The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-25
Case Of the Chinese Actress.

a dope pcddlcr from Montreal, CANADA,
living temporarily in Chicago, to which
place he found they were going. He in
vitcd the pair out 10 his flat. the FcrnI
wood Apartment, located in one OF the
best residence sections, and by the time
they had arrived. Peak. to carry out tho
plot had planted five men and three wo-
men in the house with fake opium lay
outs before them. apparently in the de-
licious grip Of the drug. dreaming OF the
fair land OF peoples or whatever ii is
they dream nbout,-Peak confeSscs ne
don't know.
There he closed deal for $4,000
worth of the dope. The stuff was deIiv-
cred TO him at , o'clock in the morning
and At 2:Ol the pair were under arrest.
He had previously secured the addresses
OF notorious opium dcns in the city In
connection with the city police depart
mcut he pulled off one Of the most -N-
teEsive raids ever staged in the history
of the department. in which twenty
Chinese, prominent violators Of ,ne
Harrison law were caught in the drag
net and 4 large quantity Of dope recover
cd.
Arrests Notorious Bandit.
Another Of Peaks important exploits
was the arrest Of Henry Willsman.
WiIlsman was q former train robber
who served 4 term in the penitent!ary
for rObbinG l. fast express train single
handed. After coming out Of the pen
he Went into the drug peddling bust
ness. He had the reputation of being
one of tn" Slickcst. the most dangerous
md the best d"Ic handler from the
point OF view Of tn" department. in the
field. The commissioner was anxious
10 get Henry and put Peak on the case.
In fact they considered it Of such inn
portanCc that they sent ten men with
/ r:,k to s.. Louis. where Willsman was
Thought to BE- operating.
After he located Willsman he endca-
v"rvd to pain his confidence but the
former tram rohhcr was not so easily
taken in. Together they made a tour Of
the underworld. taking in bar-rooms
where crooks and those of questionable
character congreGatcd; dives. opium
Joints and all til" crooked places In the
city. for the purpose. as he afterwards
explained, Of showing Peak up, in case
he was 4 government man.
"EIc thought if l was" Peak said
That some of his crook friends would
recognize me-. and in case they did. he
told the authorities, my body would
have been found floating out in the
Nj sSiSS:ppi the next day. I guess was
never SO near Cashing in, in all my life.
but got away with IT, | finally man
aged t. buy $2.H9n worth or morphine
from Wii!%'uan. which he dc cred To
NJ" personally and | took him in at the
pom; "f Il gun"
For this exploit. John J. Murphy. chief
of the Internal revenue service, wrote
Teak personal hitter in which he
stated that Il VS. one If tho best njccna
of work that had ever come under thc
u.tIr" If thu dcpartn,cnt
Think Dry Law Makes Friends
Asked rs - whether he thrurnt tha
workings Of Tn" dry law would hay. any
mIr,>"d effect in increasing the number
81 drug f.,m,ls in the country. Pol,
said:
"trom my personal observation.
have ruurd that in drr states RIO eo,o
Cf ual,..i.,S and the numh,r ~ don,-
St"rs have increased notjcrabIv rvny
tuoS" in W. states. srrali,nr of course
Of H." period hrfur, the. rrnIIibjtion /, u,
went i"t" effect.
Last year the commissioner of intcr-
nal rsNruu" went before cnn:.rcss and
mad" Ia" alarming statement ,ha, there
was la"u.ru0 dope firnds i'm the I'uited
states, showing an increase since tho
lilrrSun law went into efrrC;
9TH" Harrison law is n good n,cosuro
and restricts the sale to , rrr,t .x,,n,
| 'nd"r tn. recent rulings Of tho surron,o
Court UNFOLDING sections oun ana ci,Lt
over which there had bccn Some conIro-
rcrSy and adverse rulings in III, 1ou,,-
courts. il is impoSsibIc for any rbysic.
ian To write a rrcscrjntion n satisfy
TIA" craving Of any addict and tha nnly
class Of people who orc cxcmn, rr,,, 81,
WORKINGS of the binding Horrisou not
md who might possibly receive n pr.-
s'rir't"n are nddicts who have n fatal
disease, and in the further event that
tn" doctor in good faith with tho pov-
brNryrs TINT ,uorrLi,, ali,
cas-" tn" pain Of the sufferer
Disease, Not Habit
Il believe that contrary to rho nonu-
lar notion that after the addic, has
taken drugs IN one form or anr,brr II
r"a>"s H. h"comr Il habit and becomes ,
IlSra:,". Her" is n CaSr in ncipt A.
nu" tim" in tn" course of my inycsti.
CATIONS | lived with two crooks far snn,o
time while ,ndclvor!ng ,o rc, same
ding ON them. One Of tb,sr fcIIow.
Red Nelly by name. 7 bcIicvc Ind d.,
in the house with him. Tho do,, u,,, "
ilrGr addict. Strangc as +, may sccn,
have seen the dog wafer or ibn cyno ord