Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
Narcotic Room on PennsyI-
vania Ave., Near Capitol, Is
: Forced Open With Axes.
SUSPECTS FACE CHARGE;
FUGITIVES ARE HUNTED
$4,000 Worth of Drug and Para
phernalia Seized by Federal
Agents and Police.

A double-barricaded smoke-filled
opium den on the third floor at 31s
Pennsylvania avenue, not far from the
Capitol. where two Chinese were ar
rested last night, with seizure of more
than $4,000 worth Of opium and para
phernalia, was linked today by Federal
officials with the murder of Lee King,
Chinese narcotic informer, who was
shot down in cold blood on Eleventh
street last June by Chinese gunner.
The murdered Chinese informer, 1t
was disclosed today by Col L. c.. Mutt,
Federal narcotic chief, had been in
vestigating the place raided last night,
and had already made several pur-
chases OF opium there when his EVIL
dence was stilled by death.
killing of their Chinese informer,
however, did not stop the Federal on
GERS In their campaign on the suspected
den. Other investigators took lid the
trail. and before they obtained the
warrant on which the raid was made
last night, they had made a number
OF buys of opium. They now have
in their possession II toys" or tiny
tin boxes of smoking opium, which
they reported were purchased at the
same place where King is believed to
have bought the evidence they think
led to his death.
Two Chinese Arrested.
Two Chinese are already lodged in
the District jail, charged with the MUIR
der of King, and Federal officials init
mated they were close on the trail of
others indicted by the grand jury for
the killing, but still at large. One of
these alleged gunner. Lee Quen Sing.
was captured last week at the port Of
New Orleans, after a tortuous trail
through many cities had been followed
by Federal narcotic agent from this
city, G. d. Portner, who brought Sing
back to Jail here and participated in
the raid last night. The other Chinese
in jail here, charged with Kings MUIR
der, Is Lee Den, who was arrested in
this city not long after the killing.
The Chinese arrested last night are
Lee Gong, sometimes known as Guong
Lee, So years old, of 3i8 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue, and Lem Wey Hing, 29 years
old, who gave his address at 10 Mott
street, New York City. He said he was
born In China, lived in New York, and
was only visiting in this city.
Go Before Commissioner.
The two men were arraigned before
United States Commissioner Needham
C. Turnage this afternoon on a charge
OF violation of the narcotic drug Inn
port and export act. They pleaded not
guilty and were held in $4,000 bond
each by the commissioner for a hear
ing before him January 80 at 2 pm.
The high bond was due to the large
amount of contraband involved and the
seriousness of the offenSe, 1t was said.
Assistant District Attorney r. F. CANA
lier appeared for the Government.
At the same time the case was being
cited by Senator Blease, Democrat, of
South Carolina In the Senate as bearing
out the charge he made several months
ago that drugs could be found within
the shadow of the Capitol
The South Carolina Senator also re-
minded the Senate of the charges he
made some time ago relating to whether
there was delay in the District attor-
ney's Office or the grand jury in return
ing indictments in connection with the
death of Lee King. telling the Senate
of the arrest in New Orleans. Senator
Blease said he got action from the
grand jury in the investigation of the
Lee King death after he had taken up
the question on the floor of the Senate.
In telling of the seizure of the mar
cotics, Senator Blease said that New
York officers had to be called upon. and
added that If he was in charge of a
city he would feel little ashamed" II
that had to be done.
Entered i'm Record.
'T don't know how these Commits
sioners feel about it." Senator Blease
continued, land don't know how Mr.
Hoover will feel about it when he comes
to consider their reappolntment."
After placing in the Congressional
Record newspaper clippings relating to
questions he was discussing, Senator
Blease said he hoped the district attor-
ney, the Commissioners, local organiza-
lions and others who were so quick to
come out and say didn't know what
/ was talking about will read thes>
clippings"
The raid last night was made by Fed
elal narcotic officers, customs officers
and the narcotic squad of the Police
who were forced to chop
down and break their way through two
heavily barricaded doors before they
reached the back room. It required 10
or Is minutes for the raiding party to
get through the heavy doors, barri-
caded with crossbars and heavy pad
locks, according to j. B. Greeson, mar
cotic agent in charge of this district.
who led the raid. When the party
reached the room in the rear, it was
filled with smoke, recognized as opium
smoke, but the two Chinese were sitting
calmly upon their bunk, hands in their
laps.
No opium pipes, opium or parapher-
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