El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-08
MANY ARRESTS ON
THE CHARGE Of
SMUGGLING
Continued From Fage one.)

addressed to Grace Jackson, Los An
ge1es, and wired TO officials in Los An
geleS to watch for it, where their sus-
picions were verified. Grace Jackson
was name they believed Welch would
have some woman use in claiming the
package Welch later admitted this
also The night of her arrest, Ethel
sent telegram TO postoffice box 35s
Los Angeles, and the officers here.
| learning the address. wired this infor-
nation to Los Angeles Welch went to
the box for the mail and was arrested.
He was Informed that Ethel had been
arrested, and, the officers say, he con-
fessed at once that he had been snuS-
Cling opium He was brought back
mere The officers then took out the
express package addressed TO Grace
jackson at Los Angeles and found thar
Ii contained six cans of opium On
this evidence Ethel was held here.
WEIGH was held on his own testimony
That Welch was in the business Of
smuggling opium had ben suspected BY
the officers. and the confession of Hall
further warranted them, they say. in
watching Welch. They knew that
WEIGH had. been a frequent caller on
Ethel Johnson. hence they also watched
her She took dinner with WEIGH down
on San Francisco street the day he left
for Los Angeles, and a few hours later
put the package in the office addressed
to Grace Johnson. which proved to
contain the six cans OF opium
Arrests Far Off.
The Atlantic City and Atlanta. Ga,
arrests were both made on information
obtained here by the officers that opium
was being sent to hte men under sus-
picion- In each instance, the contraband
drug was captured In Atlanta CHS
holm was arrested in the express Of
flee as he took out a package Of opium
from FL Paso
The capture of Hall by the Officers
followed the arrest OF Stevenson
in Ell Paso. The officials arrested
Stevenson on a Monday. and the next
day Hall started for California from
FL Paso. He stopped at the express Of
flee and left a grip, and started to the
train with two others This excited
suspicion. especially since Stevenson
and Hall were known to be friends.
Halls arrest followed The grip he had
put in the express office was addressed
10 Stevenson, but proved only TO be
clothing of StevensOn'S, which he was
expressing, but the two grips carried by
Hall did not contain clothing alone.
Then Hall told the officials all he knew.
and their suspicious about others were
confirmed. they say. and the arrests
began FLOW thick and fast
Stevenson was working at the Oak
land race track, it is stated, for a time
Chinaman in business In c.
Juarez has been implicated. accord
Ing TO Halls confession. but he is out Of
reach Of the officers, being in Mexico.
II is declared positively that no.
body connected with the Juarez races
was mixed up in any way in the confes-
sion or in any Of the arrests. as ru-
mored recently.
Twenty Cans Seized.
The immigration men thought they
had another opium smuggling sensa-
ton Thursday night. when they seized
20 cans in bush near the river bank.
Two Mexicans were seen in the vicinity
and were arrested and hnld 90 ns~h
hut released today. The opium was
found under coat, as IL recently
covered up The confiscated opium will
be destroyed by court order later. II
was worth about $40