The Washington herald., 1921-09-10
DRY AGENT KILLS
SELF AFTER GUN
BATTLE ON SHIP
TRon PAGE ONE.


pay sseo 70 the wAtchman and si.soe
to the oficer. The contraband was
TO be lifted through an open port.
MADE when delivtfy was completed.
Lansley and q force Of prohibi-
tion erforcement Agents were con-
.csaied beside the pier In q motor
launch, and ID. A. Kissick. chief OF
the narcotic division Of the Internal
Revenue ONCE, and his men were In
another small boat Into which the
contraband was to be dropped.
two baes Of raw opium had been
drop,ed into the Kiksick launch A
ltb,rd Tell into the water. lust about
thi, time the unidentified police
boat passed by the pier. and seeing
the crew of the steamship In the
ACT OF unloading cargo hinder cover
OF darkness, concluded that SNUG
Cling party of harbor pirates were
GENERATING, and without warning
opened fire on Kissicks men,
n.tt,. Lasts AxIf Hsur.
AZ the nrst shot from the police
hoat score or more Of searnen on
,he King Alexander ran TO cover.
oniv 10 return Immediately after
ards with cries that they had been
boased. Many OF them were armed,
ana pitched battle which lasted
for alnost half an hour was started.
For several minutes. while the
fight was In progress. the motor
,aunch alongside the ship was
,aueht between the fire Of the crew
md that of the police patrol boat.
Finally the real purpose Of those In
tn. Kissiek launch was made known
10 the harbor patrol and the firing
from that source ceased.
The police, who had been keeping
watch on the pier. climbed aboard
me ship, as did also the men in
LangIeys squad. and from every
available vantage point the sailors
were attacked, some OF the crew be-
ing driven to cover in the hoio
where they were afterward found.
After the wounded seamen had been
takea to hospitals and nine other
members of the crew had been ar
rested. a search was made for the
port oficer through whom, United
states Attorney Collins said, the
bargain for the drugs was planned
He was nowhere to be found.
Neither could any trace be found OF
tne SeCOnu Luatc' ING POASS s-
Cargo valseA st sSsey 900.
Assistant U. s. Attorney Collins
said he considered the raid one OF
IN most important round-ups which
has thus far been made in connec-
ton with the smuggling Of drugs
into this port
The contraband carried by the
King Alexander, he said, is worth
approximately 100000 and includes
opium, heroin, cocaine. and a large
quantity OF wines and liquors. He
said he would question every mem
Der OF the crew and would put the
master OF the vessel, John Lam
briabis, through a rigid examina-
ton.
with thirty deputy marshals and
twenty five pstrolmen under Capt.
william Douglas, United states
Marshal Power seized the ship early
this afternoon. At the same time he
ordered that every member OF the
crew be placed under arrest.
The crew including the captain
and all the officers numbering more
than 500, were lined up on deck
and later packed into patrol wagons
and taken 10 the Federal Building
to be questioned by Assistant U. S.
Attorney Collins. He said that every
man on the ship at the time Of the
battle would be held as material
witnesses against those to be pro-
secuted for violation of prohibition
and customs laws.