Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-02
Thrilling Stories Of
Clashes etwee Booze
Runners And Border
Officials Are Related
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with 1874 bottles OF awhiskey. The po-
lice had returned the lire during the
ARRAY, and the official report says:
isin thisy connection the parties escaped
am informed that q man whose
name to- as vet unknown had aSbuliet
extracted from his shoulder at Neche,.
IN. ID: the following day.
Another Gun Fight.
While near Gdrnduff ten days ago,
oficersSchased q number Of cars and
were greeted with two volleys OF re-
volver shots, one vo!ley of. eight shots
and M Of seven. However, they got
their men without anybody being hurt.
One = Burton. and one 4. g. schoon-.
loaded automatics. The men were
convicted and fined $50 each and the
weapons cOnfiscated. n
Onessof the gunner kicked the Gus
Iterns officer in the mouth as the
former was hauled out Of his car
after, having refused to alight for a
search. 9.5 5s
Three other men. Intercepted with
smuggled autos loaded with whiskey,
demanded to be taken back to, the
liquor store where they obtained their
supplies, claiming that the proprietor
had guaranteed to make good any
penalties that might accrue, from their
being caught. Customs and police Of
fcers accordingly tool them back to
tually put up a sum Of $3,O35, repre-
senting double duty and expenses on
all the cars. and signed his name to
the customs receipt. The liquor cars
were driven by R. A. Engel. st. Paul,
Mimi; Charles Fener. West st. Paul,
and G. Weigner, ST.: Paul, MINI.
Engel claimed to be in charge of the
party.
Smugglers have added the snugg-
ling of arms to the smuggling of
other things. sensational discovery
! by officers on their recent boundary
patrol was that every gang car enter
ing Canada in the -nefarious trade
carried arms, while those out bound
and loaded with liquor carried nc
arms at all Il is surmised that this
is where Winnipeg is. getting it's gun.
men and ho1dup artists. The smugglers
can run across the line with passen.
gers at any ene of a hundred trails
fwhcre there is ne customs officer nol
police post. can reach Gainsborcugh
!. Sask., or Carnduf, Bienfait, Carievale
or Lyleton, Man. in short order and
can jump on:a train and be irwin
nipeg the next afternoon.
> Daring Operations. VI
: Some idea of the daring with which
smugglers operate may be gathered
from the fact that the sheriff of Bot
tineau county, N. d., in asking co
operation Of the Canadian police of
! fcers. says in a letter:
= "There are a great many whiske.
cars running through Iour county OF
points in Saskatchewan for the pur
+ pose Of getting loads Of liquor. TIL
worst part Of the whole business i
n that the men driving these cars, ar
very heavily armed, carrying large re
$ vofvers and even. rifles. 1t reall
amounts to a revolution against GU
countries and we have stopped quit
e a. few from coming through"
Quite recently this same .sheril
d killed a man who opened a gun figh
o with him. the sheriff having his cal
8 and his deputies cars armed with ma
Y chine guns.
EARLY in the investigation a ma
e was caught in the country south {
winnipeg with an oxy-acetylene hure
d tapping outfit as well. He was trie
= on an immigration charge and ser
y down for two weeks. He gave h
name as T.. Miller. He turned out I
be Lou sDeakins, wanted across tt
line to serve a life sentence for a
le uncomfortable offense against a your
girl. On his release here he VIZ
- TAKEN " Tie OuIleu oIdISS, WIiei
le after an appeal, he is now understood
Is to be sc rving' his time.
= Another man. Ike Goldberg. an Eai
Grand Forks hotelkeeper, was stoppe
a on a trail south of Winnipeg AN
y savagely attacked the customs office
% cutting his ear with a large damon
% ring as he struck him. Goldberg VIZ
fined $3.50 in court. his whiskey co,
le fiscated and his new Studebaker ST.
IL which had rim on1y 400 miles. w:
:. held for it's duty paid value, Custom
Officer Knowles was temporarily il
= capncitated as a result Of. Goldberg
= attack, blood poisoning developing
and around his left ear.
y Chicago, Dec. 2.-Steep uptarns
~ ,,,hnot n,orL,t +odox, ,t+-aoted ~,
". ,,s,ai hnt;ca At ono tive nric,
y showed an extreme gain of 1OA
~ IL cants- q ha1Shal as Communal wit