Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-29
Vice Squad Finds Old Haunts Of
PeddIers and Addicts Vir-
tually Deserted

chrrs" ot Lieutenant Charles Lee. made
round up OF Illicit drug sales
mon and addirts in the city laSt NGht.
Tho old haunts of rho dispensers
Of dope were found 70 be virtually de-
serted. Although every section was
Thoroughly comhei by the detectives
only one seller and three addicts were
caught. =.
Tie roundup continued until 3:
O'Clock this morning.
After tho raid, Li"utenant lee said
he city was Virtually free of illegal
cope sa!esmen.
The sellers Of narcotics. said
Lieutenant Lee. "huvc either been ar
rested or have cleared out of the city.
Even the add5ctS ar" gone. II is n"
hard TO find an Illicit drug salesman
in III" city now as 1t il to find needle
IN haystack.
The city is virtually free Of the Illicit
trade. 4 bottle of dope could not bo
purchased IN the city right now for a
million dollars.
Many Places Visited by Squad
There we're ten men IN n" vice SQUAD
which Lieutenant Lee directed to the
clean-u They visited many places
both in the southern and r~Ntra! Sec
lions Of tie "!'y.
The five men arrested gave their
Damos rs Charles Fletcher. twenty nine
years old. of 90 Porter street: Edward
Jones. forty-two, 20l3 Quarry street ;
Joseph Wolf. twenty seven, 100 VINE
street; William Campbell. Negro
Teuth and Rodman streets. and J"hm
Watkins. Eighth and Vine streets; Al!
but Watkins were held in $1,000 hall
70 thr Grand Jury by Magistrate Cow.
ard today. Watkins was held in $1,000
bail for a further hearing.
The arrests were made at different
times and AZ different places.
Wolf was arrested as a peddler When
two members Of the vice squad made
An APPOINTMENT with him to buy dope,
The two detectives were Standing AT
Eighth and Vine streets when they saw
CaunheU approach Wolf and ask 70
buy dope. lie was refused when he
con,G not pay in advanc,
The detectives then posed as add'cts
and tried 70 make a purchase from
Wot. He said lie had no drugs with
HIN, but offcrcd TO meet them later; :,
When he left they arrested Campbell
Meeting Wolf later al Eighth ana 'a!,
Iowhil streets, they arrested him ana ana
found small quantity Of dope in his
possession, they said
Round Up Follows Conference
Tho roundup last night followed
cnnferencrs yesterday between city and
county detectives IN the chambers OF
Ivdy. Monaghan, whose initiative in the
campaign threw the drug ring INTO
panic. ,,..
tha. f f.. budding, head OF the
Prisoners Relief Society, ~ the East
e,n p,r,itpnttary here, is renewing
charges Of smuggling Of dope into the
penitentinTy.
"A drug nest is referred 70 In a
lo,rer reported as having reached pud-
ding from Convict 1857, The con,
vict reports that the drug nest viii
soon reveal itself. The convict also
writes. according to Dudding:
The head of the Prisoners Relief
Society has done the City Of Phila-
delphia great service, for which be
has received little thanks. He has
nut Uncle Sam next TO drug nest
which will soon reveal Itself
Some member OF the Legislature may
introduce at the next session new
bill or an amendment to the dope act
Of July II. 1917 known az the Ware
act. and presented by John X. X.
Scott. Judge Monaghan indicated.
Under tho present act fine OF 5000
and five years imprisonment may be
imposed for unIawfully possessing
drugs The Judge said he felt that
some Of the courts have not been hand =
Ing out the proper sentence IN cases
where defendants are only convicted
Of possessing drugs