Eneas Levi: Opium Smuggler

Eneas Levi was born 27 Aug 1883 in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico to Manuel Levi & Delores Aubre.

Inmate: #26659 San Francisco Jail
Arrested: 1 March 1917
Crime: Smuggling Opium
Age: 33

 Eneas was sent to Georgia State Prison for 2 years:

Name: Eneas Levi
Race: White
Incarcerated Age: 33
Birth Year: Abt 1884
Incarcerated Date: 25 Apr 1917
Court: Loredo, Texas
Incarcerated Place: Georgia, USA
Release Date: 25 Apr 1918
Crime: Conspiracy and Violating Drug Act

Penitentiary Number: 7216

His counterpart who arrest with him and is mentioned in the article above:

He did 2 years in Federal Prison in Texas.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40758977/eneas_levi/

I found several Mexico Boarder Crossing records for him from 1912 to 1917.


Eneas would get out of prison and he would fall in love with Mrs. Maira Owen a widow as must of been also. They were to be married.

Here is this story, rather strange as it may be, it's a love story gone terribly wrong.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40750193/eneas_levi/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40750297/eneas_levi/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40750242/eneas_levi/

They must of never seen each other again because I didn't find any records with them together.

The war on drugs at this time was huge but Opium was losing it's battle with Morphine which was easier to find.

Some Opium pipes 

Chinese Opium Tin

Advertisements likes there were filling the newspapers and cures for addicts as well started popping up everywhere. Doctors started writing books about the drugs and becoming authors of sorts.

One wonders if being the addict might have been easier than being the cured with the methods used at the time. Usually they were sent to asylums to recover and it wasn't pretty, if they would survive it. Today they called it opiate use, which still contains the poppy seeds.

Here are a few of the symptoms they would have as they go through withdrawal.

 Symptoms may include anxiety, fatigue, sweating, vomiting, depression, seizures, and hallucinations.

People may experience:

Pain areas: in the muscles

Whole body: excessive hunger, fatigue, lethargy, loss of appetite, night sweats, shakiness, clammy skin, craving, feeling cold, or sweating

Behavioral: agitation, crying, excitability, irritability, restlessness, or self-harm

Psychological: delirium, depression, hallucination, paranoia, or severe anxiety

Gastrointestinal: gagging, nausea, vomiting, flatulence, or stomach cramps

Cognitive: disorientation, mental confusion, racing thoughts, or slowness in activity

Mood: boredom, feeling detached from self, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, or nervousness

Sleep: insomnia, nightmares, sleepiness, or sleeping difficulty

Nasal: congestion or runny nose

Eyes: dilated pupil or watery eyes

Also common: seizures, sensitivity to pain, slurred speech, teeth chattering, tingling feet, trembling, tremor, or weakness.

Doesn't sound like much fun does it. I feel horrible when I hear of addicts and their stories, yes it's a disease of storts but it's a war too.

After Eneas and Maria's spat I lost them, I didn't find any records. I am wondering what $50,000 of opium looked like back then and man he must of be rich. He was a wealthy merchant, but I am sure he made tons more money from smuggling dope than selling a rug or a ladies dress.