The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-04
OLD OPIUM EATER
CRAZED BY AGONY
Deprived of Drug, Prisoner at
City Jail Makes the Night
HideOus.

The sorrows OF the opium eater, his
asonies and fits OF insanity when ne Il
deprived uf the drug and can no Longer
dream his dreams. have never beer
brought TO more Iurid realization az tue
local police station than at present and
IN connection with the imprisonment o.
George smith. a ciyil war veteran IS
wears old. who FOR two score years has
been constant user OF "hat druss he
could most easily obtain.
Although Smith has been deprived OF
the poisous Tor about week since nc
has been AN inmate OF the city )ails his
craving for opium or morphine eh9 tne
physical agony as n result ot peiHs
derived OF them. have not abatsd.
lu tho sim hours Of the night tn9se
uso live In the ncighborhood ot the police
station hear the startling cry
Murder, Murder. They're murceIlns
me, For Gods sake save me. STOP lhein
SOM body come and hold me. Then the
cries cease for half an hour. when they
are again repeated Smith : CRIES ue
came moro violent yesterday AFTERNOON
aud last night until at i o'clock mio ,
night eight people of the nclghoorHood
had come TO the police station ana COM
plaincd that ther could near UP Hhoe.
tho moaning and crying 10 longer ane
asked " Ee could not be removed or be
given enough 81 the drug he craNed 10
quict MIN. But nothing could be done,
The iailcr intends 20 cure the aged nehd
n such H. possible. -,
lie throws himself upon the floor o. ms
cell and works The muscles OF his legs
md arms and froths AT the mouth nc
other drug users do what tney can 70
assist Ia the delusion which "a !ntended
10 be practlced upon the doctor put the
doctor has hao many other such cases
and after he has examined the SICK
man. he says. There's nothing the mat
ske,eton Crawis Up and advises the doc
tor: II think he II die n you don't give
him something. He's been this way
without eating FOR three days. and whcn
sou bring him somethiug' JUST pflhs me
a 'ljue bit. too. please.
Many OF the drug users are brougn;
20 the station Ia an unconscious condl-
tion as ? result of having taken an over
dose of some drug
While those addicted 10 the polsons
are using all their coyness and ingenuity
20 obtain what they crave. there Is
locked up In the police station. not more
worth of all Kinds OF drugs which have
been confscated bv the police in raids
taken from the persons OF drug users.
At tho present tine there IL AZ the
police station about $4,000 worth OF drugs
such as gum opium. yenshee. prepared
opium cocaine and morphine. About
$1,000 worth of this quantity mus, be
handed over to the government. Il Tequi-
sitOn FOR which has already been filed.
This comprises The prepared and crude
opium which was found recently under
woodpils on the west side. The remain
ing quantity ol opium and cocaine is that
coufiSCatcd AZ the dive Of Louie Lov, tho
Chmamsu who while attempting 10 os-
cape. was killed by Detective George
Cleveland.
As long as there il q possibility that
this opium can be used az testimony it
viii be kept under lock and key NJ the
police station. When there Is nc longer
suy reason 10 hold II. II viii be de-
stroyCd. -
Already ihis year a number OF thou
sands of dollars worth OF drugs have been
destroyed.