Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-27
ADDICT UNFOLDS
DOPE'S HORRORS
'Fiend,' Rising From Depths
With George Longs
Aid, Tells Story
DRUGS GIVEN SHOW GIRLS

a.
niaNlng mat iFht under an able entertain
s,Iotke LorE. surerlpts tsndent % tnnsmueh
"'sNgn and a reformed dope nond
tew days ago, Green emerged from
liz, 'ws,lusni sleep' treatment a. the Poly.
eNn'e hospital. The twill ght sleep" treat.
msnt la new dope cure" devised by Dr
Jonn ~ w Hhon narcotic drug expert
Nreon was three days under that cure
ana when he came forth with a clear mind
W W ushunE desire 10 win back his health
a. A. 'el -reapect he unfoldcd a story OF the
Srue scourge In Philadelphia that would
uc unbelievable had Il not been lnveati.
gated and found true
w1pE-oPEN DOPE CITY
Here are some OF the thlnrs ssr,u.t
Ireen told a representative OF the rveninr
In this city;
Philadelphla Is tho most wtds.opsn dope
city IN tho United States
A. rms city is the gateway Of tho drug traf-
Narcotic drugs are smuEEied In from
Canada. Mexico South America and Eng.
Bogus labels are placed upon these drugs
70 give the Impression that thoy are the
Soee, OF Fhiadelphia manufacturers and
deceive Internal revenue oflcerA
Green. himself. has helped to paste the
labels on the bottles. and he received for
| compensation a shot Of dope"
More than 5000 persons visit dsYeren,
sections OF the Tenderloin daily Go obtain
,n, ,neir supply OF dope" from the pcddlers
This does not include tho thousands who
arc visited by the peddlers daily in other
| sections OF the city.
Many philadelphlans with responsible
places In life are dope users He knows
personally OF five so-called reputable ply
siclans who take their morphine daily: he
knows four Philadelphia iawyera who ara
cocaine neuda They practice regularly At
the Philadelphia bar
Many members OF burlesqus shows that
visit Philadelphia do their acts under the
Influence OF cocaine. Some rnanagera in
s'st upon the chorus girls taking cocain,
them pep"
Three hop" Joints are running full blast
on the edge OF Chinatown in tho Tender
.' .oln' scores OF girls and young fellows
MT the pipe" In these places every night
PARTIES" TWO WEEKS LONG
There are hotels in the Tendsrloin and
outside u where snow parties" are held
every night Girls and young men get
together and sniff cocaine. AT times these
parties last for two weeks, without any OF
the participants getting wink Of sleep
Narcotic drugs are moro accessible In
Philadelphia than any other city In the
United States II provided with the money
he could 20 out now and bring back a
suitcase full OF dope"
Eight days ago Green collapsed on the
street after drug debauch which had
lasted nearly eight weeks. During those
eight weeks Green and another dope fend
consumed more than sa5O0 worth of heroin
cocaine and gum opium, which they had
stolen from dope dealer. During the de-
baueh Green and his companion ate Just
five meals, and they were small ones
II was costing Green $40 day TO buy
the dope he eraved before he went on that
debauch. His daily dose was forty grains
OF heroln and thirty grains of cocaine He
was earning $50 week as vaudeville
comedian. but that was not enough 10 keep
him In dope. so he became an automobile
thief During period OF several months
he stole cars every night. and sold them
for anything he could get 80 he could buy
drugs.
LEARNED 1T IN SHOW
~ got the drug habit eight years ago
at tho age OF sixteen" said Green, when
Joined show in Duluth. MINI The man
ager OF ths show gave me charge Of
cocaine so l would have pep all Of the girls
In that show were charged with the Btufi |
They could dance and sing like persons
possessed. There were twenty-four girls In |
that company and n leading lady. Folks |
out In front saw a snappy show, all right: |
but they didn't know coke was producing |
II. A lot OF shows right here In Philadelphia |
are made snappy in just the same way
II lost my job In Philadelphia two years /
wouldn't buy my dope One night went /
on without n charge. and my act fell fiat
The manager fired me. had to have the
dope. that was all 80 I decided to embark
upon career OF automobile thleylnE.
took course in an auto school so I would
know the ropes, and then started in 1
don't know how many cars stole In Phila-
delphia, but II was good many was
arrested five times, but was never con-
victed.
ROBBED BABY's BOTTLE
in the meantime had sunk so low
that when ran out Of money would drink
the milk out OF my haby's bottle.
Just before | went on that drug de-
baueh my pal and / were tipped on that
/ certain well-known dope dealer vas COM
ng into Broad Street Station from New
York with a suitcase full OF dope We
needed shot badly.
we met the dealer at the station and
asked him for some coke, lie refused 10
give II to US. 80 l sDAtehed Il away from
aim and opened It ub / pushed two boz
les OF heroin IN his pocket so he wouldn't
laFe honer for the police. and then my pal
md I went to our room. at Park avenue
md Dauphin street. and began our de-
,aueh. In that suitcase were fqrty-sisht
lottlea OF heroln, valued at f24 a bottle
lixteen ounces OF cocaine. worth $50 an
,unea, and four pounds OF gum opium.
worth $50 q pound. q total OF sass We
consumed il all In seven weeks and nys
lays
LOST sEYENTY-TWo POUNDS
II ate only Eve meals in that time, and
ny weight ran down from 100 20 ss pounds,
When the dope ran out went out for more
nd collapsed.
'srhe twilight slssp treatment seems like
dream. For three days 1 seemed 70 noat
round IN an unreal worid. ! had all sorts
4 terrible halluelnations- / imagined that
was trying 10 use hypodeTmle needle
nd the needle was plugged up 80 that the
ops could not get through 10 my arm The
,ietures on the walls OF the room seemed
8 sing and Onee. / vas certain that
lthoKraph OF George Washington walked
ut of the frame and waltzed about the
oom IN 4 most undignitied manner. Then
thought that cops we're watching me
through the kayholesi ! would conceal
imaginary dope tablets Ia ny stocking ana
anF the stocking out Of the NindoN.
aBut / came through Il All right have
~ crAvlnF. IL makes me want dope right
Il. 70 lalk about Il. but l am going 70
GIT Il through
ributors When / vas IN Aoyamensing
ION awaiting trial, girl used 70 come
asHe and slip me my morphine VIA the |
,.arahlna klza' she would kiaa ne and
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