Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-03
.HOPEWELL DOPE-USERS
KEEP AUTHORITIES BUSY
Make Numerous Arrests for
Alleged Violations.
MANY HELD FOR GRAND JURY
Apparently Few Persons in Richmond
Addicted to Use OF Morphine and
Cocaine-Penalties for Convictions
Are Severe.

! United States Revenue Agent Drake
ford. following the preliminary hear
| ing of c. +. Boon upon Il charge of
having morphine in his possession.
said yesterday that there was con-
| siderable cocaine and morphine being
| sold in and around Hopewen. princi
pally To the foreign element Mr..
| Drakeford told of number of pre-
liminarS hearings which have been
held recently before United States
Commissioner FleGenheimer. of Rich
| mond. and United States Commissioner
j Roper. of Petersburg.
| Boon was tried yesterday morning
before Commissioner Flegenheimer and
held for the grand jury In the sum of
| $500. He was arrested by Chief of
Police Cotton. of Hopewell. upon in
formation furnished by Revenue Agent
| Drakeford's office. Boon. who is n
white man. had. it is alleged. sixty
| grains of morphine and two hypo-
| dermic needles when arrested
He refused to tell where he secured
| the drug. beyond saying that he oh
| tanned IT from physician in Rich
| mond. He said he did not remember
the name. He said that he used the
! drug himself.
MARKED COIN FIGrRES
IN NEGRO'S ARREST
| James Willis. alias Devil" colored
was tried before Commissioner FleE-
| enheimer also The negro was ar
| rested In Hopewell by Chief Cotton at
the request of the revenue office here.
! Cotton and his men. whom Agent
Drakeford said have co-operated with
the department in every way possible.
| laid trap for the negro. They marked
| a dollar and sent woman in To pur-
chase the drug. They claim that she
purchased cocaine. brought II out and
! gave 1t to them. Willis was arrested,
and he had twenty-five grains of the
oh n
He was held in the sum of $500 for
grand jury action.
John Parker. who was arrested in
Petersburg, was also held in the sum
OIL sooo Tor the grand jury. When
arrested. the police said. he had seven
or eight grains of cocaine. The reve-
nue. department had been watching
Parker for some time, on suspicion
that he was violating the antinarcotic
law. and they gave the necessary in
formation to the Petersburg police
When asked il there were MANY
violations of the antinarcotic law here,
Mr.. Drakeford said:
NO. there does not seem to be any
great prevalence of drug users in Rich
mond: not nearly so much as one would
expect from the size OF the city" He
said there were few violations how.
ever and pointed to the case OF DIR.
j. \. Lewis. negro physician. who
is now out under bond In the sum of
SZuoV, charged with forging preScriD-
tons for morphine.
| In his desk in the Federal Building
Mr.. Drakeford has interesting coll
lection of morphine and cocaine phials
packages, pill-boXcs and hypodermic
needles. Some Of the needles seem to
have had considerable use All the
paraphernalia Is kept as evidence
Mr., Drakeford said he would not at
tempt to tell where the victims, or
peddlers of the drugs. received their
needles and supplies OF morphine and
cocaine.
They get them in all kinds OF ways
he said "Of course" he continued.
1T is violation OF the ldw every time
one is soil to other than person
authorized TO have them. II is A vio-
lation for one 10 have any OF the drugs
mentioned in the act. unless one is
authorized by the act TO have such
drugs"
He explained that physicians. drug
S!Sts. nurses under certain conditions.
and other professional men naturally
having 70 do with medicines. were ex-
empted under the act. but are com
PEELED 10 keep a complete and accurate
: account OF the amount Of the drug they
procure. They must also make a
record Of ever dose administered ex-
cept In emergency cases. about which
they can report afterward.