The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-18
DRUGGIST OF EAST SIDE IS
 APPRECIATED
Charities Agent Traces Iw Cases From L,akeview
 to Purveyors
PROSECUTOR TO GET EVIDENCE GATHER.E IBID
Victims of Narcotics Taken to Institute From KnoW
 ton Street


 Sensational side lights on the mag nitude of the narcotic drug tramc in Bridgeport and. oflcials believe. 2. euc- HcessfuI tapping of the .undsrsraun4 railroads whereby the unfortunate Erl supplied have come Into possession 1a the Charities Department through tho activity of Investigator AlexauteE F. 1Iorrissey Information secured today and for some time past ia liEolT to be the basis of prosecution Vtttl al short time and a, showing ID c trs nenarious traf3c, as followed l,T i5 viduals ana the system. Ihs alti- tionaI information develops another phase of the trafnc. the furniahire of drugs to unfortunates relyinE apun support from the city, ag Gar the necessities Of life are conceEn whV use the little money &they may have to buy the narcotics.
 Today Investigator Aforria c lowing up complaints received TItra the home Of BIT and Hfrs. Franr
 at SIP Knorltou street found
 a. condition warrantlng the to Lakeview and the home in eeu- dition such as will probably De- re- ported to the Health Board. helr condition, according to Information se- cured was largely the result of usInE narcotics. or rather lack or the drug.
 The investigators were informed taat the couple have been buying the drugs at an East Side drug store upon pre- script1ons written by an East Side physician. They also admitted that they had been instructed to throw the bottles overheard after gstting through with them. There wag also evidence tending to show that at least g worth Of the drug had been 5oughr during the past week
 The information, it is intimated VIII be turned over to State FaeI4aaey Commissidner J A. Laverty and ta Prosecutor Delaney.
 Both Mir and Mrs. Drew have pre- viousIy been given attention by rae Charities Department and once nm dent Johnson, created 8 scene at the emergency hospital when refused ap- ply of drugs. esterdey lance was Sent to the hznoy9lton s1art address following the receipt of a csu saying that man was very iu. Ar ambulance surgeon foune Mir DEs suffering from faint speil' and da1.g= nosed it as being caused by an ao- sence of the drug.
 Charity Department ofhclalss for some time, have been aware of Che in- roads being made by sellers of tite drugs among the poor of the citY The disappearance of narcotscB from the drug room Of the emergency hoc- pitaI was one indication and resulted in the hospital being put in such com dition that the general public will not be admitted.
 There were other clues indicatias that there were quite a. few relying on the city for support in groceries, etc. spending what little money they could get for the narcotics. There has been a suspicion that some of the articles secured, such as groceries, shoes, coals etc, have been exchanged for the d1us. This is to be thoroughly inventiEa-t- ed.
 Past action against users and di9- pensers of the narcotics has almost el.- cIusiveIy dealt with conditions jn che old tenderloin of the city. Future action. it Is intimatsd. win be again1t those selling the drugs in the tone ments according to indications. VIII be even lnaore sensational than ln che past.