The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-26
POLICE LOCATE RUM-RUNNER.
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squad of seven federal prohibition of
ficers at the state line in LongIneadow.
from Stamford, Conn, about
/ o'clock yesterday afternoon with a
consignment of liquor, said to have beer
designed for Springfield, the smugglers
engaged in several battles with police Of
ficers, many shots We're exchanged, pa
trolmen in New Haven who dashed upon
the running board were thrown Oh
knocked off and the boOtleggers drove
the heavy machine at top speed into
Massachusetts late last night.
Warned of the cars approach, town
after town along the route from STAN
ford to Springfield turned out its po-
lice in an attempt to capture the men
Several policemen are believed to have
been injured in encounters, and two on
three barely escaped being run down. \
patrOman in New Haven, who fired six
shots into the machine is believed to have
killed one of the men. Four men, it is
believed. were in the automobile when
the trip began.
Notified early last night that the
bootleggers' car was headed towards this
city, local federal officers, Chief Richard
Warme of Longmeadow, a special officer
from that town and two Connecticut off
Gals, awaited the machine at the state
line as early as 3 o'clock.
They were preparing to throw tele-
graph pole over the road when the high
powered machine suddenly appeared, GO
ing at reckless speed Nearing the of
ticers. the car sweryed to the side OF
the road, SWING back to the middle OF
the road and continued madly on its way
The officers had no time to even fire at
the automobile. \ chase in a smaller
machine had to be given up.
In New Haven, the driver, apparently
unacquainted with the city. drove the
machine over a railroad bridge usually
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but reached the opposite side uninjured.
\ police automobile was left behind
stranded. Another police machine, in
hot pursuit, was lost in the thick traffic
in the very heart of New Haven, but a
few minutes before when the bOOtleggerS
chose to dash through the city's busiest
streets.
Lost one minute and found the next.
the bootleggers caused one stir after an
other throughout Connecticut police cir
Cles. Shot at and missed by one patrol
man. the machine would be lost and then
suddenly reappear in an entirely differ
ent section of the city.
New Haven officials last night eSti-
mated at least l. of that city'S patrol
men had engaged in personal encounters
with the bOOtleggers. while constables
and special police officers all along the
road vainly tried to halt the madmen.
Leaving Stamford, the bOotleggers
first entered Milford, Conn. Word of
their approach. due to the excessive
speed of their car and their refusal to
halt already had gone ahead of them.
\ Milford constable stood in the road at
the entrance to that town. but was near
ly run down by the needless driver of the
automobile. The New Haven police were
next called and several officers rushed
to the city's outskirts. Shots were fired
at the automobile outside of the town.
in the town limits. in the very heart of
the city, and as the rifled machine was
escaping.
Fire lines. thrown about the scene of
New Ravens fire of Monday night. did
not stop the machine. Here several Of
fcers pursued the automobile. At diff
ferent times during the cars progress
through the city, three or four patrol
men succeeded in jumping on the run
ming board. One of them was hit on
the jaw and knocked off. another was hit
with the butt end of revolver and
pushed to the round, while the others
were either pushed or Knocked off.