The Washington times., 1920-07-20
LIQUOR
CACHE FOUND
Revenue Agents and Police Plan
To Seize Sellers and
Their Hoard.
ARRESTS EXPECTED HOURLY
Men Involved Well Known in
City's Legitimate Business
Life, II Is Said.

Within the next few days the big
gest sources of supply of liquor in
Washington will be seized, revenue
agents say, and they also declare
several "big men" will be arrested
in connection with the seizures. The
stock Of liquor has been located, and
is being watched by the revenue
agents to prevent its being removed,
they assert.
TO WIFE OUT STILLS.
The revenue agents expect to wipe
out stills in this city In the next
week or so, or at least to reduce them
to a negligible number.
For a week or more Government
officials have been devoting most of
their attention to large sellers OF
wbiskey here-men who supply the
bootleggers-anda arrests are expected
any hour.
According to Federal officers, sew
eral men well known in the legitimate
business life of the city have been
engaged in wholesale selling Of liquor
to bootleggers for several years and
have so systemized their business
the risk has been reduced to the
minimum. They have had plenty of
capital so they have bought whiskey
the small risk they took in disposing
of 1t we'll worth while. The whiskey
has been brought into Washington
and the nearby Maryland counties in
large quantities and disposed Of to
the bootleggers.
FORMER LIQUOR DEALERS.
Several Of these men, it is said
were engaged in the liquor business
before the city was made dry and
knew all that was to be known
about whiskey and how to handle 1t.
1t Is said they have bought in barrel
lots, and adulterated the whiskey so
that their profits, in many instances
have been more than 1.OO0 per cent.
They also bought bonded goods in
large quantities and were in touch
with Illicit distillers in nearby.
States, who made whiskey of good
quality, 1t is charged.
The agents attached to the office
of the Prohibition Commissioner for
the next few days will devote the
major portion of their time to the
running down makers of whiskey in
and about Washington. They say
the number still has been decreased
materially in the last month, but that
many still are running. Most of the
stills are making what is known as
"corn whiskey," which sells much be-
low the cost OF the rye whiskey,"
which has been obtainable in WASH
ington for some time.
WATCH BOTLEGGERs, TOO.
While the revenue agents are work.
ing on the stills, the retail bootleg
gers will be given less attention, but
a watch will be kept on them by the
revenue agents and the police-the
police giving all their attention to
agents will concentrate on the max
ers of whiskey and the wholesale
bootleggers.
1t is reported that whiskey is be-
ing made in Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties in large quantities.
In Montgomery county, near Rock
willie, it is said two persons are max
ing large quantities of "eorn whis-
key" They are reported to be doing
a LAND office business" selling it at
SO a quart, and have become so bold
in peddling their products and brag-
ging Of how much they make a day,
that their actions have been reported
TO the revenue agents and an inYes-
tigation Is being made.
In Prince Georges county, Md, it
is said, whiskey is not being made
in such large amounts. but large
quantity OF it has been stored there
by Washingtonians, who were afraid
Of being detected in bringing it into
Washington from Baltimore end
Pennsylvania cities. They visit their
caches at frequent intervals, It is
said. and bring in whiskey in auto
mobiles. This county is also sail TO
be the storing place for a large
quantity Of whiskey. which Is own
ed by Washington bootleggers, and
they make almost daily trips to their
storehouse for the needs OF their
Washington customers.