Evening star., 1918-07-07
SEARCH CHINATOWN
FOR OPIUM; HOLD 8
Police and Detective Heads
and Revenue Official Lead
Forty-Eight Raiders.
"MAYoR'sn ALLEGED SALE

Lnom WITH CraHckluS IN Op1umS IA VIZ
lation Of the Harrison drug law.
Eight places. six Of them occupied
by Chinese and two by colored men.
were raided. but no contraband drug
was found In the homes Of the col
ored men and the occupants were not
arrested.
The raids followed an investigation
of reports that several local Chinese
merchants, through colored aids. were
selling opium. in violation OF the law.
Mai. Pullman. superintendent of po-
lice: Inspector Clifford L. Grant,
chief of detectives, and Daniel L..
Porter. assistant chief inspector OF
the United States internal revenue
bureau. were in charge Of the raiding
party. which consisted of forty de-
tectfves and policemen and eight rev.
enue inspectors. one inspector ac-
companying the police to each place
that was raided. Pharmacy Inspector
Robert Danders and Assistant In
spector Harry Evans furnished much
of the testimony on which the raiding
warrants were issued by United
States Commissioner Isaac R. Hit.
Waive Examination.
The eight Chinese were arraigned
last night before Commissioner Hit.
All of the men waived preliminary
examination and entered plea OF not
guilty. They were held under bonds
to await the action of the grand jury.
The men arrested are: Charlie 500,
335 Pennsylvania avenue: Henry Moy.
317 Pennsylvania avenue: Sing Lee.
1000 s street: Lee Wah, 325 Pennsyl-
vania avenue: Charlie Tuck. 1926
Pennsylvania avenue: Moy Ott Shad.
318 Pennsylvania avenue: Lee Joe, 317
Pennsylvania avenue. and Han Lee,
1924 NJ street northwest.
Henry Moy and Charlie 500 were re-
CURED to furnish $4,000 bonds each,
while the others were released on
bonds OF $1,000 each.
Negotiations for Purchase.
Revenue agents had been negotiat-
ing with Charley Lee Sue, said by
Maj. Pullman TO be known as the
mayor of Chinatown. who has inter-
vania avenue between Sd street and
John Marshall place. Information
impaired TO Maj. Pullman yesterday
was that one Of the agents had ar
ranged to purchase seven cans of Sec
ond-Erade opium for $420 from the
so-called mayor.
1t was arranged that the purchase
would be made at 1915 o'clock. and
that was the time fixed upon for the
eight raids. About noon Inspector
stations to send details to Franklin
School. where he previously had Or
dered number Of his own force to
report. None Of the men summoned
had the slightest idea of what was
going on, some suge eesting that a
pect. while others surmised that boot
leggers returning from Baltimore
were to be rounded up.
There was no leak in connection
with the arrangements. and drowsy
residents of Chinatown, as we'll as
those who were wide awake, were
taken by surprise when the raiders
swooped down on them 1t had been
II long time since raid was con-
Quoted there. and the celestials who
event were bewildered. Many sought
20 eiude the officers. but every avenue
of escape was guarded.
Bought With Marked Money.
Charley Lee Sue. it is charged. ap-
peared on schedule time with his
seven cans OF opium, meeting his
cepting S420 in marked money for the
drug. About that time an automobile
stopped in front of BIT Pennsylvania
avenue, where the transaction took
Grant and others Of the raidins
party alighted. Charley was taken
to the second floor OF the building and
detained while several rooms were
searched and other Chinese wera
questioned about the sale and use of
opium. Several doors to the west of
where Charley was arrested-No. 1925
-other members of the raiding party
surprised Chinese occupants. while
across the avenue. at s1s. another
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home. at 335 Pennsylvania avenue,
also was visited.
While the several raiding parties
were busy in Chinatown Capt Falvey
of the seventh precinct was In charge
Of 2 similar party at IT. the p place Ct
where, it is stated, smoking outfits
Detective Howard Vermiliion was in
charge Of a raid that was conducted
at Lee Sings laundry. 1905 1000 street
smoking outfit were found.
AS soon as the squad Of forty police
men and eight internal revenue men
had raided the Chinatown places and
Mai. Pullman realized what a task
making a search. he summoned thirty
additional men from the several pre-
cincts The superintendent Of police
and chief Of detectives accompanied
| their raiders anu 6SdTCuSTS
the buildings. directing that a COM
plete search be made OF every room
and Of sealed packages piled here
and there in Railways.
Supplies Of Foodstufs.
The officers found supplies Of food
stuffs. including sacks Of rice and
sugar and much imported merchan-
disc Police officials were especially
interested in the little rooms in which
the Chinese, 1t was stated. played
fan-tan, dominoes and other games.
and one small compartment, reached
through dark passageway, in which
it was said the game Of Chinese policy
had been conducted at one time. Sew
eral Chinese presented a drowsy ap-
pearance, suggesting to the police
that they had been hitting the pipe"
Quantities of what the Chinese call
'yenshee," cheap form of refuse
opium. were confiscated by the police.
who also took several pipes and cans
Of opium from some Of the places
More than two dozen Chinese and
one colored woman were caught in
the raids They were taken in patrol
wagons to police headquarters, where
all but eight principals were regis
Police officials, commenting on what
they found in some Of the Pennsyl-
vania avenue buildings, expressed the
belief that the arrangement of the sup
posed gambling rooms in the cellars
is in clear violation, Of the fre laws,
while Maj. Pullman believes that the
health department should conduct a
rigid Inspection Of the several prem
ises in an effort to have them put in
sanitary condition It was said last
night that the attention Of the health
and fire departments would be called
to these conditions.