The evening world., 1922-08-05
LIQUOR
DISAPPEARS BY
THOUSAND CASES
u. S. Attorney Writes Enright
About 65 Cases Missing
From Boat.
INQUIRY DEMANDED.
Scores of Reports to Federal
Agents That Confscated
Booze Is Gone.

What for a time threatened TO de-
velop into the first serious break be-
tween local police officials and Federal
agents over the loss of liquor seized
from smugglers resulted to-day when
United States Attorney William Hay
ward wrote a letter to Police Com
missioner Richard f. EnriGht, in
which he demanded the return by
police of Harbor A OF sixty-five cases
Of booze which mysteriously disap-
peared from the rum runner r. N. j.,
which was captured off Romer Shoai
yesterday by the police boat Blue Boy
On the B. n. ]. when she was
seized, according to reports reaching
The Federal agents, were AT least LOO
cases of liquor, but when she IS
turned over to customs men only
thrty-five cases were found. The
boat had been taken to Iiarbor y, at
t..e Battery. and it was charged that
the remaining siXty-five cases prob
ably had been unlouded by some one
not authorized to have done so.
And in lire with the investigation
into this loss it was said that scores Of
reports have come in to the Federal
gents that thousands of cases of
liquor seized from smugglcrs had myS-
teriously disappeared in the same
l,A los fnNA lNas
Just who is getting tE liquor could
not be learned.
Assistants of United States Attor-
ney Hayward had let it be known
that it was their intention to search
the police boat Blue Boy and the
Harbor A Station If the missing sixty
five cases were not returned, but il
was said to-day that no such proceed
ure would be followed. 1t was made
clear that the Federal agents have NJ
intention of precipitating a fight wit"
the police of New York In his letter
to Commissioner Enright Mr.. Hay
ward said
Pursuant TO conversation had over
the telephone this afternoon between
my assistant, Mr.. Falk, and Inspector
A. ~, Aug. 4, 1922, the Police Boat
Blue Boy intercepted the motorooat
B. N. ]. in the Narrows. There was
on board the b. n. j. at the time OF
the int, reption by the police boat 100
cases Ol Scotch whiskey, but when
the motorboat was turned over to the
customs authorities it had on board
but thirty five cases Of whiskcy. An
account made by the customs authori-
ties showed a shortage of sixty five
cases
I'VE must have the sixty five cases
turned over to us immed ately and
trust you will make thorough inves
tigation and find out where those
cases are. | would be glad to have d
conference at my office between my
assistant, Mr.. Falk, and your office as
soon as possible" 4"
Al Harbor A day the police Lieu
tenant who was on duty at the time
| of the capture Of the rum -runher was
| off for the day, but policemen de-
clared that they welcomes search
warrants or anything else. They
| added that every 5Utilc Of liqIor
seized ON the B. n. j was turned over
to the customs authorities with the
captured launch anG that not one
bottle had been taken of at Har-
bor A.
One police official declared that
| heretofore seized liquor had beer
removed from captured rum runners
and stored in Harbor A station until
the arrival Of customs officials, but
! that in the cast Of the b. n. j. il
was decided to make one job Of it, sc
the customs men were notified tC
| come and get the launch and hel
cargo Immediately after capture. Tho
boat was handed over to these Gus