Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09
PRISON DOPE RING
Scandal ljnearihed in Federal Pen,
itentiafy in Atlanta.
IsPHYsGAN is NOW UNDER ARREST !:
Ounce of Heroin Sold for From $i'soo
to Sa,ooo-How tho Gang soperatad'

Atlanta Journal.
Federal Investigations into the al
legged drug and narcotic traffic at the
Atlanta Federal penitentiary. now IN
progress at the requeststof warden d.
E. Dycfie, have revealed the following
sensational facts, according to Feoerai
authorities:
That there has been in operation at
the federal prison for some months
past drug s.rlngs,', with Pr, II. } b.
carrick. assistant prison physician an
who is now under arrest, at its head
and including some of the guards and
other prison employees. C,sIF mn,
That this ring" has been supplying
prisoners in the penitentiary win
drugs and all forms of narcotics, which
have been smuggled in by an elabor-
ate system, in which fixed employees
on the inside cooperated with; Jirro-
fessional dope peddlers ON tie tie +outsitle.> tf
That drugs have been supplied to
@dope" addicts, who have been CON
fined in the institution for the cure
and have also been supplied to pris-
oners who had never bad the hapi'
before. and that Sin this way many
men, have been sent away from the
prison victims of the drug habit ana
in much worse condition, both phys
ically and mentally, than they were
when they entered.
That the guards and other employees
: who have, been IMPLICATED IN the l.- tEaf-
fic have reaped enormous profits ana
.are. in some cases. owners of eXpen"ive
automobiles and. other, luxlries NOT IN IN
keeping with theIr .ldgitjmate income.
I Enormous Profits.
That an ounce of heroin or morphine,
which in the market outside the Jail
would bring ABBOTT 81, Is sold onethe
inside for from $l,Sob to $4,000
One of the several methods said to
have been used to snluggle dope to in
mates of the prisonS is dsseribee as
follows, eb
Guards or other employees, who're
ceive salaries of about $40 MONTH
carry out letters from the inmates to
their friends or relatives inAwhich they
ask for money to buy drugs. These
letters, known.i in the prison as sneak
letters" csntain a name and address
in the city of Atlanta to which money
is to be. sent.
When. the reply containing the
money arrives at the sneak address
the prison employe receives it, deduct
ing a considerable amount for his own
trouble, purchases the dope" and'car77
ries il! into the prison, where agcnn-
federate, usually. an inlAate knoWn as
n "rinrier." divides StfSe drugs, giving
the inmate half and retaining half for
himself. T
The half retaincdby the runner is
then sold to other inmates and the
money realized from the. sale is turned
over TO the employe who originally
brought the stuff in.+
To Push Probe.
Federal authorities Monday stated
that they had no formal statement to
make at this. time, but promised fur
ther sensational developmenis which,
they declared, would reveal q depior-
able state of, corruption witlan TIE
prison in respect to the dope traffic.
1t is their avowed intention to push
the investigation until every empleye
who has had any dealing with the
drug ring" is brought to justice.
Warden Dyche has rendered every
aid to the local narcotic agents and
the special agents sent from Washing
ton to institute the investigations
1t IS understood that the traffic fps
been going on for several months past
beginning before Warden Dyche took
charge. On itarning of it in an in
direct way, he Immediately insutptSd
a personal investigation, it rs stated