Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-12-11
Copyright. 1891. by NEA Service,

Copyright. 1891. by NEA Seryicel
Rumrunning is operated along the
lines Of big business There Is no one
big booze ring operating nationally.
but the business OF smuggling liquor
into the country In Detroit-the big
rest booze gateway next 10 Miami and
Sayanndh-is an organized business.
Bootleggers the men who sell. are
first cousins TO thugs and bandits They
operate mostly as individuals cutting
each Others throats and selling more
cheap poisonous "doctored' hootch
than high grade liquor
4 national investigation mlde by
NEA Servic. shows that bootleggers
fight each other. while the bi3 rum.
runners hang together.
Around Detroit the hquor SNUG
gIers are organized after the general
plan Of a chamber OF commerce.
A thousand cases Of hquur-3OO0 gal.
Ions worth conservntiVcly 100000 un.
der Illicit traffic Prices come across
the Detroit river from Canada every
night, according 20 inside estimates.
Only a handful OF government OF.
ficisls are there. making futile efforts
10 check the smuggnug
Rum. Runners Rarely Caught.
The organized smus;lers belonging 20
the chamber OF commerce" are rarely
cauht The little feiows are TIE ones
woh suffer generally.
.ctrs,. suburb below Detroit. Is
one receiving depot for smuggled booze.
Anybody who cares TO go there and
hang around the cCCks-if he be ac.
oualnted with osme member OF tho
gang-caU see the boats unloading.
The village Of Ecorse Is wide open.
Rrs sell 1renly Even beer bulkier
and awkward TO handle In quantities,
IL avallanle
S,lah 40 inches are u,ed by the rum.
runners. They casify evade the river
patrol. Often government agents are
sent OFF On Wild goose classes. by false
tips while nluor Is b''fg safely landed.
Persons supposed % have Influence
are given quart OF liquor occasionally,
others. supposedly more influential. get
IL In case lots.
Soft drink stores where imported
liquor can he obtained AZ 30 cents a
drink aro numerous in Detroit Moon
shine can be- obtained Tor % cents a
glass.
Bottled gods. Canadian. Scotch and
Irish brands. are Easily purchased in
Detroit \ bottle Of lrish-ihc familiar
"nfth"-Cnn be- bought Tor IS.
shipped by Trainload.
untll July. bc'oic the lIw was en-
acted against impp ting liquus into the
Province OF On'0rio liquor made In
Windsor and Walkcrvillr--e oss the
river from Detroit was sold over there
by putting through the transaction IN
Detroit This made a technical i'm
portAtion into Ontario,
Now liquor cat be made legally in
Ontario. tor export purposes
A iavuite method .or distributing Il
through the United States including
Detroit, was Tor an organized gang 20
send an agent to HAVANA. or Co a point
In Mexico Then trainlo I'd OF whisky
was REGULARLY shipped. consigned To this
agent In foreign country,
When the train came through the
river tunnel It was looted somewhere
IN tho Detroit yards Every case Of
liquor was removed The empty train
was sent on Of course. the agent never
complained that his liquor never ar
rived
Office l. Arsenal
An investigator visited the hcadqu1r.
t.rs of one big rum.runuing gang. II
was Il dihpdatcd house IN Detroit
within 10 blocks OF Grand Circus Park.
Inside i, looked like mountaineor's
shack
On a bed lay a loaded shotgun \
oaretaker in charge made sure ho knew
IN. person accompanying the stranger
before thr door was unlocked The
"boss'-head OF IN, ring-was in Lans.
ing the state capital. "on busiuess"
There IL an open space b"sId" m"
Louise aud usually on" or two touring
c.irs standing there Thoso machines
bring the hoozc from E,orso where IL
Is landed from launchce rhinr between
there and Canada These same ears de-.
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