The New York herald., 1921-07-28
RUM ship SKIPPER
TELLS OF TRAFFIC
Outside 3 Mile Limit He
Calmly Admits Huge Snug
Cling Operations.
WORKS FOR SYNDICATE
Sells Whiskey for $50 a
Case, but Only in Lots Of
$4,000 and Over.
STOCKS UP IN BAHAMAS
Every Big City Has Group
Working in Same Way, He
Tells Interviewers.
STOCKS UP IN BAHAMAS

Special Despatch to The New York HERALD
ATLANTIC CITY. July 27.-Capt. Eric
Anderson, the young skipper of the
smuggling ship which has been float
ing around outside the three mile limit
for some time here, waiting to dispose
of her cargo of whiskey, talked over
the side Of his vessel to-day to group
OF men in a motor boat and gave some
interesting information regarding the
methods of smuggling liquor from the
Bahamas to the United States and
about the syndicates who handle 1t
after 1t has been landed here. Among
pther things Capt. Anderson said that
although he has no wireless he knows
all about the efforts the Government
is making to catch the whiskey run
ners, as motor boats come out to him
information.
The Henry T. Marshall according to
Capt Anderson's statement to-day, is
ahe rum smugglcr which was recently
5een off Montauk Point and various
parts of the New Jersey coast. where
he had transferred cases of whiskey
drom his ship to motor boats that put
out from the American shore. The prin-
cipal point for this transfer, he said. is
at the Egg Harbor buoy. out from Egg
Harbor. N. j. When ships that have
whiskey aboard arrive off the buoy. he
said, at least Ave motor boats are al
ways there to meet them and run back
and forth with the cargo throughout the
night At daybreak the whiskey snug
Eier drifts further out to sea and stays
there until nightfall.
This Is the Phantom Ship.
II used to sail out OF Gloucester and
was fisherman said Capt. Ander-
son. II do not own this ship. neither
do I own the cargo Of several thousand
cases Of old Scotch which have aboard.
And 1 am not going to tell who does ]
might say that 1 am working for a
crowd Of wealthy men. This old smack
used to sail out Of Gloucester, but when
It was decided to run whiskey she was
sold and transferred to British registry.
when got my cargo left the
Bahamas and sailed straight up the
coast to q position Off Montauk Point
I laid out there and during the night
came within ten miles Of the shore.
where at a certain buoy motorboats
the phantom ship the papers talked
about They made me laugh. All Of
the members OF my crews are Gloucester
fishermen, excepting three Newfound-
landers and one Frenchman. We mako
a certain profit on each case we sell.
We are only responsible until the stun
goes over the side into the small boats.
Then we are through with it."
Capt Anderson was asked II he would
sell a few cases and what was the
price.
"Whiskey is $50 a case" he said. land
gin Is $50. but ! won't sell less than
$4,000 worth. II you'll buy $4,000 worth
I'll knock off SO a case
Syndicate I'm Every City.
He said that the whiskey cost SIS a
case at the Bahamas.
After we left Montauk Point" the
Captain said, I'VE came down hers and
Seid off Beach Haven. and some Of the
boys in the boats came out and met u.s.
who are the people In Atlantic City
who are buying the liquor?" he was
nsked.
They are saloonkeepers, mostly.
nhey are the ones who send the boats
out. When we go to the light buoy
1r Little Egg Harbor the stuff Is stored
in shanties several hundred feet back
of the shore line. This is the third
time I've been here with a cargo in
two months. and I was never so long
Eettng rid OF a cargo before"
Capt. Anderson said he laughed about
the stories of countrywide whiskey
syndicate, because there Is no such
thing. He said that there is syndicate
in each big city. but that they work