New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-27
Reassurcd by Patrolman.

NO ones going 10 stick you up
Just keep quiet
But this. instead Of reassurinc INC
done fends." only frightened them TIA
more. and in their diSordercd minds
they began 10 fear something even
worse than being robbed. 1t was III
rooms over these restaurants that the
heroin and morphine were discovered
IT was after > O'Clock In the morn
ing when the raids on the two restau-
rants were made and as Dr. BenscI
and the detectives rushed up the stars
Mrs. Margaret Maioncy. who rents
furnished rooms. thought the invaders
were burglars, and began 10 cry:
"Oh, my diamonds, My diamonds
She seemed much relieved when the
police showed her their shields, and
she made no objection when one oi
them. Detective Clcary. by means of
a key he had made, opened the door
leading 10 the rooms Of one of her
dodgers. and who is known ds the
Cocaine King" He was in bed. and
search failed 10 reveal trace oi
the drug, but in a room adjoining
Hugh Masterson. who is assisting Dr.
Bensel in his efforts to rid the town
Of done" sellers found the twenty
four ounces of morphine and sixteen
ounces of heroin.
Two empty tin cans. which Master
son said had held cocaine. were found
i'm the room. Only three nights ago.
according To Mastcrson, he obtained
information fron one of the twenty
five boys employed by the Cocaine
King" to sell the white STUFF to users
of il in the street that several pounds
of cocaine were always kept in the tin
cans.
II is believed the drug was emptie1
into "A drain as the detectives. under
Or. Bcnsel, ted the stairs.
Alleaeu Seller Arrested.
one theory for the failure OF the
raiders to find any cocaine was ad-
yanced by Detective David Kuhn. He
is Of the opinion that no cocaine has
been i'm the house since Wednesday,
for about Midnight on Wednesday ne
arrested James Courtcnany in the
hallway Of No. 493 Seventh avenue,
after he saw him sell a package of
cocaine TO "A man in front of one of the
restaurants. Kuhn found twenty pack
arcs of cocaine. or decks" as the
cocaine "hends" call them. in Courte-
nany's pockets. and on Saturday. afte:
q chemical analysis had established the
nature of the drug, Magistrate Nc
Ouade. in the West Side court, held
Courtenany in $1,000 bail for trial.
Kuhn believes that this arrest
frightened the Cocaine King and
that he then decided To keep the drug
outside Of the house where he lives,
fearing the trail would soon lead ia
him If is no crime under the present
la,, IN have morphine or heroin in one ;
possession. so he had no fear of hav-
inc these drugs around the premises.
Three other places in the neiGhbor-
bood were later visited, but DIR. Bensel
and his raiders found neither the men
they sought nor the drugs they sell t.
tbe dope hcnds.
DR. Bcnsel. who feels certain he can
rid the city of the vendors OF the habit
forming drugs If he can obtain the
necessary appropriation from the Board
of Estimate. after the raids went ~
the West 31th street station to inter
view MAY Clark. who had been arrest
cd inst before the raids began by De-
tectiye Shaw, one Of the raiding party.
The woman had a morphine OUTFIT on
her and package of white stuff, be-
iicved TO be cocaine. She and DR.. Ben
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