New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
S5OO,0OO Worth
Of Drugs Seized
Two Arrests
Revenue Agents Here A..
ter Long Search, Locst.
the SmuggIers
Leader Made Mill,
Is Now Under SurveiIl,,.
Narcotics Brought Ia
from Canada
Leader Made Milo,

The operations Of a hand =,
giers' who are said virtually 70 ~.
controlled the Illicit sale Of 49,
IN New York are believed By u. - ~
eral authorities to have been b,os..
by the arrest yesterday of two p.
SLAMS and the seizure Of three &c..
and suitcase containing mar. a.
5000 ounces Of opium, mornbi,,
caine and herOin. It was the I,,,...
seizure Of drugs ever made BY 80
ternal Revenue Department herr D..
on the prices usually charged in ..
Illicit drug trade, the eonssestss =,
ates are said to be worth more a.
100000
The men under arrest are Ma, r.
schon, a moving picture opera,o, !,
22O East Seyenty-eighth Stree, -
Jack Malaga, a painter, Of 200 e.,
Avenue. Another man, who il ,,ys
the Federal authorities to be n. 49,.
Of the band and who is thought,,I..
cleaned up more than 81 .0OOOOo /, y.
last seven months, is being held u.s..
surveillance in an apartment q, a.
West Side. II was stated that \. -,
too Ill to be taken into custody h,
night.
The two men were arrested AZ Tki,.
Avenue and Seventy-sixth Street VIZ.
Kirschon stepped from a taxieab !,
handed a suit case 10 Malaga, an al
legged "jobber."
Drugs in Suitcase
The suitcase was found to cont,
over $4,000 worth Of the opiates. sos
men were taken 10 Police Headou,,
ters, where they were held on clare,
of having violated the Harrison a,a.
narcotic and internal revenue hy,
The complainant is J. N. Brossmsn !,
special investigator for the Intsru,I
Revenue Department.
Two of the trunks were seiigd ma
tenement at 431 East Eighty.,hIn
Street and the third at 1914 ly.ru.
A. When taken to the Office Of Colsus
L. G. Mutt, chief Of the Interua Rev.
enue Department, in the Custom Rouse
they we're found to contain over 1909
ounces each. In one OF ihsm was
found a mask, said 10 have been used
by the distributors in handing he
drugs to prevent them from contract.
ing the habit.
According to Colonel Mutt h,
drugs were struggled in through Car
ada, but were not kept in the homes
of any member Of the band. More 81
the occupants of the tenements u
which the trunks were found kne'
what was in them. The men axe
permission to leave the trunks tier
and 10 see them whenever they Wlsts.
They paid a rental for this privi.er
The leader, it is said, demanded cas-
in advance for all sales and wcd-
take no order for less than sl@
He is said to have transacted bus:nes|
directly with the "jobber" The Eas
Side is said to have been honeyeorst
with these "jobbers," distributors ar
sub-agents.
Trailed for Two Months
When an order was given, il is sis
Max Kirschon would be sent to 1'
store house." one Of the tensnsra
20 fill it. He would engage tsr ~.
drive to an appointed place, WHERE n'
goods would be turned over RtTers'
agents and members Of the n.teek
squad. headed BY Lieutenant hshp
Scherb. who have been shadosng !hs
two tenements for the last two no''ls
say that the transactions wefe ANA,
made during the rush hours, Iaen W
would be apt to attract least sisp'e.'a
After the goods were turned o'a
the "jobber" the risk was al! ns j !
was caught. He was pledged %
crecy regarding the source OF DIS ~
ply. How strong an effort was maa. .
"coyer up" was shown when ponD
carrying a consignment to the soss'
few weeks ago, dumped $500 Wor1
the drugs out of a Pullman car
dow when he discovered revenue ss'''
were on his trail.
According TO Colonel Mutt, the
fscated drugs sell for $40 an ''''l
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