Evening star., 1927-10-25
NARCOTIC DRIVES
HIT DOCTORS HERE
Six Local Physicians Among
Suspects Taken in Fed
eraI Cleanup.

Three separate unrelated, but eX-
tensive narcotic Investigations were
being brought rapidly to conclusion
today in various parts of the country,
including Washington, according to
Col. L. G. Mutt, chief of the narcotic
division. Prohibition Bureau.
Six physicians of this city are out
on bond for violation Of the Harrison
narcotic act and q warrant has been
issued for the arrest of another.
Jake" Polindinksy, under indict-
ment in New York City for past
offense, will be charged today with
ment Of a trunk of morphine and
cocaine to Oklahoma City, where
arrest of four old offenders is expected
within 48 hours.
Greatest Feat of Year.
Two alleged smugglers were under
arrest in Vermont in connection with
the seizure late yesterday of $50
pounds of gum opium, valued at
$4,000. near st. Adams, said to be
the largest capture of this raw mar
cotic ever taken by Federal agents.
These three cases, Col. Mutt said,
were in no way related with each
other, but constitute the most results
within a short time which the Mar
Cotic Division has been able to achieve
in more than year.
The Washington physicians We're ar
rested yesterday afternoon by deputy
marshalS and arraigned before United
States Commissioner Turnage for vio-
lation of the Harrison narcotic law.
They were released on $4,000 bond
each. for hearings November / and 2.
The doctors were: DR.. William H.
-. y
conner, the Rochambeau; Dr. Edwin L.
Roberts, 3213 Georgia avenue; DIR.
Gaius M. Brumbaugh, 905 Massachu-
setts avenue; DR.. Charles V. Petteys,
| 1916 New Hampshire avenue, and DIR.
| Charles I. West, colored, 924 M street.
The arrests came as result OF q
| long period of investigation by Samuel
| l. Rakusin, special agent Of the mar
| cotic division, Bureau of Internal Rev
| enue, and Detectives r. A. Sanders
and C. Il. Warfield of the Police De.
| partment.
Another warrant has been issued
but the physician was found to be out
| of the city.
Details of the charges have not as
yet been disclosed.
| Col. Mutt said he was in receipt OF
| telegraphic information this morning
| from Oklahoma City, which pointed
| to apprehension of four old drug Of
| tenders shortly. Evidence was in
| hand, he said, cleaned from the trail
of the trunk which Polindinski is al
legged to have shipped from New York
Followed Drug Trunk.
The trunk of drugs was discovered
| by one of the most reliable and trust
ed agents of the narcotic service,
Benjamin Haskell, who returned to
Washington this morning. after rid =
ing" the trunk from the Pennsyl-
vania railroad station in New York
to Oklahoma City. Kaskel stayed by
the suspicious trunk until it reached
its destination. then enlisted the CO.
operation of narcotic agents cperat-
ing out of headquarters in Kansas
City.
The trunk had been checked as
baggage" on ticket which the Gov
ernment will charge was purchased
, by POlindinsky. II rode in the bag.
gage car to Oklahoma city.
Polindinski. who is under indictment
for former charge of violating the
Harrison narcotic act, was said by
Col. Mutt today to be well known to
the narcotic division, as an "old Of
fender"-- When arrested in connec.
tion with the trunk discovery Polin.
dinSky had so ounces of morphine at
his home in New York City, Col. Mutt
said. The suspected trunk was found
at Oklahoma City to contain 100
| ounces of morphine and so ounces of
cocaine. The two charges will be
combined, and Polindinsky will be
prosecuted for them both together,
Col. Mutt said.