Evening star., 1922-05-28

Of Congress were besieged by con-
stttuents who desired to serve their
country-for consideration. OF
course; but during the past two or
three months the list of applicants
has not contained as many names OF
would be patriots as formerly.
THERE must be reasons for this
and the reasons, as given by those
in q position to know, run about as
follows:
when people read the stories OF
the wonderful good times that pro-
hibition enforcement agent has, they
are indulsing in a very fine piece OF
fiction, because the job is about one
of the most nerve-wracking and un-
satisfactory under the government.
Let me give you a few Of my ex-
pertences since I have been on the
Job. I want to say to you In ad-
vance that I am not boosting our
troubles one bit.
1--WE had received word that there
was a still being operated, but for
several days we were unable to nnd
lust where the man was making the
liquor. Finally one evening we sur
rounded the place and searched all
through the house, but were unable
to discover a single drop. One OF our
boys happened to remember that this
man had a hearse out in his garage
and we asked for the keys. He de-
INJURED, saying that there was moth
ing in the garage but the hearse. and
inasmuch as we had made thorough
search, he considered that We should
not bother him further.
st had a hunch that it would be
a good thing to look at this hearse,
and tho long and short OF 1t was we
made him surrender tho keys. When
we opened the garage We found q
very pretty ten-gallon still busily
engaged in turning out moonshtne
whisky. From the quality rather
imagine that the hearse was to be
used in the final phase Of his busi-
ness.
"rh. fellow we caught the other
day certainly had q slick way OF
bringing booze into the city. He had
fitted UP a container that just fitted
the inside Of the spare tires he car
ried on the back Of his car and the
only way we happened to get on to
this was that one OF our men hap
pened to notice, during trahic jam,
that the spare tire was leaking.
GA RATHER amusing incident hap
n pened the other day when We
picked up- a very aapper looking
young man who was bringing q suit
case over from Baltimore in rather
sood-looking automobile. We had
been informed that this young man
was making week end trips regularly
between the Monumental city and the.
nation's capital.
He was very indignant when we
stopped him, stating that he was
simply coming over to play golf and
visit some friends. but when we de.
manded that he open his suitcase. he
stated that it contained some i'm
portant and confidential papers for
Representative -
For a moment we were stumped,
because it might have contained some
really important and confidential
documents, but when we phoned to
the representative we were informed
that he knew nothing about any
papers, nor did he know the young
man.
"About q week or SO ago we gave
chase to Q man we suspected was .
We wanted to get an
exact line ON him before proceeding
further in the matter. This chase
also led to the Capitol. and we
speedily located the man we sought.
only to find that he had been before
one Of the committees testifying In
regard to the tariff on alcohol. 30
what we thought was an absolute
.sure-nre' case went up in smoke.
some time back two of our men
had received tip that bootlegger
was plying his trade in a certain
hotel near the Capitol. Two OF our
boys were detailed tosrun down the
clue and. registering - young min
isters. stayed couple of days 1T thia
hetSl. They Anaiiys managed 70 get
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