Boston Blackie

"Stories Around the Opium Lamp" refers to the original, gritty pulp fiction stories of Boston Blackie created by Jack Boyle in the 1910s, published in The American Magazine. These tales portrayed the character as a reformed, expert thief who frequented opium dens, setting a dark, atmospheric tone far different from later, sanitized radio, and film adaptations.

fictional character Blackie
safecracker, Boston/California
newspaperman and detective

Opium: The raw, dried latex (resin) is taken from the poppy plant. Opiates are natural drugs derived directly from opium (e.g., morphine, codeine, thebaine). Opioids is a broader term that includes natural opiates, as well as semi-synthetic (e.g., oxycodone) and fully synthetic drugs (e.g., fentanyl).

Jack Boyle b. 1881 San Francisco, d. 1928 Portland, OR, 46
My uncle's beat: Chinatown 40s/50s (Sgt. John Leahy, SFPD)
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Opening Day, GG Bridge 5/27/1937 "Pedestrian Day"
That is probably Matson's Lurline.