Evening star., 1923-03-12

ing $4,000 in two weeks, according
10 the latter. and Pacetta claims that
he was informed that the narcotics
came from an Army bas. The name
OF doctor alleged to be IMPLICATED
tn the narcotic transaction with the
trading company. is i'll the hands Of
the government agents. With the
completion of the sale Of drugs
which were wrapped in a small brown
parer package. the agents and police
entered and took possession of the
premises.
A patrol was backed up to the front
door and Manager Reiss. Secretary
Kidd and a number Of negroes whose
exact connection with the establish
ment has not been ascertained were
taken to Col. Nuts Office.
Mutt Supervises Raid.
Today's raid was conducted under
the personal supervision of Col. Mutt
and was participated in by the fol-
lowing of his agents connected with
the special narcotic squad: Salvatore
Pacetta, E. X. Rabbit and DR.. B. r.
Reese. and by Detective Sergts. Evans
and Saunders Of the police narcotic
squad and Sergt w. c. Balderson Of
NO. precinct.
Early this afternoon the work OF
checking up on the goods confiscated
was yet far from complete The
Warerooms were piled high with va
rlous sorts of surgical instruments
and medical supplies. apparently
t.si destined IT. tor the local legitimate
the officers Half dozen wooden
cases, containing the glass bottles of
narcotics in pellet form, were sep
arated. however, and will be used for
evidence.
Some Of these bottles bore labels
showing that they contained pulver-
lied epicacs and opium, each BOTTLE
being valued at $3.50 wholesale for
legitimate purposes, 1t is estimated.
While this portion OF the contraband
legal purposes, the management. it
was explained, nevertheless was vlo-
latfng the drug laws by not having
a special permit to dispense them
Col. L. G. Mutt. chief Of narcotic
agents, characterized the raid on the
Edwards Trading Co., Inc, as the
biggest dope" raid in the history of
washington. The ruse by which the
dealers were captured was explained
by Col Mutt as worked by Pacetta, a
former expert from the Secret Ser
vice of Italy. Posing as An, Mo
Paparo. first as a bootlegger, she
agent won the confidence of the drug
gists. Col. Mutt said. and later ar
ranged to make a big purchase Of
Tip Ten Days Ago.
AAC Iu lip OIl Tie dCIlNllleS OF
the Edwards Trading Company came
to federal officials about ten days ago
from a certain party which. for obvi-
Gus reasons. the authorities do not
identify. W ho said that he had been
offered an enormous supply of mar
cotic drugs at what was repres-
sented to be q bargain price
The address of the company, the
name of the president, list Of the
drugs offered. were turned over to
the officials and Col. Mutt wired to
New York for Pacetta to come to
Washington.
His first activity was to purchase
one case Of a certain kind Of alco-
holic body rub from the Edward
Company about a week ago. The
narcotic agent returned and placed
another order for eight cases of the
alcoholic rub, for which he paid $50
At this time he confided to the deal
ers that this probably would be his
last purchase of alcohol. which, ac-
cording to the authorities. the Ed
wards Company represented to be
''ane for making bootleg liquor"
Pacetta, when questioned by the
dealers why he was making this his
last order, was said to have declared
he had q business in which he could
make much more money, adding. with
sly wink. dope
Upon learning this the dealers, II is
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