New Britain herald., 1922-08-25
VICTIMS DRAGGED BACK AFTER CURE
Drug AddiCtS Have Little Chance
 in'Quaker City, Says Woman

Philadelphia, Aug 25.--Cured drug addicts are met as they leave the House of Correction by agents of the narcotic ring" Judge Monaghan was told yesterday, and if the former users cannot buy the narcotics they have been striving to forget the drug is given to them free.
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 feeble little woman who had once been pretty, and said she was only 22 years old. alhough her haggard face and faded hair made her look 40, swore to this in Quarter Sessions Court where Judge Monaghan is con- ducting an extraordinary inquiry into the drug traffic in Philadelphia.
 Spies in Court Room.
 In the court room sat some of the most notorious denizens of the under world. Here and there in the crowd, recognized by the detectives of Lieu tenant Lees vice squad, were spies of the drug ring, noting the names of addicts who dared name those who had supplied them with drugs.
 Before the judge were ranged Jo- seph Weiss, more generally known as Jew Murphy" Hyman Gold and Joe Bolona, known also as Joe the Boob"
 Carried Into Room.
 The woman who testified that the leaders of the drug ring pursue their victims even to the doors of the House of Detention and cunningly undo the work Of months by freely given vial of narcotics, is Mary Miller. | Mary was carried into the court room by deputy sheriff. She is now patient, for the second time, at the House of Correction. Though her mind was bright and clear, her strength was insufficient to carry her | from her seat in the court room to the witness stand. The deputy picked her up as lightly as a child, and gently placed her in chair on the stand.
 ! Tempted Again. T was in the Correction a year ago. said the woman. They treated me, and I was pronounced cured I didn't want the stuff the way I had. I was happy to think that had been freed from that slavery.
 Then came the day for my re- lease. left the House of Correc- ton, but had not gone far when I saw a man I knew onfy as George | He offered to sell me some more of the stuff I remembered how I had ! liked it, and the old desire came up | again." Was Quarantine District. Philadelphia's tenderloin is sore |spot in Pennsylvania politics and one time was the subject of the now fa- nous "Quarantine.' During the re- gime of a recent mayor, policemen were stationed on every street corner | in the so-called red light district | where '"vice joints" were segregated l and traffic was diverted to other l streets, even pedestrians being pre- vented fro musing the streets in ques- vented from using the streets in ques- During this time the drug traffic was fairly well controlled.
 Includes Chinatown t This section of the city, which also includes the city's China town, was the hangout of all the human dere- licts of Southern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey and was the headquar- ters for New York crooks who often visited Philadelphia. It was the site of a tong war some years ago which resulted in the death of a policeman and several Chinese. A few years ago a sensational midnight raid on the section resulted in the arrest of 1,500 denizens.
 Recently the Hid has been lifted" and the district is said to be wide open.