Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
'lFF|C|ALS HUNT
I NEW rum NINE
h,stice of Peace Says He and
o,hers Have Just Begun Ocean
County Activities
cAeE MAN SEEKS FREEDOM
RI a sto6 Correspondent

vbisky seized here are not part OF the
pocomoke's cargo, but were put ashore
,ror the rum running schooner Henry
7, Marshall, the local authorities have
,dvised Federal officials IN New Yorl,
shsy are confident they will uncarth
more nor of the smuggled liquor from the
.snds of Ocean County.
Justice Of Peace Arthur King. who
rss one of the party VINO arrested
andrew Grob, Atlantic City cafe
nwner, now serving three month
sentence imposed here yesterday, de-
clares he can prove that the John W.
Maxwell arrested with Groh may be
connected up as the master OF either
,bs Pocomoke or the Marshall.
Maxwell holds q masters license,
and he halls from New Gretna. down
nssr nn the Great Bay" said Squire King.
"gs did not fool me one bit. We are
wise 70 the whole lay Of this smuggling
scheme and we are going to expose the
Whole affair. Maxwell got away from
"s m the violation of the Van Ness
Act but we have information to give
the Federal authorities that may result
IA new arrests.
Thoroughly in Touch
nFor the last month we have been in
touch with the conditions along
Barnegat Bay. We knew that certain
boats we're running in and out of the
bay at unusual hours of the night and
we have been on our toes.
"When the Marshall was seized off
garnegat the captain and mate escaped
In A fast motorboat. That boat is
known to us, and we know that she is
Iha
for will be known to us before long
and II it is not Maxwell, we will know
who i Is,
d;gging expeditions before long. and
tbink we will uncover another 'hootch'
mine.
Residents along Barnegat Bay have
bepn expecting arrests for some time. n
number of bay residents recall seeing
mysterious signals from of shore for
the last month.
G. W. HallccE. who lives along the
bay. saws he has noticed at numerous
times mysterious signaling from boat
of shore.
"NIy wife and myself werc on the
Boardwalk at Seaside PARK early the
other morning." said Mr.. Halleck." She
Is a State official of New Jersey. 1t
was about / 80 o'clock. ] was leaning
on the rail looking seaward when sud
denly ] saw three distinct flashes Of
what appeared 60 be the headlight of
an automobile. called my wife's at
tpntion to the light. and she remarked
that it was funny that no other lights
were visible and suggested that some
person might be bent on robbing tho
fish pound. A few moments later the
flashes. three in number. were repeated.
Then heard the chugging of the motor
Of a speedboa: going down the coast.
Now am convinced that this boat was
running whisky ashore
Two Ships or Barnegat
A number of other bayside residents
gave like reports.
That both the PocOmokc and the
Marshall were off Barncgat now appears
certain. \ score of outside fishermen
report having seen both SrhoOncrS off
shore at least on four days.
GrOb. part owner Of the Extra Dry
Cafe, 11l2 Atlantic avenue. Atlantic
City, was not disturbed in tn" least by
his three months sentence. except when
he learned the others had been released.
Gee, I'm going TO have this nice new
Jail oil to myself, with the precious
cargo of booze only for company" Grob
said. That certainly is tough, but it
won't be that way long; I'll be out in a
jify."
What boat did the booze come
from" was asked Grob.
You can't &c: me to say ANYTHING.
except that ! would like TO have a drink
OF the whisky that put me here" he re-
pIied. Talking wont get me out. and
lnat sure. but writ will. and I'm
gong to sit tight until my lawyer comes
70 take me away"
Now that you have been sent 70
Jail. why not tell about the rum-run-
ming trip of the PocomolicT' Grob was
asked
Nothing doing--Im not talking"
he replied.
"Win you admit that the 1928
bottles seized were part of the cargo
OF the Pocomoke?
mo. won't; I was not on the
Focomokc,' he answered.
why. you admitted being on the
,rraise of the Pocomoke and you were
listed on the schooners articles as first
mate, he was reminded.
HOW do you know that was me?"
was his retort.
Tour own word for it when you we're
3asstioned in your Extra Dry Cafe in
atlantic City," he was told.
. say, boy, have good cigar on me,
~ 40 you prefer n cigarctte?" said
H'pp, proferring box of choice cigars
W nls interviewer. "I'm not n talker al
'"S 'ime and especially not now.
Not From Pocomoke
viii tell you that the whisky that
was seized did not come off the POGO
moKe. declared Grob.
Ihen IT must have been part of the
cargo of the Henry J.. Marshall. the
schooner, suGOoner seized off Barnegat," it was
I'm not talking, nor am I telling
.,Sre .WSere the whisky came FROM" he said.
1. sorry but you will have to dig further
n You you want to get real facts. You will
trOn fuse me, as l am reading an ex.
.nWy%hely interesting story entitled,
c,e cMheh Lightning Strikes " were
omt ~,oo parting words, as he stretched
tbo t"s IN MS rocking chair and assumed
Si,h t ar OF person perfectly content
"',h his surroundings.
@ As matter of fact John Il. Fort.
omns an, VINO is Grob's partner in the
SS%hnership Shn of the Extra Dry Cafe, and
SOn Smo mas been here since Sunday en-
;sa'orihs Il to get his partner out of Jail,
srraat tch more concerned over Grob's
arteSt .eS than is Grob.
to,a 81 must get Andy out" Fortman
;Ooa ;oa oherit Brown. Money is no oh.
len"; VIII put up any amount you
AnSv,S I;,: Money means nothing with
n lionlah roioh was told that the authority
Stat e'eHSe g Grob was vested only in a
''"ss "I. SupreHe Court Justice.
and ! Is, eh' Well, lead me to one
Fortm0Nw VIII get the papers," declared
IN nen np Grob's partner was taken in tow
half oa.i Tor Maxwell, who had been
bolS ~ SloOO cash bail or $4,000 free
the ESsstturity. Fortman gave as bond