The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-25
BOOZE RUNNERS"
HIDE CONTRABAND
Reported &C ang" Has
10000 Cases Of Real
Whisky.
RETAILS FOR $2,4OO,OOo
High Jackies" Making
Legitimate Bootleggcr'
Sore

Rpt-iai lp Tho world
BARTLESNlLLE. Aug 2i.-Na-
tonal prohibition has given the boot
lCCgers an opportunity 90 play Tor
huge fortunes Tho chance offered
is IN storing whisky and waiting for
higher prices expected lo come whom
liquor hrcomcs srarcor
There iB a story afIo.l thlt gang
or ring Of whisky runners ~
hone dry' days has cached I'm
southern Kansas ana northern Okla
homa ana Missouri 10000 cases ~
wh!sky \ Wichita man, who knows
tho hootlrFgcrs ana who in.'In.nt
days ls said 10 have had extensive
dealings with them. M authority for
the report that this whisky cost tho
'unE' $40 n case, or 100000 In
cash, and promises 10 pny secured
10y signatures ana thorwife
n this is the correct amount stored
then az the present price s. the
pint hat whisky H worth about
ig.tO0.OOO
Providing they succeed I'm run
ming the whiskey into cities over the
two states and selling an Of n, the
owners would make profit OF
$1,000 900 or about ESQ per cent
ffOlth are inofmouht
These enormous profits. says the
acquaintance of tho hootlcgRcr gang,
explains why mon with money viii
engage IN tho lllloit traffic of liquor
and the chances OF being sent 10 the
penitcntinry However. the chances
OF the men who own this vast
amount OF wet goods being caught
Il rather slim. ~ tho goods ls al
ways handled through a third party
and the men who really finance the
game and mako the biz profits ara
never known In the deal. save 10 the
peddlers. and these peddlers are
afraid TO "squnwk"
Thes> prices also explain tho
bitter warfare which Ia being wnKcd
among the bootleggers themselves
AZ this time For weeks members
OF tho ring have battled With |
others engaged in the liquor busi'
ness to protect their hidden booze
Realizing that thoy will net many |
thousands OF dollars n they succeed |
in finding one ~ the caches or in
teroeptinR load ~ liquor being
brought from a hiding place into
some city. some of tho smaller fry"
have tried--and in cases succeeded
In tallng away booze from the ring.
aided. it Ia said. by former members
OF the constabularly' who, posing ~
officers. arrest drivers or booze cars
and then turn the liquor over 20 third |
pArtiea. receiving part OF the pro-
ceods from the sale for their work.
"High hackers" Active.
a slang phrase has boen coined |
by the men engaged in the liquor
traffic for this stealing whisky from
hpotlegEers by others In the profes-
stbn. II is called high lacking" and
the men making profession OF the
practice are called high iackers'
and considered by Legitimate boot
leEEers" about the lowest human
being IN existence
II the statement made by the hc-
quantance OF the hootleggers is cor
rect there is one combination OF
high -iackers'' composed OF former
peace officers NJ n nearby county n
former police officer and two mon
eyed men, which has cleaned up
thousands Of dollars stealing whisky
from the ring"
Right now bootlegElng society Is
nnNiously awaiting the outcome OF n
threat made by this combination OF
high iackers' 10 steal 500 cases OF
lipuor which one OF he heads OF the |
ring Is reported to have stored IN q
cache along the river northwest OF |
Wichita. The owner OF this booze
haH been tipped OFF, that the com
blrution will attempt to steal his
whisky, and he. according to tho re-
port, has hired gunmon 20 protect
the llduor at any cost. n ia current
inlk among hcutleREerv that bl6hd
VIII be shed II the high lackors'
seek "a carry out their threat