The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
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The Southwest and you will gel
che same answer, with the sams
s-man's name in it.
Hard to PIN Down.
as But, try to pin the 'sdopsi traffic
arto him definitely and with nc
G.chance ct Mistake-and you might
.flAs well try to catch Q ghost by
qithe shouldefs and bring him to trial
ll-rs. Who protects these men? Who
rsetands behind them? Powerful as
..-Ahey, themselves are, they seem
TO be. backed with even greater
- There's . man out IN San Fran.
raJcisco--everybody calls him a tdope
king"
the shadow OF the Hall OF Justice. =
.,-,s, Every dope slave, every police
Judge, aud every practical neli.
tician in town win give you his
name and tell you D. degen stories
-odHnstratipe his influence and
q Try to snbstantiate any of these
histories and one by one your wit
svnesses and those who were so glib
eeAnd SO certain and so courageous
d.e minute Rge-Where are they?
mas Gone Lie the Mist.
,is Gene Hike the aray mist that just
now stood between you ana day,
S..rThat was ae-strange ease OF the
qlEOod sDr. Sage, out IN Chicago.
s-s.s william Sage, 20 be quite
s,exact about II.
nc Dr. Sage began as q drnggist. but
4 h
secotic Faiding SQUAD for the Federal
government In Chicago he was sup
SEposed to sell his drug business to
the Cohen Drug Cempaay, st. Louis
sapd Harrison streets, Chicago.
STost After several very busy years as
"a Federal narcotic efficef people
tcbegan TO whisper about Dr.. Sage.
sdRevenue. agents came cut from
.i1Washington and made an iavesti-
AZ CATION. The findings OF those agents
sgWere sta Ting, to- say the least.
.o"sss Systematic Grating.
49, Two indictments were returned by
the Federal grand jury. and back
Of these. Indictments was the story
s-ttAt DR. Sage had been conducting
-tR1aystenatie gra1tine, scheme where
'sH6y physicians who had been ar
Sskested numerous times were permit
-sted to go on making dope" slaves
srwheneyef, wherever, ana however
xDr: Sage 9 pleasant little sum a
one of the two indictments
yfbrought against DIR. Sage charged
c-maifeasance IN office and 1t con-
c.taiAed eleven epupte naming specific
zsdates when Dr., A. I. Blunt and DIR.
81 Joseph A. Graves had paid pro
biteetion money. To DR.: Sage IS Fed
-ceFai narcotic agent.
-rsrDr: Blunt ana DR.: Greaves had
both been arrested time and again
itand both made confessions OF their
dealings with Sage.
Another doctor, Neal OsHerrin, a
Hitherto feputabie physician, con-
s,1essed that he had acted. as 60.
doctors. There were ninetyrtwo wit
nesses In all. and in the Testimony
before the grand jury It came out
that the DOPE prescriptions had
hsail been filled at the Cohen drug
store which DR.. Sage sold to the
tcCohen Company when he took Of
flee in the Federal Government.
vs. Evidence Overwhelming,
=, The evidence against Sage was
OVERWHELMING.
80 The indictments were brought
OV0I WV S~NAR seNf f>sSS
never been brought to trial.
= Ask of the whisperers in the
.Siiadowland of dope. and even
they can give not the slightest pre-
tense. Of q reasonable reply.
Is It unoney-is IL politics-is II
the power Of making personal
That was an odd affair down in
Atlanta, Georgia. when the for.
amer district attorney was accused
5ofc ,malfeasance IN office on &C.
count of some strange connection
with the mysterious dope ring"
office, refused to get out an in
,tacfmeut against the gentleman
sAccused, and explained his con-
srduct by saying he was merely
showing q courtesy to his official
predecessor.
-, swift and Slippery.
Swift and slippery and past &C
counting for are the ways Of dope"
and of all who are connected with
dope" in any shape or manner
Gordon, the dope king" who was
arrested at the Grand Central
.etation in New York with $4,000
In cash" Ok
He was arrested. put under $1,000
Oall-OT was II SOVW5-61tA u COuISS
in three hours he was on his
way to Canada.
What did he care for a few
hundred dollars bail money-he
or his like never do care
Why should they--it's easy money
for them
The easiest kind Of money.
Judges Are Lenie1t.
IT'S tbs simplest thing In the
world anyhow TO 90 into court
and weep and tell the Judge that
you know it's wrong to sell "dope"
but you're dope" slave yourself,
and you didn't quite know what
you, were doing, when you sold
II. and If he'll just be easy on you
And the ,sasy-eoing Judge Is
''easy" and turns loose a man more
dangerous than any rationale be
cause he is sorry for him."
Judge Carpenter Is famous for
light sentences for dope" pedlers
R0 ia IIfdso TaoA1fkaN of Ga NrYo '.