The Washington times., 1919-10-12

Londons life from the fashionable gatherings a tie famous
Murray to the sinister shadows Of ChinatoWns su1
Private apartments of actresses and mansions s. Bel
were invaded without warning and many Orange things
found going on there The authorities caught an lu1atns
glimpse Of the workings Of the master criminals hands
glimpse however almost aeetng as that peep Ct paradise
given the Fedavies Of the sheikh.al-Jebal
Billie Carlton and some Of her soft and pretty associates
the lures Often times Ell unconscious Of what sinister
lay behind hemrven on BY their own drug hunger
they taught others become slaves Of drugs They found
these victims in all walks Of e clerks and diplomats young
Of the stagechorus grs-and the hostess fash
iOnable homes Of the rich And the ensavemen was
complete, once the glimpse Of paradise had worked It's
dreadful SPELL the hand Of the criminal reached down
and took possession Of the neophy be obeyed and served
the criminal organization according his best abilities he
kept supplied with his coveted drug he rebeed
failed he denied his glimpse Of paradse-oF IL he
rich enough and rsOuceu enough to obtain his own supply
be was assassihated
The authorities found man who supplied Billie Carlton
with large sums Of money They found Kmfu Egyptian
who supplied the opium and hashsh a. AeZandria-they
found Mrs 10 Ping You the English wife Of Chinese tong
leader who mngged the drug into England and they found
Reginald RaOul de Veue, an accomplished dopesteE Of
blue blood.
But the master criminal they could not fnd Eventually
their trails led against STONE wall Not the third degree
could open Billie CarltOn's hfeless lips.
In the United States the procuring Of opium and its deva-
tive hashsh one Of the most difficult operations Of the
master criminal The authorities reag that they
the distribution Of this drug among the eOnfederass
Of the master criminal they viii succeed in impang the
potency Of his organization and weakening his hold upon his
thieves and assasns have devoted great efforts toward
covering the Of the distribution Of the drug in this
country.
Here again they found the trail that must inevitably lead
direct 70 the master criminal himself but again the trail vas
lost in hopeless It not long ago that Scotland
Yard flashed bit Of information the govern
ment operatives in New York which led the police here the
home Of Japanese Kasuj TOga at No AZ Lexington ave-
nue. New York City In Ioga home they found hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars worth Of opium They found also
many code books with cryptic signs and symbOsFeeords
which showed that more than million dollars worth Of hash
h had been distributed in New York City alone within
month.
TOga was closely watched before either he or his opium
molested Thus the authorities found Kaida Mto
butler in Of the palaces Fifth avenue where he could
learn the habits and customs Of many rich young men who
might be ured into the Crmnals gang They also
discovered George Murphy steward Of the big ships
of the White Star Line who Of TOga's smuggling
agents.
And they found too, that a woman was the principal
agent in this country Of the criminal in his nefarous
traffic in drugs and souls In the records they discovered in
the home Of Toga Sophe Gee was repeatedly mentioned
Some cabegramE mentioned in connection with
reference to this Sophie Ghee and the authorities at