New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-25

sci has come under suspicion and sur
veillance.
One seized craft is the Jennie T.,
American registry, Captain Joseph Mil
Ter. The Jennie T. is motor con-
vcrted fishing smack, 3S1a feet in
length. 1t was taken ut an amusement
resort pier in New Haven, and eighteen
men engaged in unloading cargo of
liquors taken from larger vessel be-
You'd the three-mile limit were placed
under arrest. Among these men were
New Haven and their helpers. Captain
Miller said he and one helper were
hired for the job and were ordered be-
low while the smack was being loaded
1t was filled with barrels and cases
below and an extra deck cargo was
loaded. All of this cargo was seized
and is now in possession of the Federal
enforcement agents at New Haven.
The suspected vessel is the schooner
Pocomoke, held at Atlantic City. The
Pocomoke is of British registry and
her captain admits having jettisoned a
cargo of intoxicants before he put into
Atlantic City.
Guard on Vessel Increased
Three more customs guards were
placed aboard the Pocomoke last night,
making five Federal agents on the
schooner. The reinforcements were
said to be due to the assertion of the
vessels skipper, j. A. Roy, that he was
going to sail when he got ready, guards
or no guards, and he'd be ready as
soon as favoring wind sprang up.
The announced reason for OBTAINING
the vessel is to prevent it's sailing
without clearance papers.
The other craft is the schooner Cur
lew, seized off the coast of Florida with
ESQ cases of liquor aboard. The cap
tain OF this boat admitted, it is said,
rum running conspiracy, but averred
his ship was hired only for the one
! job. He said the trade had reached
large and profitable proportions. The
smallest auxiliaries, he said, were paid
$50 day to relay intoxicants from
without the three mile limit to snug
harbors
The hopes Of prohibition enforce
ment agents in New Jersey center in
the trial of Emanuel Katz, who is to
be arraigned to-day in Atlantic City,
charged with violation of the state
enforcement act. He is said to have q
quantity Of whisky bearing the Bahama
label found on most of the liquor that
reaches this country by sea, and is
said to have vowed he would "trip the
tiO Oii when UIOuSuL W LTidl, az MS
friends had deserted him.
Will Charge Conspiracy
Mr.. Ross said:
II have been down along the coast
and have worked personally on this
conspiracy. Owners of vessels and
others engaged in the traffic have been
SNUG In a misconception Of the case.
They believed their vessels could not
be seized and that if they were ar
rested they would be liable only to a
$3.50 fine under the Vostead act. The
violations OF the liquor laws will be of
secondary consideration in the prose
cution of these defendants, should they
come under my official Jurisdiction.
will charge all such offenders under
the Federal conspiracy law and if con-
victed they are liable to from two to
five years in Federal penitentiary
The charge would be conspiracy to
violate the laws of the United States
government"
There is nice question of interna-
tional law involved in the case Of any
craft of foreign registry that might
be apprehended. The question is of
the right of this government to seize
and prosecute foreign ships and sub
jects. This is being looked into.
Mr.. Ross says that while ships can
not be seized outside the three-mile
limit they can be watched and fol.
lowed and can be seized the minute
they put into port.
Headquarters of the conspiracy rina
were reported yesterday to have beer
traced to Pittsburgh, where it was ex
pected arrests will soon be made.