Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-03
.HOPEWELL DOPE-usERs
KEEP AUTHORITIES BUSY
Federal Revenue Officers and Police
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
tord. following the preliminary hear
Ing of c, f. Boon upon charge of
having morphine in his possession
said yesterday that there was con-
sidera BILE cocaine and morphine being
sold in and around Hopewell, princi-
pally to the foreign element Mr.
Drakeford told of a number of pre-
liminary hearings which have been
held recently before United States
Commissioner Flceenheimer, of Rich
mond. and United States Commissioners
Roper, of Petersburg.
Boon was tried yesterday morning
before Commissioner Flegenheimer and
held for the grand jury in the sum of
1000. He was arrested by Chief Of
Police Cotton. of Hopewcll. upon in
formation furnished by Revenue Agent
white man, had. it is sail aiics wdo s Is u
grains of morphine and two hypo-
dermic needles when arrested.
he refused to tell where he secured
the drug. beyond saying that he OBJ
tanned II from n physician in Rich
mond. He said he did not remember
the name. He said that he used the
drug himself.
MARKED COIN .FIGUREs
IN NEGROES ARREST
James Willis. alias Devil" colored.
was tried before Commissioner Fleg-
enheimer also. The negro was ar
rested I'm Hopewell by Chief Cotton at
the request of the revenue office here
cotton and his men. whom Agent
Drakelord said have co-operated with
the department in every way possible
laid trap for the negro. They marked
dollar and sent woman in to pur-
chase the drug. They claim that she
purchased cocaine, brought 1t out and
gave 1t to them Willis was arrested.
and ne had twenty-five grains OF the
drug in his possession. II was charged
FIe 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 sSoo 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
mat he was violating the antinarcotic
law, and they gave the necessary in
formation to the Petersburg police.
When asked if there were many
viola tons of the antinarcotic law here
Mr.. Drakeford said:
NO. there does not seem to be anv
great prevalence of drug users in Rich
mona not nearly so much az one would
expect from the size OF the city" He
said there were few violations. how
ever. and pointed to the case of DR..
81 a. iSeNiS' negro physician, who
is now ont under bond In the sum of
$4,000. charged with forging prescrip-
tons for morphine.
In his desk in the Federal Buildino
MIR. Drakeford has an interesting COL
lection Of morphine and cocaine phials,
packages. pill-boXes 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 ut :
| tempt to tell where the victims. or
peddiers 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
III is violation OF the law every time
one Is soil to other than person
authorized to have them. 1t is A vio-
lation for one TO have any OF the drugs
mentioned in the act. unless one is
authorized by the act to have such
drugs"
He expla ined that physicians. drug
gtsts. nurses under certain conditions,
and other professional men naturally
having to do with medicines. were ex-
empted under the act. but are com
PEELED TO keep complete and accurate
account of the amount of the drug they
procure. They must also make a
| record OF every dose administered en-
cept In emergency cases, about which
they report