The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-30

newspaper This paper meant his
fortune, for between the pages he
had hidden s. and S. decks OF
coke" | was undergoing treatment
In Bellvue hospital for narcomnnin
and | received three letters "A day, ono
at a. m, another AT 2 3. m. and
X p m. Underneath the stamps I
found "a little shot OF heroin enough
10 EiN" the average dope head IA
kick.
one day | only received one letter
with nothing under the stamp and |
was very sore at the sender. but three
hours later received telephone
call Hnd tn" voice over the wire said.
Eat it. | at once went 20 the waste
basket to find my letter | had thrown
there earlier IN the day,
noticed that the letter was writ
ten In pencil tore Off sma II piece
OF the writing paper and | was "lit
up like a Christmas tree in 20 sec.
onds for this paper was saturated
with morphine sulphatc, 100 per cent
pure
The paper is left II largo platter
for two days after being soaked with
M" solution and when the paper
dries the sChemer writes few words
in pencil, not ink and sends II by
mail The receiver then has enough
dope Tor a week. chewing on II Ike
gum.
on another occasion | received n
brand new pair OF shoes, the finest
pair Of get over sals' | ever saw. he
cause one OF the shoes had n hollow
heel containing enough stuff to set
oil the dope population In New York
nuts" can say one thing and that
is n keeper In the city prison In New
York brought me up n big swag OF
the sleigh-riding stuff but Of course,
not knowing about H. he LETT sacks
Of Bull Durham nt NY cell and be-
fore going TO the next cell he said
Save me the coupons Coke" he
said. "you better give me the coupons
now before YOU forget th@n.' In
stead T.Rnvc him a dollar He
smcllcd Y rat AZ my sudden good M
turc wondering why I'd sooner give
a dollar than four Bull Durham Cou-
pons, so he made mp his mind TO
"frisk". the tobacco bags and believe
me his search was rewarded for In
three Of the sacks he found nn Sighih
ounce Of Heroin in two bags. the
third bag had n package OF codino
and the fourth bag had two needles
with wires
Dope F1cndS Clever.
Dope ficnds are always awake
when II comes TO smuggling dopo
In Jail they are the wiscst guys In
the world in that Eespect, but in re-
CARDS to self respect they all amount
TO a pinch Of snuff This dope was
put into the bags. not breaking or
the revenue stamp. Now
ask me: How can 1t be done? There
IL too much OF story attached to
this and can only explain IT by
showing you Il. u. sack. Another
young fellow received package OF
fruit, tobacco. etc. one day. lie
looked high ana low for drugs and
when he failed 10 find any he gave
all his tobacco and fruit to other
prisoners.
lie laid on his cell cot and SUIT
fcred for two long DAYS. lie had
plenty OF dope but ditn. know II.
lie rolled one cigaret after another
until finally he struck the center or
the bag and drew from II rag
loaded with "yen shce" +" Yen shee'
X the sCrappings OF the opium pipe
and bowl Its second handed opium
and Is worth Sl25 a pound II II can
be gotten All through this discovery
lid the Bull Durham sack scheme
work out successfully until discov-
cred by the "sCrcW" who asked me
for the coupons and through him
the practice OF having packages
sent In was stopped and the depart
ment OF correction opened up COM
store giving us the privilege
Of ordering 81 worth weekly.
one dav my cellmatc's wife called
TO see him and l. saw her cut "A
large black button from her chin
'hilia coat This coat button was top
heavy with dope. The next day she
brought II In the prison In n way !
10 not care to mention. She was
-aught. given thr8r years I'm the Red
ford rclormatory for women and all
visits to the prison were stopped Now
4 man sees his visitors through n
Gagged booth. lie looks Ike "A wild
beast and YOU couldn't pass IA hair
strand through the Caging.
II takes IA dope user to Kill all
good things. II It wasn't for a
dope ficnd" man could be made
happy IN Jail Rhile awaiting trial |
but the "snowhird" has everything !
'crImped" all over the United |
States
II these poor unfortunates get |
IN easy Job the highest salary they !
cnn earn is $50 week In New |
ork staying within the law II takes |
$40 TO support a drug habit, so |
you can see that tte average drug |
lend must be some kind OF a pro |
'essional thief or common pick
pocket"
Cocaine is no habit and yet for .
lelllng &C" you can get from one To
even years In states prison Ga fell
,nyD Herpln is the strongest drug
n the world. the most powerful
he most dreaded II is the cause OF
ny downfall as well as others II
sill make it's slaves do almost any |
hing 10 get some OF u. It Will make .
, man promise things that he'll T.
iever live up to. 70 will make him T.
iend his brother 10 the galiows. Yet 7
my person caught selling this with
,ut doctors license rs sentenced
o the workhouse for 30 or Go days,
Scw ork laws,
II takes a man who hl9 been up 7.
against It like | hvvr To- show the
egisla ature the difference between
10Th drugs, Tho man VINO Is 'he
ather OF the Whitney bin IL Just
plain. every day man. MS system
3 clear OF all drusH or deadly
,oisons and the same way vHh IN"