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OPIUM FIENDS SPEND NIGHT IN JAILSheriff Kelly and Marshal Tib bet Raid Chinese Den in the Tenderloin Jistrict.Sheriff Kelly find City Marshal Tib-bet last, night, began the much needed work of cleaning out the dens of the tenderloin and as a result eight men, some of whom have passed as respectable members of society and have res-p«■fried relatives, spent the night InJail, having been caught smoking In jnn opium den on Jap alley.I The raid was made about I) o’clock 'Just as the young men were settling [down for a night of pleasant dreamy funder the soothing Influence of their ^ pipes. Rude was their awakening,} 1 however, when the officers entered , Regardless of wealth, position or ln-i flucnce the entire hunch of smokers • and tin? Mongolian proprietor of the ' i don were marched to the county jail and there looked up along with the I common drunks and hoboes gathered In from the streets.Heavy Penalty for Opium 8moking, There Is a heavy penalty provided by the law of California for opium smoking and the parties arrested will have to answer in court for thnlr offense. A penalty of as much ns $500 fine may he Itnposed or six months In jail.The case of these young men may he taken as a warning to others who persist In frequenting the dens of Infamy, especially the Chinese opium j Joints. The authorities are determined on suppressing these placess and it Is likely to go hard with those cauglU jthfore.^eh'fecont tragedy at the Chinese daft on l ntroet that cost two officers their lives has aroused the public to ft pitch where suqh places will no longer he tolerated.I -I
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Daily Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Sat, May 02, 1903
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VA, USA 17 Nov 2017
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