Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-19 | Page 1 | Officers Plan New Dope Raid

OFFICERS PLAII NEW DOPE RAID Three Jailed Suspects Wait Charges Whila 4 "hophead" In ths Salt Lake county Jail, taken In on of Utah's largest narcotics hauls, Thursday cried for. drugs to as-usge as-usge his suffering, deputy sheriffs sher-iffs were seeking complaints against him, another white man and a 70-year-old Chinese. Th three were nabbed late Tuesday Tues-day during a raid at Plum alley's notorious "Big House," which yielded yield-ed between 60 and SO cubes of morphine mor-phine and a quantity of yenshe and yenpop, opium derivatives. As Chief Deputy Sheriff George Beckstsad conferred with county attorneys concerning charges to be lodged against the three, other deputies dep-uties lay in wait to stage another raid at an undisclosed place. A long vigil Wednesdsy afternoon and night was fruitless, Chief Deputy Dep-uty Beckstead said, adding that "they're probably lying low because of Tuesday's raid." Three Nabbed Held In the county Jsll were Wong Lung, 70, of ltt'i Plum alley; al-ley; Orvllle (Blondy) Hopkins, 36, of S4 South Main street, and Jack Howe, 40. Because deputies found no evidence on Howe he probably will be charged only with vagrancy. va-grancy. It was reported. But not so Hopkins and Wong Lung. Mors serious charges await them. In Wong's tiny room In th "Big House" deputies said they seised more than 60 cubes of morphine, th yenshee and yenpop. Hopkins was nabbed on First South street, less than a block from the police station while allegedly carrying two cubes for a delivery. Th each In Wong's room was found in a window sill after deputies dep-uties virtuslly tore the room to pieces during a five-hour search. Addicts Suffer When Hopkins was seized by Deputies Reese Llewellyn, R. C. Jackson, J. E. Schelb, Elmer Sav-sgs Sav-sgs and Beckstead, he made a desperate des-perate attempt to eat the cubes he was carrying. It was reported. Thursday, In his cell in the county Jail, Hopkins screamed for "Just a pop" as he wss shaken by ravages rav-ages of narcotics hunger. Deputy sheriffs reported that Hopkins, who assertedly had been a narcotics addict, was suffering acutely with the "withdrawal agonies" ago-nies" experienced when addicts suddenly ar deprived of their source of supply. Wong, it was reported, was faring far-ing better than Hopklni.