New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-20
Police, with Trunk Check
CIew. Seek Hidden Store
of Narcotics.
.SAMRT'S AID ELUDES
DETECTIVES TRAP
Women's Names Found on Fort
unc Telling List Accused Seer
Pleads for Pajamas in Jail.

With a brass 'funh chtVh J." ''''
rossession. detectives spent all day
yesterday endcavoring 20 find trunk
,.bicb .bev believe contains good
sized consignment Of narcotics. The
,beck. which bore initials and a num-
ber Detectives Finan and Riley OBJ
toined from Somri Bill Ellis. when
,Lov arrested him AZ his APARTMENT, II
West tO4th Street. on Tuesday nlghl'
M tbev had not discovered the trunk
last night. ,.. 800
tord1y worked upon several other the
cries BY which they hope 20 show that
Ellis. also known az palmlst and seer,
was only n small part in an established
machine 10 supply drugs 10 users
Ellis was held in $4,000 bail yesterday
by Magistrate Corrigan, charged with
having narcotics m his possession ana
tho Federal authorities viii prosecute
the case.
A detective went Yesterday 70 sing
Sing. where Ellis IS said ny the police
10 have excellent connections with IN
mates and eX-convic:s. and where they
believe he was planning TO smuggle
cocaine and morphine into the prison.
Ellis's Aid Hunted.
The police also spent good part Of
the day although unsuccessfully.
looking for Ellis's pal. the man VINO
shared the apartment with him. This
man was expected back at the rooms
when the arrest was made. and tele-
phoned there repeatedly. But the de-
tectives did not answer the telephone
nor would they allow Ellis to speak
lest he should ADVISE his companion 10
make a getaway The police learned
Yesterday that the two expected to
leave the rooms in few DAYS, but they
believed at the time of Ellls's arrest
that they could catch both men
Detectives have evolved several
other theories which they hope TO run
down in a few days. One Of these is
TO the effect that Ellis. although. not
2 drug user, obtained supplies OF CO.
Caine and morphine from several yegg-
men. They think he has been affiliated
with these men. who have been stealing
the drugs during their operations at
safe cracking and that i is from them
that he has supplied himself with the
narcotics found i'm the false bottoms OF
his trunks a well as other quantities
he T., believed to have disposed OF.
They also know that he had COM
panion out of town with whom he
worked and are endeavoring TO find this
man.
United States Sleuths on Trail.
Samri Ellis's latest troubles only JUS,
began when ne was arrested on Tues.
dav night As soon as the Federal
authorities heard Of the arrest they
got busy. TOO. for they have been on
Samri's trail for some time for viola
tions of the Harrison drug law IN Phll-
adelphia and Pittsburgh.
Therefore. when Ellis was arraigned
before Magistrate Corrigan he was held
over for forty-eight hours in $4,000
bail. 10 give the Federal authorities
time 70 get warrants. The Federal case
is in the hands of Harold A. Content
Assistant United States Attorney. and
Inspector Collins, Of the Customs
House.
When Ellis was brought into court
Yesterday by his captors The only thing
that seemed 20 bother him was the fear
of being parted from his suitcase con-
tanning pair Of silk pajamas.
He was suave and smiling. and n he
was nervous his steady little pointed
beard did not tremble as evidence of it,
In fact, he seemed so much at ease
that ne admitted everything readily
that he was Samri. that he had been
arrested many times before, that the
drugs were his. and furthermore. that
he was the centre Of a big ring. in
vo!ying many very prominent people
who were associated with him in the
drug traffic
Yes" he said as he was taken back
20 a cell IN the West Side Court prison
there are big people associated with
me. but | can't give their names.
shall shield them. Where is my suit
case? Can't | take that to my cell with
me-" he asked anxiously of Riley and
Finan.
Being good natured detectives, they