The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-18
bOOTLEGGERS
FEAR To 60 To
piles BECAUSE
Of BIG Theft
Federal Agents Mass at Monu-
mental City to Recover Loot
From Canton DistiIIery.
1000 GASES OF RYE STOLEN
Less Than Hall That Number
Have Been Recovered-Run
on "corn Likker."

washington will have q dry
Christmas unless the Prohibition
bureau locates the whiskey that was
stolen from the Canton Distillery
last Saturday
1t Is not so much the fact that
Washington bootleggers are expect
Ing to obtain any Of the Canton ship
ment for distribution in Washing
ton, as IL is that there are several
hundred prohibition agents in Bal
timore, and the bootleggers who sup
ply the Washington trade are afraid
TO 70 near their "piles"
Watching at Baltimore.
When the prohibition forces made
2 hurried survey Of the Canton dis
ttllery robbery, they arrived at the
conclusion that 30 much whiskey
the city Of Baltimore without attract
Ing q great deal of attention. 20
they decided that the stolen whiskey
was concealed somewhere in the city
ana a hurry call was Immediately
sent out to nearby cities to rush
prohibition agents to Baltimore.
The agents nave been there for
the past week and have been cover
Ing every section of the city and the
suburbs In the hopes Of .unearthins
the whiskey. So far they have sue
ceeded In capturing less than half
Of the 1000 cases taken from the
distillery.
Bootlesgers who make also daily
trips to Baltimore for the Washing
ton trade. have reported to their Gus
toners that they are afraid to go
near their whiskey cache, because
the prohibition agents are every
where and. they fear detection, even
II they should be fortunate enough to
get 1t away from the base Of sup
plies.
30 every bootlegger has reported
during the past week that 1t was i'm
possible to get whiskey out of Balti-
more. They held out hope, however,
that some Of the prohibition agents
might be withdrawn from there this
week, and they said they expected
to be able to get some whiskey to
supply the Christmas cheer about
Thursday or Friday.
Supply From Pittsburgh.
IL the prohibition agents are still
worE ny in Baltimore at that time,
another effort will be made to get
liquor from another point. Several
bootleggers have promised Pittsburgh
whiskey II they were unable to get
near their base supply In Baltimore
this week.
The stock of corn likker," how
ever. Ia not affected by the Balti-
more embargo. 1t is said. The SOW
ereign State Of Virginia is the base
OF this supply and there are three
perfectly safe bridges leading from
the Old Dominion into the Nations
Capital, which can be used as
means of ingress.
In case OF extraordinary precau.
lions being taken on the bridges. II
10 said. that II is an easy matter to
row from the Virginia shore to the
District or Maryland shore and BY
htgh.powered automobiles bring the
whiskey to any given address.
There will be more corn whisky
consumed in Washington during the
coming holidays than ever before, ii
- said, because the vendors of corn
never fail to arrive on time and th-ir
stock Is usually of the same grade so
that once one gets used to drinking
II, they seldom go back to the red
sye." 'E
The drop in the rye whisky market
Il said to be due to the propaganda
which the Prohibition Bureau is
spreading throughout the country.
that only about / per cent OF the rye
whisky sold by bootleggers is WHISKY
and on account Of the number of
oeses of sickness that have followed
the drinking Of rye whisky.