The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-23
DOPE KlNG' BARES SECRETS OF DRUG
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, sai foil them fby having narcotics brought to him At the county jail here he has been unable to get any.
 DOWd went on his knees several days ago and kissed the hand of pr. Banks.ss Policemen who looked at him, were unable to recognize him as the same man
 Interested in the strenuous time that New York officials are having trying to care for the victims of mar cotfcs who have been cut off from supply by the Federal law Dr. Banks declared today:
 The drug habit can be cured. have been treating such cases as Dowd's s for the last 20 years and can declare unaualihedly that drug vic tiIns can be broken of the habit-pro- vided the physician is untranneIe It all depends on environnent.s
 pr. Banks, treatment in general is simple. He cuts off the supply Of drugs and gives the prisoner doses Of epsom salts every time they holler for dope This, with a study Of symptoms. results in a cure
 # DF. Banks commented the officials Of the county Jail here for their CO., operation in the work of breaking drug victims from the habit. With their support, every drug user that has been sent there. has been releas4 ed cured and in perfect health, ira- cluding George Goshe and Jimmy the BArber.''
 seIt is a common statement that drug users will die when. cut off from use of drugs, said Dr. Banks. s.T1ais has been proved in this city to be a falIaey.i No matter how much they are slaves of the drug. no matter how many years they have been using it. they can be cured, d,'' Dr. Banks said some go back to the habit if they are in idIeness after being cured, but those who preeure work to occupy their minds do not.
 Wlaen Dewd was taken to Hartford for the hearing before the pharmacy commission, two slits were cut in his vest and two pieces Of cloth were in serted in each side, So it would fit him.
 pr. Banks, J, A Leverty. local members Of the pharmacy co1n1nis- ssisn, who have been so active in staHa ping out the drug traffic, and the IaH officials are proud of the new MT. DoWd. The difficulties that were overcome in his ease were the same as in others. Pals have tried to bring dope ints the jail, but they have been generally detected,
 Morphine has been discovered be heath a postage stamp on a letter. it
 
 steaming spaghetti sent to a prisoner Packages of tobacco that looked as if they had never been opened were found. to contain t'dope.,',. Powdered morphine has been found te contain ssdopey Powdered morphine has been found between the pages of magazines.
 The reformation of Dewd is partfc- u7arIy pleasing when it is known that on the day he was arrested he swat lowed 4 5 grains of morphine. When Detective James Bray caught him fr this city, he watched Dowd's move ments and saw him reach into his left hand pocket. Bray grabbed at the hand and pocket and while struggling -to get the t'depeff he supposed Dowd had in that pocket, Do~d noncha1antly reached into the other poclxBt, pulled a cork from bottle and Swallowed the contents. Tn that way, he de- stroyed evidence against him, as it is necessary to actually find khe tdope'' on a person before he can be convict ed. Evidence ofi other offenses sent him to jail, however:
 The terror that was apparent among -zsdope', users in Bridgeport several weeks ago has passed. Although many protested that they were going to die, they are now getting along without the drug in the tenderIpin districts of Bridgeport. Many had a srppIx pf drugs on hand just before the federal laH went into effact, but this has been exhausted. NoS morphine, heroin or cocaine can besnbtained:
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