Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-03
LETTERSPROVE HAUSMAN WAS
OLD HAND AT SMUGGLING GAME
Correspondence Between Seattle and New York Shows ST.
forts Made by Sepagenarian to Dispose OF Conraband
Druu in Eastern Market-.Epistle from Wife Indicates
That Convicted Man Has Made Previous Trips to Hono
Iu-Arrests Made ON Mainland 4siAIA

OF the 18th, and wish / was in the
position 10 give yen the desired in.
formation ] ara going 10 make in
CURRY ard should learn where the
soods can be disposed of | shall iHl-
nediately inform you. am told that
jp.t as coed a price can be obtained
from large wholesale druggists as
quickly as from anyone else.
Il met your old friend Harry y. on
the street. He looked bit seedy
though / believe he has been employ
ed for some years back and is selling
some sort of safety razor told him
| that / had this inquiry from YOU. He
told me to say 10 You to come on and
THAT with his help the goods could
be placed but | don't think would
take much stock in what he says. i
was careful not TO give your address
because | could not see where any
good would come OF it. Personally /
am not acquainted with many opium
parlcrs because do not hit the pipe
| end cannot remember one experience
! in an opium joint.
However, as | say, am going TO
make inquiry and if get informa-
| ton which viii interest you / shall
Immediately write YOU With kind re-
CARDS, remain, very sincerely your s.
| Monte D. Cohen"
| interested in Price Paid
| To Mr. Monte y. Cohen. my dear
Monte; Yours Of the 18th at hand.
There must be some mistake about
the wholesale druggists purchasing
! the article Mine is the prepared
opium manufactured in China especi-
ally for smokers. 1t is put up in Y
pound tins, and as you know is con-
| traband A few years ago the gov
| eminent allowed its importation with
| duty of S. a tin. The wholesale
druggists may deal in lit, but / have
! my doubts If they do, you can ascer
tain for me by making inquiry, and
the price they will pay per tin, You
can say you have client that has
/ so tins.
IF / were in New York could
| find out in Chinatown purchaser be-
, cause. | know it is saleable there
| What interests me most is the price
per tin. It is constantly increasing
in price, from SIS in May to $24
| per tin at present in Vancouver, b.
{ c. ] agree with you about Harry H.,
yet those old FOUNDERS are sometimes
in a position to give the desired in
formation. Thanking you in advance,
and with kind regards, | am sincerely
yours, (signed) S. D. Hausman."
Said to Have Sold Opium Here
1t is further thought to be estab-
lished that, contrary to general be-
lief, Hausman's arrest in the Young
Hotel six weeks ago was the result
of information upon which the Gus
toms authorities have been working
for year or more.
Although Hausman has protested
that this is his first visit to Homo
lulu, it is said by those in position
to know that he came here on the
Sonoma on. the 2S of October, 1912
and left on the Ventura on November
l. 1t is now known, say the authori-
ties, that in this short space of time
the septuagenarian disposed of sew
eral thousand dollars worth of opium
20 local party whose name is with
held. Previous to this time, as cor
respondence which has been made
public would seem to indicate, Haus-
man was engaged in smuggling opium
across the Canadian border and sell.
ing it at an immense profit in the
New York market.
Arrests Made in Seattle
A letter, written by Mrs. Samuel
| D. Hausman of 357 25th avenue, Sc
attic, and thanking lady in Homo
r1rolloon hrnIIQht
hack to Seattle as a present by Haus-
man, is now. known to have given the
first clew to the local authorities of
Hausman's activity in the opium bust
ness. Upon this information the Gus
toms officials in Seattle were notified
and when Hausman left for Honolulu
a second time he was closely watched.
1t was to identify this letter in Mrs.
Hausman's handwriting that letter
written by his wife was taken from
Hausman at the time of his apprehen-
sion at the Young Hotel.
Following Hausman's arrest in this
city, important arrests were made in
Seattle and information disclosed re-
garding the great syndicate said TO
have been formed for the sole pur-
pose of smuggling into the United
States annually thousands of tins of
the poppy drug. 1t is known that the
local authorities are working in con-
junction with the officials in Seattle
and elsewhere and it is believed that
even more important disclosures are
expected in the future.
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