Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-14
RAID HOP JOINT
At EARLY HOUR
Acting Sergeant Johnson and
Squad Of Blue Coats
Make Haul.
DlEHL FINDS THE MEN GUILTY
Tell Queer Stories of Going To the
Joint to Meet FriCnds-EaCc
Sentence Tomorrow.

Acting Sergt Emil Johnson and Pa
trolmen Olson. Betz and Doty made
raid ut o'clock this morning on a
Chinese opium den at No. Plum al
ley. run by Mongolian named q. How.
They arrested the proprietor and five in
mates, two of the latter being women.
The raid was not without It's sensa-
tioual features and the officers es-
peelally Acting Sergt. Johnson, had d
most strenuous time before they finally
landed the six prisoners behind the
bars in the city jail.
For some time the officers had been
watching the place. They knew that
How was selling opium but they We're
unable to get the necessary proof.
Early this morning Johnson gathered
up Olson, Betz and Doty and decided
to watch the place for few hours and
at the proper time make q raid. The
officer saw two women and two men
sneak quietly UP the stairway and
after waiting until few minutes he
fore o'clock, Olson was stationed at
the front door while Betz and Doty
were placed in other positions near the
entrance to the den.
CLIMBED a LADDER.
officer johnson went to the rear of
climbed to a small window on the sec
ond floor. He could hear the Mongo-
liam mutterlng in the room and the
pungen! smell of opium was waited
through the window whore johnson
was stationed. He could hear the deep
breathing of those who had been prac-
tically overcome by the drug and al
though he was unable then to commu-
nicate with his fellow officers decided
upon a bold stroke. NUiselessly push
Ing open the small window he Crawled
half way through the opening, but as
johnson is not built exactly on the
lightweight plan, his body stuck fast
in the opening.
He could get neither In or out!
The opium soaked Chnaman saw the
officer and gave the alarm. The in
mates of the den were Immediately
aroused and tried to escape. Despite
the fact that johnson was in peril he
calmly told those in the room to re
main where they were, informing them
that the place was surrounded by
policemen and there was no chance
of escape He then called to Olson,
who was by that time at the door, OIL
son and Betz tried to break down the
door, but it resisted their efforts. BY
this time Doty had climbed the ladder
under johnson and the latter ordered
the Chinanlan to open the door. After
some delay the door was opened and
| in rushed Olson and Betz. Johnson
was still stuck fast in the small win
| dow and was unable to get in or out.
but with the help of Doty on the out
| side and Olson in the room while Betz
| guarded the door, Johnson was finally
| pushed and hauled through the open
| ing into the room.
The officers placed under arrest G.
How, the proprietor. NJ. Donnelly.
Harvey Murphy Ed. Morrison, Pauline
Fuller and Violet Beck. All except the
Chinaman are white.
LAYOUT STILL HOT.
The officers found in the room four
opium outfits all lighted. The bowls
were hot from recently lighted pills
and the room filled with the smoke.
The inmates were half dazed from the
use of the drug and Ho, the Monaghan,
had just finished rolling two fresh
pills. The two women were lying on
the dirty hunks while the men. with
coats Off were sitting on hunks about
the room. The patrol wagon was called
and the prisoners were loaded in and
hauled TO police Headquarters where
the Chinaman was booked for keeping
an opium den and the others with
resorting to and helping to maintain
the joint The outfits were confiscat-
ed by the police.
This morning the cases we're called
before Judge e. n. Diehl Atty. New
ton represented the Chinaman and the
two women and took until tomorrow
morning to plead.
Donnelly, Murphy and Morrison
pleaded not gritty and their trial was
proceeded with
Officers Johnson and Bets took the
stand and testified that when they
entered the room the three men were
lying on hunks. with their coats off and
lighted opium pipes beside them.
The three defendants swore positive
~ they We're not smoking opium and
declared they all went there to meet
friend" Murphy's testimony Was
rather amusing
SAW A BULL"
IT went there with Donnelly TO meet
his friend" said he. Il did not know
the place and fell down on the stairs
several times / took my coat off be-
cause 1t was so hot, guess was there
about III minutes when / happened to
glance toward a little hole I'm the wall
and there was a bull tOfhcer Johnson.
Tho two girls were smoking but I was
not smoking ! was sick"
officer Betz also contributed rare
hit of humor. Asked 10 state who were
in the room, he replied
''Well, besides these three fellows.
there were the Chink and two more
ladies"
f.ach OF IN" lhree men TOOK the stand
and told stories about going into the
hop joint to meet friends. All admitted
they had their coats off but denied
smoking the opium. According To the
statement OF the officers and tho APP
peawnce of the defendants, they are an
hop heads"
After hearing all the evidence. Judge
Diehl found the mon guilty as charged
and liked the time for sentence for to.
morrow morning at O'Clock. How Is
under $50 bail and the two women I'M
der bonds Of SIS each. They furnished
the money and were released. but Don
nelly. Murphy and Morrison were I'M
able to give bail and We're rcmanded to
jail until tomorrow morning, when they
head" and visit "Chnk' opium joint