The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-27
BIG RUMCACHE.
|SSOUGHTHERE
Liquor Laden Trunks EIude
Heavy Guard Thrown Out
to Ambush Smugglers.

With the recovery of LITE
quarts of whiskey, believed 80 have
been landed from gasolins -driven
schooner at Benedict, Nd, Satur-
day. Chief Field Agent Charles
w. Hand, of the Prohibition En-
forcement forces, believes he has
uncovered gigantic whiskey
smuggling ring. The liquor is
valued. at $11,7O0.
TRAIL LEADS TO CAPITAL. &.
The trail Of four whiskey-laden
auto trucks has led to Washington.
and police and revenue agents to-
day are securing the city in an ef-
fort to locate the whiskey cache here.
On the. theory that the whiskey-
laden truck had left Benedict for
Washington, the revenue agents here
and members Of the police force were
on guard, heavily armed with high
powered rifles and automatic re-
volvers on the roads approaching the
city. But no arrests were made, al
though several machines were held up
Information obtained by offcers
tends to confirm the belief that the
captured liquor was landed by snug
glers. The bottles bore export stamps
| and the labels were those of the
Gwynbrook, Md. distillery.
Natives of Holland Point. on the
Calvert county side of the 'Patuxent
River. say the crew Of the mystery
ship which is believed to have
brought the whiskey to Benedict was
composed of foreigners. According to
these people, the captain Of the craft
was the only one who could speak
English.
RUM IN OYSTER CANNERY.
Learning OF the arrival of the mys-
terry ship and it's strange cargo"
which was uone up in small sacks.
Chief Hand, with a corps of Balti-
more prohibition agents hurried to
Benedict. In the oyster cannery OF
Benjamin Henderson the officers
found the Lib quarts of whiskey.
This is believed to be only small
part of the cargo of the mysterious
vessel.
Efforts to md Henderson were OF
no avail. it being stated at his home
near Benedict that he had come to
Washington. He is being sought for
y
should be used for the storing of the
whiskey.
The vessel docked at Benedict at
1890 o'clock Sunday night, but before
II appeared four automobile trucks
were noticed in the vicinity and they
Immediately drew up to the cannery
upon the arrival of the craft. The
activity of the boats crew in trans
ferring the cargo to the trucks caused
comment. When asked what was
aboard, the captain stated, I'VE are
landing material for use on the State
road, and gave the understanding that
he would brook no interference.
MYSTERY SHIP DISAPPEARS.
The vessel, a two master auxiliary,
with her name obscured, disappeared
after the cargo had been landed. The
trucks also drove of rapidly after be-
ing loaded with the sacks, said to
have contained whiskey. 1t Is thought
the trucks reached Washington safely
and that the whiskey brought here
has been cached.
1t is said that Sunday night when
the vessel was about to make a land
ing, the road from the river over
which the trucks had to pass to tho
State road, a distance of six miles.
was patrolled by several automobiles
OF armed men until the cargo was
placed upon the trucks and they had
all passed to the State road, going
north in the direction of Washing ton.
Agent Hand is of the opinion that
the schooner came from some island
off the Florida coast. The vessels
size, the officer thinks, makes 1t
doubtful whether she could have
brought the whiskey from a point
very much farther distant.
Selection of the Patuxent river
banks as a spot to land smuggl I'd
whiskey Is not surprising. The river
Is quickly accessible from the ocean,
being only a short run up Chesapeake
| Bay. It's shores are sparsely settled,
and but little opposition to landing
could be made