Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-05-07 | Page 8 | Poses as Drug Patient but Carries Supply of 'Dope' with Him, Claim

POSES AS DRUG PATIENT BUT CARRIES SUPPLY OF OFEd DOPE WITH HIM ClAIM ClAIMEd Ed Langley Said to Be Vendor of Cocaine and Morphine Placed Under Arrest I I Cloaked cd as a patient of ot the Barker drug treatment Ed Lan Langley lcJ 3 35 25 years rs of oC age of ot S. S West Temple la is alleged to have been one ono of or the tho most roost active cocaine an and morphine smugglers In Utah Confessions ConCessions arc alleged to 0 o have been cen obtained from Crom him in the city eft- prison yesterday luy afternoon of oC importIng importing import- import Ing and dispensing depending largo large quantities of oC cocaine and morphine In Salt Lake for several sc months casting off oft suspicion from himself by hy being a n. patient of or tho the dru drug treatment hatching u and waiting at the postoffice fice several several se days daB Detectives William C. C and Herb Herbert rt A. A learned yesterday the l Identity of oC the tho person re receiving ro- ro cel letters from froni R. R G G. G C C. of oC the Commodore Drug Drug company Sparks Nov Oc the tho alleged ed shipper of oC forbidden dru drugs 3 resulting in th the tho arrest of or Langley The Tho latter then furnished express receipts enabling tIle the police to obtain pOS possession of or nearly nealI one-fourth one pound of co cocaine Ino and morphine shipped from Sparks parks Ne Nov to Salt alt Lake L. under date of oC May 3 The following letter leller also was confiscated confiscated confiscated con con- b by the tIto detectives Sparks Nov No May 3 3 Dear Sir I have o sent the three ounces by lW express Your letter with P. P O. O order came camo this a a. a m. m Yours R. R G. G C. C Commodore Drug DlUg Co When asked aske In the elt city prison concerning con con- tho the letter It Is said ad Langley Lang franlel frankly a admitted ml that It was the notice notice notice no no- tice of or transmittal of or the shipment of cocaine and morphine under date of ot otay May ay 3 arriving b by wa way of the Wells Veils Fargo Co Express He is said to have havo admitted receiving ln many similar smilar shipments and belling the drug among mon denizens of at the underworld at big bit profit profi t. t The police chief said last night that the tho Importation of oC large quantities of or morphine and cocaine has been traced trace to various arlous In Nevada Xe Ho Is considering considering con con- sl la laying the matter before the tile governor of Nevada an and other high of officials officials ot- ot of that state In an effort to o check cheek the traffic Letters used In negotiating for the morphine and cocaine will bo turned over o to federal ral authorities s 1 Langley Is said to have havo admitted he had morphine stored In a a. safety deposit deposit de do- posit box of the National Copper bank Investigation In revealed this to be e true