New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Rum Revolters
Planned Rescue
From Ambush
Mine Band Ready to Take
Iron County Prosecutor
Had Major Dalrymple
Q Attempted to Arrest Him
Federal Inquiry Begins
Michigan Official Receives
Hundreds of kilograms
Praising His Attitude

IRON RIVER, Mich, Feb. 26.-The
whisky revolt" in Iron County, which
came to an end yesterday when Major
A. V. Dalrymple and his armed cxpedi-
tion of Federal agents received orders
from Washington not to carry out their
threat to arrest six persons in this city
on charges of obstructing the prohibi-
tion laws, settled down to-day to an
investigation. George F. Crummerford.
special agent Of the Department of
Justice; Assistant Attorney General
Converse, of Michigan, and H. B. Gay
lord, assistant chief Of prohibition en-
forcement in Washington, are expected
to arrive here for an inquiry scheduled
to begin tomorrow.
1T was learned to-day that a party
OF 100 miners, woodsmen and hunters
gathered yesterday near Stambaugh, a
mile from here. prepared to capture the
Federal prohibition raiders train had
Major Dalrymple carried out his threat
to arrest District Attorney Martin H.
McDonough in the prohibition enforce
ment fracas. They said they intended
to take McDonough away from Dalrym-
pie and leave the Federal agents
stranded in their railroad coaches.
McDonough Hero of Day
McDonough is the hero of the upper
peninsula to-day. Hundreds of tele-
grams congratulating him poured in
throughout the day. A message from
Edward Swami, District Attorney OF
New York County, said:
Permit me to congratulate YOU on
your courageous stand against Dalrym-
pies theatrical effort to attain notori-
ETY. tor himself by grossly exaggerat-
ing an unfortunate incident"
McDonough and Dalrymple held a
conference in the lobby of hotel here
yesterday. In the room we're hun
dred or more citizens and several men,
bers of the Federal agents party
When Major Dalrymple had emerged
from the dining room at McDonough's s
request and the preliminary handshak-
ing had been accomplished, the Prose
cutting Attorney plunged right into the
subject uppermost in the minds of all
Il have come here to issue a warning
10 you, Mr. Dalrymple," he said. "If
you or any of your men attempt to ar
rest me or my aids without due process
of law, will take you and your entire
party into custody Immediately.
Clash of Words Heard
The major retorted: w don't want to
get lecture from you, and this seems
entirely unnecessary. | have come
here for the purpose of enforcing the
law. And I think this a high handed
grandstand play"
You are a natural born grandstander
yourself" McDonough countered. You
have been playing to the public press
and have said things which have been
an outrageous affront to this COM
munity. When you declare there has
been whisky revolt here you lie"
At this point a motion picture oper-
ator interrupted to say:
,;+.; Just , moment, major; stand up a
pose for picture, please"
"Of course ne will" declared Nc
Donough. He likes it,"
And about five hundred more words
of similar conversation accompanied
the click Of the movie camera. and
then the two officers parted-one to re-
turn to his Office, followed by huge
Knot OF citizens, an the other back to
his interrupted meal, accompanied bv
a dozen members of his official partv