Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-09
BITTER FIGHT PUT
Up BY DEFENDANTS
IN HERON CASES
ro,.,,v Drtrrmined Effort by
Authorities TO
Win
CONVICTION ON START

Rcfore Judge Hciscl and a jury IN
c.nor.l S,ss,ons Court Room No ,. the
State this morning won tltSt hiood III
,,,t,to n,.cr q series uf prosecutions
,gairst alleged sellers Of heron. tr"ihc IN
,,6,,h - snid tn be not only widespread,
hut growing. not only among N'St"I'
nv whom use Of the drug va "riE'hiNtN
introduced IN thus city. hut among Wh''F
men and women
The States achievement todr| WA
,hr securing Of the conviction at one OF
~, .iF,,,,1 .,l,erS the first nj y batch Co
go on triat. -, a.
During the afternoon OF Tuesday the
los, session of the grand jury. that body
honded nm no less than - indictments
against Negro men and women arrested
some time ago as the result OF lhNcSt'-
cat,ors hv the detectives or raldS III
various quarters Of the clty where h'ro'n
- sa;d 4, bc sold The lndictcd persons
were Grace Foster against whom theN
WIN, two bills Joshua ihStcr t""'
Edna Kane. two. Mary DENNIS: wv"
h,iis: Frank West, four; ,iames "u,'R'
SLY. and ODDS Wren. all 81 whom Yesterday
pleaded not guilty. Md tins morning
',ttornrv-t General Renharit and Deputy
gun IN The, battle for convictions upon
H. sbcaf Of md ctmonts against these
pr,snners h, calling the FIRST Of the taSf@
GOV trial
Rattle II provrd Ia he. too. for tron
tho verv outset there were plcntV ~
indications that the defendants were :"
he wclI,ielcndod. l., Irving HANDY .
former Judge ! Frank Ball and la'n',
Sa,,lshury hclnp runna,l for the ndlfi"'l
individuals
When the cases "'rc csiicd Nt'"rl'e'
General Reluharit decided TO place 'Tar'
Foster on trial first and a Jury Wa - H
IN Court Room M. lctorc Judges hi'
AMI Hesiel. with tn aicIfl"n ~ ,'"n
ferrue ia Room ~ + wiser iAiS
Hcisel should ST ami hraf m" 'f-'.
That roth sides were watshluc i" ~
.n,,nrl az thc iu,N NrrE raf ui f"r4ln'
evident when. aftgf thy rnA iad t4"i
b,!al c.,ltr1c. y. 9rati II. ra'v. 81
..hnus hall do-,ii IT thr ni n'
al stitntton IL Others from thr Z Hnnte'
ri .he, paurI
FinaIsN tho Us. -rt -n..r wills p isot.
Ne with NJ t'rrcH taHi +nt 't
states lntel.~.- tna MI -flt- FL
aprnar'ng fol ,hr do'suisn
~r>rt- ,t-f t.r rff>lp
W - ="
cas- ~ { hc ctf"r ihaf I "ni"i {" t''"
that ono Pa'a t'iw1Th hth L"
81 On 81 Patrt : ~ N"F'
to Grace Foster h"'h ~ WIN
street and huN h'T ao. t'"' '.''
that he turned th' itd1 ''N''
Sergeant Green "ho Hs1 AlN'" -
money: that ''raee h'a". III
escape from W. u'.''''N
arrested net anu ',',' -,
IN testimony hots'fN '''a1 ~
insisted that ne use " II, hs,@' y ~
IN her presence. = p'|'' W, =.
habHue OF II. etlo'' ~ WIZ ~
have the amount ~
Edwards placen up" ~
that with the money R'N'n "i''
geant .'reGn ne had N.'l''Ei ''ia',
room IN fdi7a"'h 800 I"
and h3ugnt ~" l'.sN I.fa'..,,.,.
winch ~ ~ S.I.Iu,,
oross-oNainned - -
Edwards SalI ne "a" ''>'l', ".''S s
at the Tag q - N'a1 ~"
Askei Il ne ever ha,' = = '"'1'. -,
larceny Ed"al''7 - :" III
the THEFT h"d "P'h 'E''''',..' :.
tn ger money ~ ~
deadly doT" ~ ""i'h - '''''' "
addicted. l, I.i,...,.
SMgetHi l ~ -,
had gwen ,h' ~
opu@"'' ,,Lb H.. L..l az,
Td,,ards for Tho riIrcb.,~, Il. Ua> f, M i
a., found IN Graea Post room. scr VII
was said 10 be her room when n and 4
men. Detective, faUchld and Nah ~
entered the house - arrest 'hs wolnt
The money. bearing certain m1-tS 4
Identification. was IN q hure: brew
in which were articles 81 woman We
I.ikewls~ h" and hi> ~ 2 i"1"d : > lHe
sgo~ al horoin similar tn tha> tdWar
he'd SAID he had purchased from I'ras
While he was there t1rs,ro jumped 9
of thc window ol another rnnm, cilmh
fence and tried 10 beat II a window
another ho,lse IN order - ct avn
according to Detective FaTchiid al
Nfahoncy. who followed rCean' or
and told Of their shar" IA h arrC
Then Fdwsrds r>e Ilsd and &.
how he had used Shot ii the drug
the house before he had gotten All Of
drug he desired to purchase Grace
said had provided him with the hyI
csermic needle with which he ADMINISTERS
10 himself Then Grecn came back to
1,od ..uJ IDIOT DIfed hNNn<lfTfr4$C upct