Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-03-02 | Page 2 | Drug Charges Face Couple

Drug Charges Face Couple Coupe ST. ST LOUIS March 2 UP UP-A UP A Aman man and wife faced arraignment Friday on federal charges that they peddled worth of narcotics much of or it to year 12 old c chi children h i 1 d r e n in the past six months James Hurse 34 and his wife I Christine 31 Negroes roes were seized Thursday when city detectives and federal narcotics agents raided their northside basement apartment apart apart- ment Informer Se Sees 5 Addicts Three detectives who smashed I into the apartment said Mrs 1 Hurse tried to throw a stock of heroin capsules down a sink drain as they entered One detective I grabbed her arm and she resisted they said but enough of oC t the e capsules capsules capsules cap cap- sules were retrieved to be used as evidence Chief Chiel narcotics agent Lonnie McIntosh said the Hurse apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment had been under surveillance by agents and police for several weeks The Hurse couple came under suspicion he said when an In Informer Informer informer In- In I former told of visiting their apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment and seeing seeing- a dozen addicts under the Influence of drugs They included he said two boys 12 and 14 and two year old girls Capsules Daily McIntosh said that on a single day observers at the apartment spotted several scores of known addicts visiting visiting- the apartment He said the average daily run of customers customers customers cus cus- included 10 to 15 teenagers teenagers teenagers teen teen- agers both white and Negro The couple he said apparently did a daily business of heroin capsules retailing them at 3 a capsule From everything we can learn the couple had their source of supply in Chicago 0 McIntosh said They paid to 1 i for each capsule capsule capsule cap cap- sule giving them well over profit profi t. t