New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
international Ring Makes
Victims Smugglc Mar
cotics and Whisky Over
Canadian Line Into u. S.
Last Debauch Kills
DOrOthea Wardell
Stricken Friend Reveals
Traffic Alleged to In
volve Chinese Murders

Hundreds Of American and Canadian
girls, cnslaved by narcotic drurs. aro
oe1ng used by a Canadian band TO
drugs across the border. This
became known last night through the
confession of Mrs. William Bruce.
twenty-four years old, who was Fran
ces Lebern, of Staten Island, before
The confession reveals the workings
OF the so-called "millon-d ollar drug
ring, and is said to account for four
recent Chinese hatchct murders and
the death from an overdose of drugs
yesterday of Mrs. Bruce's chum, Doro-
thea Wardell, twenty-one, of Boston
and New York.
The confession IS In possession of
Special Deputy Police Commissioner
DR.. Carleton Simon, head of the mar
cotic division, and was taken at 6
o'clock last night at Bellevue Hospital,
where Mrs. Bruce is near death from
hcroin poison.
Girl Dies From Drugs
The records at Police Headquarters
Dr. Simon says, show that OH December
2, while wearing $4,000 worth of dia-
monds and carrying thirty-six bottles
Of Canadian whisky and quantity of
drugs in two suit cases, Dorothea
Wardell, slight, Titan haired beauty
was arrested in Syracuse. She was
fined and paid 5000 in Federal court on
conviction Of violating the Volstead
law. The girl lay dead in the New
York City morgue last night, victim,
OF an overdose of the drug TO which
she was addicted.
The two girls we're found uncon-
scious on Mon real express just out.
side New York City yesterday morning
by Solomon Stearns, Pullman porter
On the arrival of the train in New York
Charles Upspring, the conductor, sent
them to the dispensary in Grand Cen
trail Terminal. They received emergency
treatment and were rushed to Bellevue
The Wardell girl died on the way to
the hospital. Mrs. Bruce had recovered
sufficiently last night to tell her story
to Commissioner Simon.
Mrs. Bruce Tells Story
Mrs. Bruce, who has been using the
name Doris Pembroke in her drug
smuggling operations. and who carricd
cards bearing that name and the ad
dress Sal Eighth Avenue, New York
City, is pretty brunette, with bobbe
hair and brown eyes. She says she was
born OH Staten Island and gave the
name of her married sister, still living
on Staten Island. The married sister
well known and respected in her
ncighborhood, was communicated with
and corroboratcd parts of the girl
story.
IT have known Dorothea Wardell 70!
about eighteen MONTHS Commissioner
Simon quoted Mrs. Bruce as saying
"Shc and | fell into the hands Of a
crowd of hootleggers and drug snug
glers in, New York and Montreal who
got us under their control with drugs
and used us for their own purposes.
Dorothea had friend in a hotel in
Canada who claimed to be in love with
her. She made money for him in the
smuggling game.
"Thcy never caught me, but Dorothea
has been caught twice, once in Utica
and once in Syracuse. We both car
ried drugs and whisky in suit cases
between Montreal and Boston and made
much money for the men. Dorothea's
man let her wear his diamonds some.
times. He is very rich.
81 was coming to New York from
Montreal to be assigned new route
where I was not so we'll known, when
they thrust Dorothea on the train at
Rousse's Point. She said she had been
deported and ordered not to come back
into Canada. We both had a small sup
ply Of heroin. which we carried in our
hats. We decided to come to New York
together to get things fixed up SO we
could work.
ut was easy to get the stuff over
the border. ii the inspectors would
start to look into our suitcases we'd
just say, 'Oh, go along, swectie, !
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