The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-13

,,,,r yenra ago, when hhd
Au''' tbo grave and the o'h'r
one 20 '0,.t,I All on account OF dope
10 " InIayrd ia a large stationery
W. .t,. store in New YORK. Nhct
ana ,.,s thero must he dope flcnds
"c. made my place OF employ
., ,..' r,ur-out ioint,. To snow you
n't-' ',-.d A dope fiend is OF racing
ry" will provo 10 you lhht was
'....,fry framed up. Rlthough am
Nn', rrrI A young fellow came
hV. r.. candy store ana bohght
Nv ,r, OF the lounEers n dollar
i'o"' coke The fellow VINO sofa
"t'n mn 10 me and said Harry
,., ike his looks" Ho then
. fiyr-Cent package or sweet
r,ooral rIgtreis, giving me uoiiar
,'r ,no purchase, and then he
disappeared
,no,f ten minutes later two cen
- orr,rc mon walked in the store
,.',p me purchaser OF the coke. one
IN. Icicctives asked him who sold
r, the coke. He slid he could not
.t rim out, because AL dope
s.sds ,,Dked alike to him. sunken
'sSeks and bulging eyes. or course
soar.h WAS made. | had no drugs
=, nv possession Whatsoever. Thc
"a,ct" look four one dollar bills
,,or, nv person and the top folded
hlu VS. inscri bed "H. II. -. No. 20
-, ,hc lower lett-hnud corner | was
,I ma, IL was the officers initials
"A shield number, and | was next
,r,red under arrest for crime or
rrIrh | WAS as innocent as any or
,or readers. didn't have "A chance
T., uroyc an alIbl In tho magistrate
court and on the advice OF II Hhystcr
,,uysr waived examination and
Was held in $500 bond for tho
grand jury.
Two weeks later the grand jury in
mel an indictment against mo for
.,l,lnr cocaine ! was confined In the
rornbs prison for n period OF l9l
DAYS my parents refusing to gp on
uy bond on account OF my use OF
roke. | made up my mind 70 stand
,raI after the district attorney had
come 10 me with an offer TO plead
ruly o. attempting TO Sell Co
c,lne" This plea | refused and two
months later / went before jury
ana their verdict, after seven hours
dsvbcraiion, was not Ruilty, MY
ctson record was all that was
against me. and on the witness stand
asked the district attorney II he
VAS trying mo or my record | also
'o,d tho twelve jurors that when un-
der arrest and my conscience hoth"rq
me end II all by pleading guilty
rrIs saving the state the expense OF
raylng twelve men to find me guilty,
mt was not going To plead guilty
where ! vas as innocent as the trial
u4gc This is very serious crime
IN New York and conviction at the
hands " a jury means seven years
in Sing Sing prison.
This g. lust what n done Nend did
'0r me IN return for the favors | eH-
tended 20 him. I kept him in my
homo for three weeks, feeding and
clothing him. yet nc shoots a marked
dollar over on me- when the law Is on
hs 'riE. Not only that, but while I
was awaiting trial for crime he had
committed. he took advantage or my
wife. who left home to visit mo In
Jail He only broke into my home
and took everything that wasn't
nailed. ! do not want to SEQ a dog
a ,a,l lot alone my worst enemy. for
y mad good case OF burglary against
HIM hu, ! let tho matter drop with
'hc hope that snmc day he will come
and ask my forgiveness for all the
holr'achcS and pains | have had to
suffer Because Of his yellow streak ="
Sow you can see why | must he
happy because ! not only gave up
'ho drug habit but ! will never do
another "hit' for II IS always a dope
fond that puts me there. have
often wondered II this dope fiend
could still be alive after the dirty
deal ho gave mo, who had done more
FOR him than had his immediate
relatives
\ dope fcnd would not he SO dis
'hcd by his fellow men " II wcrc
not ior the different stories thc%tell
regarding themselves while under
'he influence OF drugs. Soma folks
HrT under the impressNr that
'lopca imagine they are million
ares This is not so. a dope ficnd
needs morphine Ike a baby needs his
mother when their craving comes on.
ant an those funny tales about
creams money and owning lots OF
property are all nonsense. Years
ago when ] was n mere slip Of lad.
my dad used 10 tell me about Chinese
tobacco and the dreams II brings tho
Cinnamon. Today | am I'm "A position
10 Know 70 all as | am very well eN-
pcr,enced. For shIs experience | paid
with broken heart, and you can bet