The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-20
NEW YORK POLICE
RAID CHINATOWN
spculsion of Mott Street
Broken by Search for
Narcotics
AMBUSH DETECTIVES
solice Seek Cover When Shots
Are Fired at Raiders From
Adjoining Buildings

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.--Rudely
,i.turbed IN the peace that for years
.,s brooded over its crooked streets
"a mysterious dwellings. Chinatown
,woke al dawn today TO the sound
=, rlstol volleys and the rending
.r,sh Of barricadel doors as police
,siders stormed q succession of long
inspected opium dens.
right persons were arrested, In
,tnding a woman whose back was
,bought to have been broken In
iran from second-story window.
man whose plunge for freedom
.hs Initiated, was only slightly In
jursd. =.
,,'row escapes from injury. Bullets
Gred by unseen defenders passed
through tho hat OF detective and
sra1ed the shoe OF a federal mar
coic agent.
Large qualities OF opium. with
plpes and other paraphernalia were
lonfscated.
score OF police and government
,renis first surrounded n suspected
isn on Mott street jn the heart of
no oriental quarter. Two OF the
s,riv we're stationed on the roof.
rith others on guard at fire escapes
and other means Of egress, while the
main squad launched n sudden on
saueht on the front door. welding
heavy axes they chopped their way
through the door which was
trongy barred and studded with
iron.
Smash Way Through.
Is the barricaded doors yielded
N crashed to the floor. there was
a'hriek from within. with the first
blows by the attacking party those
inside had made for the fire escapes
and John Buff II years old, and the
woman. Ethel Kelley. 40. leaped
Iron the railing, striking on n stone
I pavement 20 feet below. Both were
aiken TO Bellevue hospital under
guard
The apartment. police reported.
vas a typical opium "jolnt."
quipped with tiers OF wooden
burks around the walls, and empty
Or half.flled drug tins strewn about.
ihs pungent fumes of cooking pei
his rising from tiny alcohol burn
ers
An array of about one hundred
hollow toys nj various sizes and de-
scrptons also was seized. These
we're thought to have been used for
Transporting opium to customers
outside
Ambush Detectives.
The examination OF the resort
'oncluded. tho raiders prepared to
lssye the place. They had just re-
fansd the mon from the roof and
'aihtred about the entrance when
three shots rang out In rapid sue
essscp. bullets whizzed past and
'ink into the woodwork about the
doot They ran into the courtyard
and more bullets followed. In fusil-
ades, scattering on the paving and
nroeheting in every direction.
Darting back into the house. the
atectives. yeapors In hand. sea rched
lAt upper floors flashing their lights
MO shadowy corners and probing
very possible place of concealment.
70 me was found.
Nobilizing. the party next de-
sended on an apartment In Null
trT street. Here Il met with no
fs'stance. aside from barred doors,
VI iVuT prisoners were taken.
In marked contrast TO the other.
ne Mulberry street resort was
Nmptuous In every detail. Carved
hahoRany furniture, luxuriops
I 'cgches OF upholstery and velvet
lirglnss replaced the mean pallets
the place on Mott street. Four
aoes, one Of them of ivory and in
la with gold, were seized. together
,ih supplies Of opium and burners.
long list OF names presumably OF
arons also was found.
The last place visited on Henry
Aneet, had been raided several
seks ago. Twenty Chinese were
sand asleep in their hunks. Their
ifmbers were not disturbed.
Melbourne interests are develop
" tobacco plantation in Ans