The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29

about Tuesday of last week the
same man called again, presenting
what appeared to be the same note. He
again asked that / refill a prescrip-
ton which I had here signed by DR..
Williams ana calling for herion.
"Actuated solely by motives. usual
ly unauestioned. and for humanitys
sake, gave the young man the herion
he asked for.
Since that time I have received
several messages with money purport-
ing to be from Lumpkin, but refused
them all.
THE prescriptions which had
usually filed for Lumpkin were ALL
to my knowledge that ever filled for
a drug. shat were signed by DR.. Will
liams
Il deny ever having been connected
with persons behind the so-called drug
traffic in Richmond.
MY aim has always been to be
above reproach in the sale Of any such
drug My reputation and standing as
a druggist. as a citizen, and as a
member of the church has been, and
after the charges against me have
been settled. will always remain
clean. Again deny that in filling the
prescription l had an Interior motives
LOT %b uOifS. beIeft Aitd( EEtht
mistake has been made and a great
wrong done me. i further believe
that the charges against me will be
dismissed and that l will be fully
exonerated OF any wrong doing.
II realize that there is probably
some grounds for the statement that
there is traffic in drugs being car
ried on In the city. / will not only be
cleared of the charges against me.
but will do whatever Is in my power
To assist tho police in Kidding Rich
mond o the drug tra'fic."
tSigned) ROLAND Fl. CHILDREY.
Mr.. Cunningham Statement.
Mr. Cunnineham's statement follows:
For several years I have at times
flieS prescriptions calling for heroin
for a man named Jones who lives at
1890 TAYLOR street These prescrip-
tons have always been signed by
reputa bile physicians, On Sunday Of
this week / received note purroiting
to be signed by jones with an In
closure of prescription calling for
twenty grains heroin and purporting
to he signed by DR.. J. A. Lewis.
filled the prescription and labeled 1t
according to law
To-day received another note with
out a prescription which I declined
to ell
This afternoon, much to my sur
prise. detectives walked into my store
and informed me that ] was under ar
rest, They said that I was charged
with unlawfuily ceiling twenty grains
of heroin on the day before.
Il explained to the detectives that
I had sold the heroin on q prescrip-
ton and going to my Hlcs ! showed
them the paper that had accompanied
However, the prescription. I found to
be a forgery called Or. Lewis over
the telephone and he stated that he aid
ct sign the prescription which I
held 4
Il hardly feel that 1t lis necessary
for me to deny the charge. because ALI
of those who know ME will at once
realize that some mistake has been
made.
tsigned, JUDsoN CUNNINGHAM.
Arrests Cause Great Surprise.
The arrests came as great sur
prise. How the evidence was secured
on which the warrants were sworn
out by the detectives was a subject
widely discussed. and people prominnt
throughout the city teiepnoned In
every direction inquiring into the case,
The recent arrest OF DIR. j. r. Will
liams, of 40i East Franklin Street.
for prescribing drugs in unlawful
quantities. and the statement recently
made by DR.. J. A. Lewis, colored
physician. that persons had forged his
name to prescriptions calling for
enough cocaine and other drugs to
last one of the local hospitals for 4
year. during the past few weeks. and
that they had not experienced any
trouble in having them filed, started
n mr. a or 4y,C< HA Ia
OF drugs.
Detective Sergeant Fred Krengel
and Detective Gordon Smith made
the arrests. after consultation with
Chief Of Police Werner
MFR. Childrcy's Statement.
Mr.. Childrey admitted that he had
sold heroin without prescription, but
stated that he did so because the man
tor whom it was intended was merely
having a prescription re-filled. and
that 1t was not new prescription
The police state that a separate pre-
scription Is necessary for each sale OF
heroin. cocaine or like drugs.
Numerous Arrests Made.
So far there have been about
dozen arrests during the past month
that have been In some manner con.
nected with the sale of drugs. About
a month ago, 0. ID. Lumpkin, a MEM
Der of prominent family here, was
arrested for having an unlawful guam
tity OF cocaine in his possession.
He was locked up at the city Jail
awaiting trial While a prisoner there
1t was found that he had been a pa
tient of DR.. Williams and according
to the police he had obtained drugs
on prescriptions calling for unlawful
amounts that had been signed by that
physician. This led to the arrest OF
DIR. Williams on December 10. In his
Office at 40l East Franklin Street
Prescriptions calling for unusual
amounts Of cocaine and Other drugs.
signed by him. are being held as evil
dence. He appeared In Police Court
the following Monday. but at the re-
quest of his counsel the case was con-
tinued until January d
On the same day that DIR. Williams
was arrested Detectives Krengel. At
kinson and Wiltshire raided house
run by Pompey Flournoy. colored, at
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