Point of no return, front gate Yuma Territory Prison
Smuggling Mariguana Territory
This small catch by a Yuma Territory prison guard in 1897 gets treated like the crime stop of the decade, with the tale getting reprinted for years to come. Whenever marijuana being smuggled into prison’s pre 1910 is mentioned, this is the incident or article they always reference.
Funny Customs still uses the same dry humor tactic, contact us to claim your marijuana…
“The owner of the drug can secure his property by calling at the office of the prison.”
The Arizona sentinel, September 11, 1897
Inmates line up at the Yuma Territorial Prison.
The news story made such big waves across the country that the federal government wanted to get in on the action… The Secretary of Agriculture in Washington hearing of the incident asked for samples of the stash for “Scientific determination”…
That ol’ case of let me try that..
The Arizona sentinel, November 13, 1897
Yuma Territorial Prison Band