The Washington times., 1925-03-26

answer, Davis then said he had
worked several places.
$50 you see | have tried not to
be q bum, even though / haven't
succeeded, !" he declared.
Davis exhibited to a reporter
parts OF his body which were COW
cred with marks. OF late his In.
1ections have been made into Shis
left shoulder. He took one shot
while a reporter talked with him
In his cell.
"But they don't give me enough
OF this morphine" he complained.
There is only one-sixth Of grain
here. I could take shots like these
all day. Ask the lieutenant to give
me another, will you please?"
Davis wanted the other "shot" to
brace up before he went into court.
Police withheld 1t, however. declar-
ing that after each injection he de-
manded another.
Six Grains a Day.
What do you take and how
much?" he was asked.
''Heroin and morphine mostly" he
replied. when get it take
about two injections of three grains
twice a day
He said the drug cost him from
81 to SO day, depending upon the
quality Of it.
What are your feelings when you
are without it," was another iI;4
quiry.
why, largely nervousness" he
said. my nervous system just
turns upside down. I cannot func-
ton like q normal human being.
lose all sense of right and wrong.
All I can think of is that I want
drugs. Nothing else matters. My
whole system goes on the bum.
get such a craving it drives nc
almost insane. Mentally, / rank
about zero when am without It."
He declared that he can brace up
after a good sized injection and act
as IL he's all right.
Father q Convict.
Davis was born in Alexandria, Va,
coming to Washington at an early
age. He attended the local public
schools and also the Business High
School. His father, Herman C.
Davis, who divorced his mother
twenty years ago, was recently pa.
rolled by the local courts after con-
viction for stealing several thousand
dollars worth of stamps from the
Postoffice Department. The parent
was for twenty five years a trusted
employe of the department, and was
also chairman of the committee
which destroyed mutilated and use.
less stamps. His grandfather, who,
he said, was Frank p. Davis, died
several days ago, and was buried
yesterday.
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before last" the youth told police.
HE was a fine old man, and did
his best to bring me up right.
am sorry he's gone
The boys craving drugs so un-
nerved him yesterday, he said, he
| kept away from the funeral.
Leaving Business High School at
| the time Of the war, Davis entered
the navy, serving until 1918 when he
| Joined the merchant marine. He
| left this service several years later
| and in 1920 went to Germany with
| the intelligence division of the
Graves Registration Service.
Got Habit Abroad.
II got the habit in Germany, and
1 it's all nay fault" he declared. "A
| pal of mine was taking heroin and
! he offered it to me. That started it.
Since then 1 haven't been able to
| STOP"
Davis declared his first arrest
was for illegal possession of drugs
Records show he served three sent.
ences for violating the Harrison
| narcotic law.
Davis was particularly disturbed
today because morning news
paper reported that he begged Po
liceman Bauer to kill him.
II didn't beg him to do any
thing" he declared. Don't let peo
pie think that. / wouldn't have
cared IL he had killed me, but