New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02
SMUGGLERS' FAKE.
DRUG KILLS MANY
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acre went aboard the ship. Behind him
walked customs inspector who had
been assigned to watch the two men
until they left the pier.
Several Hundred Walls Seized
On reaching the deck Hardacre sent
for the steward in charge of DR.. Stand
cards room, and the two men went
inside, where they renamed rev
minutes. On leaving the stewart
licked the door. Inspector George D.
Uefernan, who had been observing
tbem. ordered the door TO be opened,
and on searching the room found sew
aral hundred Walls labelled "neo-salVar-
San - which he seized. Subsequent
anaivsis showed that most OF the seized
''iois we're filled with table salt or
storch Some. however, contained neo-
sai,,ersan the Customs officials charge:
Tbe selling value in this country would
have been about $4,000 had the entire
quantity been genuine; :; IL.
Uordacre was searched, and IN ms
card case the Customs officials say they
founS several labels identlcai WIN
those on the spurious ylals. upon LUZ
thor examination II was learned ina.
tho seized packages were IN lhe po0Aes
of the secretary whlle the tluhNo Va
DIR Standgaard were UNDERGOING
animation, and that the phyolciah, Ds
coming suspicious OF persona sedrv nt
ordered Hardacre TO tahe '"e'"
TO the stateroom. ,d hi.
m Standeaard, his secretary ana MS
bodroom steward were arrested on the
80 ond taken before United states
Cor,n,issioner Besson. The TACT tha y,
~ nackages labelled "neo-saivsrsah
u,ere not genuine was not qisci9seJi
Ill ,hev were analysed by Dr. Cari
nj uort1og director of the FarDwerSe,,
! Iioacbst Company, manufacturers Oh
,be Frlieh preparation. The distflpu-
80 ~ this drug in this country Is CON-
trolled by Herman A. Metz;
~ srbseouent analysis made by cnem-
80; 80 tho Department OF AgrlcuIture
80 ~ v;aIs showed, il is alleged, tney
VI ,,a;red little else than colored taole
oi. The three men were arraigheu
s@,'; before the United States COM
"t 49,; yhere an additional cnarge
~ S;oiatinc the pure food ana drugs
oct pas made against them
For almost six months swIhulet
/ bo,o been reaping rich halseSs
tbrouehout the country peuu.i. -
snurious substance. worth Apou. ~ 20
cents a vial. which they replesenu
unsuspecting physicians aS
ne IT, ,;als and the wrappers ana Ia.
bois that surrounded them anu ,ne
coIor and consistency OF the psaP;tad
| ION itself were cleverly couhteli ,xss
and the worthless linl'Ivro ,roroen.
peddled from town 10 to"I that his
~ VAS seeking to prevent INC
ooi n 80 The fraudulent commonly GU
,irelv for humane reasons
swindlers Get High Prices
"The idea Of selling this fake SUB,
stance. represented as neo-saivarsah'
/ said DR.. Hertzog, started almost
/ wear ago. when the drug shipments 20
,ror Notwithstanding the scarcity OF
| re concentrations, Mr.. Metz refused 20
raise tie price of neo-salvarsan. when
I ia and is now selling for s4.oo
YisI We have learned that some OF
these swindling pedlers have disposed
80 tbeir dangerous limitations Tor
nrices as high as $2l5 vial,
NJ Standgaard is alleged TO nave
an, fsssed that the spurious prepara-
D
tions found in his stateroom were maui
- his country and had been taken TO
Frrone and then returned, Inc GUS
,oms inspectors found glass blower
~ Uoboken who admitted that the
nbvsician had given him an order Tor
seyerai thousand walls. he said that
Stsndgaard had supplied the substance
,yitb which 70 I'LL these receptacles and
,bat no care whatever was taken 10
zee that the filings compared In guam
,i,v with those Of the genuine pack
ages. ,.;ol, wa. made in
,be early part Of July Of this year. 1t IS
aid and in the latter part OF the
ror,b reports came in 10 Or. Hertzog
and 70 the Department OF Agricuiture
tbst the fake remedy was being sold by
yemen in Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul,
Winneapolis and ST. Louis. Agents Oh
The DEPARTMENT of Agriculture seized
400 yiais in Chicago in September and
destroyed them.
Customs inspectors who searched DR..
S,sndgaard were unable to obtain from
him an explanation as to how the
fraudulent packages happened TO be IN
lis stateroom on an incoming steam
hin II they were made in this country.
Several inspectors at work upon the
case believe that the fraudulent substl-