New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-05-05
E81lve YOU had any others ~

.Ha,f a dozen, perhaps.
twas DR.. Howard Franklin
Smiths name mentioned 2"
cit was"
was he the man who issued the
prescriptions?
HE was
WAS any other physician impli-
cated?"
NO.
what did the prescriptions call
for?" E
Usually for heroin, cocaine and
morphine"
'All on the same prescription?
Yes"
I'm what quantities.
ooh, from six bottles UP to ten or
twelve. Perhaps more
Were these prescriptions filled
elsewhere than at Palmer's Drug
store?'
1--WE don't believe so.''
Are any other drug stores under
suspicion?''
Not In Hartford
81 to So for Prescriptions.
What did it cost to fill these pre-
scriptions?"
About 81 bottle"
w Hde uiu IHS pSOuleIS sell LnSnl
for?"
From SO to 81 a bottle."T
What did DR.. Smith get out of
It"
At first 81 a prescription. Then
he raised his price to 3d."
Where was this traffic mostly car
ried on?'
In New Haven, Bridgeport, Hart
ford and Waterbury"
Was it confined to those cities 2"
No, the peddlers carried it all over
the state"
Into the small towns?
Yes, where they had customers.'.
Have you had Dr. Smith before
the commission p
mo" .4
You have talked with Mr.. Pal
mer?"
Yes
What was the position he took,
that is, what was his defense %
Il think you had better get state
ment from Mr.. Palmer as to that
Investigating Further.
rs the commission intending to
take further action?''
I'VE have not stopped our investi-
CATION
did the going into effect of the |
federal law make it possible to get |
the evidence against DR.. Smith and |
Mr.. Palmer?''
Eyes, but we had our evidence and |
were ready to act before that law |
went into effect
4 You are intending to make COM /
plant to the prosecuting officers?"
i said we had not stopped our in
vestigations.'
You would be willing to give what |
evidence you possess to the proper
authorities ~
Yes, with pleasure.
Gould you give an estimate as to
how much Of the drugs were sold in
the staten
That is something we would like
to know ourselves. We know there
were large quantities"
THE federal law is more drastic
than the state law, Is 1t not?'
Yes, we are working now to have
the legislature pass similar law for
Connecticut, governing the sale of
the drugs in this state
Dowd's Confession.
Dowd's confession, which Is a fair
sample of those in the possession of
the pharmacy commission, was to the
effect that he, alone, had sold in the
last two years, principally in Bridge
port and New Haven, more than &c.
700 worth of morphine, all of it OBJ
aimed from Palmer's Drug Store, In
his city, on prescriptions written by
DR.. Smith. In his confession he told |
how he and his lieutenants were able
% secure their supplies of morphine,
nrniy1 @ nd Ina n al, lac Iic-t -
oensed to the drug users of the state.
Contract With DR.. Smith.
4 Dowd maintained in his confession
hat he contracted with DR.. Smith for
200 bottles of morphine month.
His profits on the sales were 900 per
cent. He swore that on February &c
II this year hee received seventy mine
bottles from Palmer's Drug Store on
he prescription Of DR.. Smith. Incl
ientally in this connection it might be
mentioned that the federal law went
INTO effect on March / and it is un-
1erstood that the business done by
Palmer's Drug Store the last few days
IF February on prescriptions written
oy DR.. Smith was very large.
Dowd, in his confession, said his .
best customers were in New Haven ,
and Bridgeport and averaged from ,
100 to $50 a week Others whose ,
confessions are in the possession of =
.hc commission, or who have been be- !
'ore the commission, are John J.
Simmons and John Unmack of New ,
Haven, both dispensers. They cor /
'oborated DoWd's testimony and also $
implicated DR.. Smith and Palmer's
Drug Store.
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