The New York herald., 1921-08-14
9 P. c. BEER RUSHED
ACROSS TO DETROIT
Dozen Boats an Hour Leave
Canadian Side in Charge
of Smugglers.
TWO REPORTED TAKEN
State Agents in Speed Craft
and State Troopers
Evaded.
TRYING TO SET RECORD
Work From Early Morning
Until Late at Night Stocking
Up Bootleggers in U. S.
TRYING TO SET RECORD

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DETROIT, Aug. 13.-An average Of a
dozen boats an hour pulled out from
Walkerville and Sandwich, Ont, from
O'Clock this morning until late to-
night, each one loaded down with
cases of per cent. beer. The craft
were headed for coves and secluded
Landing places on the American side.
out on the lake three high powered
speed boats, manned by State agents,
cruised up and down seeking the boot
leggers from Windsor. Sandwich and
other Canadian points.
Patrolling the lake front were sew
enty-fiye State troopers, modified here
last night to check the flow of booze
which started last Wednesday when
Magistrate Gundy in Windsor ruled
that Canadian customs officials had no
authority to prohibit or to interfere
with liquor shipments to the United
States.
There were unconfirmed reports to-
night that two liquor laden boats had
been overtaken by the police power
craft near Ecorse, a river suburb of
Detroit and the stock seized. In the
afternoon four men were arrested.
The quartet was classified as small
fry" not experienced in the art of
scientific smuggling. No member Of
the real organization-and a powerful
organization certainly exists-has as
yet been caught.
Federal agents raided a house on
the river front in Ecorse this after
noon and seized 200 pints of beer and
twelve quarts of whiskey.
Rum Running Now Science.
Rum running along the border has be-
come a science. The runners are profess
sionals who will stop at nothing in their
endeavor to land the liquor on the
American side of the Detroit River. They
have been drawn to this territory by the
big money" that can be made, and are
considered by officials, both local and
Federal, as being the country's most
desperate and undesirable citizens.
That they are trying to establish a
recotd these days was the word received
both Sandwich and Walkerviile trucks
load after truclSload. The hustle along
the docks continued even with reports
of the arrests.
For the present the smugglers are con-
centrating on . per cent. beer. manu-
factured legally in Ontario plants under
n recent Windsor court decision that to
brew for export was perfectly proper
under the Ontario Temperance act Ship
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sale lots is scheduled to begin next
Monday
Reports were current to-day that not
only had beer been shipped this week to
Detroit by water, but that more than a
dozen carloads. camouflaged as hay, had
entered that city by rail. These reports
had it that while the centre Of the cars,
near the side DOORS had been filled with
hay case upon case of beer had been
stacked at the ends.
According to water front gossip, the
rum runners had increased their efforts
to get liquor across the border to satisfy
demand of Michigan roadhouses which
were reported to be expecting an un-
equalled week end trade Some Cana
dian liquor has got far as Toledo and
Port Huron. according to report.
Reasonably fast motorboats are the
craft most used in the liquor traffic
Each carton contains two dozen pint
bottles Every now and then a rowboat
Is pressed into service. This slow
method of transport, however, fast is
passing out of STYLE with Michigan State
police on the job.
Beer Does Not Go Back.
At Federal prohibition headquarters
1t was stated several American dry
agents had come to Windsor to look
over the oasis and determine the best
method to battle with the wholesale
liquor smuggling. Ontario provincial
police and license department officers
also took cognizance of the situation in
order to determine whether any beer
was finding it's way back into Canada.
They said they had discovered no evil
dence OF this.
Open fights between rum runners and
officers are predicted. The smugglers
are used to taking chances and will fight
II cornered AS many of them possess
as speedy boats as the officers keen races
for landings are expected.
Ecorsc Made Very Wet.
Ecorse. the suburban haunt of the
bootlcggers. probably was as wet last
night as human effort could make II.
Beer flowed in a flood. but no whiskey
was seen in a reporters travels through
dozen of the river front resorts. Ii
was per cent beer and IL was obtain
able anywhere for 60 cents bottle.
Where everything was open for the
world to sec stories of adventurous voy
ages were told freely. A late conner at
one bar. French Canadian smuggler,
apologized for his hardness and an
nounced that "the boat was about
mile down the beach, A man with his
cap snugly about his ears was pointed
out as master workman who consid-
cred the day lost when he didn't bring
over 1000 cases"
Better take him over where the boat
is coming In" one man suggested The
headlights were extinguished and a aim
spot light turned on the uneven road
way. The car stopped in n deep black
ness twenty-five yards from the beach
The spot light was doused Everybody
talked as II the German front Inc
trenches were around the corner.
In the middle OF the river the iphts
OF freighter came and went. Then
after minutes that seemed hours TO .he
silent group on shore. there appeared n
boats shadow 1t, came W and was
pulled In by those on shore.
The cargo was astern. 1t consisted OF
Kegs and cases. There might have boon
ice water In them. They were opened
and passed from hand TO hand as a fire.
bucket line might function. Then the
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