New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
Wet Schooner
Stock $ Cellars
On Long Island
Regular Flying Dutchman
Said TO Have Sold 1000
Cases Outside 3-Mile Limit
and 400 to Run 1t In
Excess From the Bahamas
Irwin S. Cobb Going Fishing
in Vicinity and Invites
Any Ones Conclusions

Montauk Point voted the Holsters
and fish q waste of time last Friday
Saturday and Sunday. The natives of
that part of Long Island and of the
shore towns of Connecticut, it is re-
ported, suddenly and mysteriously dis
covered that the great deep had other
treasures in its keeping, treasures that
belonged in q cellar rather than in an
aquarium, 1000 cases, in fact, of fine
rye, Bourbon, Scotch, champagne and
wines
The good ship Flying Dutchman was
according to rumor, responsible for
the bee-like spirit of industry which
during the weekend seized upon fish
ers and yachtsmen alike as the twilight
faded. Under cover of night the
Dutchman three times crept UP close
to the three-mile limit, disguised as a
fishing schooner There she anchored
and conducted the perfectly legitimate
business of selling her precious cargo
where the Eighteenth Amendment
meant nothing. 1t was no concern OF
her purser whether the little boats
into which the liquor was lowered
pulled for the shore or sailed for the
Spanish Main. His interest was linn
Champagne S65 a Case
He got it without question. No one
would quibble over terms when he
could get champagne for $50 a case.
At dawn on Monday customers were
still cruising to Montauk Point. but
their zeal was wasted At midnight
Sunday the Flying Dutchmsn's mis-
sion was ended and she spread her
sails to fair breeze, blew kiss ia
the land of the free and put out to the
open sea.
Just how some four hundred small
boats were able to carry their contra
band to shore must always remain the
greatest mystery. Twice before the
drouth on Long Island il reported to
have been broken by the little schooner.
and revenue officers lurked behind
every sand dune, patrolled the shallow
waters III cutters and YEARLY walked
the sandy beaches, confident that this
time their efforts would not be in vain
Federal investigation is being con-
Quoted into the alleged smuggling and
the force on hand to catch the whisky
runners has been greatly increased.
Million Dollar Syndicate
The movements of the Flying Dutch
man are said TO be directed by a ST.
oOO,UUu Syndlcate, winch bought up the
oversupply of liquor which Nassau
Bahama Islands, laid in in expectation
of rush of thirsty Americans, a rush
which has not yet materialized A to-
tai of 10000 cases is believed to have
been acquired in this way, and Long
Island is counting on many more mid
night adventures to slske its thirst
'The revenue men have just about
as much chance of getting on to the
workings of this game as sensitive
SNOWFALL in the tropics" one old Mon
tauk sailor, who is on the inside, de-
clared confidently
Whether or not the Flying Dutch
man exists, save in the imaginations
of parched Long Islanders, this much
is fact:
Irwin s. Cobb is planning a fishing
trip off Montauk Point in his low and
rakish craft, the Supreme King, which
is specially low and rakish with Mr.
Cobb aboard. 1t is also a fact that
Mr.. Cobb and his companions have
never been addicted to fishing hereto
fore. Persons are invited-even
urged-to draw their own conclusions