Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-25
LIoUOR sAUGGLEKs WERE
 CAPTURED AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT

New Haven, July 24.-Actinr on in- formation furnished over the telephone by some unknown person the New Haven police early yesterday surprised a band of Is men unloading Scotch whiskey from the small auxiliary sworfshing sloop Jennie T., captured them al the points of reYoivers, seized the vessel and conhscat- ed about 800 cases of liquor as well as three m5to9 truck and three touring COTS.
 The seizure is said by local federal officer to bethe largest that has been made along the Atlantic sea aboard since the eighteenth amendment became op- erative. The confscated liquor is sp- praised at about 37,0oo, while the vessel and motor cars firing bae total valuation of property seized to moro than $109o00, it is said.
 Three well known New Haven resi- dents. J. Harmer Bronson, Pearl P. Per ", Jr., and William Beccher were among the IS men taken into custody , All were held without bail pending ap- pearance before United States Commis- sioner Lynch.
 Reports that mysterious vessel, sup pcsedly laden with contraband liquor, had been seen of Aontsuk Point and | that smaller craft had transferred por- tions of Ger cargo topsints along Long Island sound, from Fairfield in the west to New London in the east, had spurred l the federal prohibition officials to un- usual vigilance. Yesterday Prohibition | Enforcement Agent Thomas J. McAuliffe received information that q cargo of It. quor was to be landed somewhere in the wieinlty of New Haven curing the night l Accordingly ee rosted the men in his force along the Connecticut short, but neglected to station anyone at Lighthouse Point at the eastern entrance to New | Haven harbor. Shortly before daybreak a telephone call came to police head quarters here and the voice on the line | said:
 They are unloading a lot of whiskey at the Lighthouse Point Pier"
 -Who i5 speaking" asked the police officer, but the informant hung up the
 receiver without disclosing his Identity large force Of policemen was sent ir
 automobile to Lighthouse Point. Here
 the officers found cases of whiskey pilec
 along the road in the vicinity Of tht
 pier. onae men were unloading liquol
 from the Jennie T., vessel of six oi seven tons, while cthers were loading I
 onto motor trucks. After firing a sho in the air, the police bore down upon tn supposed .smugslers and arrested then
 without resistance The vessel was talzel
 to the city dov and prisoners and con
 traband were brought to police head
 quarters.
 The federal authorities are endeavorin
 to learn if there hIs been any connec , tion btween the Jennie T. and the schoon
 CT Pocomoke, while sailed from Nassau Bahama Islands recently and later put in ) to Atlantic City with large part Of he l cargo of liquor missing. Nearly all tn bottles seized in this mornings raid wer . marked Bermuda"
 I The Jennie T had New Britain" paint 3 ed on her stern as her. hailing port. Ne, : Britain.. however is several miles distan [ from Salt water. According to mariti1n records, the auxiliary fishing vessel Jer nie T., seven tons net, was built a t Noank, Conn, and halls from Greenpor
 NY.
 Bronson one of the men arrested ' formerly was interested in the liquor bus f mess. He has been prominently identifie , with sporting ventures in this city. SpeI . ry also has been connected with tn
 liquor trade. Beeeher is Sperry's broth
 er-in-law.
 . The. arrested men later were release under bonds. In addition to the feders . charge against them, the state accuse 1 them of violating the Connectiut liouc T laws and of ouspiring to bring liauo into the state. Bonds were fixed at s5,I