New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-15
Wholesale Trim Partners
Posed as Respectable
Citizens.
100000 TABLETS A
DAY TO ONE BUYER
Drug Victim, Once Chinatown
"Spender," Begs Police to
Arrest Him.

Charles P. Pray and Edward Z.
Peterson, partners in the supposedly
reputable wholesale drug firm of Pray
e. Peterson, So New Chambers ST., were
convicted yesterday before Justice
Collins, of the Court of Special Ses-
sions, and sentenced to the workhouse
for three months and to pay fine OIL
$500 each, or a charge Of seIiing
heroin TO Samuel Deane, one OF ASSIST
ant District Attorney Wilmots inves-
tigators. who went to them posing as
a drug hawker.
The extent of the trade in wnich
Pray and Peterson were concerned Is
illustrated by the fact that they had
been selling 100000 herOin tablets a
day to a pharmacy in Eighth av' Ac-
cording to the testimony brought out
at the trial, both Pray and Peterson
were perfectly willing indirectly to
cater to drug fiends.
Both men posed in their home cities
az respectable and law-abiding. Pray
lives at Hampstead, Long Island ana
had Lewis J. Smith. District Attorney
OF Nassau County, who IS now prose
cutting the case against Mrs. Carmah'
come to court as a character witness.
Peterson. who lives at ,53 orator ST.
Newark. also brought responsible chaf-
acter witnesses.
Their arrest came as a result OF
"sdueal" BY the drug clerk, Russell
who had been arrested several weeks
before.
Posed as Drug Pedler.
Deane told Pray and Peterson ne
was a drug pedler, and that he was
irving 10 build up an out-of-town
trade, because selling drugs IN the
city was becoming too dangerous. IL
was agreed that the firm should enter
the sales they made to Deane against
Malarkey, a registered pharmacist, TO
whom Russell had introduced Deane,
and in that way play safe with tne
inspector from the Department o.
Health.
Deane bought 1900 heroin tablets
for s2.67. Peterson was arrested tnas
night by detectives from the Dlstrlc;
Attorneys Office, and Pray surrendered
the next morning.
Frederick b. McNish, attorney for
Pray and Peterson, signihed ms IN
tention of filing notice Of appeal within
forty.eight hours, and Justice Colllhs
;nstructed Warden Hanley OF the
Tombs to hold the men for that peri0a,
instead of sending them to blacH"eii ;
Island Immediately.
Victim Begs To Be Arrested
Early Yesterday morning a palnd
man approached Detective Mullen az
the corner of t4th st. and Third av. and
BEGGED TO be arrested. He had been
victim of the drug habit, he SAID, Ter
twenty wears, and he wished to be sent
someyhere TO be cured. He was recog-
nized as "Spot" Myers. known as
"snender" in the Chinatown district
few wears ago. He was sent 20 Belle
vue.
In response to complaints received AT
Police Headquarters charging The
White House" saloon at 2il bowery'
with being a centre for drug dealers
detectives were sent out yesterday
morning. and within a few minutes
had purchased several decks OF heron
in the saloon. Four men were arrested.
a o,iantity of heroin was found on one
NJ them and ledger. in which he
kent a record of his dealings, showed
hat he made a profit of about $50 a
day. c,.-..
In raid on house IN Cherry ST.
Yesterday detectives made four arrests
and found six boxes of cocaine ana SIX
cans of opium. One of the prisoners,