The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
Fox FOxed
TWo-Year Probe Finally
Leads to Conviction of
Dope PeddIer.

MORE than two years of in
Iva vestigation were ended to-
day for federal narcotic agents,
as Federal Judge Robert G. Bait
zen sentenced Charles Heck, 1873
North Liberty street, to eighteen
months in Leavenworth prison,
when he pleaded guilty to selling
narcotics.
Elmer Kruse, narcotic agent for
Indiana, barred a tale of intrigue
and dope-selling, and how Heck
fell into the hands Of the law
through a stool pigeon.
Heck had been peddling this
stuff for a long time," said Kruse,
He was a big shot. But we
couldn't lay our hands on him. He
was smart. About last June he
Wised up to the fact that we were
on his trial and he slowed up
considerably.
He started selling only to peo-
pie he could trust absolutely.
Dope peddIers are crafty.
They are harder to catch than
any other criminal known.
Finally, we got one of our
aids at work, a 'doper,' himself.
We use them considerably, taking
them from one end of the country
to the other. Sometimes they
are referred to as agents, but
they're only operatives in way.
This man of ours went out to
Hecks and posed as shoplifter,
a booster
"eYou are said Heck. well,
say, I can use some shirts and ties
and pair of shoes. Let's see
what you can do.
" RUSE, Immediately, on re-
N ceiving the report went on
hurried shopping tour. He pur-
chased six shirts and four ties, as
the first lift" and the operative
returned to Heck's. There Heck
received him with wide-open arms
and sold some narcotics to the
federal aid, Kfuse related.
II need a Dress" said Heck's
wife, according to Kruse.
Kruse bought the dress and, on
this trip, the operative was sent
out to the back yard where mar
cotics were concealed.
say" said Heck, "see If you
can boost me a pair of shoes"
KruSe related.
Kruse again went shopping.
While he was on this trip, Indi-
annapolis police and federal agents
dropped in "on a visit" at Heck's
place a few minutes after the fed
eraI men entered the house. The
raid was successful, Heck was
slated and arraigned before fed
eral commissioner and bound over
to the grand jury.
n
A WEEK later, Kruse received
IA information Heck had made
a trip to Chicago and had left
with an ounce of heroin, he said.
Kruse called Heck's wife.
"Tell Charley I've got some
good news for him." he said.
That brought Charley running
to the federal building, "all out
of breath" said Kruse.
Kruse Immediately accused him
of the heroin transaction.
Come clean, Charley, for your
own good" Kruse asked him.
Heck agreed and went to an
apartment on the north side,
where he picked up a loaf of
bread in front of Kruse, broke it
in two and poured out twenty
eight capsules of heroin.
CATURDAY, when arraigned be-
- fore Baltzell, Heck pleaded for
a few days off so that he could
visit his parents. Baltzell con-
scented, ordering Heck to return
for sentence this morning.
1.-THE whole transaction for the
clothes" said Kruse today, cost
me just $16.18, and we got the
merchandise back. On the last
trip our man had paid Heck in
hot money and we got that back,
too.
ct was hard work, but it worked.
You've got to be foxy with foxy
people"