Evening star., 1922-03-07

oils had been added. as well n
large amount Of artificial coloring
matter and a large amount of sugar.
The fourth sample was so-called
Haig and Haig Scotch whisky sold in
| tire shop in the northeast section
of the city. 1t was 1o4 proof. Artificial
coloring matter had been added.
There was a heavy trace of fusei
oil and the test for wood alcohol reg
istered Positive"
Poison Sold BY Society Agent.
Sample No was also a masquerad-
ing Haig and Haig product from the
valise of the bootlegging motorist,
| also known as the society bootlegger.
| The only test made for injurious
| contents which registered negative
was for artinciai coloring matter:
oil: positive for wood alcohol and
positive for bay rum.
The sixth sample was alleged ia
| maica rum. from the same source as
| the above. It. was 7s proof. with 80
was positive for artificial coloring
matter, for wood alcohol and for
i fusel oil.
Corn whisky from an alley near
J Sibley Hospital was the seventh SAM
PIC II " do 20 pTOOL anu H6Q no COlOT-
| ing matter. There was a trace of for
i maldehyde present (Formaldehyde
| in corn whisky is unusual. The only
. explanation the chemist analyzing 1t
+; could bring forth was that it had
| been doctored with alcohol, which
was also being used for caramel col
| ored whisky and therefore contained
formaldehyde to preserve the color
! ing matter).
| No. sample was also corn whisky,
! from the vicinity of Jackson City.
, Va, 1t was So proof and had a faint
| trace of fusel oil.
A trace of fusel oil also was in the
| ninth sample, which was gin, from
the vicinity of the government print
ing office. 1t was s6 proof.
These products-.poison products
| are typical Of the liquor which is be-
Ing sold as genuine to rich and poor.
black and white. business men and
idlers In Washington today.
| Bootfegger's Poisons Threaten Sirht,
Life and Reason.
According to chemical experts of
! the prohibition enforcement bureau,
fusel oil in sufficient quantities or
taken steadily in even small quanti-
ties results in super-powerful
stimulation of the organic parts of
the body. which causes the reactiye
,, speedy decay of these organs II
Specializes upon nervous system at
tacks. IT eats up the nerve tissues
eventually result in a complete r,ery-
Gus collapse, insanity and locomotor
ataxia. There's a list of many other
complications for fusel oil users. but
the foregoing are the principal ones.
Wood alcohol. according to the
same authorities. simply eats away
the optic nerves. rendering blind
ness more Of a proability than a possi-
bility. 1t also gets to work on the gen.
eral points OF the system. creating SUCH
is often the result.
Formaldehyde is a special enemy
of the blood and a tissue destructive
agent. 1t cuts into the tissues Of the
,, throat causing pain and soreness and
often results in loss of speech. 1t
Systematically tears down the hu-
man system eventually by eating up
the structural tissues.
sThat's what the poison will do for
one. As can be seen from this out
bootlegger is liable to awaken some
morning in the future writhing with
tetanic convulsions or with the start
of eye trouble which will end event.
ually in total blindness.
The distressing point Is the appar-
ent ease with which the ingredients
work their harm to health. Their
work may not be discernible for
months-possibly not for a few years.
But the progress against health has
been going forward stealthily all the
while. The poison causes eventual
organic breakdown. just as serious
as II the connections had knocked
out" the imbibing one at the outset.
The poison strikes from behind q
veil. unseen and unfelt possibly, un-
til too late for a remedy.
Bootleggers Active Everywhere.
BootIeggers do business virtually
everywhere in the city. One has
headquarters in an express once in
semi-industrial district. Another
is in a barber shop downtown. Still
another has a lunchroom in the heart
of the financial district. At a room
ing house in the business district
is another bootlegger. Then there
are a nest of them at a downtown
point. with fifty peddlers on a single
square of the city. In exclusive
apartment houses. notably one in the
White House neighborhood; in no.
tells, in residences, in drug stores,
in alley dens and in almost the very
shadow of the District Supreme
Court house. where the law against
'.legging is now being adminis-
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