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

the detective took a seat in the City
Jail and awaited the return of the
messenger boy. He arrived in a short
time. Detective Smi,n took from him
a note. and the boy also surrendered
packet, said to contain morphine.
Detective Smith at once went to
Flournoys home and arrested him for
selling morphine While there he
searched the house and found the
note that had been written by Baghy
in which he asked for the drug, saying
that he was nearly dead. and needed
II bad. He promised to stick by
Flournoy, II the request was granted
Flournoy said in the note accompany
ing the packet which he sent the
prisoner. that his friends would be
supplied with drugs provided they
stuck by him
Lumpkin Asks for Drug.
ON the same afternoon another
messenger boy was called to the City
Jail by a prisoner. This time 0. d.
Lumpk who figured so prominently
in the DIR. Williams case desired to
send O message 10 Mr.. Cunningham.
Detective Smith was again on the job.
He let the boy leave the jail with the
message. followed him TO the drug
store and saw him enter. He came
out In a minute or two and was stop
ped by Smith who took from the boy
twenty grains OF heroin. He also still
had the note which Lumpkin had
given him asking the druggist TO send
him the drug and the detective held
this Meanwhile he told the boy to
return 10 the City Jail and to tell
Lunpkin that he had lost the first
note and ask him write another. This
was done. Yesterday afternoon De-
tective Smith sent the boy to the drug
store again with the note asking for
twenty grains OF heroin. This time
the druggist refused him. but on the
evidence already secured the detective,
after consultation with Chief of
Police Werner decided 10 arrest Mr.
Cunningham. This was done yester
day afternoon. Cunningham pulled a
prescription from his file purporting
to be signed by j. A. Lewis. colored
physician. calling for the amount
which he had given the boy. Mr.
Cunningham said 10 the police that
the prescription which DR.. Lewis
afterwards denounced as a forgery
was given him by the boy at the time.
When reporter for The Virgfnian
called at the drug store last night to
interview Mr.. Cunningham in regard
to his arrest, the druggist stated that
IL was all a mistake. He wrote out
a signed statement denying the truth
OF the charges. While the reporter
for The Virginian was In the store
J. A. Lewis, the eoiored physician,
showed up
Lewis Says Prescription Forgery.
Lewis stated that the paper which
Cunningham exhibited was a forgery.
Lewis also stated to the reporter that
several prescriptions purporting to be
signed by him had recently been filled
by Richmond druggists for different
drugs About week or two ago.
Hulcher. a druggist at Fourth and
Leigh Streets, informed the police that
he was daily having presented to him
prescriptions which different people
desired filled. All OF these prescriptions
were signed J. A. Lewis. Lewis claims
that they were all forgeries. Lewis
was in Police Court when the case
against Pompey Flournoy was called
for trial. and Ii was he that went
Flournoy's bail In the sum of $1,000
for his appearance in Police Court
January s. When Flournoy was ar
rested Sunday. Lewis was at the First
Police Station in very short time
afterwards ready to go his bond for
another 5000 on the latest charge to
be preferred against him.