The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-07

John Carroll. arrested last night in 1 the crusade which the police are con- ducting to stamp o5it abing shooting as the snuffing of heroin, cocaine and other drugs is termed, has made confession to the police by which they expect to arrest within the next twen- ty-four hours, not only many more dealers and users of drugs in this city ] but also those in several other cities from whom the supply used in Bridge port is obtained.
 Carroll, former boxer who lives at 76 Commercial street, WAS arrested in l company with William Hanchette. aged 30, factory hand, of New Haven last night after Hanchette had tried l to obtain 20 one-quarter grain nor phine pills at the Riker drug store in Main street on q prescription forged 1 in the name of Dr. Edward F. Mo | Govern. He was taken to police head I quarters and subjected to The Third Degree" in the detective department where he admitted that he had pur- chased heroin from Peter StfckIes of l ST State street, a man named Wilkin-
 son in this city and a man named Dowd of New Haven
 1 Todav he z&I4fca thai he said he i bought the stuff from SZickles but he also admitted that during the night he 1 had been seen, by caller in the Interest of StickIes.
 1 T IStickles was arraigned on 3. charge lof peddling heroin and morphine in violation of the Connecticut statute I which forbids this and held for 9 hearing on Tuesday under bonds of l $1, ,O00. Six men charged with using drugs in violation of the same statute, 1 Carroll, Hanchette, Irving Fields. aged 24, no occupation, 45s Broad street; Edward Howard aged 28, pedd1er, 1O3 State street; Charles Hadd, aged 2S, l no occupation. 87 State street, and
 Tony PetruceIEo, aged 21. waiter. 11s l $500 bail which they were unable to 1 furnish Fields was represented in the city court today by Attorney E. j o. Hull.
 The cases of these charged with us ling the drug were likewise continued until Tuesday.
 lf An attractive and mysterious young I woman who has interested herself in I StickIes' case was caller at police headquarters today. She came to the l detective department this morning l while Carroll was closeted in Captain l ArnoIds office with the captain and Detective Bray. Under the impres- sion that it was Sticlies who was be- l ing questioned she tried to get adnis- ! sion to the captains office. When l told she would have to wait she sat l in, the office of Sergt. Geoge Haux, the BertiIlon expert
 I The young woman, who was slender l and of the pronounced brunette type. I had dark hair and biz dark eyes. On her mass of dark hair she wore g small hat of the toque style and a | stylish dark blue suit under an e1pen- sive raincoat As she waited for the conference to end she tapped the floor 1 with her small foot which was shod
 with an expensive shoe She refused l to give her name or say what her ili- iterest in the case might be.
 WheY onvinced that Stickles was 1 not be uefd in, the detectives room and told that his bond had. been set l at s1, ,Oo0, she hurried odt of the build
 ing. saying that she was going to get I the money. Up to press hour she had not returned.
 1 Complaiht that heroin, morphine
 and other drugs were being shipped l into Bridgeport and peodled here was
 made to the police some time ago by State Pharmacy Commissioner J. A | Ieverty On his compfaint the police | have been watching several of those
 suspected Of dealing in the drug.
 Stickles among others Yesterday De
 tective Bray saw an congressman with l a package go into the flat which Stickles. occupies The detective fol- Elowed and arrested Stickles Ijust after
 he had receipted for the package A
 moment afterward Hadd came up the | stairs and Detective Bray placed him
 under arrest
 The package contained 1,5Oo one
 sixth grain heroin tablets and 500 two
 grain morphine tablets This with a
 layout for smoking opium was taken Ito police headquarters with the pris- oners Stickles is not a user of drugs
 but he is said to be confirmed opium smoker. He is tall well built man slightly bald with light hair, blue eyes and smooth shaven. He once worked
 at the moIding trade. He has long lbeen known a Tenderloin habitue and has a police record.
 The police believe the drugs were shipped here from 8 Pennsylvania city. The bottles bear the labels o1 lthe maker but were not shipped by
 him. The serial numbers the bot
 ties in which the tablets were packed
 had been erased. This is sL violation
 of the pure food and drugs act and Il because of the erasure of the serial
 numbers on the bottles the local police
 hope to arrest the shippers. It is
 believed that the drugs were stolen
 bv the person who shipped them here