The New York herald., 1922-11-28
BAHAMAS SHIPPING
FAKE LIQUOR HERE
New York Syndicate Turns to
Scotland, Paying for 1000
Cases in Advance.
PIRACY Is NOW RAMPANT
Huge Whisky Fleet at Gate Of
HarbOr Defies Law Of Sea
and Land.

Large shipments of liquor from
the Bahamas. Scotland and England
are continuing to find their way into
New York and New Jersey coast
cities. Frank ]. Hale, investigator for
the Prohibition Enforcement Depart
ment, said last night a large steam
ship. with a cargo of $4,000 cases OF
whisky cleared from Scotland last
week for the whisky armada camp
ing ground" four miles off the coast
Hale declared
"A New York syndicate" he as.
serted. "is importing it's liquor supply
from Scotland, because the stuff from
the Bahamas is being cut with grain
alcohol and coloring liquids. Evil
dence held by James r. Kerrigan and
myself proves that $4,000 cases OF
this most recent shipment were sold
and paid for before they were loaded
al oard the rum runner.
"The whisky brokerage firm that took
orders for the shipment provided that
the buyers should go out to the whisky
armada and unload It from the rum
runner. They were given receipts signed
by the New York office of the syndicate
that entitled them to take the stuff over
the side of the steamship. The crew
of the steamship. because spurious
tho liquor iotilla. had orders to accept
no cash from buyers.
Pirates Among Rum Fleet.
III the United States Navy went out
to the camping ground of the rum fieet
and started war. second battle OF Jut-
land would be staged. The deeds OF
piracy being practiced among the vessels
of the liquor flotilla are making Capt
Kidd look like a plker.
Whisky manufacturers in Nassau arc
fnding 1t more profitable to dilute the
whisky they are sending to America
Instead OF turning out legitimate stuff
and they have legal right to do it.
they're manufacturing the same grade
OF stuff that Is being made by New York
bootleggers. There Is a rate war on in
the Bahamas. More than a hundred
schooners are engaged In transporting
the wet goods to this country. The liz.
uor on board the eight schooners
known TO be standing off the coast to-
day Is worth at least $4,000, 900 at New
York bootleg prices. Considerable trou-
bic Is being experienced by the bootleg
gers in landing their stuff. with twenty
fake agents working a 'shakcdown' game
on Long Island. the rum runners have
become leary OF everybody.
Representatives Of the big bootleg
syndicate continue their efforts to buy
of the Government agents. because they
know they are not going TO be able 10
land more than "A very small percentage
OF their cargoes as long as operatives
from the New York enforcement Office
are camping on their trails.
There is more corruption IN Long ISL
and coastal towns than can be imagined
by the public. Millions OF dollars are
passing hands each week Fake officers
are being bought on We expect to
arrest four OF the fake agents before
midnight Wednesday"
4 quantity OF liquor valued at $4,000
was seized at Garden City yesterday by
Policeman William Ledley Of the New
Dorp station. The contraband, Ledley
said. had been loaded on two automo.
bile trucks at a Midland Beach pier
Five men, arrested and held in $500
bail each for arraignment Wednesday
described themselves as Edward Smith
3ii East Fifty-fourth street. Frederick
Dunn zoo West Tooth street: Joseph
McCabe. 172 East 1i2th street: Joseph
williams. 100 Brighton avenue, New
Brighton. and william Armistead. 2s
s,uyvesant place. st. George. Staten
Island
seagoing tugs cannot legally transport
provisions 10 rumrunnlng craft outside
the three mile limit the Customs Depart.
ment decided yesterday. The fact that
two tug owners have within the last
two days asked for a ruling on the
legality OF carrying supplies to the
whisky armada" said customs officials
seems to corroborate the statement oi
prohibition department investigators that
the rumrunners are experiencing great
difficulty In landing their cargoes.
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