New-York tribune., 1922-09-16
Dry Navy Told
To Fire Upon
Rum Runners
Prohibition Chief Vexed as
Schooner and Motorboat
Escape Clutches of His
Fleet and Speed Away
Seize Two British Ships
Captain of Eta B. Held i'm
"a, 900 Bail in Brooklyns
Had $50, 900 in Liquor

Two schooners and a power boat
were captured yesterday by the dry
navy, but John ID. AppieOy, zone chief,
was vsxed when he neard that another
schooner and also power boat, aus
peceeu OF beng rum-ranners, had
escaped. He viii order his naval oir,-
cers TO open fire on all suspected craft
gpeedier Inan their own, ana to SINK
them rather than let them escape.
II wonder wnat they Thought their
guns were Iors. he said on receiving
the report tnat the two vessels hau
made q clean getaway.
The only use the prohibition gun
ners MAGE of their weapons yesterday
was to send the power BOAT, they had
made a prize OF, to the bottom. The
towllne mad puiied the whole bow OF
the prize away, making 1T impossible
TO bling it INTO port. after removing
ilfty cases or nquor, tne gunners
trained their one-pounoers on the yes~
sci and sank 1t to prevent arS pecom-
ing a menace TO navigation.
Prizes Are British Ships
The two schooners captured were
British vessels ana their crews assert
they will appeal 10 tnelr government.
Iney were the Eta r., OUT OF nassau
ana the buena, halnng from NOVA
Scotia Inc Eta b. Carried $4,000
WORTH of liquor, and the buena slVv,-
U0U worth, ana Szl,7Y3 paper money.
Fifty thousand doIIars IN goid coin had
been seized twentyfour nourS pre-
yiousiy on the schooner NJ. M. 1ardnef.
ALI the prizes were OF British registry.
The Etta b. was captured 1our miles
south OF Rockaway, according to the
report of Captain George lawes, oA
the Hahn, and the Buena was cap
tured nine miles east OF Long brancn,
N. j.. Ihe motorDoat, whlcn bore the
numerals 3,yI, was captured by. the
proniDition boat NewDerry, whlcn
lound her with not soul ABOARD. She
was loaded with nifty cases OF scotch
and was bebbing at anchor, 1t was th,s
last BOAT whlcn was torn apart ana
then riddled by the prohibition navy
guns. Inc moeorpoat was found TWO
and half mites on Sea Glrt, N. j..
hiotorooat 100 Speedy
1t was the Newberry, with Captain
IL. G. Everts, prohibition, and Deputy
Customs Surveyor Ill. h. Curran ana
two other agents aboard, that lost the
second motorDoat prlze. They say
tney sighted the boat and heard the
"put-put" OF her gas, but she was max
ing such headway that they had not
speed enough TO overtake her.
Ihe Newoerry reports she located the
motorboats with ner searchllght, just
before daybreak.
fne prohibition fiagship Hahn cap
tured the schooners. While the Ham
was towing the Buena and the Eta Il
she sighted another schooner, whicn
was boarded by Harry Myers Hahn, a
sailor, in dory. Nothing suspicious
was found and the schooner was
passed. Another schooner was sighted
and skif was lowered TO board her
The seas were SO rough that the skitf
with no one aboard, was pushed by q
wave between the Hahn and the
schooner and was crushed
Rum Fleet Numerous
Captain Tawes reported that crafi
off the Jersey coast were so numerous
that the prohibition navy is inadequate
to deal with them He took the cap.
tain and six men from the Beuna anc
the captain and three men from the
Eta B. These men reported rum run
ners after night fall visit each others
ships and sample each others rum
They hold card parties and make
merry, till the lightering ships put out
to buy their cargoes.
The captain of the Eta B. gave his
name as G.. A, Peters, while the Buena's