Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
RAID ON HOUSE
REVEALS USERS
NARCOTIC DRUG
Clever Ruse of Federal Officers Re-
suits In Arrest of Two in
Night Roundup.
BOX MORPHINE
Man Admits He Is Dope Fieud and
Woman Is Guilty of Breaking
Vice Laws.

Through a clever ruse, Deputy
Marshals Metcalf. Murray and
Billsbach last night conducted a
raid on an alleged house of ill
fame at 13141a Third avenue and
not only secured evidence showing
that the place was a. disOrderly
house but succeeded in rounding
up and confiscating a large guam
tity of morphine together with sew
eral hypodermic needles, syringes
and apparatus for injecting the
fluid into the body.
Andrew Bowers and a woman
claiming Dot" Bowers as her name
were arrested in the raid. AL
though the place has been under
federal watch for sometime last
night the first raid was made.
Early in the evening federal Of
ficers planned to call Dot" Bowers
and Elk up" for the night. One of
the federal men phoned her but
was unable to make an engage
ment. Later he phoned again. This
time Dot" told him to call about
10 o'clock after she had told him
that she did not have any girls
there as she was afraid of the gov
eminent officers.
At the set hour the federal agent,
acting as an ordinary civilian, was
admitted to the house Shortly aft
er the deputies entered the place.
A dramatic scene took place. The
federal agent who had dated up"
with the woman, denied having had
any immoral relations, telling his
partners that he was just spend
ing the evening"" The woman con-
fessed nothing. Previous to the
time when the raid was conducted
the federal agent had been Civ n
marked money. This was in the
woman's possession. Finally the
agent with dramatic expression
broke down" and confessed that
he and the woman had been doing
wrong. About this time man
who claimed to be the woman's
husband, opened an adjoining door.
Find Dope.
Andrew Bowers, as the man gives
his name, stood in the doorway
asking what all the excitement was.
The federal officers, thinking he
was intoxicated, searched the room.
In place of liquor they found a
cardboard box containing the NOR
chine outfit, together with hypo-
dermic needles. The man was IN
der the influence of the drug in
place of being intoxicated.
Bowers admits being dope
fiend. He confessed that he was
afraid of being caught and that he
knew it would come some time or
other He bought his dope" from
mail order house in Ferguson
bought their medicine" until the
proprietor of the firm was arrest
ed and placed in the penitentiary.
He COnfesses.
He first claimed that he had
taken the cure and was free from
the habit AS he entered the cell
in the county Jail he told the fed
eral agents that he might need a
little something" before morning
Thus far the federal agents
have nothing on the woman with
the exception of being the keeper
of a house of ill-fame. 1t is not
thought that she has been connect
ed with the use of drugs. She has
violated the law governing the five
mile vice zone established about
the Rock Island arsenal. The man
has violated the Harrison drug act.
1t cannot be learned as yet
whether or not the couple has been
selling or peddling the drug. 1t is
understood however, that they
gave one or two "shots" to their
friends when they called to spend
the evening"
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