The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-13
PRISONER
LAYS BARE
DOPE PLOT
Says There's Big Traf-
fic In Prescriptions
Stolen From Doctors


Stolen From Doctors
a factory" for mo manufacture
ana distribution of prescriptions for
various forms OF dope pafronlzed
by drug addict- on am rnoImou-
ecale is ln full operation IN Detroit
and doins a very extensive business.
according ~ the story % trem
Ding nervous Young man who WAS
arraigncd Wednesday morning be-.
fore y STANLEY durd. United States
commissioner when ho was led
back to NE United iSates marshal9
ONCE 70 De- returned 90 the county
jail he told his story 90 Times re
pCricl The Young victim OF The
drug hahit i Ralph Chisholm %
wears old, 90 80 3oa ColumbusdYe
Chisholm was arrested a few days
aso while having q prescription for
dope hiled i'm Grauotave drug
store Federal officers who arrest
4 MIN found that be- had presented
900 simiiAr prescriptions signed by
'ho same physician within Tho last
counl' ~ weeks They commun.
Gated with Do phJ siciau aud learn
ed fhat he Prescriptions had been
forged
When araispcd. Wcdn-siay
Chtisholm was held under $1,000 1ail
for examination on Sept IS Mean
whsle physicians viii try 20 cure
him 81 the dope habit Ills condi
ton un The day OF examination VIII
influence the federal officers as 20
his further al position The Young
man has been drafted for the army,
and bias been ordered 20 be ready
10 leave for camp Custer with The
detachment that viii 10 two DAYS
after the date of his examination
! hope the doctors can cure me,
said chisholm wednesday, morning
$50 can so 20 war am trying as
Eatd az Ctn 20 overcome The habit.
bui when boy only ~ years old
BIAS been confirmed fend FOR eight
roar o. is hard 70 DO ANYTHING a
grIg frrm s helpless All hc can
To IS 90 submit Tor hc has no hgA
left IN HIM
III Is easy ~ get an rbe done ono
wants had 0ilcd 40 prescriptions
ia this drug store and could rer
All 7 wanted Men steal - blanks
from PIN ucians ana write their own
prescrpto Every drug 1end can
write prescription as Nell as
doctor ! won't implicate any per
son in this plot 10 deal n forged
prescfiuii Ona but VIII admit that
fhc ones used were .purou They
purported t0 bc signed hS pr p J
Hamilton. of so 1915 Grand River
ave tut fbo blank, we're stolen
from hi- office fdn4 steal hem
nor forge them huf 81 Ras done
In hamilton has biz practice
In Tho House az correction and most
OF tho dope fouds know him and
This U.s. why blank prescriptions
were stolen from his Office J WON'T
admit .n rogT fhai 7 know 'he mon
who are CARRYING on This 'rafic bar
I do I'm going 20 say ] was alone
In thc deal and lcf t go q that hut
that lsnt uuc won't mphrate
anybody e'se didn stoal The
prescription and So ! pleaded not
guilty 90 sine charge OF pcddline
dope
Il didn pcddle any dope used
70 all myself For Tho last month 3
have taken az leasf rs grains of GO
came and no ~ morphine every day
: know lot ~ dopos who use as
much or more than 7 do and they
don't have ans trouble getting he
prescriptions OF course they have
gof ~ paw FOR them but a dope
will always Eef the money some
where and II ono has tho money a.
Is quite easy 10 got tho dope thru
the system ~ forging the orders
ANY ~ the hends can draw pre
scription as We'll as doctor can
and The druggist rs NOT suspicious
DR. Hamilton and the drug store
that sold The stun arc both without
blame The prescriptions were such
good limitations. they would not
arouse suspicion anywhere
Dr Hamilton says that young
chisholm parents and ether mem
brrs Of the family. who live near
him. arc patients OF HE and that Is
why the yonne man recently began
calling upon him Tic always called. !
however tho physician says. when
he was out. and Chisholm hen had
ample opportunity 20 wait in the RI
ception room whore tho physician
has a desk ON this desk hc alw avs
keeps package ~ prescription
blanks Soon after Chisholm began
10 call. tho doctor says he began
missing the blanks. and finally asked
Mrs Hamilton not 90 admit tho
Young man again unless the doctor
were present Ht--aa SAYS many Of the
blanks we're stolen and have been |
IL feF L. a
~ going 100 often 10 tho same drug