The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-07
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lowered the right hand. Il was used.
firstly. In a stage performance and
secondly. In the character Of kAr
NAH tho Dream. reader
GAL s--SAT.---INsTALLMENT ~
Even at this time Sir Lucicn had
access to good society. or to the best
society which Hucnos Ayr~= could
offer. and no was tho source OF the
surprising revelations made TO pa.
irons BY tho dream reader At first.
apparently. tho drug business was
conducted Independently OF the kaz
nah concern. but the facilities OF.
fered BY tho latter for masking the
former soon became apparent 10 the
willy Gin Sin Wa. Thcreupon the
affair was rcorxnnixrd on the lines
later adopted In bond st kaxmah's
became a score, dope-shop. and an,
nexed to II was an elaborate chandu.
khan. conducted by tho ChinamRn.
Mrs Sin was the gobetween.
"You are all waiting 10 hsar--or.
Ia be enact. two are waiting 10 hear.
Gray and Margaret already know
who spoke as HANNAH through tho
little window behind the chair. The
deep.voiced speaker was Juan
Mareno. Mrs. Sins brotherl Mrs
Sins maiden name was Lola Mar~no.
MANY OF these details were pro-
vidcd by Mar~no. who. after the
death Of his sister. TO whom he was
deeply attached. volunteered TO give
crown evidence. Most ~ them We
have confirmed from other sources.
Behold Hannah the dream-rcai
err then. established in Buenos
Ayrcs. The partners in the enter
prise speedily acquired considerable
wealth. Cir Luclen--at this time
plain Mr.. Pyne--sevcrai times came
home and lived In London and else
whert like a millionaire. There u
no doubt. think. that he was seek
ing suitable opportunity to estab
lish London branch OF the bust
ness.
with the Ingenious financial do
tails Of the concern. which were
conducted in the style Of the Jose
Santos Company I need not trouble
you now. We come 10 the second
period. when the flat in AIbcrrparle
1T. and the two offices In Old Bond
II. were leased by Marcno. acting on
Sir Lucicn's behalf. and calling him.
self sometimes Mr.. Isaacs. some
times Mr.. Jacobs. and Mt other times
merely posing as n representative OF
the Jose Santos Company. In some
other name.
IAN went well. Tho concern had
ample capital. and was organized by
clever people. Sin Sin Wa took up
quarters in Limehouse. they had
actually bought 4 half the house In
one entire street as well as a wharf
And Sin Gin Wa brought with him
the goodwill Of an Illicit drug bust.
ness which already had almost ns-
sumed the dimensions of a control
.slr Lucicn's household was a
mere bluff. He rarely entertained at
home, and lived himself entirely at
restaurants and clubs. Tho private
entrance TO the HANNAH house of
business was the back window of the
Cubanis Cigaret Company's office
From thence down the back stair to
Kazmah's door II was a simple mat
ter for Mareno 20 pass unobserved
Sir Lucicn resumed his role OF prI.
vate inquiry agent and Marcno re.
cited the revelations from notes
supplied to him.
but the dream reading part of
the business was merely carried on
to mask the really profitably side
Of the concern. We have recently
learned that drugs were distributed
from that one office alone 10 the
amount OF thirty thousand pounds
worth annually! This is excluding
the profits OF the House OF Hun.
dred Rapturcs and OF the private
chandu orgies organized by Mrs. Sin.
THE HANNAH group gradually &C.
CURED control Of the entire market.
and we know for a fact that at one
period during the war they were
actually supplying struggled cocaine,
indirectly. 10 no fewer than IL r.. A.
M. G. hospitals, The complete rami.
fications of tho system We shall
never know
A native servant appeared TO an.
nouncc that dinner was served:
African dusk drew its swift curtain
over the desert. and n gun spoke
sharply from the Citadel In silence
the party watched the deepening OF
the sky. Witnessing the birth OF a
million stars. and In silence they en-
tered the gaily lighted dining room |
THE END.