The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-26
army COKE RING
GETS HEAVY JAR
-Four Sohofield Soldiers Are I'm
der Arrest For Dealing In
Narcotic Drugs 81.

Caught, practically with the goods,
Pvt. e. r. Jones Of the Hospital Corps,
". s. Army, schofeld Barracks, is held
~ the police station IN connection
with the theft OF cocaine, morphine
and heroine, representing commercial
value of nearly $500, e =
Three colored soldiers, Ed. Page, A.
Williams and A. A. White, also are de.
tanned on suspicion Of having peddled
the dope alleged to have been stolen
by Jones. CPL J. II. Duval also was
arrested In connection. with the case.
but was completely exonerated yester,
day afternoon aud released. g..
I For some time past drugs have been
missed from tho post hospital, where
they lave been stored but although
Jones had been suspected the charge
never had been brought home to him.
Twenty. Three Packages Taken
<, A, week ago last Wednesday a large
quantity Of drugs were missed from
the hospital, twenty three packages in
all, and including cocaine, morphine
and heroine, Jones left Schofeld the
same day by the three o clock train In
the afternoon and did not return to
the post until the evening Of November
IS. N s..,'.e'. " ..t e.sE ~,
Meanwhile the robbery had been re.
ported 20 Capt. Samuel s. Creighton
and Capt. Leo. @. Mudd, Medical Corps,
who In turn, reported the ease to police
headquarters in Honolulu, and detec.
tiyes got busy In the matter. Early
Yesterday morning they received a clue
which put them on what looked to be
the right trail. -t nr..w
A colored man, who is dope fend,
on being sweated by the chief of de.
tectives, came through with certain in
Page, Williams and White were placed
under arrest, @s o. &c.,. (.
Gull Practically Admttte>.,
These men, who are all discharged
soldiers, were arrested in different parts
of town. They have practically al
mitted that they were employed by
Jones to peddle dope.
At three clock yesterday morning
detectives located a bottle of heroine
under, a house at Iwilei, where it had
been hid.
After that the rest was easy, and
the three cOlored men are said to, have
furnished the desired information, on
the strength Of which description o.
Jones was tclephonbd to Captains
Creighton and Mudd, and they asked TO
hold the man who answered to the de
scription. II was found to fit Jones
and he was brought into town yester
day by the army surgeon, Charles F.
ChillingwOrth of the city attorney 5 of
flee, put Jones through a searching ex.
animation yesterday afternoon and he
is said TO have practically admitted his
guilt. n t..
More OF Narcotics Recovered
Last night detective went to Scho
field Barracks in an effort to locate tn"
rest Of the missing drugs and several
more bottles Of the dope was found.
The Schofeld Barracks matter is be
lieved TO have been confined entirely to
the military reservation and to have
no town qualifications other than as far
as the peddling Of the drugs is concern
ed.
White is said to have converted two
Of the bottles entrusted to him. to sell
70 his own use; or rather the proceeds
thereof, n circumstance which is be,
lieved to have led to misunderstand
ing between him and Jtnes.