Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-21
Nd OPIUM PIPE AND
PACKAGE OF MORPHINE
Plico Search Brown Street House
for Additional Evil
dence.
EGRoEs BAILED BY LEWIS
Electives Believe Inmates Of House
We're Given Advance Information
OF Intended Raid-Seek to Find
Where Cocaine Was Secured.

Pompey Flournoy and Willet Crump,
negroes arrested early Sunday
orning at 1921 Brown Street by De-
ctive sergeants Krengel, Atkinson.
tltshire and Bailey on a charge Of
esally selling Cocaine. were yester-
~ bailed by DR.. J. A. Lewis. colored
the sum OF $500 each for their ap-
Parance In Police Court this morn
8. IT was said at tho First Station
nmediately after their arrest that
10y would be held for $4,000 bail.
rect after the arrest OF the negroes
10 detectives discovered nearly two
inces OF morphine, an opium pipe
PLY loaded with tho drug and a
nall amount of cocaine. 1t ia said
Dot the detectives found nearly $50
Ypodermic needles also, as well as
overturned alcohol lamp. said to be
bed for opium smoking. and other
PparatuB OF q similar nature
This place has been under suspicion
the Police Department for some
me, and number of efforts have
ben made to catch the negroes They
ave been arrested several times be-
pre-. but on each occasion havo man.
god to secure their dismissal when
rrafgned In court. Tho police are
,nndent that their evidence Is COM
lete In the present instance. however
IN TO HAVE FOUND
MARKED MONEY ON NEGROES
According to the officers who made
! 10 raid. they caught several persons
no had purchased small amounts Of
nc drugs. while they were watching
lie house before the raid They claim
p have found the marked money on
no negroes: money which had been
wen to persons for the specific pur-
]ose Of buying the small packets OF
1ocainc. These packets are sold for
each. and are said to contain an
mount OF cocaine sufficient for about
|hrce shifts" Of the drug.
There arc said to have been some half
ozen persons In the rooms at the
line OF the raid. None Of these were
rrested, only the Droprietors OF the
|ocaine. 1t is the belief of the police
hat there were great many other
eople In the house a few minutes prior
70 the appearance OF the detectives,
ut that they were given a Tip" as
. the Intentions OF the officers and
ucceeded in getting away.
BELIEVE NEWS
OF RAID LEAKED OUT
The fact that the alcohol lamp, used
II hitting the pipe" was overturned
nd the alcohol had run over the table
nd bed In one OF the rooms AS we'll
~ the fact that but small amounts
4 the drugs we're found. convinces the
detectives that the Tip" was passed
Tourney. They are also said TO have
'een informed by one OF tho persons
ausht as he was leaving the Brown
street house that such was the case,
nd claim that Flournoy and the
'rump woman were discussing the mat
er when they walked in on them.
According to detectives the house
'as been frequented mainly by white
'ersons for months. 1t Is well fur
,ishcd.
Chief Werner aaid last night that
ic was greatly pleased with the re-
ults OF the raid. He is of tho opinion
nat the use of drugs by white per-
ons has been steadily increasing dur
nI the last few years, and has several
lines called TO the attention OF the
orce the necessity Of endeavoring to
ocate tho sources OF the evil The
which is now puzzlins the
'uiice. is where Flournoy and the
,rump woman succeeded in obtaining
he drugs.