Evening star., 1922-04-02
BRITISH TO HELP
PLUG LIQUOR LEAK
Bahama Assembly to Prohibit
Keeping of Stock at
Nearby Bimini.
|BOOTLEGGERS TIPPED OFF
Prohibition Official Accused Law
Enforcement Officers-Declares
Railroad Men Aid.
B00TLEGGERS TIPPED OFF
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. se''e,Ss
MIAMI, Fla, April 1.-Col L. G..
Mutt, general prohibition agent. in a
telegraphic report late today to Pro-
hibition Commissioner Haynes. said
British officials at Nassau had promised
that the general assembly of the Ba-
hama Islands would prohibit the keep
ing stocks Of liquor at the Island of
Bimini and concentrate at Nassau to
make the smuggling of it into the
United States more difficult.
In his report Commissioner Haynes.
Col. Mutt said he had found that alco-
hol is being distilled in Cuba at a cost Of
two cents per gallon from sugar cane
molasses which is then rectified into
whisky or gin which is "palmed off" as
aged whisky in bottles camoufaged
with fake labels. Much of this whisky
is sent from Cuba to Nassau he said,
and from there trans-shipped to Florida
ports, 200 drums of alcohol being
shipped on the same vessel which Col.
Mutt took passage from Havana to
Nassau.
Bahaman Assembly to Act.
The method of manufacturing
whiskies, ETC., from this Cuban alco-
hof was called to the attention OF the
authorities in Nassau, and Col. Mutt
secured from the Bahaman assembly,
he reports, a promise to take action
against rectifying this alcohol in the
Bahamas.
1.-The assembly will also terminate
the liquor at Bimini and concentrate
at Nassau, thus trebling the distance
from Florida, and making smuggling
by small craft almost impossible"
Col. Mutt teIegraphed the commits
sioner. Bimini is only .forty-five
miles from the Florida coast.
with this source Of supply cut
off," he continued, together with
corking and checking in other parts
of the country. 1t will soon be ap-
parent to all that strict enforcement
is a stern and undeniable reality"
Col. Mutt recommended to the
be placed on passenger boats and
that a fleet of subchasers be placed in
service between Florida and the
Bahamas.
According to information given by
the American consul general in Mas
sau, Col. Mutt reported, customs re-
ceipts at that port have during the
"yet in spite of the unprecedented
prosperity" the report continued. "the
British government is ready for CO.
operation and I'M Consul Lathrope's
opinion will be agreeable to station
ing of two or more American agents
in Nassau and other Bahaman ports
for the purpose of securing informa-
ton and watching the movement Of
vessels engaged in smuggling"
Col. Mutt also told of warnings of
personal violence received by them,
and what they believed was an at
tempt to sink their boat during their
visit to the British Bahama island
capital
A short time after their arrival in
cent, "yet in spite Of the unprecedented
warned them to be on their guard,
they declared. Two hours later, while
cruising on a glass bottom boat,
they were approached by another boat
carrying half dozen rough-looking
individuals.
1--WE will get you and your crowd if
you don't leave Nassau" one Of the
men aboard the other craft shouted.
] A number Of woman tourists aboard
Col. Nuts boat became excited and
the skipper turned back to the dock.
Col. Mutt said that had there not been