Evening star., 1951-11-18
Reputed Dope
Addict Collapse,
During Hearing
u. S. Commissioner
Orders Him Held
On $4,000 Boil

A reputed dope addict, pickle,
up in Friday nights city-wide mar
cotic raids, collapsed yesterda,
after he heard United States Com
missioner Cyril S. Lawrence orde
him held under $4,000 bail an,
realized he may face up to i
years Imprisonment.
Lamar E. Brown, alias Polly,
fell groaning to the floor in /;
room adjoining the commissioner
chamber during the hearing
which held Is persons for /furthe
legal action. Brown, 48, colored, O
the 200 block of Kentucky avenue
Sc, faces charges on a third mar
cotics offense which, under thu
new Boggs Act. could mean /!
years imprisonment.
Described as notorious char.
acter" with a "long record" b.
Assistant United States Attorney
Arthur j. Mclaughlin. Brown
heard undercover men testify they
made three purchases of heroir
from him. He was charged with
violating the Harrison Narcotic!
Act on August 9 and his case wa.
continued to December s.
Has Withdrawal Symptoms"
Police said Brown also has 9
tax lien for $161 900 in overdue
Federal income taxes and penal
ties filed against him.
The addict was removed to Gal
linger Hospital where he was de-
scribed as having withdrawal
symptoms" condition addicts
suffer when they are forced to &C
without their drug for period OF
time.
Medical treatment was also
recommended for Lawrence w
Washington, 30, colored, of the
600 block of Q street NV, who
was described by attorneys as be-
ing a tubercular as we'll as a
''heavy user" of drugs. Washing
ton was charged under the Har-
rison Narcotics Act with the pos
session and sale of heroin on Au-
gust %. Commissioner Lawrence
set bond at $4,000 and continued
his case to December II. Police
testified they had made four pur-
chases of heroin from Washing
ton.
40 Are Released.
Seventeen persons, including
four women, were brought before
the Commissioner yesterday and
one man was arrested by United
States Marshals in Municipal
Court where he was being ar
raigned for the shoplifting of
clothes from a department store.
Forty persons were released after
investigation.
William Jenkins. "a, colored. of
the 1900 block of Wylie court
NE, was held in Municipal Court
under $4,000 bond and then i'm
mediately charged with violating
the Harrison Act. Later, Com
missioner Lawrence held him un-
der $500 additional bond and
continued his narcotics case until
December II.
A third man. James Legrand,
36, colored, Of the 100 block of
Eighth street NV. was described
by Mr.. Mclaughlin as the pro-
prietor of a place where teen
ayers are supposed to be buying
narcotics" His bond was set at
$4,000 and his case continued to
December IL.
Complains About Laws.
Fridays raids, largest in the
last 10 years, may not have en-
--tirely cleaned up the District, In
spector E. E. Scott, assistant chief
of detectives. declared.
Inspector Scott bitterly COM
planned that District laws prevent
the apprehension of known dope
peddlers on information only.
The recently enacted Boggs Act,
which provides mandatory SEN
tences for peddlers, fails to give
police enough authority, the in
spector said, to get every one
quickly.
Speaking of juvenile addiction,
Inspector Scott said there is no
such thing in our schools here
now, although there may be a
few teen-agers here and there
fooling around with it (dope)."
Inspector Scott praised the re-
cent special police narcotics
school and said that it drew public
attention to the menace of illegal
narcotics and even made the po-
lice more interested in the situa-
ton.
Inspector Scott's remarks fol-
lowed similar statements by In
spector Robert v. Murray, head
of the detective bureau, who de-
MED assertions by two public Of
f1cials last week that the use of
drugs by teen-agers has, increased
sharply here during the last year.
16 High School Students.
DR.. John r. Pate, medical di-
rector of the Southwest Health
Center, declared that 16 high
school students were brought to
his attention as users of drugs
in the last school year.
Harold Hegstrom. director of the
National Training School for
Boys, stated that SO users have
been discovered there since last
December.
Saturday, Inspector Murray de-
MED knowledge of any figure such
as so users at the training school
and emphasized that there is a
difference between a person who
sometimes uses the drug and an
addict.