The Detroit times., 1913-08-29
STONE STARTS
| WORK ON PROBE
OF DRUG TRAFFIC
Special Prosecutor Says He'll
Carry Out instruction to Make
Thorough Inquiry
DOESN'T FEAR BARNETT'S
PULL" HE DECLARES
Realizes, Though, That Alder
man is Likely to Put Up
Hard Battle

SpecialsProsecutor Warren 8. Stone
started work, Thursday morning. on
the dope" investigation. which al
present centers around Aid. Eddie
Barnett With Prosecutor Hugh
shepherd apd Harry b. Keidan, an a.
sistant In the prosecutors once, Mr.
Stone went over pile Of documentary
evidence collected by the prosecutor
and the state pharmacy commission In
their preliminary investigation of
illegal sale Of dope" in Detroit. The
special prosecutor expressed a desire
to acQuaint himself with every scrap
OF evidence now in the prosecuting
attorneys ONCE, and will probably re-
call all the witnesses >to personally
further interrogate them.
Il want to get at the very bottom
OF this investigation and work up step
by STEP" said Mr.. Stone. II realize
that we have our work cut out for us.
understand we will have to pursue
our investigation In the face Of pow
erful influences brought to bear on
this case by q man who has financial
backing as well as influential friends
in all walks of lives.
The fact that Aid. Barnett Is q
political factor In Detroit impresses
on me the fact that we will have to
fight our case inch by inch, and 60
over carefully every piece Of ground
before we make q move.
II was told by the state pharmacy
commission to go through with this
dope investigation and I mean to
carry out my orders no matter where
he ramihcations may lead. Prosecut-
or Shepherd gave me to understand
that the vice investigation which Po-
lice Commissioners John Gillespie IL
making and the dope investigation
would likely cross trails before we
get through. In that case I under
stand that I am to work with the po-
lice commissioner on matters where
the prosecutors once can render him
assistance"
Special Prosecutor Stone will spend
the balance Of the week acQuainting
himself with the evidence which the
prosecutors once has turned over to
him before starting out to collect new
material.
Wednesday afternoon Jack" Cor
don. former employee of Barnett, who
ID furnishing the prosecutor with
much valuable information regarding
the illegal sale of drugs in the city,
plotted Assistant Prosecutor Keidan.
County Detective Duke" CONN and
City Detectives Mccarthy and Hol.
land through q portion of the vice-dis-
trict and pointed put several resorts,
the inmates Of which he told the ON.
GERS were regular dope customers
In Barnett's pharmacy. The ofYicers
questioned the inmates in some 81 the
places and two women admitted hav-
Ing purchased morphine and heroin IN
Barnett's store.
| One woman In q resort on Gather
ine-st. told the oficers that up to re-
Gently there were seven other IN.
mates In the place and that all were
dope" nends. The girls left the
house several days ago, the woman
said.
A remark make by this woman that
she could get dope" In Barnett's
drug store by giving her order over
the telephone, led the officers to con.
duct an Investigation along that lire.
with the result that a statement was
secured from q 17-year-old boy, son
Of prominent Polish real estate DEAL
er In the city. that he was employed
during the summer vacation TO deliv.
er prescriptions, etc., for Barnett's
drug store.
i The boy admitted making frequent
trips to resorts to deliver drugs. Hts
statement was taken by Prosecutor
Keidan.
|. In another resort which Jack"
Gordon pointed out, Keidan learned
that three or four Of the inmatsa