Show WITNESS TELLS or OF SLAVERY TO NARCOTIC HABIT Secret Methods of Alleged Drug Ring Described in in Federal Court War I Veteran Under Charges The secret methods of Df Salt Lakes Lake's underworld In operating an alleged narcotic ring were unfolded w with dr dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic emphasis before Judge Page Morris In the federal court today A Jury impaneled to determine the fate of W. W B. B Smith charged with sellIng selling selling sell- sell Ing morphine heard from the lips of ot a veteran dope fiend the story of ot his addiction The witness was Jim Hill used as a tool by the government agents in obtaining evidence against I Smith In answer to a question from the court as to how he became a drug fiend I Hill said he formed the habit when a aboy ar r boy more moro than eighteen years ago He lIe lIeI said he took one little smoke of I opium out of curiosity just to see how how it felt From that time to the I present he said he has been unable to conquer his craving for drugs Hill said he ho was promised a cure by bythe bythe bythe the government officers if It he would obtain evidence against drug dis dis- dis He Ho said ho he injected into 1 his arm at least five grains of morphine every day His keen mental alertness on the witness stand was attributed to the brief stimulation o of the drug he had taken Smith took the stand In his own be be- be half halo He admitted giving Hill a bundle of ot morphine but declared It was only because he knew the suffering an addict addict ad ad- dict diet endured when unable to obtain It He also admitted accepting as security until Hill could return the amount of drug obtained Smith displayed an honorable discharge discharge discharge dis dis- dis- dis charge from the army and proof that he was gassed In one of the major en engagements engagements engagements en- en in France He said he ac acquired acquired acquired ac- ac the drug habit from narcotics administered d to him while In a r French rench hospital |