The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
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Federal Agents Land Quarry
After Long Chase In
Hammond Jail.
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There uill be many a vacant hip
pocket on one of the special trains
which carries nght fans TO the jersey
City nEht, If information received by
federal authorities lis true. Word re-
cefved this morning was that the auto
mobile load OF liquor, which WINS he
Ing taken to Chicago by Pat Gallagher,
when seiEed by federal agents, had
been ordered expressly for one of tho
fEht SPECIALS.
watch out for two federal agents
who look like lay fishermen They
can't be bought"
Ere now this little message has prob
ably been sent broadcast among boot
legging gentry OF the middle west. 1t
refers to Chief Gus simons and his able
assistant. Eddie Berwanger, OF the pro-
hibitlon forces operating out Of Ham
nond.
A GREAT CATCH.
The warning cry Is raised because OF
the fact Simons and Berwanger
plucked another feather for their caps
yesterday by making teh states largest
single booze running catch. Think OF
til Twenty three cases Of the old oil
tucked snusly into the rear compart-
ment Of a roadster. You wouldn't be
iieve il could be done. Would you?
THE REAL STORY.
But to the Jay fisherman" part OF
the story.
Yesterday forenoon Simcns and Ber-
wanger assembled a formidable array
Of fishing tackle. They were going
down to the Kankakes OF Cedar Lake
E. and several other places equally fshy.
Gus had on his old khaki duds which
looked like they had been nunked in
for months straight. He wore his
brown goggles and sported a huge vile
srn cling old pipe. Eddie swathed him
self in a voluminous yellow duster.
BOOZE RUNNERS TERROR
They placed their hsh poles IN con
spicuous places on SerwanseE's tour
ing car and were of.
why the precautionsr you ask
We'll, Sinnons is pretty we'll known and
the instant a booze runner sees him
his foot instinctively reaches for the
gas pedal
The fishermen cruised around the
southern part OF Lake county for sew
eral hours without getting a nibble.
About the middle Of the afternoon they
moved over 10 Schneider and started
south along the Ade way. Then came
the first strike OF the day A lively
tussle followed and the prize was
landed.
1T WAS BAITED.
Near Schneider a Buick roadster
hove in view. 1t borne the usual ear
marks. Roadsters always are objects
OF suspicion As the two machines
passed en- the road the boys had
good look at the mug of the driver
That IS another mark that is hard TO
conceal He eyed them closely. Look
ing back the federal men got the
cinching tn, The car took the bumps
easily and the fattened springs de-
noted the heavy load.
TWO BUCKS IN RACE.
AS soon as possible Berwanger
turned around and gave chase. The
rum runner glanced over his shoulder
and saw them coming He gave the
roadster the gas. The road was mar
row and the federal men had to plunge
into a dense dust cloud raised by the
eying roadster The leader was try
ing out his pursuers. He slipped up to
forty then to fcrty-hve, then fifty
and hfty-hve
It was Buick against Buick vith the
best driver winner.
The roadster with approximately
ton of bottled liquor aboard, held the
road well. and promised unlimited
speed. but the driver baked at letting
hts speedometer pass the fifty FIVE
marx He preferred to have telephone
poles farther apart.
TRIED TO WRECK CAR
BerWanger's car had been m citing
every ante OF the booze gent. He wen
his some better They were soon right
behind the leader with the speed ON eter
above ffty-eight, when the fellow saw
he was a gorer. The federal men
swung UP along side. Then the run
ster tried the old game. He swerved
suddenly towards the other car in an
effort to wreck IT. Eddie was watch
ing and avoided the vicious lunge.
PULLS THE OLD GUN.
At this point simons unshackled his
old gun The fugitive saw it for an
instant and the race ended right there
For seven miles those two machines
had been burning up the roads like
drunken Chicago JOY riders used to
years ago. The federal men were
caked with dust
Now lookee here" said the booze
runner. who gave his name as Pat Gal
lagher. sol West Thirtieth street In
dianapolis. i've a little proposition
I know you're federal men. Take tho
car and let me go to Chicago and when
/ get back therell be $500 apiece in it
for each you
GETS THE HAw HAw.
He was greeted by the horse laugh
He seemed surprised and said he was
accustomed to being held up but had
never before failed to settle his case
put Of court
The trail to Hammond led through
Crown Point and the Hub was given
brill during the brief stop in the city.
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