The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-26


A1. .,SAH. Ga.-With national
rr,rIlfIlu less than three years old,
...rah and its contig Lous terri.
,or, slutNvurd as far as Brunswick,
y.ouhed with scores Of narrow
.s and lnlets, has become the
t.,,Ir. uoint for the COntraband
i.,''g. .Hruly OF four states,
Aiors the swampy Georgia const
,,,,.sf.r," ships plying the trade
,ror fr, British West Indies north
,,,rd drop their anchors almost
,'.rbfiy and unload into smaller ves-
.is which dart furtively from the
,.rots,U.n OF the darkened shores on
l.r.l thousands of cases of the
'Eai.usf hands Of European liquors.
wines and cordials.
This routrahaud cargo, hurried
,,,dpr cover OF darkness to the
sbor,s more often than not success
tiy Guiding the vigilance of the
federal prohibition agents, finds its
rsy further up the coast in boats,
oycrfaud by automobile and by va
,,,rs other methods to the fastid-
ious lockers and cellars OF those able
10 pay the price.
Federal prohibition agents work.
ting the f.rritory estimate that ap-
nroyiuai.Iy ten thousand case Of
,bfs n9uor is unloaded and dis
,ribut,d along the Georgia coast on
,arb frIp of the ships, which receive
tbeir cargo from the Bahama islands,
co lmIas off Miami. Fla. These
IA according TO the officers, vary
from two TO three times week. or
oltencr, according to the whisky de-
mand.
Goes 10 supply Four States.
Most Of the liquor unloaded on the
Georgia coast goes 10 supply the
,srst of four states--Georgia, North
y Carolina, South Carolina and Ten
ncssec. a large percentage of it
does not 20 directly through Savan-
nah, but is carried overland by au-
tomohile or relayed up the Carolina
coasts I'm regular trade channels es-
tabished by the rum runners whose
customers, TO whom regular supplies
are furnished, hay, become as well
established as i'm the dry goods or
grocery lines. The whisky runners
deal I'm wholesale quantities largely.
From their distributes the stuff is
retailed TO the consumer and the
small bootlegger throughout the ter
rtory covered.
According to federal enforcement
officers, the Georgia coast, particu-
larly that portion south of Savannah
for a number Of miles, extending as
far as Brunswick, is favorable for
the Illicit whisky trade, first because
Il is'within easy sailing distance of
the Bahama islands, a part OF the
British dominlons, where the liquor
stocks can be loaded without inter-
ference, and, second. because 1t is
honeycombed with scores of cpnven-
4 tent coves and inlets. All prepara-
tons for moving the liquor supply
are made In advance of it's receipt.
Federal agents are frank to say
that so long as they are compelled
to depend on catching the liquor
after It has been landed on the coast
after removal from the vessels which
bring 1t in, they cannot hope for a
great measure OF success In break
Ing up the traffic. They declare that
the only solution of the problem is
for the government to put into COM
mission large number of subma'
:, rine chasers or other speedy boats.
Arrange Quick Distribution
These could watch the liquor
chips, they say, from the time they
are loaded at Nassau. Bimini and
4 other points in the West Indies, and
hang 20 their trail until an attempt
Is made TO unload the cargo OF liquor
Inside the three-mile limit, or it IL
actually unloaded outside the three
mile limit and brought within that
radius by the smaller boats, which
make their headquarters for that
Il purpose within the Coves and inlets
Once the contraband liquor is safely
Il landed, they say, it is immediately
& scattered TO the four winds through
n w various transportation systems
II was after reaching this conclu
Il sion that Fred Dismukes, nationa
Il prohibition director for Georgia, rec
Il commended TO Prohibition Commis
n honer Haynes the use of number
Il OF tho idle chasers lying I'm nav!
i yards throughout the country for pa