El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-15

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/ conviction OF two OF them, said 10 b
the worst offenders. in federal cour
Tuesday government agents here saI
that one Of the largest dope peddling
rings in the world win be broken up
The story Of this Illicit dope ped
ding Organization, whose operation.
have provided most OF the drug ad.
diets o. the southwestern part OF the
United States wit htheir supply since
the enactment OF the Harrison anti.
narcotic act and since custom regu.
lations made &c difficult FOR The
-fiendsT 10 get the gum opium, Is
one that Is filled with az much TO
nance as the story OF the Italian
Malta
From drug addicts brought intC
federal court as witnesses. the history
Of the dope business along the border
mas been Wrungs partly by W II
Fryer, assistant United States dis
trict attorney, ana partly by reporters
in the corridors OF the federal build
ing and in the county jail. And u
was the story some Of these men and
women told that convicted Aauue
Morales and Ieodoro Nesquez, Tues
day.
smusEled Many WayH-
Mexico presumably gets her dope
from China and Japan. In the heart
Of the chinatown Of Juarez IS said
TO be the source OF supply for IT
Paso ana most OF the southwest And
here u IS that a select few can 60
and smoke the real rhinE-gum opium
cooked down 10 a tar ike consistency
that gives the smoker a temporary
bliss and feeling OF irrespousibiiity
and heaven on earth
Over this supposed source the
government Of the United states
has no control, but from across
the Rio Grunde come the snug
ElerE for which the government
Is constantly on the lookout
Opium the most costly and most
precious, and Incidentally the
most rure. % all the sleep pro-
ducerE. A. smuEEled IN In 50 many
ways that only the expert nEentH .
Of the customs office and the
treasury department. can detect It.
Women bring @ IN their hair and
concealed elsewhere on their persons
be brought over by one person, Sc is
said. without detection except By the
most minute scrutiny. Cocaine and
derivatives Of opium, notably NOR
phine sulphate are brought over. ike
wise and sell for prices that range
from IS for 30 grains or large daily
supply Up to hundreds Of dollars.
Society, Too, aHits the PIpe.-
over on this side, So tho addicts
say are hundreds Of sufferers waiting
Tor the great soother. These addicts
become so from two causes, accord
Ing 10 Freeman Myers. one Of the
Witnesses for the government. Myers
said Wednesday that many persons
suffering via asthma or other maia-
dies that calse intense suffering.
have 70 have morphine In order 70
live at all That IS one way they
start another way is that Stun
mers'. people Of the upper classes. so
INTO the chlnatoWns Of the various
cities and Shit the pipe" And when
you 80 up against that gun it's all
off, Myers said. From these visits
20 chinatown where one can reclino
on doWny couch and inhale the
aroma OF the POPPY and float off into
dreams Of resnleudant mansions and
gardens OF delight one never really
returns, the addicts say, and forever
after. unless one has an unusual viii
power the person who smokes opium
must have the drug in some OK its
forms.
Live From Needle To Needle.
With the passing OF opium from
the reach Of the addicts Myers said
most Of them had 20 depend on NOR
pline Most OF the opium smokers
Not only men, but women use
the snow as morphine - called
by its users. and one Of these. a
pretty young EiIs. told her story
10 a fury. And IL was the same
old Story OF seeking relief from
early ills by means Of brief visits
into poppylnnd only 20 rebound IN
n little while, feeling worse than
before and with the crnVine
stronger. The Eirl, whose name
was withheld by the authorities
nt her request, O. only one Of the
scores OF women that glide nbout
among us unnoticed but who live
only from needle 10 needle, the
authorities say.
In connection with the smuggling
Of opium into the United States from
Mexico there Is another evil which
is only incidentally the concern OF
the government. so government
agents say. This evil which IS a
perTerslon OF underworld ethics. con
sisls in luplnE the victims This IS
cone BY selling them limitations OF
dope for high prices.
Victims Are Duped.
In the instance CT opium the few
who can raise the money for this
orug which is most unobtainanle IN
Lue sum- sometimes get what they
think is opium and pay as high as
$3.50 Tor small can and find on open
Ing II that It is sweet potato Juice,
candied and boiled down to a resinous
consistency- In this condition % Is
said to resemble gum opium. The vic
tim finds he Is duped and has no re-
course for the person who victimised
him has gone back into Mexico and
may never be seen again by the OUT
RACED customer.
The men who have been aiding Mr.
Fryer 10 bring the members OF the
border dope ring 90 justice are jay
D. Reeder. supervising inspector OF
the United States customs office here
and Grin @. llacumber. special agent
Of the g s. treasury department.
in the case o. Manuel Morales. c0u-
victed late Tuesday, on two counts.
was arrested on charge o. selling
derivatives Of opium without a IL
cense and with selling lt from other
than the original. stamped package.
lie owns corral, he says, on stanton