Arizona republican., 1921-05-25
WHISKEY RUNNERS DEFY GOVERNMENT
 ALONG RIO GRANDE
|. By Newspaper Enterprise

I<ls- a seO. way zf.--N ar. Sflfn war fha, 2l'st hus Sn life, is being fought ? agt.theAr 5oss-niie front of the Rio
 The cause is swnisky. Whisky. phalanxed by mer- arnleS<fc kill in its defense, is brought into -the United States from Mexico. It is carried on the backs of burros and men. Old women and young boys are employed IS bootleg runners.
 Most of the smugglers are Mexi- cans. but the men who direct their activities, who give orders for the killing of United States officers, are citizens of the United States.
 Here is the casualty list for the past few months:
 Dead
 F. W. WALKER, prohibition officer s. E. BECKETT, prohibition officer.
 ARCH WOOD. prohibition officer.
 LENARO LOPEZ. smugglar. JOSE AVILA, snuggler. RAMON MENA, auto driver. Wounded Joe Davenport. customs officer. Joseph F. Thomas, immigration of ficer.
 Corporal Kurns. Private Keller. Private Petrowski Gertrude Montalva, alleged snug gler.
 Many engagements between federal forces and smugglers in which no one l is wounded or no liquor confiscated are not reported A number of smugglers have been wounded, but were hidden and cared for by com rades.
 Gertrude Montalva was wounded when. it is charged. she attempted to carry a case of whisky across the river. Smugglers attempted to pro- tect her by laying down a barrags before her as she waded the river When officers fired at the place iron which the barrage was sent they were fired upon from three directions | Davenport was wounded when h' and two other officers routed bant of smugglers and captured 3s4 quarts of whisky. Six armed men rode il the van of four pack horses and sever burros
 Lopez was killed in a pitched battl, between revenue men and 20 snug glers.
 F. W. Walker was killed in battl with 20 smugglers fortified il trenches and adobe houses.
 Avila was killed in a fight tha ensued when he and four others re- fused to halt at the command of of ficers.
 All Night Battle
 Thomas and the three soldiers wer wounded in a battle that started a i1O D. m and lasted till daybreal
 Three wounded srpugglers escaped
 A street car subsidized to carry sol l diers from Camp Bierne to the battl was fired upon. Mena was killed when he jumpe e has,a a1 , to halt
 Beckett and Wood were killed whe they went to a hog rarch with search warrant to hurt for liquo
 They fired only one shot before the , were shot down by men hidden
 outhouses.
 : IE a previous engagement the aut in which Beckett was pu,s suing snug
 siers was 7iSdled wita bullets. II . confiscated 13s quarts O. liquor an !, five eallcns of alcohol. ! Wood in his first three weeks 8 : ,ti Paso captured 1000 quarts 0 E whisky, 10,900 grains of narcotic U and confiscated five autos. z Other officers seized booze value at s200, 900 the day after Walker wa ' killed.
 ' The extent of liquor smuggline 2 shown by the dockets of federi
 court neTe- III Oite udN IT iitH ol
 peared before Judge W. R. Smit ! on liquor charges. s Mixed Liquors
 Six hundred gallons of contra bar P liquor are stored in the basement
 the old federal building, "Uncl $ Sam's cellar" It is of America
 Mexican. Canadian, Scottish, Cuba e and Chinese manufacture. o Fl Paso had ten prohibition off s. cers until three were killed and s, e pervisor James H. Shevlin resigned. e Immigration men have quit be d cause of the danger and there al . only ten of these left. c. c. Chase. son-in-law of Seer, T. tarv of the Interior Fall. has bee $ named collector of customs here. ' Soldiers, police and men in Il "a three branches of government SC ! vice unite in the fights again l. armed smugglers, but even then a l. outnumbered.
 I, C.. A. Perkins head of the imm y grafton force. estimated that he nee, A- 50 men to patrol Fl Paso county al > 150 for the remainder of his terr l. tory
 le He has recommended that a qua IS On the order of the northwestern D.
 lice be formed. He would have m,
 ride the border in shifts and ha
 strong searchlights at crossing place
 He would equip the guards wi
 high speed srmored cars. Tn
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