The Washington times., 1919-10-12

procured ths orders which opeae1 6 then &c dss q -
cable companies Thsy fsrad ihs cable they esa e Ia
been 70 Ioa week 81 s1o before q We eo1o.
message but hs police had te ~. ItinstEuotsd Togs %
meet oern ocean liner 6nd al5 confederate aboard
With new enpnly 81 opuu m What the authorities wanted
IS reference Sophie ehoo This merely was brief
statement thai Sophie ehsa due g can ihs home Of
the sender 10 England certain date not yet arrived and
communicate 70 him important Instructions.
Th meant tle informaton since there was record
Of where the sender Of tie eablegramsVdeny from hs
language Japansss-mght have bis home The eablegram
fled in London the sender lived near the ser BE-
cause he included conversational remark that "hs baby
born yesterday and seemed already Be thriving hs
sea air.. Perhaps the police thought this might Be code
But they took chances Our consular repre-
sentatves IN ell English ports communicated With
and asked to look through the birth records and report the
birth Of baby 70 any Japanese father the date indicated
10 the eahlegTam 70 Toga.
AT tie New York address the Oioias just missed Sophie
Chez They raled her % another rendezvous "a Brooklyn
so South Street. another Atlantic City and then
steamer on which che sailed again FOR England she
rested when she landed as was Iog here and Murphy and
llittO.
After while all our oOnsuls had made their reports Only
had discovered Japanese baby born that day Scot
land Yard cOOpeated with agents ot the United States and
this father found and put under surveillance The day
for the visit him Of Sophie Chez had gone by but neigh.
Dor was found who had seen white woman ia the humble
cottage Of this mysterious japanese Then he arrested
BE stubborn and would not talk, but his vie would
She bound the officers secrecy TO her efforts 70 save her
husnanoi ODL4lneQ gneL4 promise o.
she told what they wanted know and then she gave them
the address in New York. is Christopher street. where hs
said Sophie Ghee could be found She admitted too, that
this white woman wife Of Chinese Of HOngkong was The
head Of the opium ring in the United States supported
by some whom she knows and who is very powerful and
whom my husband fears very much"
With the usual sOesm Of the japanese the prisoners here
would give information Murphy the ship steward knew
only that he had been told BY Sophie Ghee at Liverpool that
he could deliver opium IN this country he would Be paid
three times what il cost him When Sophie Ghee arrived
here brought IN custody she too was SILENT but she had
left pretty clear trail behind her. It that she had
established agencies clear around the world at HongonE
Toxic Shanghai Liverpool Hawaii and Ontario through
which she sent into this country million dollars worth Of
opium and hashish every month She kept Billie Carlton sup
Piled She kept other agent Of the master criminal this
side supplied and reported 20 him upon their successes She,
probably closer to the criminal himself than any
confederate the police yet have fOundbu she went the
penitentay for long term Of years rather than risk her life
by telling what she knew.
Next week. this page Of the amazing secrets ot
this traffic in the paradise drug by the master criminal
and his band viii be told in startling detail