the, police say, has given
rise 10 the story that there are regular
non smoking Joints in Washington. The
women, however, the same policemen
allege, are not occupying dope SMOKERS
pallets in side alley joints, but are mar
ried TO Cinnamon and have picked up
There are a number of regular users
of opium who are well known 20 the
police Many of these, il is believed,
procure their store or opium from the
Chinese merchants who are under OBJ
servancs- So Ear as is known. there
are no other persons in the city trying
to make opium selling-lllegal selling
a business.
Police to Get Busy.
When the police start in to clean up
these shops however they expect ~
uncover many things, and may succeed
in lftIng the lid of a rev shops which
are nou suspected ot handling sucE a
drug as hop. at least. not handling It
ga any illegal way.
The number of hop devOtees IN Wash
lngton is not large, according to officials
who keep up on such matterS as much
as possible, but there are enough 20
make il worth a ChMaman's while 10
sell the stuff. This number is, of course,
constantly increasing, although not rap
idly and the officials think they can
wine In Cut with one stroke and nreERDt