Evening journal., 1920-06-16
wet TRUCK TOO
MUCH DISGUISED
Over Camouhaging Attract
ed Attention of Officers,
Leading to Arrests
WILL GIVE DRIVERS
HEARING TOMORROW

Arrangements were underway today
for arraignment before United States
Commissioned C John peqrce Cam, Of
The drivers OF Two trucks loaded
with whiskey, captured by prOhihi-
tlon agents yesterday afternoon, on
the Philadelphia turnpike.
Capture Of the trucks was made In
spite OF an attempt at camOuflage
which would have made a profess
siOnal army disguise officer envlOus.
One truck was carroling along the
pike as an innocent household NOV
j ing van, bedsprlngs, mattresses, chairs
and all; the other carried load OF
| booze beneath covering Of vege-
tables.
Federal Prohibition Director w.
| Truxton BOyce had his squad OF
| agents and county constables out
scouting nor an entirely different
/ booze caravan. which they had rea-
son TO believe was coming from
philadelphia TO WilmingtOn. They
missed This one, but today expressed
themselves as amply repaid for their
watchful waiting by the capture of
the two oamouaaged vehicles.
The captured drivers are Oocupying
| police cells in the Public Building.
Those on one truck gave their names
and ages as Herman FaVer, 30. Rob-
ert Rosenberg, 26. and Henry Rosen-
berg, 5S. The driver Of the second
truck is Claude Thiel, aged 20 They
are keeping pretty mum concerning
their work and employers, but the
prohibition officers are confident OF
tracking down the senders and in
tended receivers OF the liquor.
Commissioner Cam today fixed
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon for hear
Ing Paud Miner and Patrick j. Nc
i. Grath, who were arrested at Newark
Sunday after a Pierce Arrow touring
car they were driving had crashed
into a Ford car and spilled some 6l
quarts Of liquor which were deftly
slowed in the Pierce Arrow. The mer
are believed TO have been iourneyinl
from New York 10 Washington will
The ,Qontraband. They are In thl
lWOrkhOuse.
/, / The first Of the camou1aged motto
trucks captured on the Philadelphia
r. pike yesterday afternoon was take
by COnstables William c.. Tinsmal
and Lucius C.. Jones. An effort hal
been made to disguise the truck as
moving van, with brass bedstea
and spring being fastened on the bac
I OF the truck and feather mattresse
\ piled inside and on top. Two me
. were on the seat and another was o.
r TOD oil the Ifufk. llilSlldu hil0 Juut
n began an investigation. The men o
I the seat interferred to such an eXten
' that Il was found necessary 70 hand
cuff them.
Under a pile OF mattresses an
canvas eight cases, containing eigf
teen quart bottles each, were foun,
. The truck was removed to the ol
! Federal Building, Sixth and Kin
, streets. Tho men were taken to n
Public Building.
Commenting today on This seizw
Is Constable Tinsman said;
+ 'srho disguise was too clever "
= had been warned 10 hook out Il
feather mattresses and we did. III
J. mattress on which the men were !,
G Ing on top Of the load was too o
e and dilapldated 90 be good stu
he Feathers were flying thickly. N
lie body would think OF moving 10 Il
household purposes. So we invest
d gated.'
" The second camoufaged truck w
3 taken by Federal agents at the top
Ie Penny Hill II was operated by THE