Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-23
OPIUM JOINT BACK OF LAUNDRY SIGN
 PROVES RICH F|NO
U. s. Officials Capture Much Dope in Pres
 cott Raid
WHITE GIRL IS FOUND

PRESCOTT, Feb 22:-One of the most sensational opium raids that has ever taken place in the southwest. was successfully carried out this morning n Prescott at about o'clock and the largest amount Of the crude article ever known to have been recovered the government.
 The place raided was a so-caned Chinese Laundry on South Granite street, between Gurley and Good win, which is located on the west side of the street, and borders close to the banks of Granite Creek. The officers who effected the capture with ''neatness and dispatch, were II. s. Creighton, of the customs ser vice, of Nogales; k. II. Love and C. 4. Demo. of the Internal Revenue service. Of Denver. and r. R. Gran cal. Internal Revenue collector of Phoenix.
 The amount of opium confiscated is valued at several hundreds Of dol lars, and it is estimated 10 be about fifteen gallons, enough. in short to supply thousands Of inveterate con- sumers. Six kits of smoking utili- ties were also taken, while the yes sels that held the dope ranged from an oil can to a daintily made little receptacle. The trick was perform. cd by the above quartette of yigilant officers at such an unseemly hour that it startled the unusually willy Chinee, who was caught in the act of manufacturing his article, that Hn lN of the two Orientals, as three of the largest cans were steaming on the stove with the brown destroyer and in a few minutes more the final pro- cess of canning in the little tubes for shipment would have been perfected To give the scene nigh local color, a white girl was found at that early l hour slumbering in one of the hunks. and it is believed she had been Init 1 ting the pipe to her hearts con ! tent, from the deep slumber in ! dreamland in which she was found { The name of this young woman, ] who is said to be not over twenty years old. was withheld from pub licity, but of her it is said she is ! from California and is of respect able parentase. At any rate that ! she is a fiend, is believed. and owing ! to the arrests made in her presence, [ she was detained as a witness. ! The confiscated opium and the par aphernalia were taken to the court house, and presented an array that : clearly indicated that the joint is be lieyed by the above officers to have been nothing more than an estab- ] lished opium manufactory, and from which place it is probable the entire state was supplied with the genuine ] article. A red hot fire was blazing | in the stove, and the large cans i were steaming hot with the dope
 going through it's last stages of preparation for consumption.
 The names of the two Chinamen arrested are said to be Gee Lin and Tom Kee, the latter one of the best [ known Chinese residents in this city. when taken before United
 States Commissioner Moore both
 waived examination and were bound
 over to the Federal court in bail
 Of $500 each. which they were un
 able 10 furnish when they were
 taken to the county jail.
 In view of the wholesale amount oi
 opium that has been received in re
 cent months at different towns i1
 Arizona, and the strict surveillance
 that has been exercised to ferret the
 source of the supply, Prescott was
 selected as the most desirable centre
 after diligent investigations were
 made of other towns and cities, and
 later the remote little wash house
 above was finally located. which
 proved the wisdom Of the long and
 tedious hunt to have not been iI
 vain.