The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-04
HORSE LED The
RAIDING PARTY.
They Were Hunting For an
Illicit Sill and They Found II.
EQUINE HAD n0MlNG INSTINCT.
- Whss 0fiIcss Sunsuadsi Prsiiy Cottage
Ia Which "Mssnshlns Was Made Thy
Were VtlsusIy Attacked.

New York. Oct. i--Through The "hom-
Ing instinct OF moonshiner's horse, in.
ternsl revenue officials OF Brooklyn yes
tefday captured the biggest and most
complete Illicit liquor industry found re-
gently In Greater New YORK
Deputy Internal Collector Ray was
walking on Lihertl avenue la East New
lork in the afternoon. when he saw a
covered wagon that, 10 his trained eyes.
looked suspicious. IL occurred 10 him
rhat II was just the sort of Wagon a
moonshiner would use 60 deliver pale
~hiskey about the city, and the face OF
zhe driver was that of an ideallzod dis
Killer Of mountain dow.
So strong war the impression that Ray
stopped the wagon and asked what IL
contained. The driver struck The horse
with the whip and tried 70 escape. RAY
soon spoiled that move. and search uf
Hhe wagon revealed load of barreled IL
Giior that had never paid an internal tax.
Ray took the man 10 the Liberty Ave
nue police station, the prisoner refusing
70 tell his name or where he liVe0
Though caught with the goods on him, he
SAID he would never give up the loca-
tion Of the distiliery.
Deputy Ray telephoned 10 the collec-
tors office and summoned Deputies
Thomas reraul Frank Hughes. Joseph
Barrett. George Becker aud Deputy Mar
Thal Caldwell. When they arrived the
liquor was unloaded and the men climbed
anto the wagon. letting the rcins lie loose
or the back OF the horse The police
men laughed at the officials when they
drove off I'm this fashion and the eN-
pectation that the horse would so home
nnguided across "A great city was pooh
DoOhed.
But the leader OF the enterprise. Mr.,
Ray. knew horses well. and had conf
dence In his Sherlock Holmes method.
Dropping into a comfortable gait the
horse trotted. walked and ambed toward
she east out through East New York
10 Union court the horse went stopping
once or twice TO look around as n In
curiosity at the men who had given IL
sts head" IL seemed To like it. once
IL stopped and picked up banana skin
without anyone yelling. "Git-ap!'
At Union court Deputy Marshal Cald-
well expressed himself as not believing
but the nag kept on, sometimes trotting
and sometimes walking sleepily. To
Ozone park IL went and down Lawn ave-
ne SHARPLY To- iSe Ss right and e into the % yard
of one OF the prettiest cottages In the
village.
II don't believe it, said Ray. scru-
dnizing the place and seeing a woman's
face. peering at them from behind part
The horse stopped at the back door
and the officers surrounded the house.
Two of them tried the door In their
house from inspection the occupants had
stairs. however. two men. Abraham
AkldckSky ana ben tontfls met Nut NNUi-
ties and attacked them fiercely. Over
powered. Klacksky and Cohen were
Knocked into corner. and when they
pvere secured woman flew like fury at
the raiders. TWO or them held her whffe
the others inspected the house.
On the second floor was found an elab-
orate moonshinng plant-three furnaces.
kettles. worms and all the accompanying
fixtures Mr.. Caldwell estimated that
she plant had a capacity OF 100 gallons
day In an adjoining room were forty
barrels of mash. from which the whis-
key Is distilled.
The fires were drawn. the fixtures
broken up and telegrams were sent to
the city for wagons TO come and carry
off the "evidence."
From the neighbors II was learned that
she people had occupied the cottage for
a year and were very quiet and well be-
baved. No one had any suspicion as
TO the true character OF the place.
crowd gathered about the house. and
not until the worms and furnaces were
carried out did the neighbors believe that
by the simple device of letting "a horse
have It's head "A moonshne plant had
been unearthed In respectable ozone
park.
An extra allowance of oats was given
10 the horse.