The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-03-08
RUM RUNNERS
ARECAPTURED
AT CONCORD, N. H.
Andrew L. Heming had Paid
S75 Fine to st. Johns
bury Judge

The arrest of two Boston young
men at Concord, N. H., with 81 cases
of Canadian liquors, after mile-a,
minute automobile chase, leads
States Attorney James 3. Campbell
and Sheriff Wilbur Wolthen to be-
! lieve that the two men are the ones
who were operating in this vicinity
last Friday and who fell into the
clutches of the local Officer and paid
tine OF $75 for operating an auto
| mobile under stolen automobile
plates. The man who paid the fine
when arraigned in court before JUDGE
Harry Biodgett was Andrew l.. Hen
nlng of Eden street, Boston. The
men arrested in Concord were An
drew l.. Hcnning and Francis Hen
ming, both OF Boston
The Boston Sunday Herald says OF
their Concord escapade:
after mile-a-minutc automobile
chase that was ended by the ripping
off of tire on the pursued machine,
Sheriff George A. Wooster arrested
two Charlcstown, Mass, young men
who were alleged TO be carrying a
cargo of liquor by automobile from
Canada to Boston through here this
afternoon The men were Andrew l..
and Francis Hcnning, both % years
old. Their carload consisted of II
cases of Scotch whiskey, 13 cases of
old blend, II loose bottles of different
brands and quart and half of port
wine.
Receiving information that car
full of Whskcy was headed toward
Concord, Sheriff Wooster has started
towards Franklin to intercept il,
when he met the car at Boscawcn
flats and ordered the driver to stop.
Putting on more speed, however, the
latter shot down the state road with
the sheriff in pursuit. Failure of the
car in the lead to slow up on the
first bad turn resulted in the loss of
a tire and capture. Both men were ar
raigned before Judge Brown in the
police court and then turned over to
federal officers"
States Attorney Campbell and
Sheriff Worthen were in Lyndonvillc
Friday when the suspicion of Mr..
Campbell was directed to a young
man asleep in car which had recent
ly pulled into the garage. He found
the young man had arrived in a high
powered car next to the one in which
he was sleeping. Mr. Campbell exam
ined this car and found the back
cushion missing and a pile of robes
in the car. He and Sheriff Wolthen
questioned the young man but he
failed to give any definite information
as to why he was travelling in a big
touring car except that he was "out
riding.
Further investigation revealed to
the States attorney that the num-
Der plates of the cars showed fire.
qucnt changing and that inside tho
car were Massachusetts, number
plates Inquiry by telephone at
Harry A. Blacks Office revealed that
the numbers came from a st. Johns
bury car and that they had been
stolen from local garage some
weeks before.
The young man was held on the
charge of travelling under stolen
number plates. He employed counsel
but his defense brought out little but
that the young man was in Lyndon
vile "to see his girl" Judge Blodgett
fined the younr man who went
under the name of Andrew l.. Hen
ming, $75 and costs, which he paid.
In view of the Concord story it is
the belief of the local officials that
Che operators Of the car secured their
load Of whi>key in the vicinity of
Newport Saturday night and were
flying through Concord on their way
to Boston when apprehendcd.