The Detroit times., 1910-10-14
NOTORIOUS ''GoI
JOINT UhC0vEn{
BY POLICE
All-Night vigils BY Pair q o0eoS1
Followed by Raid on 9. =. Silver.
mans Place and Arrest q ~
prietor and Eight Hshitaaa.
More Than 81, 900 Worth q lrspeztg
Stolen by dope sniaers" y
Recovered.


battered and carefully marked With
the mystic symbol Of the police. III
responsible for the uncovering o.
what the police say Is Detroit's most!
notorious cocaine joint. the recovery
Of more than $1,000 worth OF stolen
property and the arrest OF the pro-
prietor Of the plant" and eight dope
smiling patrons OF the place.
The little coin--1886 was the date
of its birth--was aided nobly In IT,
work by Patrolman Wallace Wiliiamns
colored, and Patrolmen Roy Baker
and Frank Lamonde. Through thooo
long. cold, autumn nights, these 0f.
ficers have lain and waited. Early
Friday morning their patience WAS
rewarded. When williams, his face
dirt-smeared. his clothing In shrcde,.
his shoes worn at the heels, applied
at the door of the coke plant on
Front-st.. near Second-st., and slipped
the marked dime through the crack
CT the door into the hands Of the
proprietor, receiving his meager por-
ton of the drug In return. the work
of the police was practically done.
Place 10 Raided.
A few minutes later, six police Of
GERS. including Williams, disguised A.
Negro cocaine fend, entered. They
pounced upon George II. Silverman,.
the luckless proprietor Of the joint.
A hurried search through his clothing
revealed the antiquated dime. He
was caught with the goods.
Silverman, who is weil-known to
the police, turned pallid at the prog
pect. He tried to blum II out at first
why, there's lots of dimes Of tho
date 1885," he faltered.
None Of 'em are marked like this"
answered Patrolman Baker.
II guess the jig's up" said Silver
| man. Then he turned suddenly to q
table, where lay half-filled bottle or
whisky and drained the contents It =
single gulp.
] In the low. dlngy room, among piles
Of stolen property, three habitaea of
the Silverman dump lay, senseleop
and sodden with the drug BY wh1cM
they had wooed slumber. ~ n
The police brought them, ROM
to their feet, threw them with Silver
man. who was begging for nlOrphin~,
into waiting auto patrol and hlzEs
ried them to the central station. n
Silverman IL registered on the
charge of violating the drug law, but
he will also be charged with conduct
ing fence" for stolen property.
Police headquarters resembled =
Junk shop after the goods found IN
the Silverman joint had been trans
ferred there. The police believe now
they have solved the mystery Of "a
many show case and other petty rob
berries.
Much Loot Recovered.
Every conceivable thing, from b box
OF cheap candy to most expensive
silverware, was found and co01IocutGd
by the police. Tools, books, auto
mobile trimmings, dry goods. purses.
suit cases, children's toys, silverwaro,
these and a variety OF other things
are included in the loot. A process
sion of men and women filed into
headquarters during the morning and
already much OF the stun has been
identified.
Eighteen bottles filed with cocaine,
one big box OF the dope" q variety
OF hypodermic syringes-these are the
articles that explain Silyermans sue
cess among the riff-raff of Detroits
streets. These also are held by the
police.
Three nights ago, Patrolmen Baker
and Williams started on the lay"
They worked In plain Clothes. the riif-
raff know the fly cops too well.
Silently they followed up those they
knew to be devotees OF the dope.
The trail led to Front-st.. near the
Industrial home II Is a short, dark
thoroughfare IN the heart OF the slum
district. Then came long periods Of
silent watchfulness.
AII-Night vlsils.
From away up In corner OF the
pavilion OF the Wayne hotel. the two
officers watched. All Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. Williams and Bak-
er lay fiat on their stomachs. their
eyes never leaving for an instant the
dimly-iighted lane. Front-st.
Night after night. they watched q
procession of men and women, miser-
able. tottering figures, their systems
craving for opiates. nerveless wrecks.
winking at disgrace TO satisfy the pas
sion OF their lives-cocaine.
Finally the police were sure Of the
place. Thursday night was agreed
upon as the time for the coup. Ada
Garroty, shrill-voiced. garrulous wo-
man. who boasts OF numberiess ar
rests, came and went. From their
lofty perch. the policemen saw her 90
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