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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1925)
‘‘Cunning Plot,*" Van Camps Reply to Drug Arrest • —- . _ County Physician Charges Narcotic Agents “Framed” Narcotic Selling Case Against Him. A plot "conceived In cunning minds and executed by trickery," was the answer Tuesday of I)r. J.ee Van Camp, for 14 years county physician of Douglas county, to charges of sell ing narcotics, filed against him by government agents. Dr. Van Camp is held under $5,000 bond, fixed by I'nlt ed States Commissioner Mams Mullen. Pending outcome of a trial no ac tion affecting Dr. Van Camp will he taken by the board of county com missioners, it was announced Tues day. Revealing for the first time what he described as the real truth of the series of circumstances which led up to his arrest, Dr. Van Camp told of three visits to his office during March of a confessed “dope" fiend. Asked for “Sliot." “Thle man first came to sen me amt asked for a shot of dope. I looked him over and saw that he need ed it. I gave him a shot. He said he had rijjicer of the stomach. After 1 iJ.ijJ treated him I told him to get out ef town. He said he would. { "About a week later the same man 4ame back for another shot. He need ed it and got it. I again told him to 1‘ave Omaha. Another week went by nd he came back. When I saw him ordered him out of the office. He lanced quickly about him. grabbed a ottle of morphine from rrvjt desk and ed. Marked Money, Claim. I "A few minutes later the federal Ifficers rushed into my office. They Searched different places. One of {hem picked up $15 in bills from my jesk. 'iney claimed it was marked frioney given the dope fiend to buy {rugs from me. When the agent Slicked up the money it was the first ntimation I had that it was there. The drug addict unquestionably drop ped it here when ha grabbed the pottle of morphine and ran.” * Regarding two prescriptions for fcarcotics which the government {gents charge he gave to addicts in Return for two payments of $15 each, jlr. Van Camp said he would let the aecords of his office answer. The {gents said drugs were obtained on the prescriptions from Omaha drug ■tores and charged to the county. I Target of U. S. Agents. The government agents said they {ad been investigating the adminis ^•atlon of Dr. Van Camp's office for six months before they obtained the evidence on which they made his grrest. This brought the reply from fhe accused physician that he had ijeen the almost constant target of tfhe government agents for many ^ears. “Every time a new govern ment agent comes to Omaha he starts on me,” he declared. “I Ifn.ow they have been watching my », office. I have nothing to hide from tjiem or the public. The records are ijpon and anyone who wishes may see them.” \ The records show that Dr. Van (fnmp during December, January and February had written 12 prescrip tlops calling for ^arcotics. Three were filed in December. In Jan uary five were written, three to an itg^d man recorded as an addict and two to women afflicted with cancer. The February record shows four prescriptions issued. The March weerd is not available. *The raid on the county physician's qffirq_ was made by Narcotic Agents Matthews and Kennedy. No Known Violation. * Acting Chief of police rszanowski and Chief of Detectives Danbautn joined in this observation: J "We w4re surprised to hear of his arrest. AVe have sent a lot of men lfom the city jail up Dr. A’an Camp Stome of them come here in a ter rible shape and in agonizing misery, {be have no way to care for them lfere so we send them to the county ifiysiclan. So far as we have ever known there has been no violation of tjie narcotic laws by Dr. Van Camp. Jj" has always co-operated in every * with the police department." Best of Reputation. « Dr. Earl C. Sage, secretary of the fjnunty Medical society, declined to talk on the charges other than to 1 say that the medical society would not take any action until after Dr. A’an Camp had been given a trial. “The society probably will be gov erned by whatever is done In court," he eald. County Commissioner Henry Mc Donald eaid: “W« have only a news paper report of the cate, but I am sure we will take no action until fed eral authorities are all through with the case. The commissioners haven't even discussed the case. The matter of appointing or reappointing a coun ty physician doesn’t come up unless we are making a change.” County Commissioner Chsriee Ku bat said: “1 don’t know anything about the merits of the case against Dr. Van Camp, therefore I can't make any statement concerning it." County Commissioner Harry Couns msn said: “Dr. Van Camp is an old and apparently a faithful employe of the county. I didn’t hear of the charges until newspapers informed me of them. They are serlpus, hut there may he circumstances which will clear the doctor entirely.” Lid’s Arm Cut Off when He Falls Between Cars Plattsmouth, March 31.r—Gian J>ee, 16, of Aurora, 111., ln*t his left arm In tha Burlington yards at Pacific Junction, when ha fell between the cars aa ha was walking along tha top of a freight train on which he and two boy companions from Aurora wers attempting to make their way east after an unsuccessful quest for wotk through tha wekt. The lad was brought hers for medical attendance and later sent on to his horns. Bishop Miller to Speak. Bishop George A. Miller will speak In Grace Methodist church Wednes day evening. Grace church Is the first one of the Methodist churches of the city to have all their world service budget, subscribed for this year. Dr. C. C. Clssell will also bs present and Introduce the speaker. County Physician Has Held Post Here 14 Years, Despite Politics After a quarter of a century in the service of Douglas county, Dr. Dee Van Camp, county physician, has been arrested. The physician, accused of selling narcotics, obtained his first position with the county in 1900 as Interne In the county hospital at $90 a month. Fourteen years ago he was named to his present position, and despite shitt ing of the personnel of the board of county commissioners, with politics as the determining factor. Dr. Van Camp always was named to succeed himself. The accused physician was born and reared In Omaha and received his early education in the public r schools of the city. He was a student at the University of Nebraska, where he graduated in 1898. Dr. and Mrs. Van Camp live in a rented home at 4S14 Underwood ave nue. They have a 5-year-old daugh ter, Mary Lee. With them live his sister, Mrs. M. M. AValker, and her twin daughters, Grace and Mar guerite. In the family group also Is Charles L. Van Camp, 78, father of the physician and former county com missioner. He also served during his period of political activity as city councilman. Broken How—Hastings Concert company is to appear at th Sun thea ter in Broken Bow April 1. ===T baked tj* boiled When you boil beans ^ the flavor goes into the water. 7 I When you bake * * % I beans the flavor stays in the beans. Heinz Beans are oven-baked. The label says so—the flavor proves it. So it pays to read the label when buy ing beans. OVEN-BAKED BEANS with tomato sauce - ■ ■ md Wbtn in Pittsburgh visit tbs Htinx kitcbsnt Glaze Your Car Now! To keep our glaziers lmsv we will glaze I FORD ears at special prices as follows: WINDSHIELDS, each.<..$4.00 DOORS and WINDOWS, each, $5.00 ^ Other Cars at Low Prices. 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