Evening journal., 1921-08-15
TRAP IS SET FOR
rum SMUGGLERS
Dodge Lookouts at Della
ware Capes, Sail Up
River at Night
PATROLS HAVE
ORDERS TO SHOOT

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. Is. A
fleet OF small boats loaded TO the
gunwales with whisky from the Ber-
hudas is sneaking up the Atlantic
coast. headed straight for trap set
by United States treasury officials.
More Of these boats will be captured
within the next week in the waters
OF New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware than all Of those now
under seizure.
Meanwhile the wealthy men Of
high social station. who have been
definitely identified as hackers of the
smuggling ring are lodging nervous
ly back and forth along the Atlantic
Coast in Pullman cars and fast au-
tomobiles. stopping nowhere longer
than overnight or just long enough
to get reports from their agents.
Warrants for some OF these men,
as yet unnamed. may be served to-
day. 1t all depends on whether
some Of these for whom warrants
are issued stay long enough in any
one place to be captured. For two
weeks they have been on the move.
Treasury agents have merely kept a
line on their movements, confident
that their arrest is only a matter OF
time.
This information was obtained
from n. c. Brooks. special
agent OF the Treasury Department
in this city, who is now in COM
plete charge Of the governments de-
termined campaign to end liquor
smuggling in this district. Mr..
Brooks was in conference late sat
urday night with Assistant District
Attorney Pearse, of Newark.
Information supplied by Mr.Pearse
concerning two wealthy Atlantic
City members Of smuggling ring for
whom warrants have been issued was
turned over to Mr.. Brooks. The lat
Ter supplied Mr.. Pearse with data
on men wanted in this city.
1T as all a matter Of jurisdiction,
said Mr.. Brooks, when asked If he
intends to serve any warrents in
this city. I'VE are in no particular
hurry: the government can wait.
We might rush around and nab
these fellows anywhere, but more is
accomplished by concentrating.
Sooner or later they will take
chance and remain long enough in
one place.
AT present several of those for
whom we have warrants. and who
probably suspect it. are rushing up
and down the coast in fast automo-
biles or in trains. They keep in
constant touch with stool pigeons
who inform them OF the public
moves we make, and this is a guide
to the next jump. But that cannot
last forever. We may serve some
warrants in Philadelphia and we ma,
not. 1t all depends on whether tn
men we want stand still lon
enough"
Already the government agent
have discovered that the liquo
smugglers have established an elab
crate espionage system, with clever
spies in all the centers OF the busi-
ness whose task II Is to find out what
the government men are doing, and
If possible to outguess them. For a
time the services Of this corps OF
sleuths were devoted to the guidance
and protection OF the captains in
charge OF the fleet Of boats engaged
in Transporting liquor to this coun-
try. Now they have been put to work
as stool pigeons for the "men
higher up" who hope to keep out
OF the clutches Of the lr-v.
Mr.. Brooks declined to go into de.
tails as to the boats that will be
seized this week. He said, however
that at the outset of his investigation
he made certain arrangements with
other treasury agents and other gov
ernment forces along the Florid.
coast and at adjoining Souther,
points Through this the Mquo
boats are virtually chugging into tn
hands OF the government.
Capture of a large number Of thes
vessels this week is so certain tbs
Mr.. Brooks did not hesitate to az
nounce 1t today. You can say" h
said. that wlunin the next week "
are going TO have a roundup ,
liquor-smuggling boats right here
this territory-in the waters Of Ne
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Deiawar
There may be some taken outside
that area. but the roundup win
largest there"
The treasury agent also reveal,
the source Of the fraudulent lea
ance papers carried by most Of ii
rum smugglers caught to date. Tn
are issued. ne says. by a negro Gu
tom man at West End, fourte,
miles from Nassau. for anything Il
traffic will bear. prices ranging fro
SIS TO $50 for the average SINS
boat.
Nearly all Of these vessels that y
- no" rounding up clear fro
florlda ports said Mr.. Brook