The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
SCHOONER WITH
CARGO OF RUM
SEIZED NEAR
new YORK CITY
Floating Bar Over
hauled Four Miles Off
Shore-Proves To Be
AmericanVessel Flying
British Flag = Towed
To Port and Crew Held
In Custody of Officers

New York, Aug 2.-The schooner
Henry l.. Marshal, with u cargo of
liquor, was. taken into custody late
last night four miles off the coast by
the coast guard cutter Seneca and
brought here today The schooner
was flying the British flag, but advices
from the Seneca said there were no
papers showing transfer to British
registry.
The schooner, listed as fishing
schooner, registers 72 gross tons and
her home is Gloucester, Mass. She
carries an auxiliary gasoline engine
said she had been sighted off the
coast and that she had been visited
by numerous motorboats.
On the deck of the schooner, whose
name was concealed by canvass,
coastguard officials said they found
numerous cases of liquor, with addi-
tional spirits below deck. There also
was evidence that much of her cargo
had been destroyed.
Men on board were asked for their
papers which they denied having. A
search, however, disclosed documents
indicating she had cleared from Mas
sau July for Halifax also for Glou-
cester. The men on board were al
legged to have admitted that the
schooner loaded her cargo at a point
five miles off the island of New Provi-
dence in the Bahamas and that the
cargo comprised 1,500 cases OF liquor
of various kinds. They were quoted
as saying they were to have Destroy
ed the Halifax clearance papers after
the cargo had been disposed of, ana
then proceed to Gloucester They de-
clined to say what they had done with
that part of the ships cargo obvious
II missing.
The men detained by the coast
guard officers gave their names as
Clarence King, of Barcelona and NJ
Murphy, American; l.. Maui Frech,
and r. Pike, American, all seamen.
After examining the ships papers,
the Seneca $ captain placed seven
men aboard the schooner as prize
crew and, taking her in tow, started
for New York. The Seneca sent a
wireless message reporting the seiz'
ure to Capt. Byron l.. Reed, superin-
tendent of the coast guard for this
Upon reaching Quarantine the
schooner's guard was increased She
will be turned over to a representa-
tive. of the United States marshal
United States Attorney Hayward
said this morning that he had ordered
the schooner brought to New York
He added she would be held in Gus
tody here pending conference with
the coast guard officers who had cap
tured her, and examination of her pa
pers.
For weeks the coast guard service
has been circling nearby waters on
the lookout for mysterious floating
tars which have been reported bob
bling up from Cape Cod south to the
Capes. Montauk Point and Atlantic
City have been the most frequent
Of rum ships. Montauk
Point said that ship from the Ba-
hamas had been most punctual in
keeping appointments off shore with a
swarm of small craft and that liquor
enough to slack many a thirsty had
been purchased on the high seas and
landed along the New York. New Jer-
sey and Connecticut shores.
Atlantic City reported rum runners
three miles off the beach signalling
iauntinely to prohibition agents to
come and get it, One schooner al
ready had been seized there but no
liquor had been found aboard.