Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-20
Wholesale Arrests in Seventy
Two Cities Result of Pro-
lOnged Investigation By
Postal Authorities.
DRUGGISTS CAUGHT IN
GOVERNMENT DRAGNET
Hitherto Reputable Physicians
and Ordinary ouacks Are
Among the Prisoners Seized
by Federal Officers.
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Washington. Nov. 30.--Poat once
Inspectors and United states mAEnhals
In Soventy-two leading cities OF the
country began today practically SlmuiS
tancous raids for tho arrests OF thd
lI3 persons charged with criminal
medical practice or tha sale OF druea
and instruments used for criminA1
purposes.
The number OF arrests 20 % mada
In the respective cities follows,
New York, 2; Buftalo. .; piteabur9iaI
Z; Indianapolis, 6; Chicago. 0; st.
Paul. 8; Fort Worth, 4; st. LIouIa, 81
Omaha. 4; Oklahoma City, s; PORT
land, Ore, .: Denver, 6; Seattle. 81
Spokane, o; San Francisco, u Oaka
land, Cal, 8; Los Angeles, O; san
Jose, 3; Mobile. .: Marietta, oAIo. 81
Dallas, ..
Two each IN Albany, wanhlnston,
Memphis, Birmingham. Cleveland,
Steubenville. Ohio: Duluth, Winona.
MINI: san, AntOnID.r asanmsous. eeeW
Orleans, Kansas City. Topeka, Ala
media. cal.
Ono each In Atlanta. Cincinnati.
Toledo, Minneapolis Galveston, Salt
Lake city. ithaca and BlniTa, ~. T.:
East orange, N. j.: Lancaster and
Pine Rank. Pa; Cumberland, Nd;
Charleston and Columbia, q. c.; Jack
gonvIlle, Fla; Columbus, Springfield,
Mt. Vernon, Dayton and Convoy o.;
Fort Wayne and Terre Haute. Ind;
Peoria, HIS; Kalamazoo and Iron
River. Mich; Holden, Mo-; MuSkOgee.
Okla: Wichita. KaH.; Council Bluffs,
In,: Fclllngham, Crescent ana TaA
coma, wash; sacramento, PstalumaN
Fresno and Glendale, Cal.
All OF the arreatA are to be- mads
for alleged violation of section 2ll 90
tho penal code Of the United statse.
which bara from tha malls any vils or
obscene matter, whether sealed or unA
seaied; any advertisement, letter or
circular Huggcating criminal practices:
or any packet containing any sub
stance, drug or thing intended TO ba
used for Immoral or unlawful pur-
poses.
CHIEF inspector Robert sharp on
| tho post office department and many
OF HIS force OF 400 inspectors hnVa
been working upon the cases for many
months. The development OF tha
plans eliminated today IN rha
most extensive raid In the history OF
any department OF the government.
strict enforcement OF munioipal
ana state laws In tho east II said by
tho postal authorities to account toH
tho comparatively few arrests In this
large cities IN that part Of the coun-
try, but II IL said by the poatOfiice In
spectora that hOtbed OF this sort OF
rrlminallty In IN tho Pacific coast
atatos.
ON tho coaat they had comparas
lively little difficulty In obtaining
mass df evidence against aecu1ed per-
sons IN san Francisco n fictitious
uutne was used by several we'll known
: physcIans, who employed a. woman
to do the necessary advertising and
, clerical work. Cases were solicited oy
correspondence and by printed circu'
, lars sent through the mails. Scores Of
complaints have been received By the
department from respectable women
complaining OF the receipt Of thia
class Of matter.
Approximately 30 per cent of thoea
aTreHted today are po.called pill docs
tors".--men who advertise their prAe'
tlce by correspondence or othsEwiae-~
ana send to their patients either b
! mail or by express various compound
, la the form of pills or powaSrA Care
r ful analysis OF the compounds BY gov
ernment authorities IL nai0 10 have
) disclosed that some OF them are Who'll
: ly innOcuOus, whllO others ara dan
EerOus poisOna. Under another ssn
. ton OF tho penal code. the nendinS o.
pOisOns through the mails iR oxpEeas
{ ly forbidden.
a One or the mon accused II said u
Z have been The secretary OF tho board
\ OF health Ia the city Of hla pOoIae1ee
0 Hs responded. II was said, 90 q daeee
!. or test letter sent 70 him W the -
n Bpectora, o. the stationery et ~
: board OF he IN. Ne has DssA tnales
1 Cd, aecordihg 10 the rppotte of a.
n postOelice lnnpactOrR.
Interviews 0f the innDeotogo wiu
many Of these praetltiOuogn inaieAtel
lcIoaFly that they knew thag were va
. latlnk the law ana were trNa0lnB upo
x dangerous grDund. fFti te'
u In ChLonGo. an inspooeGt oAlI1
!. upon q physiclen altar hnFlaR },
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