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FEDERAL AGENTS 0 UTTHRILL WILDEST OF NOVELS
TN SECRET EIGHT AGAINST CRAFTY DRUG RING
Misstep in Tracking Peddlers and Over
hrds of Criminal Organization Only
One of jVIany Perils Hazarded Daily
by Picked Men
2,000,000 ADDICTS IN U. S.
. ARE UNSEEN FORCE BEHIND
THEIR CEASELESS BATTLE
Ucs -'ia
Country -IV id c Crusade Is Helped by
"Tips" Frem Unfortunates Who Arc
Trying te Escape Frem Fatal Grip of
Deadly Narcotics
TT IS "nvfl" n the shop lalk of the Secret erv.ce, nnd, like rr.ttd, it is
spattcrinc: the social fabric from its highest te its lowest level?.
Opium and its derivative drugs are meant. The Government and the
authorities of cities from coast te coast are aroused as never before ever
the menace of narcotic drugs.
The u.e of these stimulants has grown te such an unbehev
nd is shattering the health and lives of se many unfert'
Federal, State nnd Municipal Gov
ernments are determined te ennh
,the traffic.
Bootlegger are babes ,n am'
feempared with the drug distributors.
who operate in every underworld
rene in America and are finding
hordes of victims in the strata of
normal, everyday life.
The direct results of a bab.tua'
Cse of narcotics are terriHe er 'jp
But the traffic has another ar 1
equally sinister side.
Police trace te its influence n-.v
e-f the crimes of violence that have
Jnade the phrase "crime wave" fa
Xniliar in many parts of the country
The user, "charged" with h s
jfaverite poison, often becomes a
ifrenzicd killer. Victims ever in reel
i( Ins later dealings with the drug
spllers. A couple of thp drug bnml
objected in the boy.
I.xrn." uld H . "This kid's
with me. 1 knew nil about him."
Ill the day of the sale It was led
tn n riH'iu in a shabby section of town.
Twe men, whmn he hail uet seen before,
weie presented te him. One nf tlic?e
was at that time the leader of the
great l'liilnilelpliln "drug ring." who
hail otherwise acquired the Hiatus of
1 u political lie.
! Twe men took their places outside
the noire, tn wnteh, they said, against
a nnd. I! wnn submitted f nn-
ether inquisition. Each nf the men
drew . 1 1 n pltM. evanilneil it nnd
replneeii it, watching narrnwlv
meanwhile. 11 sat en one side of
a i loth-cevered table and the three
men opposite.
They hejnn te enfechise the boy.
"New. lit".'n." said It , softly
Ven all nln'r iepln,' with that boy
You're denims with ni". Never mind
nbe'it him."
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U says Uint he would lmve shot
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nnd eventually sentences were filven te
nil five. One jumped his ball and fled
te Norfolk, whither 11 followed nnd
crtptured lilm.
Fer this remarkable work It
the same morning he get his quarry en
n train nnd before sunrise had them
In Jail in l'hllndelpliln.
Underworld Gets Most
of Drugs Frem Europe
Virtually nil of the drugs sold In the
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Like beverage, liquor which has
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traffic is entrenching itself pelit- ,
Jcally, seeking alliance wherever it '
tan with the police and rearing a ,
crop of super-peddlers who are
massing wealth by pandering te
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grained Men Hunting
I Down Jackals of "Ring"
In this country society's first line ,
tot defense against the drug evil is :
the Government's narcotic agents,
trained, fearless men, hunting down ,
the drug-ring jackals.
Since 1915 the Federal Govern
ment has maintained a large stafT of
highly trained and well-paid agents,
v including a number et wenu.i.
'. The cruade by .ludce Menashan. j
'0 Philadelphia. Rives home uiillciit.en .-
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ti social Mrurtur- nnd b-.w tn.iniMd are
f' its defee pelitlral and ethcrwt.n.
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i 1 these nnreetie acent, the t.read of the ,
F drug lmbit misl-t be .en time, what .t .
,. As it -tands the situation i
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'' f and "OOO.iiimi ir.nfirmed in 'tie nnei. .
l;'i tbet'i's te v,y. nerirly two in every'
'h hundred. ,
' ' The narcotic force .. .Hvi.ledT.re two
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ivitb mi exi-'-'n. t.i -i" for in-
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rap ani n le id Miit. P.v the end of
his fir-t day of drittins he had senipd
an .leqnnlntnnee uith one of the leu'ler
of what was at that, tune the j-'ieatevt
drug rin in the city.
After u number of drink he confided
te )N ni'qiinitit.inp llinf he wa- from
Na-hville and had built up n .eti'-i.i-erable
tratlii nmene the N'ecrees of
that eiv and lind come te Philadelphia
te bu eueuine and herein in quantit.i.
Acquaintance Expands
as He Gives Information
Ui neij i tintaiKP eipnndeil mill f.r
tlier in hearing this. Presently I,.
pi-'.me-ed ; introduce II te m.'ii.
men m!ie Mould sell him ns niueii . f
the ilr;gs ;i was needed.
meeting with one of these n,cn
took p!a. e ii few days later In a Se it ,
PtiilniMphm hfiii'.e. They led him t.
a room m-nrbv. uherv he was intredu, ,.,
te another. He was subjected te the
innht mhtle ranruinatier . nnd the
sliclite t iirs.tntir.v en the part of U--weiild
have meant an nbt .). r. , . , ,
fe the negotiations. The ,sJiet ,
thee necet nttetm wn-i tli.n H
was te pay $10,(iOn in (lh for n sprl
, fied quantity of dniK.
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uunerea applicants nnd nnd net ent
who is suitable. A year of nctlv cx.
pcrlence In criminal or civil Investlgj.
lien Is requisite, though experience el
this sort In divorce eases Is sufficient te
qunllfy nn applicant.
A few of the men come from ether
branches of the Federal service, n Inn...
number come from the nnval nnd mill,
tary Intelligence branches, seme ar
grnduntes of rentrnl office nnd eem
have been pollce reporters for nn.
papers.
Once an nppllcnnt hns pnJMd th
manifold requirements he gets n 6lj
months' term ns a probationer. Diuln;
this lime he Is expected te dfrnenntratu
beyond question his fitness. If he depS
net he Is unconditionally dismissed.
Applicants are subjected te a severe
physlcel examination. There are nn
ueiiiiiie requircmcnis or ncight and
weight, but they must be ergnnlcally
sound and with t.tnmlna enough te
stnnd frequent intervals of forty hours'
work without. Bleep. Otherwise the
Narcotic Division prefers small mua ta
tall ones nnd thin men te stout ones,
for (nil, Hteut men cannot pass readily
for victims of drug". The age limit h
forty-five, but nearly nil the agents arc
young men In (heir twenties or carl;
thirties.
The force Is highly mobile If It were
net Its effectiveness would he virtually
nil. As seen ns they become known le
the tenderloin et various cities men are
shifted from one district te another.
Thus they are kept in touch with the
national nspectH of the drug traffic and
' in the course of time learn te knew per
i sennlly every drug seller of premlncncs
in the country.
Without exception they are flllpi)
with a sort of religious zeal for their
work, and it Is this mere than the high
ralnrlcs they nrn pnld that prompts
Ihem te extraordinary work.
Assist Many Addicts
in Overcoming Habit
They are entirely without compunc
tion for tint men they nrrpt : though
ttlth drug addicts themselves they are
patient nnd clinrltnble. They have, per
sonally assisted many of them te over
come the habit.
Under the Harrison law of 1013 It
should be remembered the Inking of
drugs Is net an offense, merely tale and
transfer. Se when drug addicts are
taken in the raids by Federal agents
they are" held merely ns witnesses, anil
as n rule discharged after the trials.
Here again the taxpayer Is the Atlas
en whose shoulders nrp piled the
ultimate costs of the traffic.
The redemption of drug victims frnm
their habit requires long and highly
speclall.ed hospital treatment. Picked
clean of their own money by the drug
profiteers they are filling wards In
public institutions which the taxpayer
must support.
1'ntll recent years nil the public
ever heard nf the Illicit drug traffic was
an occasional raid en an "opium
party," usually in Hie Chinatown el
some big city.
Kvrn sedate and highly conventional
men and wemrn get a thrill from read
ing of police deteents en these dens,
where smokers lny in Initiki and
cooked "pUK" whliii wafted them te
a paradise of dreams.
I'ut the widespread u'-e et the'e de
ceptive poisons was considered native
In the Far Ka-t only, te such pert
an Singapore and ether map-dots In
the Straits Settlements and te the
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Every Raid Is Fraught
With Ucaaig uanyvi krM itnltn!f n M)i
Kvery drug raid i- fr.i isht vi'h dead-i user Te have ,!e M, ,.(,nvincin-I.v
ly danger, for I"m.I(- se.n nrried weijld have meant that h ,mlM ,!,,.
themselves, drug peddlers invariably u ie.m f ne or another of th iin.g..
engage ns prete'l'.rs or bodyguard mm m the presence of these men. Thni
he are among their own victims. The .ns ,, ,lin(. Anether was that 'fh..
reck1es"ne- of the drjg fip'id i s.itB- hlg guvs" of tlie underground drug trade
Ciently known, sime one of the chief nre never drug-fnkers. Their prelit,
factors in drug addiction i tin super- come solely from the exploitation of
natural wrt of courage which the drug the wenk by the strong and intelligent.
gives te its lctim. I Th sale of the drugs was te tnke ,
A fnNe move by Hie agent, who usual- pjnrr, , u,,, hpPriHe(i ,,ince nnd or, n
ly works alone, is likely te result In j sVCn date. Just before that date
immediate death. H wan taken m nnd compelled tei
The buHiries1 of n narcotic agent calls, j K0 te hospital. As seen as he ,lri l
moreover, fur a high degree of versntil- ftni0 hp KCnt tn drug K,nK H mpjjag,, .
ItT. Tn order te gain inn rcmuu in uu , explaining wliv he nnd failed te appear.
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often used as drug cache
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the peddlers he must assume for tne
time some disreputable role, generally
that of the drug addict or of the ped
dler himself.
An Illustration mnv be taken from j
the records of the Philadelphia office,
Tvhlch covers the territory of Penns.il
Taniu, New .Irrsev. Itelawnie nnd
Maryland mi ni'lanee mere or lesb ,
classic.
j . a veung probationer of Hie
force, recently traiiHtcrreu iinm tm tm
Seuth, was sent out "en bis own"
TWa meant that he was te drift about
the tenderloin with no particular end
Ja view- He fil,C(' h""1' out w,th
The reason given, ni It foresaw,
was carefully Investigated.
Negotiations for Drugs
Begun All Over Again
After It "a discharge from the
hospital negotiations began nil evei
again. Again it renehed the stage where
the men agreed te turn ever the drugs
en payment of $10,0011. Anether lo le
culu as bet for the sa'e.
H bad picked up a young giiniin,
who for u number of yenra had been
living en the borderland of the under
world, and bud taken him alone In some
ether
Hut the piieket of nienej in I
pocket he prefelP'd le keep.
"New," said H , in the.igli l,e
wrre tlrcl of all thin, "nre Mm rcely
te let tne hnw the stuff''
"You're a Government
Agent," Said the Peddler
'I he tlir lien dn ' -"! ' ' ' ""i-
terred in wlu-per- .-ii.dtl. . the mini , J
H-- , had nn' cue- Mend h. f..r. de- Mli,
One man went into an adjoining room
and returned wli a small grip.
"There," he said. "New. n bac
the money."
"New wait n ti.!r,,itf ," drawled
11 ( "I den'i l.ti'"v me none tee
well. M n.i be after I in dealing with
jeti some time I ink." stuff en yeuf
word, .lust new I'd like te have it
rill weighed out if ei don't mind."
There was a loud ib n.iii- at tins, but
tinnlly one of the men feti-hed a scales
and begun te open the grip,
New U bud an n irnuuitie con
cealed just at his grinn. "Net," as bn
explained, "a very geed draw '' Tim
wall wassivcral feet beh'nd him.
It was tlie men theinelies who gave
1 m bis opportunity.
"Suppo-e." they said, "Unit. urn put
the inenej down here, loe, and let ns
count It lit lie same Ume."
"All right," said U .
He unbuttoned In-, ie.it '11111 wnUt
' con t, moving impi rceptilily lewnid tlie
wnll. As seen as h'u lingers could
'.touch against the butt of his automatic
' be drew it.
, Cevers "Cokers," Sends
Beg te Plume for Police
"New," lie said, "nt the first peep
' there's going te he n roomful of dced
cekers."
1 It was done se qui'-Uy that the men
think of the ether re-
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..... ..r ., we,,, in'velvcr en the table. It-- motioned
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tucked himself,
looked into It-quletly;
Coming forward be
'a eyes and feald
their ceitl ieekelH.
"Sre here," said It-- - wearllv.
"I'm getliriir a little slcls of thin here 1
feeling. If j 011 dnn't want te sell
me stuff that's all right. I don't have J
in ..nt (i lii I knew lift id.iee.
The mini Implied nnd .-hipped the number I told vel.. AVheti you get
I i... 'i.uie all right, lie tliein give ineiii iinr. nnuriss 111111 leu
,. ei,n vwiuicd te tr,v ,veut llii'in l setiu as many men as tney vv
get here right away."
the boy te ted Ii it te him,
"New, Kid," said !., "you go out
side. When these men nt ihe deer ask
where jeu're going v,.i tell them ler
something te carry the stuff awny In.
Then jeu go te a drug itere nnd call
was of course lifted out of the. class et
probationer and be has hemme since
one of the most daring and successful
agents In the service. The episode just
related is by no means the most thrill-
in): of It -'s experience, but It
Is given because it is nn excellent illiis illiis
tratien of the modus operandi of both
agent nnd criminal.
At Atlantic fity rceeiitlj the head
of a drug-belling gang for whom the
agents had long been looking was spot spet
ted in a certain rooming; house. At 1!
o'clock In the morning the solitary
agent who hnd been following the case
knocked en the man's deer. After a
long pause n voice came from within.
"Who's there.?"
The agent made no icply, and the
voice came louder :
"Who's there?"
"Western I'nlen !" shouted the agent.
")h!" the voice came mure softly,
"Walt n minute:"
Doer Is Unlocked and
"Teny" Is Surprised I
There was the rnttle of several locks
opening and the deer drew back
n little. The next minute the ngent
had stuffed the muzr.le nf his revolver
into the ribs of bis quarry. The man's
name was Teny.
"Never mind," said the agent, "back
up!"
He forced his man down a narrow
hallway Inte n room whom there was n
light. In this room there was n bed
and In it the mnn's wife. As the pair
appeared en the threshold she reached
her arm underneath a pillow.
"Sent!" cried the agent. She sat
up and remained motionless. Helding
tramp freighters, nnd the rigid sur
veillance of the customs officers avails
little. Any one familiar with ships can
think et n thousand places in which a
small package may be bidden absolutely
safe from detection. An example h
given In n cache accidentally dis
covered Heme time nge.
One of the firemen of a freighter
wns making a tidy addition te his in
come by carrying drugs from the
Netherlands and ether parts of Europe
fcile this country. On one occasion he
put n canister into Ihe front of the
furnace itself and hanked it about with
ashes se lightly that the surrounding
lire dnmngnl Jt net n wbil.
The lenders of the drug rinc ivhe
make the-ie importations rarely de much
of the distributing of the drugs among
habitues, although they tire in com
plete control of it and are always
watchful that this control is in no way
threatened.
The distributing agent i the
"peddler," who may himself be an ad
diet, but who mere frequently t net.
These men or sometimes women go
among the habitues and supply them
from Hinall quantities of the dtugs eon-
I ccaled about their persons or elsewhere.
I Many artful dodges are used te conceal
, the drugs from the casual observer, or
from tin police and from the narcotic
1 There is one instance when- 11 peddler , ,'ni"'t'1 ""1 '"'""d ''!' f '
had hollowed out tin- inside .f n bound Even China New Trying
1 ve ume et an nnoi'ueus niiign.iiic mi , . -;.. . c;i
I . L. This book, mil imu.li with te Stamp Out Opium Evil
! small packets of herein, lay innocently
en the table when the agents raided I lie
place, and it was only instinct, the
agents say, that made them examine it.
The hollow necklace, the hollow eniu;,
the shoe with tlie false heel and the
fulsp-ltet turned chair are standard de
vici't, nil of which U the ingenuity of
tlie agents.
Agents Represent Highest
Type in Secret Service
These agents represent the highest
type of secret service in the Federal
employ and quite possibly 111 the
Hut even China turned ngelnt the
evil mid is new trying te uproot the
use nf opium and Its derivatives. With
true Oriental phlegm, the Chinese
rulers took te lopping off the heads of
these caught continuing In the practice.
Like 1111 epidemic dlensc the druR
evil Is new penetrating into the vitals
of Western civlllatien. America 1
meeting the challenge. America, which
exterminated yellow fever In the Cannl
Zene and rid Cuba of its chief df-eass
menace.
On the one side is- the almost ir
resistible force of habit linked with
country. I'.ven outside et the technical ' greed; en the ether .1 slowly nwauenui
1110.11, considerably better thnn average 1 general consciousness of the peril which
btandni'ds of education are required. 'confronts society. The crushing of the.
Applicants may number theinnnds drug evil can be hastened by puhlic
yearly. It. Is no Infrequent experience! understanding and interest.
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nerve." The etlur men relaxed.
"Well, let's have, a leek ut the stuff,"
then eald
All of the five were taken In the
raid. 'What would have happened had
REST Is really rebuilding.
While you sleep or sit quietly
after a day's work, the delicate ma
chinery within jeu Is disposing of the
cells broken down by tell nnd replac
ing them with brand-new ones.
If your rest time Is tee short,
enough old ones nre net get rid nf
nor enough new ones built up.
Presently jeu grew ill and, if jeu
keep denying yourself rest, you die.
It Is net overwork, however, that
kills people.
TO THK average man, overwork te a
dangerous extent is impossible.
Tim machine he occupies attends te
that.
When the strain en it demands lest,
the body takes it, whether its owner
I.' willing or net.
An energetic Inislnesn man recently
consulted a doctor believing lie hail
Incipient sleeping sickness
"I go te sleep everv while " I,,, ,ii,l
111 a chnli' in a hotel, en the nnlu
the man nnd girl new in this corner I v""" """ '.""" .M,'tliiich mi a trel
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and new in tbnt, the agent made bis
search of the room. He found without
much difficulty four leaded automatics
and with rather mere difficulty several
thousand dollars' worth of drugs, Early
edit 11.
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.mil get at
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11 llllt (te you suppose Is
"Hew much sleep de
night" Inquired the doctor
"Oh. that depends. If have im
portrait work te de I sit up till two
or three In the morning at it. Then
iny brain is all stirred up se I can't
sleep, ami I rend till I get drowsy
un hour or se longer perhaps."
"yOHK sleeping fits nrcn't a dli
ease," said the doctor. "V()Ur
body knows hew much rest It needs
for rebuilding, and it takes it In H8
own time, Instead of yours, that's H.
Sleep regularly at night and you'll
keep awake day times."
It j better for nil people te rest
regularly, ntiil te sleep ns much
they need te lileeii. Everything In na
ture Is better If done systematically.
M10NTAI, rest Is also necessary, ant
this requires n chance of though'
nnd occupation ns much as It- a""
absolute idleness. ,
"A chnnge of trouble Is In th" na
ture of 11 rest," said 11 man who wm
beset vvlib many tribulations, and ne
was probably right. , ..
The Mreet car conductor who f"n
bis day off riding en 11 trolley car fox.
but little rest. The man who com cem
pleiely idianges his environment. '
iii'.v people- and thinks new llieugni'
.....u ..... ...I ....mllnn
Bci" 1 iii" must rcsiiiu inmii , ia(
Hut. however one obtains It, rest .,
vital. It is the failure te get eneuiny
lit tl tli.it irtnlren TOIinC mCU Old V.
fore their time.
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