Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
Alleged King OF
Huge Dope Ring
Caught by Agents
Federal Agents Seize $780,
900 Worth of Narcotics
When Arrest Is Made in
Atlanta

Atlanta
Arrests in Atlanta and Jack
sonyille that broke into the big
gest "dope ring" in the south, and
the confiscation of fully 100000
worth of narcotics, were announceAI
Thursday at the federal building, by
D. J. CAN'T, federal prohibition en-
forcement officer for the gulf DIS
trict, with the holding under a bond
himself J. A. Jones-a confessed
alias-who had a hearing Thursday
morning before United States Com
missioner Colquitt Carter He made
the bond at once.
Jones'" whose real name is with
held for the present, lives in At
lanta and has been plying gigantic
trade in narcotics, the officers say,
while working as a Pullman conduc-
tor. running through Atlanta, be-
tween Jacksonville and Chicago. At
lanta was his district" for the
trade; and the headquarters were
in Jacksonville, where the other ar
rests were made, declare the officers.
This trade in morphia, cocaine
and other Notwithstanding opium
for smoking-has amounted within
this year to more than 100000 in
Georgia and Florida" declared Mr..
CAN'T. Our agents, who got into
the confidence of this man Jones
and his associates. were told that
narcotics Of any kind could be had |
in unlimited quantities. The price |
was said to be uniform, at 800 the |
ounce, for cocaine or morphine"
Drugs Worth s1oo,ooo
Thursday morning Mr.. Gantt's Of
flee was the storage place for vast |
assortment of narcotic drugs, said |
by him to be worth at the smugglers'
price, about 100000.
This was the stock in trade of
this Jones'" said the officer 1.-THE
procedure in his arrest was approx
mately as follows:
wv. ]. Drautzburg, narcotic in
spector, was put on Jones track,
on suspicion. He gained Jones' con-
Edence, and made arrangements to
purchase from him $1,000 worth of
morphineN Jones told the inspector
boastfully that he could supply him
with any amount Of morphine or
cocaine, also with smoking opium
He appeared to be doing thriving
business. 49,. 49, I
IAN arrangement: was made by |
Drautzburg to meet Jones last Sun
day afternoon at Broad and Marietta
streets. Jones told him he had his
stock Of drugs in a room in a small
Broad street hotel; but he did not
take the inspector there. C. E. Mil
Ter was detailed to follow the pair,
and be in readiness to help Drautz-
burg.
Jones took Drautzberg to a down
town cigar shop, and down into, the |
basement, where he produced a large I
box from which he got ten bottles !
of the narcotic in powder form. Mil
Ter had followed them unobserved, |
and just as Drautzburg was passing |
over an envelope supposed to contain |
the $1,000. Jones was arrested.
Offered Officers Money .
Jones was greatly surprised, and |
at once essayed to talk the officers
and extensively dressed. and wore
diamond stud in his necktie, with |
various other pieces Of jewelry. He
produced bank book, showing he
had $500 on deposit with a local
wSlch he offered tons to the re'' Officers f 81
him 60"
In the cache" in the cigar store
basement, and at the room named
by Jones, the huge supply. of narcotic
drugs was discovered; and Mr.. CAN'T
at once followed the clue to jack
sonville, wheer he was confident the
headquarters Of this ring" would. be
found.
"Drautzburg, Y. T. Allen and Mill
Monday" he said. Tracing the
drug by certain labels of ]. H. Dup
erly-a drug manufacturer of Jack
sonville-they> found that Duperly
had obtained job with the Pullman
sonville. Using the knowledge
gained from Jones, the officers read-t
lily got into the confidence of Dup
erly.
"He was asked if he could furnish
as much as $4,000 worth of narcot-
les. He replied that his stock was
low at that time but that he would
see what he could do. He urged the
officers, as prospective patrons, not
to buy their drugs from anyone else,
as he was the most desirable opera
tor in the southeast. He said he had
made more than 100000 in the last
year selling drugs and whisky; and
that he was prepared to furnish
either in an unlimited supply He
said he got his stock mostly from
Havana, by way of Key West and
Miami"
Two More Arrested
The trail then led to a man named
J. Schwartz. Mr.. CAN'T said, also at
the union depot in Jacksonville; and
of twenty-eight ten-gram bottles OF
cocaine and one twenty-five-gram
bottle of morphine. at the rate of
500.
"Duperly and Schwartz were then
placed under arrest" said Mr.. CAN'T.
land on their hearing were released
under bonds of $4,000 each, which
they made. When arrested Duperly
let fall some remarks about large
wholesale drug dealer in New York,
who is being Investigated now"
Mr.. Can't said he regarded the ar
rests as breaking up the biggest
dope ring" yet established in this
section, which was operating system
atically and in most businesslike
way, apparently with plenty of cap
ital, and certainly with plenty OF
stock in trade. The officers say that
none of the arrested men is drug
habitue, and that all appeared to be
strictly business" in their dealings
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