‘‘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.
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