Tag: opium
Mug Shot Monday! Opium Smuggler Wesley Sischo, 1918 and 1935
: Wesley Leroy Sischo was a former maritime customs agent who decided it was more profitable to work on the other side of the law. During World War I, he began working with a Seattle Chinese gang to smuggle opium into Washington State. As the captain of a small coastal vessel, it was his job […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2014 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1900-1919, 1930s, opium, Washington State
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Mug Shot Monday! Opium Smuggler John Gavin, 1902
. “Police Officers Capture Opium Smugglers and All their Plunder,” The San Francisco Call, April 9, 1902. Police Officers A. 0. Juel and E. C. Gould captured two opium smugglers yesterday and secured their plunder. The officers will very likely receive a substantial reward from the Government. The men arrested were John Gavin, alias Murphy, […]
Posted: August 4th, 2014 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1900-1919, California, opium
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Two Opium Dens Busted in 1901 Raids
“The two visitors were so far on their way to dreamland that they did not pay any attention to the entrance of the officer.” – My favorite quote for this story. Opium Den Raided [Burlington, Iowa, Sept. 12, 1901]—Two sallow-complexioned Chinamen and one wreck of white humanity lined up at the police station bar yesterday […]
Posted: July 21st, 2013 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1900-1919, opium
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