Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-16

Enjoying tho corporation Of tho
bootleg sccr"t hcrvicc ashore, the
smuggling u.et ocraaiunRlly pets
warming that spsclal vigilance by tho
prohinlti"n navy or the ountoms pa.
tr"I Ia In prospect. whcrrupon the
LIQUOR ships comport thrmsclvca with
caution and proceed TO sca. They
turn nhout when tho radio bring.
word that the coan, once again. lit
orally. Is clear.
Warned OF Any Danger.
with 200 m.l-s or NOR. OF possible
landing place. along the coasts sur
rounding Greater New York the OPP
b"rtuh'''"s for putting EnuRRlrd
liquor asher" are virtually Iimi,icrs
Covcs. inlots and miniature harbur-
az. profu.elE abundant The little
Fedora prohibition navy" Of sui :
chas-rs and mutor launches II pa
ih-tical!y Incapable "t exercising
even an approximate surveillance.
The customs service and the coast
guard cannot b-sin to xrapple with
The situation. Tn. New York polio.
patrol boat. make. or try TO make
- - 49, w "a" kpOi ts no CutChrS
~ all III they do nab II smuxgl.r
h"w AMI then" Federal otrcial la
'n"nts. ITS dollars TO dOughnuts they
struck customer who wouldn't
cone sCrohr
IL has been vrracionsly asserted
mat liquor Suusgl-rs are often es-
c"rted TO narbor and then shaken
town You VIII near there i- n
likely competition to intercept rum
runners IN order to -Ntor, the s. pc,
'aS" grnft money. which 10 said to
'" the market rate for allowing II.
I'"it Spirits to squeeze through.
n"sh {" D-.,in.tion u, Auto.
one" pat down AT prearran4-d
i'"in's asii"r. known IL tn. tran. a.
drop, ~ smnegi"d cargo-s are piled
ltio autrin"bii'S "r trucks and
rushed a. hr-aancck speed 10 N-w
York. Newark H"bok-n. J-rs"y citv
go -"n- "th"r bootleg diStiiouring
center. '+s-s ar. on record. you wIii
near IN NV YORK., ~ customs "ificrrs
riding win 'nupri.d trurkl"sds Of
iigu"r ." - destination in order TO
i'>Wr. them a,fr c"nduc,
Moving vans or other heavily Gov
cred TRUCKS az. the faVoriI" iNp. ~
."uv.y au"" often IN. liTU"r j. con
""hl"d beneath stun that "nec,uallv
% I-guis"> IN" real contents ~ the
truck. rt'IS ridd"n IL - raced
.-r"ss i""ns and cities and along
""unir, highway. unr""oGr I'D. an
r"""vnizabi" and. except "ii IN" r~r-
"st occasions, unin,ls-t.d Tn. d-s-
lInati"n Is frequently garage
GOODS Smugsl"d Town from Canada
ny the land route arr frequently
stored ,.mp",afily in building on
-. Il.
""N"'-d that nootl"Gpink opens M
nov ann lrcrstiv. ,rurc" ~ revenue
Tor them.
Al .v-r Greater New YORK nj,
garages ar- serving AZ receiving
i"p",s FOR hnotl-Ge-d t"oz" from
"V"rs"a. which arrives In multi
plivity ~ puis-s aud DISCUSSES some
times IL H. packed Va inuoc.nt-l""k-
INK rn,"> sometimes in hurlap bags
Containing sin pint h"itl-s. s"m"-
inns In hui~. ia vari"usiy sized
casks
Sew Y"rA sarss" owners no, in
iI-uu"rtly are n"oti-gEers them
selves. win PARTICULARS choic"
,iieEt"l. ~ w-n-t"-d" persons
\ N-r.niii- Frnt~rnIt..
IN. versatility 81 the smuggling
fraternity : iucXhaur,ihlo The F"d-
.ral r"ur, - Nc" York recently
dealt with tho case "f Daniel DoCh
.rtv. captain ~ the steamship Jaw
arr which he nouEht At Baltimore
for ti5.0ho or 100000. The Javary
cleared from chpsapeake RAY with
80 drums - alcohol containing he
s.l'"us "arh.
u. go u,Is manifested f"r rur-
key. but TIE Javary's course was
promptly changed from cons ,anttn"-
49,. q" \-w iur, where she event
u,lly d""H"d. she had no, been It'd
up very long when customs guards
observed that the contents Of the
snip wer" being siphoned by pipes
into tarr-is on Ia" dock. the bar
rels then being loaded onto trucks
waiting on the pier.
Make nogus Whisky.
Thirty-SiN drums had been enpti"d
hr.or- liz. Gam" MAS interrupted.
The possibilities ot that particular
TRANSACTION illustrate the gigantic
profits I" be made from the n"Oti-s
i.r-smussi-r industry. rn- JaNAry's
arg" III r"um,ily i0h.O"G quarts III
grain alcohol. wh-u cut" WIKI loo.
uuu quarts Uf distilled water SAP
ri"m,rntcd by Go!urins and sNr..rn-
ins matter could easily have br"n
converted luto ?0o."0U quarts "f
Whisky Al bootleg prices cap
inin i'Orhrri> cargo might have
urit-I s2.U0".uuu HuoIi-. million
aires are made NAT WAY.
Smuggling "p"rati"uS have become
- mighty "rranized business prop"~i-
lion. They are conducted mainly bN
~" different methods In one ease.
the 'hie fellows" Of the bookkeeping
combine, Individually ar working IL,
rr"ups. will >-nd Representatives
abroad to th- West Indies Canada or
Europe and ther. place definite Or
dcrs for regular supplies Of This. that
ar M. ,th commodity In