New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
500 Cases of Real
Liquor Dumped in
Sea by Yarmouth
Whisky Thrown Overheard
OFF Cape May, u. S. Off
cials Are Told; Guards
Watching Cargo in Port

Five hundred cases Of whisky out of
the cargo of liquor on board the ILL
fated steam ship Yarmouth were thrown
overheard off Cape May, according to
Edward D. Smith, the secretary of the
Black Star Line, who appeared before
James Chevlin, Supervising Federal
Prohibition Commissioner, yesterday
morning to seek and give informal: on
regarding the Yarmouth
The object Of Smiths visit was to
ascertain the purpose Ct the placing
OF the guards aboard the Yarmouth.
He was Informed bv Commissioner
Shevlin it was the intention of the Fed
cral authorities to find out the exact
intentions OF the steamship company
regarding the cargo, and the Yarmouth
vould not sail until the intentions
were known.
An Investigation of the Yarmouth
made early yesterday morning by Rob-
ert Campbell, Federal prohibition agent
IL charge of the guards placed aboard
&c ship, disclosed fourteen cases of
whisky in and around an automobile
on the upper deck t, covered with
tarpauin. Officers and members Of
the crew were unable to account for
the presence of the whisky there, but
It was suspected that it had been re-
moved from the hold to be taken
ashore Mr.. Campbell ordered it put
back in the hold.
Liquor Consigned to New Workers
of the secretary of the Black Star Line
TO the questions put TO him BY Mr..
Shevlin that all tire whisky on board
had been consigned to eighteen or
twenty New Iorkers IN Havana. Smith
also said the captain had returned to
New York when the SHY was disabled
rather than TO other nearer ports be-
cause he had cleared from New York
and preferred TO return here for re-
pairs.
When asked if he had heard about
the discovery of sawed through lock
on the steel bulkhcad, and sevcral
boards missing from wooden bulk
head, Smith answered that he had only
heard that several men had tried to
dig their way through thc bunkcrs to
get to the whisky. The Yarmouth is
expected TO sail tomorrow morning,
according to Smith.
Several more one gallon stills were
received at Mr.. Shevin's Office yester-
dav as the result of the intensive
campaign being carried on by the Fed
eral authorities. Stills were seized on
Marion Street, Chaunccy Street and
Knickerbockcr Avenue, Brooklyn, OF
East Thirty~third Street and Green
wich Avenue. Manhattan. and or Dit
mars Avenue, Astoria. The first volun-
tary surrender of a Sill came ycster-
day when J. Moscr, Of 1882 Putnam
Avcnre. Brooklyn, gave Up his oNtfi,
telling the officers tnat he had bough'
!, 20 experiment with.
Held for Sale Of Cognac
Nincenzo Nassetto, a barber, Of 264
East l5Oth Street, was arraigned yes
teyday before United States District
Judge Augustus n. Hand and held n
$4,000 bail for examination on a charge
of violating the prohibition act. Mas
sctto was arrested by Special Revenue
Agent Harold Dobbs, and is alleged to
have sold seven dozen bottles Of cognat
to a saioonkeeper by the name OF Hay
den who is said to have come here from
Hartford, Conn, to look over the situa
ton
John Vosocea, Of 124 Cherry Street
was arrested and taken TO the Distrlc'
Attorneys Office following raid by {
SQudu OIL pIOHiDlllOu agents, Ni'"Nt ~" ,
Lotus, in which fifty empty grape
crates, fruit crusher and three barrels
Of red vine we're found.
Justice Mitchell l.. Erlanger. of the
Supreme Court, Yesterday ordered the
destruction Of six bottles Of vine twelve
bottles Of rock and rye and twenty-one
bottles of rum punch, after testimony
had been given concerning rand mad'
by agents Of the Excise Commissioner!
Office on January 10 on the saloon o.
Philip Tannenbaum, at 1871 Park Ave
nue., where the goods were contscated.