Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-21
hlHA HOMES ARE ;,BBED OF LIQUOR 1 WORTH $1,00O,0O0
I;eb.,iacking' Has Got to Stop, Says the
 Mayor

onoba Neb., March 20.--"High-
 etersa % have stolen nearly sl.o0o,-
 M sAv worth of liquors in Omaha in the
 st few months.
 Something has to be done," Mayor
 ,b % has just written the police
 a.r a,rtment m of the city. "High-jack-
 gss cot to stop. Get busy.'
 6nt tbe liquor thieves are becom.
 7 % holder every day. Practically ev-
 ry night they raid the private stock
 some @ Omaha man. They carry off
 ,aiy loot in trucks and they have
 sssned in almost every case. If
 chance a 'high-j -jacker" is cap
 'red the jury promptly turns him
 4 week ago the "high- jackers" at
 ,eked the home of H. Book, 2701
 onth Thirteenth street. Mrs. Book
 eard them and attempted to tele.
 hone the police, but found the wires
 N been cut. She quietly opened
 n upstairs window and fired on
 ba thieves with a revolver. The
 H;eyes fled to nearby stone wall
 nd literally riddled the Book home
 nd bullets.
 Hauled Wine Away in Truck
 At the c. F. Harman home, 1O41 |outh Twenty-fourth street, ar
 oualy desperate attack was made
 2 o'clock in the morning. The iouor thieves posted guards around he house and cut the telephone tires. Then they backed big au- omoble truck to the sidewalk. Six pen entered the basement and start work. Members of the family Seard them but were without fire krms. The thieves ordered them to keep still and told them they would lot be harmed. Passesby on the |treets were ordered to keep going Eight barrels of wine were rolled Icross the lawn and carried away on he tESck. The thieves attempted to find the Irivate stock of Henry Rohlff, for her saloon keeper, by digging a tun-I Iel under Rohlff's place and with al bickax making their way through |everal thick brick walls in to the bld vault. At the home of Judge w. A. Redick, judge of the district court, he thieves made a haul of .$10,OOOi worth of fine wines and imported iquors. They made a clean "get- way" Victor Gladstone. 340S Dewey ave- ue, before prohibition days, laid in he finest supply of liquors in Oma- "a. q had enough to last me my life ime," he told friends. But the | high-jackers" last week got every rop of it. q don't know what I'll 1 O." Gladstone says. No value has esn put upon the stock lost by Clad i .EnAut it runs far into the thous- leharies Lewis, 1O3O South Thir- eth street, had a fine supply. The l olice got it in raid, but Lewis lat | got 1t back through court action he police were forced to take every 'ttle back to the Lewis home and 1 It it in the cellar. The newspapers [ 'nted the story. The next night the 1 ligh- h-jackers" called on Lewis and | entire stock. Alors Worth $12.OOO Stolen.
 0ris M. Rosenblatt, 22O1 Cassl Feet, was stocked up. He had one i the most complete wine cellars in city. Two weeks ago Rosenblatt arted East on visit to his son, 10 is student in Yale, Rosen- atts name was in the newspaper. at night his house was raided and 1 1000 worth of liquors were stolen At one place the thieves made ater haul" It was at the home of Rev. Charles w. Savidge, pastor the Peoples church. Now the pas had advertised in the newspapers .lng one of the "high-jackers" to | 1t him, in confidence, and tell him nething of the game" want to 'w him that it doesn't pay" he 5us 1t has paid the gang something e Sl,0OO,00O anyway.
 me liquors stolen by the thieves sold by bootleggers for enormous ces. The bootleggers are said to 'e disposed of much of their loot wealthy persons who own pri- e stocks had been stolen. The 'ai price is said to be $25 a quart. there is a ready market at al- st any price.
 me general public looks upon as good joke. When r "high-jacker" gets before a y he is set at liberty. The public lply laughs at the plight of tn. man, placed on an equal foot
 With the poor man as far as 1or IS concerned, by the "high- kers," but Mayor Smith now says en-lacklng" has got to stop.