Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-18
WOMEN BOOTLECCERS
DO BIG BUSINESS
Prohibition Chief Tells of Ruses
Employed By Females To
Bring In Contraband

Commissioner, is at war with
women bootleggers.
> Women who violate the ma
tional prohibition law may expect
no leniency from the enforce
ment officials because Of their
; SEX said Kramer.
Kramer's office now is prose-
cutting several women who en-
gagged in the underground boot
leg traffic of Eastern cities. Wo-
men who attempt to evade the
prohibition laws are often more
deft than men in escaping detec-
tion and covering their trails, ac-
cording to reports reaching Kra-
mer.
Along the Canadian border
women are known to be Operat-
ing in large numbers. Recently
women are known to have SNUG
gled liquor across the Canadian
border from Montreal by con-
cealing bottles in their clothing,"
Kramer said.
'At Detroit, officials recently
| found woman who was making
a daily business of bringing sew
eral quart bottles across the De
| trot river from Windsor. She
carried liquor in small quantities
compared with the operations of
most underground agents who
deal only in cases. This woman
j had special Innings and pockets
in her attire in which she was
able to carry several quarts.
This woman. however, did a very
profitable business by making
several trips across the river
each day.
/ In New Jersey women have
been found to be assisting in vi
olations of the law by riding in
automobiles which transported
liquor said Kramer The the
ory was that officials would not
suspect automobiles in which Wo-
men were rruing.
"Womcn who rode as passcn-
gers in liquor bearing automo-
, bilcs took dangerous chances.
! Most OF the liquor running by
automobiles is done at night in
high power cars which dash thru
/ the country roads at so miles an
hour. These cars carry liquor
i'll case quantities from one city
to another. Police and prohibi
ton officials continually are at
tempting to ambush the cars and
when this occurs shots some
times are exchanged. The driv-
ers OF the liquor cars seldom stop
unless the road is barricaded.
"WOmen of the nation, instead
Of attempting to violate the pro-
hibition law, should assist in en-
forcement,' said Kramer. "Wo-
men are the natural moral lead
ers of their communities. AS
such they hold strong influence
in the matter of law enforcement
Women in many sections are get
ting behind law enforcement
through their clubs and societies.
Kramer has received reports
of liquor revels in many cities in
which women and even young
girls indulge in intoxicants with
the same liberality which marks
their male companions. Police
! Courts of many cites often arc
blocked by cases involving pro-
! hibitiOn law violations in which
women often are defendants.
! 1T is up to parents to see tc
it that their daughters do not
associate with men who violate
the laws of the land,' said Kra
ner. Il do not know whether
there is any justification for re-
ports that women are as great
defenders in the consumption Of
intoxicants as men. 1t is known
we'll th2t scores of men now in
dulge in intoxicants simply in a
mistaken spirit of bravado.
They are trying to convince
Others that no one can interfere
with their sO-called personal lib
erty. | presume some womer
consume liquor for the same rea
son now that the law forbids it:
use Tor beverage purposes.
The manufacture of home brew
is the method by which most wo-
> men violate the prohibition law,
reports received here show.