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GREAT NATIONAL MANAGE .Narcotic Dealers Seek Ruin of America. SAFETY ONLY IN ETERNAL VIGILANCE International Scoundro's Whj Ssll Whisky, Opium and Other Drugs Not So Much Interested in Personal J Profit as in America's Downfall. New York Evening Telegram. . The confession of I'aul Larson, convicted member of an organization of foreign drug smugglers, has added J another conv .icing proof of the j theory of a number of authorities, j Federal and municipal, engaged in running it down that the main object 1 behind the traffic is the destruction of *1,.. TTnitnd States jin<' the enslaving v'~ ~ ?- ] of its people through v "likening of its moral fibre, and not the greed oi money, as is popularly supposed. Armed with a copy 'it this confijs- : sion, the writer sought out Larson, Intent, if possible, on getting him to ! amplify it. Larson did so calmly, earnestly and straight"orwardly. His disclosures wore sensational and they constitute a cause for genuine alarm. If it were suddenly iroved that a (oreign, long established government was plotting our downfall the average American would be angry, yes, more . than tl.at?mad. But here, said Lar- j son, is something mere powerful and 1 harder to light than any government. From his description it is far more insidious, more secretive, more damnable i ?a group of fiends working under | cover to undermine us through 'the horrifying agency of heroine, opium. cocaine, morphine, ha.sheesh and other soul destroying dru&s. The pacifist propaganda spread by Germany before and during the late i war is child's idav comnartd to this I " danger. "It is generally believed," said liaison, "that money is the rout of the drug traffic. Perhaps it is, but it is j duly that money that can be gotten j through the control of this land. The 'higher-ups' back of the game think nothing of millions. Would you be- I lieve that the confiscation of $2,500,000 worth of narcotics by New York cus- j toms authorities in one day lust year only produced a laugh on their part?" j hd asked. * , Money No Object.. "It is a fact. Almost every paper j you pick up carries a story showing the j confiscation of drugs with values ranging anywhere between $23,000 to $200,000, and often much more. Does it stop it? Continued apprehension of - carriers shows that it does n??t. t "Lately, I'll confess, it is slowing up. But unless infenso Vigilance is exercised it will be-renewed and in everIncreasing volume." " "Will you be specific and tell me." the writer asked. "where the scat of this traffic is and who is back of it." | "The scat," he replied, "is in the Rir 1 East and the bulk of it is backed by Japanese subjects. Most of the raw material is shipped from that country to Germany, where it is'sold to manufacturers. Then it is repurchased, not by the Japanese themselves, but by their agents, and then distributed. "My knowledge came from ten years of experience and it is concurred in by i every agent. We believe it is their! plan to demoralize the United States j and to make easy prey of her. N ' Be sceptical as you will. It may 1 not be In your day or in mine that the i climax will come, hut unless you continue to stand guard your descendants l will sec "the day. The 'higher-ups' are j 'not dealing alone in years, but in cen- ! turies." ' "Lulled into a sense of security by Insincere praise about how wonderful you people are as regards your stano urns ot conventionality and high civilization yon arc being undermined by these sumo interests. "The United States is the ultimate destination of all the illicit\tltuk traf- ' flc." Here L'irso'n took the writer's pencil and sketched a crude- map of the world, showing routes over whien the drugs go. , Base in Fa- East. * "With tin K:jr Kast as the general base and Japan as the speeitic." he . , UNION CHIEFS r~ . w r i f' '* ' I.. This picture shows members the reducfion of waprcs to rail w< the brotherhoods. From left to r meyer, W. H. Johnson, 1). Mott, Fl. Jewell and W. F. "Brown, the 1 SPOONING ACCO! ; S* ' . . '4 v Of course, this is the Chicago < pears rather passe for the variety < cops are more lenient or tender hei 1 this idea of the proper way to spo make the young uns of our city an' selves to death. continued, "the raw stuff goes to Gcr- ' many, some through regular channels, j owing to the rigidity <>f the German ; customs exuminntion, and the balance i through Holland, where it is comparatively easy to elude the authorities. Then it is put on fast trains in such form as to fool the frontier guards of Germany, who are not so keen as the customs guards. "After its manufacture it is taken aboard other trains bound for Italy and other Mediterranean i>orts, ther.ee to 1 Gibraltar, which is. after all, the outlet for the whole trade. Much of it finds its way into South America, where huge quantities arc carried from train [ to train, from ship to ship, inio Mexico i and finally into the United States. Of , course, some of it is sold cn route, but j the nmnunt is negligible wlwn com- , pared to the quantity lhat pots .into tb.is country. 'Take my own ease. I was in Rio do Janeiro where 1 bepan carrying the stuff. I knew it was being done by others, but I 'laid off' Up to that time, j Then the proposition they approached me with was so attractive that all I could think of was the amount rtf money 1 would pet. I pot away with 1 the job and landed the stuff on the west coast of North America. I* received $r).ooo for the work. "That is n lot of money to a seaman, but I soon became used to it. 1 spent it with abandon. Wine, women?you know the line. In fact I have made and spent several fort tints. "I kiter learned that these same drup agents had had me under surveillance for a longtime before they approached in", f suppose 1 was an innocent looking boy then and less likely to attract suspicion. Becomes an "Agent." i liii'i i .ifti'M i;i ; <iv|?i iu ji.1 :n ("inline 4h<i stuff over' ! was shifted to more im11<>?-;int citt'S until 1 became at last an axe ill a! this, the most impoitanl point in tin- wptM. )>ui that is ?,'eitint; alu-ad. "I>111imi: my ytarx at sea it was tha habit "f tin- am tit t>< It/md tin 'dope' to tin* earner in eoni.-tinerx eilenlated to ke?'p n from These we eonceal? d it oim person. M:-ually in a ; loath' i' ' eli. ii *. I with pouches. which was woi a tinder tin- i>;i" . r clothing." "Wi re you re jairi-d to hand over any MEET TO DISCUSS VVA of the various railway labor unions r >rkers. The threatened reduction has itfht arc, E. II. Fjt/.crornld, Frank Pnqu K. L. Oliver, Edward J. Evans, II. J. list two have their coats on at the-tab j ^ I Copyrlfjht by Underwood & Underwood. Dfficially correct position, but It ap >f finnner from other cities, and our irted or something. Anyhow, though on may be a hit In Chicago it would d surrounding territory laugh them/ . money as a bond to insure safe delivery?" he was asked. ".\To." he answered. "The agent knew the name of our ship, nearly always a sailing vessel, the day of our departure, our destination and the probable date of our arrival. We were givt n a countersign, and when it was properly 'given we were required to hand over the stuff to the person giving it. Seldom did we know who it was. "Alter I became located I learned the reason why these shore men were changed so /often. It was to prevent their becoming a target of .suspicion. In this manner, I suppose, I have been shifted to every large 'drug' port in the world." "Did you ever use any of the drugs you handled?" the writer asked. "Xot me," Larson answered with a snip. "1 have my right senses. Xot infrequently agents used to ask us to try out tiie drugs' to ascertain their strength. Few of us ever did so, the way addicts do. We used simple, harmless tests. Never Used Drugs. "We needed our wits at all times ! was probably one reason why we did j not take it. and again we saw its effect on others." "Why did you carry it after that?" he was asked. For tlie iirst time Larson looked ] away from the writer. After a mo- : men1'- silence lie exclaimed: "Fig money, boy; big money and gooil timer.! It makes me forget a lot inl tliintrs v.e should not have forgot tin. And you'll find that that is' what killed the conscience of every I one v.ho engages i:i crime, from the crooked Ires', hen'I to the petty thief, J on the street. It is responsible f?r m>' i hcing in enstodv. which is. )>y the way, i the lirst time in my career." Speaking of pnsonai things. I .arson I I sr.id he was horn in Schlcswig twenty- I six years ago. lie explained that it , j was in that part of tin province which voted, last year to become reunited to j Denmark. At tin- age of fourteen, he h'-rame a sailor, and it was on his , i'i'i tvl trip lis I la- I mi to carry in the \?..rs which followed he; i'lli d in hi . pare lime so .as to pass i .'.' mate': ' r.uniinn l ion. which he did. GE KLUUCT10N. - .. i isscmMcd in Cincinnati to discuss caused serious discussion among iin, Timothy ITcnlv, Edward TegtCarr, J. \Y. 13urns, President, 13, le, I A Lnrson speaks five Languages, lie is of powerful build, weighs 215 pounds, in six feet two inches tall and mild mannered. His parents arc dead. For the capture of Larson and the six men taken with him, Dr Carlcton Simon, special deputy police commissioner in charge of the narcotic division, sr-yn the credit belongs almost wholly to Milton Moffat, a detective whose slight build and extremely youthful appeal a nec completely fooled the towering Larson, us well as Frank Kiernan. How the Catch Was Made. Kiernan handled the drugs on the west side of the city and Larson on the east aide, as well as the Bowery district, and to nail hoth of the principals in one haul, seven other carriers and $50,000 worth of narcotics is in the minds of police heads somewhat of a feat. Discussing this case Dr. Simon said that Kiernan, a chef in a restaurant at No. 1.129 Broadway, had been under surveillance by Moffat for days. The detective frequented the restaurant, dressed as an ordinary sailor, night and day, often simulating intoxication. Detective Frederick Buckley, who assisted Moffat, drifted in one night and acted as if he had taken too much liquor. This was in accordance with plans. As soon as Moffat saw Buckley he told Kiernan that he was going to "frisk the drunk." Kiernan stood by and watched. When Moffat returned to where the chef was standing he exhibited Bucklev's watch and several other articles. This convinced Kiernan that Moffat was crooked and he immediately began to.place confidence in him. Later came the introduction to Larson, and it was immediately proved to Moffat that Larson had a wide acquaintance with procurers, sellers, buyers and addicts, especially in the vicinity of the Seamen's Church institution, in South street. Larson Was never oufr- of surveillance afterward until he was arrested with the others on May 23, when Moffat told Larson that he had a buyer for a large amount. Final Plans Arranged. Larson had been previously approached .by the five sailors of the steamer Mount Clay, of the United American lines, and told they had a quantity of "dope" they wanted to find a buyer for. Larson arranged to have them see Kiernan, and Moffat at the same time arranged to have his buyer on hand as soon as the sailors were out of the way. Moffat's buyer,* however, proved to be practically the whole of the Narcotic Squad from Dr. Simon down. Seven men, in^JgUding Kiernan and Larson were taken. The others were Bruno Schmidt, twenty-seven; Knutt Seniles, thirty-five; John Alexson, Hans Diehm, twenty-seven, members of the crew of the Mount Clay, and Arthur Thompson, twenty-six, a bus boy. In the chefs locker at the restaurant where the raid occurred Dr. Simon's men found $50,000 worth of drugs and about $3,000 more was picked up when two men were arrested in the Seamen's Church institution at No. 25 South street. Larson, Schmidt, and Diehm gave the prosecution considerable assistance, and although, it was without any promise of clemency on the part of the state, they received only three monins in tnc worienouse. j ne.otners, however, Kiernhn, Sennes, Thompson and Alexson, were sent to the penitentiary for two years. All of the sentences were pronounced Friday. In accordance with the Miller-Jones hill, enacted recently by congress, all the fortunes will be deported when their sentences expire. Dr. Simon, discussing the work of his division, said that lie is working in harmonious co-operation with the special agents of the treasury department and with the customs officials here. "Without this," he added, "our work here would l<o seriously handicapped Together we are strangling the traffic, and the Jones-Miller bill, which was lecently signed by President Harding will prove another big factor in wiping out the insidious practice altogether. "The Jones-Miller bill establishes ; federal nan-otic board composed ol (lie heads of the state, treasury am commerce departments, who will |iermit only such quantity of crudi opium and cocoa leaves as may In found necessary for medicinal and other legitimate purposes. Dr. Simon a Real Leader. "Any alien convicted of violating tin* net, which provides a penalty of ,*i line of $5,000 or ten years' imprisonment, also will he deported upon tin expiration of liis sentence." Dr. Simon is the real head of thi Narcotic Division, and not simply tin appointed head. His men say lie is a hard worker, nut content with planning tilings. IL'e is always somewhere on the ground when the action take* place. Three o'clock in the morning not infrequently llnds him in his oflice working out plans for the rapture of carriers. He told the writer that he was tifty years old, hut hit appearance seems to liclie his words The reason for it, however, is that I)r Simon is an athlete. For six years he held the world's championship at surl casting and in his youth was a stai runner. Since he took over the executive office lie now holds, about a year and a half ago, |)r. Simon has made New York the western clearing house fm information concerning agents, carriers and addicts of the drug traffic Hundreds of letters reach the offier every week requesting information about different characters to make convictions sure. When the addict is arrested now, ~I?~?I~~ 3 ZZmiZ I? "77; 110 it anywhere in the United States, t Unr.uda, Australia, New Zealand, New South Wales, the Philippines and certain of the Kuropean countries, his I record; photograph and fingerprints ' are immediately sent to New York. ! | Here the are catalogued and elassi- i lied. Recently a man was picked up in Seattle and it was believed that in I some way he was connected with the traffic, although nothing was found on | him that would enable the prosecutor j to convict him. He got in touch with I Commissioner Simons and was able j J when the case came up to hand the 1 I presiding magistrate a record show- J ing that the man was wanted in a half I doze n cities and had been arrested no less than twenty-seven times because j of being inplicatcd in procuring and , distributing drugs. And it is the same with every city in the United States. They know where they can get reliable information concerning any addict, agent or 1 carrier that was even fingerprinted. A Contemptible Trick.?The an- ! | ilouncement in the last Issue of The j ; Herald nf .Mr. Kenneth McCutcheon's alleged marriage tiv a young lady in Klloroc, S. C., was an unfortunate mlsI take. Sume of Mr. MeCutchcon's friends broadcasted the news as a joke and one of'the princiitals, in a thought- | Wm-g M with 3 H 4L genuine No man's dolla H before bought as solid comfort at The "Brownie"? 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