At 630 on the morning of June 4th 1959, federal narcotics agents knocked on the door of a laundry located at 1733 Leavenworth Street in San Francisco.

When James Toye opened the door of his business, a federal agent

identified himself. Toye responded by slamming the door and running to the back of the

building. A group of agents forced to open the door, chased Toy down, and arrested him.

But no evidence of any crime turned up at Toys Laundry.

Why were Federal law enforcement agents interested in Toy?

Because just a few hours earlier

they'd arrested another man named Ham Wei for heroin possession. Wei said he'd

gotten his drugs from a Blackie toy a guy who ran a laundry on Leavenworth Street.

A group of federal agents told Toy the laundry operator that Hamway was the person who'd

identified him as a drug dealer. Sitting in his bedroom, Toys said,

nope, you've got the wrong guy.

You should go to the house of a guy called Johnny Yeh.

He's the heroin supplier.

So the federal agents then showed up at Yeh's house. Keep in mind this is all happening in the same morning.

Yee's arrested and he does in fact have some heroin on him.

Now it's Johnny Yee who is in trouble and this guy tells federal agents yet another story.

I actually bought this heroin from Toy and a guy called Sea Dog.

The agents find Sea Dog whose real name is Wong's son and arrest him.

Now all of these men are in trouble. They're charged with violating federal

narcotics laws. In James Toyse's case there was the heroin that he

supposedly sold and a confession he provided to the police. Everything

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