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Show KISS CONVEYED fICOTICOOSE, DEPUTY AVERS Alleged Drug Peddler Received Re-ceived "Shot" While in Custody of Federal Officer;'. Of-ficer;'. Wife Suspected An attempt to "slip" a packet of narcotic tablata to W. F. Hunt, alleged al-leged addict and maater drug prd-dlerrreetrd prd-dlerrreetrd Saturday In a raid on an Emerson avonua realdence,. waa frustrated Monday afternoon through tha vigilance of Major H. I'. Myton. deputy United Statea marahal. according to , Loula K. Watta, chief federal narcotln acent, who effected the arrest of Hunt. 1 Hunt's private cache of tha eVrew waa auapactad when, within a few minutes, ha changed from a directed, direct-ed, pitiable addict denied tha nar-cotie nar-cotie la appease his craving to a debonair, cheerful fatalist apparently appar-ently unconcerned with hia fata. Malor Myton. who had Hunt In tow. rad the physical aapect of this change as symptomatic of a shot, He had Hunt aearehed at the county coun-ty Jail and the tablet were taken from the prt sonar's pocket. WIFB DENIES CHARGE. My ton's report of th Incident, according ac-cording to Watts, seems to point to Mrs. Hunt as ths par eon who pro- vided her husband with the stuff ' he raved. When Interrogated on i this point, however, she is said to I have denied any connection with 'i-tbe drug transference. ' From late Saturday until Monday I afternoon. Hunt wa confined In th city Jail. During th Interim hia craving for th drug became Intense ' and not able to secure any relief k his appetite showed lis effect In his haggard appearance when Major ' Myton went to eecort him before United State Commlaaloner Henry I V. Van flt for preliminary bear i ing. Aa the prisoner wss led out from I the city Jail. Mrs. Hunt approached and aaked permission. of tha deputy marshal to embrace her huaband. Major Myton conceded thin. request. 1 In Myton'a opinion, Mr. Hunt had I concealed in her mouth one or more tablet which she transferred to 1 Hunt's mouth under pretext of i kiaelng htm. 1 TABLETS FOUND. I Commissioner Van Pelt fixed Hunt's bonds at $5000. la th mean-tim mean-tim th narcotic had got la Ua . work. Hunt left th commlatonr' I ehamebrs for ths county Jail, unable , to fumlah the bond. In apparently , high spirits, despite his predicament. predica-ment. His actions led Major Myton i to requeet the sheriffe fore to search Hunt and th packet of tab leta was brought to light. Later. Mr. Hunt appeared at the marshal's office with a request to visit her husband. "Did you slip him that dopaT" Myton aaked her. "Why no." ah inswered. Dld he hava soma?" "Well, it wss either you or ttn. and 1 know it wasn't me," Myton retorted. Mrs. Hunt was denied permission to eve her husband, pending further fur-ther investigation of the Incloent, It la said. TIMFANOOOS CAVE TRIP DAILT , Motors leave tt W. So. Temple at. a.av rare Si. Phone W. tM. lAdr. 1 i ' |
