The Washington times., 1923-01-25
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OA0NCAyS ~ JAIO Twin SAoSVkS Va
morphine-cocaine.
It is not in the least accident.
It was a matter of shrewd, well
calculated, we'll. thought out bust.
ness. A man In Chicago found
himself able to get hold Of q good
big supply Of drugs from an uu-
expected source.
But he had difficulty In selling e.
There was q crusade on-the
police were particularly active Just
then and the Federal men were
at work. too.
The big dealer wanted q new
market, and do you know what
ne did?
I'll tell you.
Easy Prey, to Dope"
He sent out the pimply faced
young man to that particular town
because he knew that the men
from the big woods came down
there to spend their money, big
husky fellows. full OF life aud vieof
and eager to try everything-once.
Besides, they were away from
home, and q lonesome and home
sick man is always easy to hook"
rs the dope" peddler caught near
the general delivery window In .
San Francisco post office was
pleased to remark.
The pimply faced young man
was what is known as "a good
fellow He told q good story.
laughed q loud and vacant laugh
very easily. wasn't too particular
about the jokes he told or heard.
and he played both the ukelele and
the concertina.
He hadn't been In the town two
weeks before the boys began drop
ping In to spend the evening with
the barber. And one evening he
passed around the bowl with some.
thing that looked like pulverized
sugar, and everybody took a sniff
and what Q time they did have.
Joy Powder" Parties
It wasn't long before there was
another '.joy.powder" party, and
then he introduced his callers to
the delights OF morphine, and by
the end Of the third week. after
his first party, he had the stuff
well planted" received con-
venient telegram, and departed to
open up business somewhere else.
Ninety-four new customers tor
the dope ring" all in one sunaIlish
town. No wonder the pimply faced
young man Is q favorite with the
big dealers In Chicago.
He's what they call a "so-getter"
-isn't he?
And he's just one Of an army. Of
busincssIike young men who drum
up trade sometimes on salary.
sometimes on good percentage,
and sometimes merely for their
expenses and plenty of dope"
There was q young fellow travel.
ing with a street fair outfit Ia the
Middle West last summer.
> He infected every place he
stopped with the dope" habit. I
met one Of his victims In Detroit
this fall.
Nervous, Delicate Girl.
She was a farmers daughter.
a nervous. delicate girl-it didn't
take her long to 60 to pieces
She showed me the picture Of
her brother-she had it hanging on
the wall of the little discolored
shack where she was hiding.
He's on the stuff, too" she
said. HE got the habit from the
merry-go-round fellow. He took
us both to supper one night at q
little chilli joint and broke Us In.
"Joe's joined him on the circuit
now. He won't last long; he's
taking C and N too. and they
don't stand that any great while. I"
She showed me her arms. poor
thing, a mass OF punctures.
II broke my hypo a couple Of
weeks ago." she said. 81 just use
O safety pin and a scent medicine
dropper now. Most Of us do that.
It's cheaper. and it's easier"
A Slave Of Habit.
I'D like to kill him." she said in
her grating whisper. ~ think Ia
pay for some Of my sins IL rid
the world Of him." and her sunken
eyes cleaned like the eyes of a sick
and tormented animal turning to
face its tormentors.
They aren't always men or boys,
these go-getters.
There's a girl who opens a little
milliner shop in likely villages, or
promising suburbs or large cities,
where she can do what she calls
"neighborhood work"
{; She gets acquainted with the
working girls In the neighborhood.
always a nice little cup of tea In
the back Of the shop on cold wet
evening when she sits trimming
her hats.
"Shots" Between Dances.
There's another one who fire.
quents dance halls in cities. She
plies her trade between dances In
the restaurant.
The young. the ignorant. the un.
suspecting-the foolish. the impui.
siye. the easily influenced--these are
her prospects"
She can pick out q likely Gus.
toner. they say, in one flash Of her
cruel little eyes. No. this one ID
not an addict herself, she's just out
for business. She works on q per
centage basis and she keeps q close
watch on her percentage.
She quarreled with her dealer
because he only allowed her money
for those she directly influenced and
she thought he ought to pay heE
something for those her victini
brought in.
And in the quarrel the Who'll.
amazing truth came out:
hop.heads more" That's a well
known slogan in the drug selling
campaign.
And every drug addict will lie anC
steal, and most Of them will com
init murder to get the drug IL they
can't get 1t any other way.
Watch the news stories In th1