New Britain herald., 1922-08-11
KIDD HAD NOTHING
 ON LIQUOR PIRATES
Tales Coming From Florida Rival Those Of Fiction in Days of Old

Miami, Florida, Aug, 1l-When Bobby hies himself to the hayloft or craws under the house and in wide eyed wonder peruses paper backed chronicle of Morgan. Captain Kidd, and other gentry who roamed the seas under the Jolly Roger, he usually expresses regret that he did not live a century or two ago so he could have joined the adyenturers,
 Modern Usases.
 The boy may not know II, but the sea rovers are on the job again and the escapades of liquor pirates off the southeastern coast of Florida and in the Bahamas, If recorded in book, might cause Bobby to regard Morgan, Kidd and Company with less awt. Morgan and Kidd were forced 10 depend upon sails for motive power but the modern pirate has gaso- line motor and puts to sea in a boat that will move faster than any sail ing vessel ever built.
 Method of Piracy.
 He overhauls a liquor runner, holds 1t up, steals all or as much of its
 
 his hand to the luckless owner and disappears to hand his loot at some unfrequented cove on the Florida coast. Others have landed on small keys in the Bahamas where cargoes of liquor for rum runners have been assembled. and raided the ware houses.
 Losers Tightmouthed.
 Official reports of piracy have not been frequent. The liquor smugglers who have been held up at sea charge the occurrence to profit and loss and make no complaint because they are law breakers themselves. The pirates naturally do not tell about their op- erations but numerous stories of hold ups and robberies leak out through underground sources and there is ev- cry indication that prohibition off cers are not the only people the liquor runners are constantly on the lookout for.
 Pirate Bank Robber.
 Hanford Mobley IS. held in jail at West Palm Beach as one of the four men charged with the robbery of the Bank of Stuart, at Stuart, Fla. several months ago, also has a piracy charge hanging over him. Just what part he is believed to have taken in a l sea holdup the federal authorities | have not stated but they have an nounced that if Mobley was granted | his liberty on bail. or was acquitted | of the robbery charge, he would be | arrested immediately on federal warrant charging piracy.
 Murder.
 The most recent case of alleged l piracy to be made public officially re- suited in the shooting to death of I, George Edgecomb. negro master of the British schooner William H. Al bury, at Cat Key, in the Bahamas, 9 | short distance from here. and the | theft of between s2,oo0 and s3,o0o | from the vessel The robbery occur red July 20 The Albury according to British officials, has been engaged in the rum carrying trade between the Bahamas and Jamaica. Dody Carey cashier aboard the Albury was sent Ito Miami by the British com missioner at Bimini, to tell the story of the hold up to the British vice consul ana state ana lSQeTdl OltlCldlS here.
 Careys Story.
 The Albury was at anchor at Cat Key Carey said when an auxiliary schooner said to be the Falcon, ap- peared Three men were aboard the Falcon and after anchoring they boarded the Albury and informed Captain Edgecomb they wished to purchase a cargo of liquor. They | were entertained by Edgecomb dur ing the forenoon while the crew piled S2,100 worth of liquor on deck to be transferred to the Falcon, according to the account,
 Faces Pistol.
 At noon the Albury's crew except | -Edgecomb and Carey went below, Carey was working on his books in his stateroom when one of the visit ors appeared, pointed a pistol at him and ordered him to hand over what cash he had. Carey gave him more than s2,0o0. The other visitors in the meantime had gone below and | covered the Alburys crew with pis- tols. Edgecomb was pacing the deck within View of the cabin when one | of the men saw him. The master was ordered to enter but seeing the pistol |