Crimes Committed While
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA
PART VIII
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Crimes Committed While UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA PART VIII |
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Name: Moses Mines Date: Aug 4, 1940 Location: Spokane, Wa. 
What the Narc's were claiming
Spokane, Washington AUGUST 4, 1940, a hotel room in Spokane, Washington was turned into a shambles by a ruthless slayer. An old harmless man was battered to death ----so battered that his body was almost unidentifiable. The murderer, 26-year old Joseph Mines, after committing the crime, leaped to an alley about 30 feet below without injury. It was revealed that a short time prior to the crime Mines had smoked two marijuana cigarettes. He claimed at his trial that they had crazed him and that he had no memory of the deed. In Spokane, Washington, a man named Joseph Mines, after smoking two reefers, murdered a seventy-four-year-old retired 62 railway worker. He had never seen the man before and could not account for his act. -- Narcotics: America's Peril by Will Oursler (1952) Smoked first two marijuana cigarettes, burst into hotel room, beat guest to death, then jumped through window 30 feet to pavement, breaking both legs; didn't remember actions. -- The Truth about Marijuana - STEPPING STONE to DESTRUCTION June 1967 ON AUGUST 4, 1940, a hotel room in Spokane, Washington was turned into a shambles by a ruthless slayer. An old harmless man was battered to death ----so battered that his body was almost unidentifiable. The murderer, 26-year old Joseph Mines, after committing the crime, leaped to an alley about 30 feet below without injury. It was revealed that a short time prior to the crime Mines had smoked two marijuana cigarettes. He claimed at his trial that they had crazed him and that he had no memory of the deed. -- The WOMAN (with woman's Digest) - Feb. 1942 ? M Smoked his first 2 marihuana cigarettes; jumped 18 feet from hotel window onto adjacent garage roof barefooted, burst into Mr. K.'s room, said " God told me to kill this man ", and beat him to death with fists. Then screaming he was Hitler, jumped thru window 30 feet to pavement, breaking ribs and legs. No recollection in court. Sentenced, 20 years -- Article by James C. Munch; "UN Bulletin on Narcotics"-1966 Issue 2 ? - M. M. - M - Smoked his first 2 marihuana cigarettes; jumped 18 feet from hotel window onto adjacent garage roof barefooted, burst into Mr. K's room, said: "God told me to kill this man," and beat him to death with fists. Then screaming he was Hitler, jumped thru window 30 feet to pavement, breaking ribs and legs. No recollection in court. - Guilty; 20 years -- 6th conference report - INEOA 1965 1939 Seattle, Washington - M - 26 - Negro, crazed by smoking marihuana, attacked a Greek railroad pensioner, J. Karakinikas, 74, with his bare fists; death. Plea guilty. Smoked 2 marihuana cigarettes at time. -- Article by James C. Munch; "UN Bulletin on Narcotics"-1966 Issue 2 1939 - J. Mines, - Seattle, Wash. - M - 26 - Negro, crazed by smoking marihuana, attacked a Greek railroad pensioner ' J. Karakinikas, 74, with his bare fists; death. Plea guilty. Smoked 2 marihuana cigarettes at time. - Sentence 10 to 20 years -- 6th conference report - INEOA 1965 Spokane, Washington 1940. Joseph M., shortly after having smoked two marihuana cigarettes, brutally murdered a seventy-four-year-old retired railroad worker. According to testimony brought out at his trial for manslaughter, M. had never before seen his victim and could assign no reason for having murdered him other than that following the smoking of the marihuana cigarettes be bad become obsessed with an idea that he was being pursued and upon encountering the aged man he attacked and killed him. M. was sentenced in October, 1940, to serve twenty years in the Washington State Penitentiary. -- The TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS By H.J. Anslinger and William F. Tompkins 1953 SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. August 1940. Joseph Mines, shortly after having smoked two marihuana cigarettes, brutally murdered a 74-year-old retired railroad worker. According to testimony brought out at his trial for manslaughter, Mines had never before seen his victim and could assign no reason for having murdered him other than that following the smoking of the marihuana cigarettes he had become obsessed with an idea that he was being pursued and upon encountering the aged man he attacked and killed him. Mines was sentenced in October 1940 to serve 20 years in the Washington State Penitentiary. -- MARIHUANA - The New Dangerous Drug by Frederick T. Merrill (1950 version) One summer evening Moses M. bought his first two marihuana cigarettes for twenty-five cents each. After smoking them, he said, "I felt just like I was flying." Moses, crazed with marihuana, went through the window of his hotel room, dropped eighteen feet to the roof of the garage next door in his bare feet, and then went through the window of K.'s room crying, "God told me to kill this man." Seizing K. by the throat, Moses beat him to death with his fists after which he broke a chair over his victim's head. Then screening that he was pursued by Hitler, Moses went out through the window, and dropped his two hundred pound frame to the alley thirty feet below. In court Moses had no recollection of the killing and asserted, 'I didn't want to hurt him." Twenty years," said the Court. -- The Traffic In Narcotics By H.J. Anslinger and William F. Tompkins 1953 NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS: SPOKANE DAILY CHRONICLE [S-August 4, 1940 p.3] - "Obsessed Negro Murders Greek " SPOKESMAN REVIEW [S- August 5, 1940 p.1] - Negro Murders With Bare Fists - Crazed Man Shouts Gold Ordered Attack on Man HUERFANO COUNTY COLORADO Name: Sheriff Claud Swift Date: Sept. 1935 Location: Huerfano County, Colo What the Narc's were claiming At Laguna, Colorado, a man was struck on the forehead with a socket wrench, shattering his skull. The man committing the crime was a MARIHUANA user. -- The Union Signal (WCTU) Jan. 30, 1937 [Esi Trujillo Victim] [Benny Griego and John Cruz arrested] Following a series of crimes in Huerfano County, Colo., attributed to marihuana cigarette smokers, chief of which was an attack on the sheriff by a marihuana user which nearly resulted in the officer's death, local officers uprooted 75 pounds of marihuana from one plot. -- The Traffic in Opium and Other Dangers Drugs (1936) Walsenburg, Col; Following a series of crimes in Huerfano county attributed to marihuana smokers, chief of which was an attack upon the Sheriff which nearly resulted in his death, seventy-five pounds of marihuana weed was uprooted from a single plot. Another seizure of twenty-five pounds was made on West Eighth Street and about ten pounds was destroyed on a ranch near Gardner. The total haul by this Sheriff's office was approximately 200 pounds. -- Oakland Tribune (Newspaper) Oct. 11, 1936 "Don't be a MuggleHead" Here in Colorado -- and Colorado seems to have had a lot of cases of violence recently -- in Alamosa County, and in Huerfano County the sheriff was killed as the result of the action of a man under the influence of marihuana. -- Harry Anslinger 1937 Congressional Testimony One finds the history of a crime wave in Huerfano, Colorado, including an attempt to kill the sheriff, carried on by smokers of marihuana and not broken up until the source of supply was found and destroyed. -- MARIHUANA; The New Dangerous Drug (pamphlet) by Frederick T. Merrill 1950 version NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS: WORLD INDEPENDENT, Walsenburg, Colorado [S Sep. 03, 1935 pg. 1&4] "Man's Skull Is Fractured by Blow in Attack [S Sep. 11, 1935 pg. 1] "Sheriff Starts Drive On Marijuana Growers After Serious Crimes In County" [S Sep. 21, 1935 pg. 1] "Griego And Cruz Attack Case Filed In District Court" [S Oct. 11, 1935 pg. 1] "Civil Suits Come before Court Next Week; Moser Asks $9200 Damages in Victor Bain Wreck" [S Feb. 20, 1936 pg. 1] "Jury Returns Verdict of Guilty of Simple Assault Today in Ben Griego Case" Name: (victim) Alfred Jones Date: Mar 1952 Location: Detroit Mich. What the Narc's were claiming During March 1952, four youths, the youngest sixteen, robbed and murdered a filling station attendant at Detroit, Mich. When three of the youths were later arrested at Kirkwood, Mo., 23 marihuana cigarettes were found in their possession. They admitted having smoked marihuana just prior to committing this atrocious crime. During the trial for murder in December 1952, a defense effort was made to show that they should not be found guilty because they were so strongly under the influence of marihuana that they didn't know what they were doing. The jury refused to accept this as a defense found them all guilty of murder in the first degree. The person who was their source of supply for marihuana was apprehended by agents of the Bureau of Narcotics and later convicted. -- The Traffic in Opium and Other Dangers Drugs (1952) NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS: TRAVERSE CITY RECORD EAGLE [S-Mar 24, 1952 pg. 1] "Nab Trio in Robbery Spree" [S-Dec 17, 1952 pg. 9] "Mother of Accused Killer Goes on TV" [S-Dec 18, 1952 pg. 20] "Life Terms for Four Youths" HOLLAND EVENING SENTINEL [S- April 2, 1952 pg. 1] "Wants to Charge Youth With Murder" [S- Dec 12, 1952 pg. 10] "Model Son Held As Burglar Suspect" HERALD PRESS [S-Mar 22, 1952 Pg. 1] "Hunt Gang in Brutal Killing" [S-Mar 25, 1952 Pg. 2] "Youths Admit Dope Slaying" [S-Dec 19, 1952 Pg. 9] "Given 4 Youths Terms of Life" Name: David Eugene Ash Date: Sept 11, 1949 Location: Amarillo Tx. What the Narc's were claiming 1949-- David Eugene Ash was arrested at Amarillo, Tex., in the early morning of September 11, 1949, by State and county police officers for operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs (marihuana). Ash had backed a large dual wheel truck over the top of a parked passenger automobile and overturned the truck. A quantity of marihuana was found on his person at the time of his arrest. --- Ash is a member of a notorious family and has a long criminal record, including convictions for theft, receiving and concealing stolen property, and affray. He has two sisters who are married to notorious narcotic addicts and criminals. Each of the sisters was sentenced in 1949 to serve 1 to 7 years for violation of the Kansas State narcotic law. He has two brothers who each have long criminal records. -- The Traffic in Opium and Other Dangers Drugs (1949) NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS: AMARILLO GLOBE [ ]- Sept 12, 1949 pp1 "Charged With Driving While 'Hopped Up' Name: Paul Raymond Vasquez (17) and Martin David Hecht (15) Date: July 11, 1967 Location: San Jose Ca. What the Narc's were claiming San Jose, Calif., 1967---During an armed robbery two teenagers, ages 15 and 17, shot and killed the owner of a beverage shop. After they were arrested, the two juveniles admitted they used marihuana before committing the robbery. -- Congressional Record -- April 4, 1968 San Jose, Calif.----During an armed robbery two teenagers, aged 15 and 17, shot the owner of a beverage shop to death. After they were arrested, the two juveniles admitted they had used marihuana before committing the robbery. -- FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Nov 1968 NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS: San Jose Mercury News: [S-July 11, 1967 pg 1] "Owner Shot to Death" [S-July 11, 1967 pg 1] "Mystery Slaying In Liquor Store" [S-July 12, 1967 pg 1] "2 Boys Held In Murder" [S-July 12, 1937 pg 4] "Customers Served As Store Owner Waited Murder" By Gil Bailey (Mercury Staff Writer) Franklin Heimgartner, 49, Cambrian Park Liquor store owner was led to his death while two unsuspecting liquor store patrons were served by one of his murderers. Two San Jose youths, Raul Raymond Vasquez, 17, and Martin David Hecht, 15, will appear today before Juvenile . . . They added they were served at Garten Beverages, 4850 Union Ave., by a youth answering the description of Vasquez. . . . [no mention of Marihuana was ever made] Name: Mary Jones/ Joe Lang, Orlando Hodge Date: Oct 13, 1938 Location: Tunica, Miss /Memphis TN What the Narc's were claiming MEMPHIS, TENN. On Oct. 4, 1938, police officers of Memphis, Tenn., received information that Joe Lang, Orlando Hodge, and Mary Jones were planning to rob Mary Jones' aunt and with the proceeds therefrom to proceed to Chicago for the purpose of selling marihuana. They were arrested on the same date and 411 gm. of marihuana and 147 marihuana cigarettes were seized. They admitted that they had procured the marihuana on a plantation in Mississippi about 50 miles from Memphis, and divided it, and they had planned after committing the robbery to take the marihuana to Chicago and sell it. On October 14, 1938, all three pleaded guilty. Hodge and Lang each received a sentence of 3 years and $1,000 fine, both having previous criminal records. Mary Jones was placed on probation for 3 years. -- The Traffic in Opium and Other Dangers Drugs (1938) NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS: CHICAGO DEFENDER [S - Oct 15, 1938 pg 1] - Mississippi Marijuana Farms Raided; 2 Tons of Weed Taken" Name: Robert Conroy Date: Nov 21, 1936 Location: Chicago IL What the Narc's were claiming 1937 Chicago -- Male 24 Attacked woman. Was Arrested. -- Article by James C. Munch; "UN Bulletin on Narcotics"-1966 Issue 2 1937 - R. Conroy, - Chicago - M - 24 - Attacked woman. -- 6th conference report - INEOA 1965 NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS: CHICAGO TRIBUNE [S- Oct 24, 1937 pg 1] "Torture Rapist Gets Sentence of 199 Years" Name: (Victim) Frank Sjolander Date: Dec 1, 1954 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico What the Narc's were claiming [Incident] 1955 Albuquerque, New Mexico - Male With companion J I. created disturbance in rooming house; they shot and killed policeman F. Sjolander who killed him at same time. I. escaped but caught; tried, guilty. 1955 - J. Spharr, - Albuquerque, New Mexico - M - With companion, J. Isted, created disturbance in rooming house; then shot and killed policeman, F. Sjolander, who killed Spharr same time. Isted escaped but caught; tried, guilty. - Life imprisonment -- 6th conference report - INEOA 1965 1955 - Albuquerque, New Mexico - killed him at same time. I. escaped but caught; tried, guilty. Life imprisonment -- Article by James C. Munch; "UN Bulletin on Narcotics"-1966 Issue 2 NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS: RENO EVENING GAZETTE - Reno, Nevada [S-Dec 1, 1954 pg. 1] "Two Are Killed In Gun Battle" INDIANA EVENING GAZETTE - Indiana, Pennsylvania [S-Dec 1, 1954 pg. 16] "Albuquerque Cop slain, 2nd Serious" [See Reefer Madness Newspaper Index pamphlet for more references]
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