New Britain herald., 1925-08-11
Col. Beach And Three Assistants Accused of Bartering Narcotics For Loot Taken By Bandits.
Windy City Drug Center of
 Country and Police Pro- lection of Opium Dens Is to Be Investigated, Too
By The Associated Press,

By The Associated Press
 Chicago, Aug. ii. - Colonel Will Gray Beach, chief Of the narcotic division of the internal revenue de- partment for the Chicago district. and three of his trusted assistants have been arrested on charges of bartering drugs for the loot of robbers.
 Cotncident with the arrests agents Of the special intelligence unit of the internal revenue bureau, rein forced by more than one hundred detectives, raided score of opium joints in Chinatown and on the south side.
 More Arrests to Come
 Arrested with Beach were Dennis J. OBrien. Alonzo Baxter and Har- ry Deitrch.' Other arrests will bs made, said federal agents as part of nationwide inquiry and cleanup of alleged grating conditions in ths federal narcotic service.
 Elmer J. Trey, chief of the special intelligence unit. who came from Washington to work with Patrick Roche, special agent here, disclosed the raids and arrests were ordered by David H. Blair. commissioner of internal revenue and Lincoln C. An | drews, who recently was given a free hand in enforcement matters by Secretary Mellon.
 Find Much Loot Search of the apartments of Beach i and O'Brien, Trey said. uncovered readily salable goods identified as stolen and worth thousands of dol lars. Included were wearing an- parel. iewelry, curios, radio sets, guns and cameras, searchlights- fans, arc lamps and violet ray ma chine used in beauty parlors.
 Beach came here four years ago from Philadelphia and had acquired reputation as lecturer on drugs and their evils. He brought Baxter and Deitrich with him. They be- came, with O'Brien, an ace of long service here. tHe most feared of narcotic raiding squads.
 Had Rare Vase,
 Five weeks ago a special corps of i investigators, some of them Chinese, reported to Roche. They found that Colonel Beach possessed a beautiful ' Chinese green Jade vase, worth S5,. 900 and Jade opium smoking outfit which was considered on of the 1 finest in the world.
 A fortnight ago raiders made their largest seizure in years when they contiscated opium and drugs valued at nearly a quarter million dollars in the apartment o' Kitty Golholley, called Queen Of the Dope 1 Peddles." In addition, they found lists of names and telephone num- bers that Indicated a ring of natlon- wide extent existed with head. quarters here.
 More Raids Today
 The Chinatown raids were timed 10 take place simultaneously. Opuln outfits were seized and Negroes and Chinese addlcts found in several places were arrested Raids plan ned today were expected to net two hundred or more arrests.
 Chief Trey, in detailing the inves- tigation leading to the arrests and raids. said that twenty special agents from other cities came here yesterday and within a few hours had been able 10 make purchases of narcotics In Chinese places.
 Biggest Expose
 "1t's the biggest eXpoSue of dops ring ever made in the United States" he declared. "ChiraEo has been the source of supply for the en- tire country. All the big men in ths dope industry make their head quarters here. Tho stuff is trought into the states from Canada and Mexico"
 He said there was not question that the investigators had sufficient information to convict Beach and his alleged confederatCs. Warrants for their arrests were Issued by Federal Judge Adam C. Clifts, hours ] before the raids were started.
 Police Probe Too
 ~ Police inquiry to determine whether south side policemen wert acting as protectors for the Chimes. drug peddlers will he started Ai once, officials said.
 L. J. ulmer, in charge Of marco. tic squads in Indianapolis. has beer named temporarily to take Beach'i place.