The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10
By Major c.. E. Russell

night I felt then, that you were no
what you claimed you were! Why
didn't [ do what my instinct told me
to and send that bullet crashing
through your spying heart?" And
then one of the French police shut
him up tight.
Taking advantage of an old police
trick of putting one crook to accuse
another when in need of evidence,
We had arranged that both Rich and
Reilly should be arrested with the
rest. II there was any detail that
we had overlooked. was certain
that these two men of ours would get
it. They staged fine bit of
acting when they, too, accused me OF
doubie-crossing them.
of all the raids that I participated
in in France, this was one CT the
most weired and dramatic. Away up
in the mountains, in Stygian dark
ness, half the time in a pouring rain.
and the other half amidst the clouds
themselves, we held our investiga-
ton.
interviewing one at a time, we
questioned our captives. When
Reillys time came, he whispered to
me that while he was coming up The
mountain he had talked with Mar
shall who, in a burst of confidence,
had told him that he did not get all
his cocaine from this source, that he
still had another place whers he
could get a certain amount. Even
while we had been ting
ourselves that we had plugged the
source and the only source as we
thought, here was a development as
sudden as it was unexpected, and II
we were to be 100 per cent success
full, we must also close this avenue.
Reilly suggested to me- that he and
Marshall be allowed to escape and
he himself would try to find out the
source of MarshalIs other supply.
So it was agreed that they should
fade away into the darkness Greene
was tipped off. And when we started
to round up our prisoners for the re-
turn trip, Reilly and Marshall were
missing. After lining up the prison
ers we first handcuffed them. the
left hand of one to the right hand
of another; then, when we had them
in pairs, we snapped a steel chain
to the handouts. 1t reminded me of
the days on the farm when We used
to hook up several pairs of oxen to
sled.
When we returned to Bordeaux,
Reilly reported, that he had accom-
panied Marshalliback to Bassens. But
it was evident that Marshalls re-
cent experience had given him such
jolt that he was on his guard
and not a thing could Reilly learn.
nor win his confidence. So we with
drew Reilly and sent over for another
of cur men. Sergeant Hines.
We had Hines detailed as an or
DERBY at the hospital where Marshall
was; in this way we were able to
watch the inner workings of the
hospital Marshall's recent fright
was still too vivid for him to at once
start pedlng the dope and for few
days he made nc move, Then as MS
fear of arrest subsidized, he resumed
the sale of cocaine Marshall was
the senior medical sergeant in charge
Of the receiving room of the hospi-
tai at the camp where so many of
the stevedores had become addicts
of cocaine. Hines was not long in
discovering just how Marshall
worked it.
The method of handling sickness in
our army was efficient. Every
morning any man in the camp who
felt sick was put on sick report
which meant an opportunity of tell
ing the odctor just what the matter
was of course some men who were
lazy and wanted to get out of work
would try and beat, this report. In
other words, they would go on sick
report" so they could try to fool the
odctor and thus get a few days rest
out of it, either in the he sptal or in
quarters. Every one whose name
was on the sick book went to the
hospital where first Marshall inter-
viewed them, and. after separating
the i'll from the beats he would
st nd them on in to the DOCTOR
Those of the stevedores who We're
in on the "kncw would get on the
sick report and thus get to the hospi-
tai. One at time they would enter
the examining room. Here they
would pay their money and receive
the drugs. while Marshall would give
them a couple OF days in quarters.
thus enabling them TO get out of
any work
We now had Marshals method OF
distributing the dope, but We still
wanted his smaller 81 urce Of supply.
Hines. in hts work as orderly. had
access TO all parts Of the hospital.
He discovered in the examination
room Marshaus cache where he kept
his supply OF the drug \ daily
checking up on the cache soon de-
veleped the startling information
that the supply of cocaine was larg-
est Just after a shipment of medical
supplies had been received from the
intermediate medical supply at
GierVes.
Clark, another of our men. was
then sent to Gierves There after
conference with the commanding Of
ficer at that camp, he was detailed
to the medical supply depot. 1t
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