New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-22
ARREST MAY TRAP
DRUG GANG CHIEF
Police Believe That Pris-
oner Will Name "Man
Higher Up"
MORPHINE VENDER
CAPTURED IN HOME
Supply of Poison and Alcohol
Taken from House-NeW Evi.
dence Is Obtained.

William Bourden, Of No. l05 East Hath
street, describing himself as an "auc-
tioneer Spectator" but said by the police
10 be a vender OF morphine and other
drugs was arrested last night at his
home while sitting at supper with his
wife and family. The arrest it is be-
leved, will eventually result In the ex-
posture and apprehension of the man
higher up in the drug dispensing traffic.
Ever since the enactment of the law
against the indscriminate selling and
buying of dangerous drugs. brought
about through the efforts Of The Tribune,
the District Attorneys office has been
trying to run down traffickers in this
business Assistant District Attorney
Wlmot was closeted with Bourden in the
captains room a the Lenox avenue po-
lice station for two hours last night. and
after ne left rumors that Bourden had
implicated the man higher up were in
circulation.
Bourden's arrest came about as the re-
suit of a carefully laid plot by men in
the District Attorneys office. Samuel
Dean. jr.. process server in Mr.. Whit
mans Office masquerading as dope
fiend." is said to have bought vial Of
morphine from Bourden on November r.
The vial was unlabelled and the sale thus
constitutes a violation of Section iT43 OF
the penal laws
Detectives Dukeshire and Mangin. of
the Lenox avenue station. and Detective
Lee. Of the District Attorneys staff. made
the ARMED with ura iCStipI
yesterday by Justice Salmon. OF the
Court OF Special Sessions Lee went TO
I, Bourden's house. accompanied By Duke
shire and Mangin. The warrant charged
Bourden specifically with having sold n
vial OF unlabelled morphine to Dean and
with having violated the section OF the
penal laws relating 10 the selling OF drugs
without a license
Bourden made no resistance when the
detectives marched into his house and
told him the nature Of their visit. lie
parted quietly from his wife and children
and accompanied the detectives to the
police station.
Before taking their prisoner away the
police searched the Bourden home The
house is three story brownStone-front
building said To be the property OF BoUr-
den. who runs furnished room place
there. The detectives said they found
about $50 pawn tickets calling for bits
Of jewelrv and clothing of slight value.
severa unlabelled walls of morphine, a
five-gallon can half-full OF what is be-
lieved to he alcohol, and several surgical
Instruments
All the property seized was taken 10 the
station house as evidence. and Bourden
gave his pedigree 10 the man on the desk.
Before this formality had been finished
the District Attorney arrived at the po-
lice station and was ushered into the
captains room. where he was closeted
with the prisoner Beyond the statement
that Bourden had said he used morphine
himself Mr. Wlmot would not divuge
the nature OF his talk with the prisoner
II il known that Harry ellison. OF No
lO5 East 18th street, who was arrested
last May. charged with selling cocaine
and other drugs. was a close friend Of
Bourden's before his arrest ellison is
now in the TCmbs awaiting sentence. and
IL is believed he has made confession
Ia the District Attorney involving Bour-
den.