Arizona republican., 1921-07-24
FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE MYSTERY
 SHIP" WITH BIG
 CARGO OF BOOZE
SWORD FISHING SLOOP CAUGHT INV SPECTACULAR NIGHT RAID ON NEW JERSEY COAST IN AT TEMPT TO LAND $50, ,OOO CARGO
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 NEW HAVEN, Conn. July 2a.-In the seizure of the auxiliary sword fishing sloop Jennie T, of Northport, N. r., the confiscation of liquor val ued at more than s50,000 and the arrests of IS men in a spectacular raid today. federal officials believe they have solved-partially at least the mystery attached to the elusive pirate ship which has been sighted at various times off the New Jersey coast near Montauk Point, and in Long Island sound
 The authorities have not yet deter mined whether there was any direct connection between the Jennie and the British schooner Pocomoke, they said tonight The Pocomoke, bound from Nassau, Bahama Islands, with liquor consigned to Canadian ports, put into Atlantic City few days ago with her cargo missing It was ex- plained at the time that the liquor had been jettisoned at sea. The Jen- nie T docked at Lighthouse Point. an amusement resort at the eastern entrance of New Haven harbor, early today, laden to capacity with a valu- able cargo of liquor, the marks on the cases and bottles indicating that it came from Bermuda and the West Indies.
 In the opinion of the federal pro- hibition enforcement officials, the Jennie T received her freight from a larger craft somewhere. off the Long Island shore. probably just outside the three-miIe limit. The Jennie T, they pointed out, is too small yes sel to make a voyage from either Bermuda or the Bahamas with as heavy freight as the raiding party found on board this morning
 The IS men included Joseph Miller. skipper of the Jennie T; J. Harmar Bronson, a well known local sports man; Pearl P. Sperry, Jr. an ex- liquor dealer. and David Gherlone. president of the French Italian Im- porting company of this city.
 All were released on bonds of $3, 900 each for a hearing Monday.
 The arrests and seizeure were
 spectacular Prohibition Enforce
 ment Agent McAuliffe. acting on in-
 formation that an attempt might be
 made during the night to land liquor | on the Connecticut shore. had his | forces posted at most of the strategic
 positions but had overlooked Light
 house Point. About 2:30 o'clock this
 morning New Haven police head quarters were notified by some un-
 known telephone informant that a boatload of liquor was being put
 ashore at Lighthouse Point. Several
 automobile loads of officers. armed
 with riot guns, were rushed to the
 spot. As they approached, they
 could see cases of contraband piled
 high on the pier. while crowd of
 men was removing the Jennie T's cargo. With guns drawn the of- ficers charged the party, which sur
 rendered without a struggle
 Captain Joseph Miller of the aux Hilary fishing sioop Jennie T, which
 was seized while the crew was land- ing a cargo of contraband liquor at Lighthouse Point early this morning. in a statement to the Register. said
 that he had been approached by a
 stranger at Block Island and offered
 $50 day if he would pick up cargo
 at sea and successfully deliver it to
 this port.
 Captain Miller stated he accepted the proposition and started off from Block Island just as 1t was getting dark. They went out to sea in a | southerly direction for two hours | Then, according to the captain, they came upon a schooner which was | lying in wait for them
 The schooner had two masts and there were a lot of men on board. | Captain Miller and his helper were told to go down in the cabin and
 mind their own business. He stated that he could hear the men loading | the boat, filling the hold and then putting on a deck load When this was finished, Captain Miller headed the Jennie T for shore. The stranger | laid out the course and told Miller. | according to his statement. just how | to steer and how to get into New
 Haven harbor, which Captain Miller
 stated he had never entered before. According to the captain. when they | reached the docks everything was in readiness for unloading with trucks
 and men waiting. Captain Miller has
 as yet been unable to secure bonds for his release. His helper. who Cap