The Washington times., 1919-10-19
Continued from. Last Suaday)
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CHAPTER TX.
HOU the Drug Net Is WOUeD

ATPHE old ssying Murder viii on" applies, Of
course, not only to murder itself, but to every
other sort of crime against humanity, and society.
Any sort Of crime is an aront against nature and nature
has a way Of Furnishing all who commit Ofenses against
her.
Nothing Of modern importance has 50 manifested the
truth Of the old saying the Of the worldwide
hunt for the master criminal whose amazing exploits
in the many fields Of his endeavor have been told from
week to week on these pages One by one many Of the
worlds greatest criminal mysteries being explained
or the way toward their solution opened up as the au-
thoes draw closer and closer the net Of the law about
this master rogue and his remarkable organization.
Last week there was told on this page something Of
this monstrOus criminal international traffic in drugs
Of the daboca methods by which he attaches to his
services weak men and women whose souls be first
rupts BY giving them that same glimpse Of paradise"
the old Shekh-alJaba the Old Man Of the Mountains
and chief Of the nefarious Assassns Of centuries ago.
offered his slaves when he wished them to do par
tieularly devilish piece Of illicit business
When the police authorities Of Great Britain France
and the United States discovered that this master rogue
who is preymg upon society bound his servitOrs his
criminal hordes and his highly trained experts at assas
natiOn and thievery by the sinister bond that woven
by narcotic drugs especially the dread hashish they
began at once to move toward the solution Of many mys
eriOus crimes which have attracted worldwide atten
ton because Of the hitherto impenetrable mystery
rounding them.
For great many months now sociological experts,
health authorities and Government officials in nearly all
civilized countries especially Great Britain, France and
the United States have been greatly concerned by the
rapid spread Of what has to be known the drug
evil" Within this general classification Of'a new and
dangerous vice which seems to be sweeping the
world included the Of opium in its many derva-
tiYes such morphine cocaine 'yen shee, 'hashish
and herOn And added to these there lately has made
appearance in the United States drug imported
from Mexico called Narwana This is the most sinister
drug Of all that known. It made from generally
unknown Mexican herbs and besides exhilaTating and
stimulating do the various opium drugs 1t nces to
murder and all kinds Of crimes Of assault and violence
This Narwana is made IN the form Of powder, the
barest pinch Of It being sufficient to make murderer
criminal fend out Of its victim 1t is rolled into
cigarette or dropped into a pipe and smoked with
tobacco Il is being detected in many Of the larger cities
almost invariably in the hands Of those who have been
arrested for crimes of nature particularly atrocous
Many Of those who engaged In tracing to its
the influence which has caused such sudden and
rapid spread Of drug consumption IN the United States
are becoming more and more convinced as each day
passes that the master criminal and his band Of cunning
thieves and assasns or less responsible for this
alarming situation Bits Of evidence procured here and
there by the authorities the ugUarded statements Of
criminal arrested in San Francisco the confession Of
famous saopfter in Pittsburgh the ramblngs Of fur
thief in Boston while in the delirium brought on BY
heavy dose Of heron and certain things which the In
VestigaoH have learned upon their own account have
convinced them that the master criminal is sort Of sin
ister Fuanchu who for his own dread purpose is food
mg the United States and other countries with vast