The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Sloop J. H: B. Towed Into
Harbor Bearing Rum
Worth 100000.
THREE AGENCIES UNITE
Capture Of Vessels Is Newest
Activity Of Reorganized Pro-
hibition Navy.

Three liquor laden vessels, including
the two masted British schooner
Marion Mosher, were captured and
100000 worth of whisky on board
was seized yesterday by the prohibition
navy, Coast Guard cutters and police
boat.
T The schooner was taken near Fire
Island Lightship by the former sub
marine chaser Hansen, which was
added to ,the dry navy last Monday
and was on her maiden voyage. Of
ficials said the schooner was the
mother vessel and that it had carried
all the captured liquor from Bermuda,
transferring loads to the other craft
before dawn yesterday.
The seizure. the largest OF It's kind
ever made in the New York district
started the campaign OF the prohibition
department. the customs authorities and
the Coast Guard against rum runners.
After a conference among officials of
the three Government branches 1t had
been arranged to "close the door of the
harbor in the face Of rum smugglers."
New York harbor has become the CEN
ter of the liquor smuggling movement.
said prohibition officials. The amount
of liquor being brought in by rum run
ners has grown within the last few
weeks from several hundred cases a
week to $500 cases weekly, which the
officials said is.the average amount now
being carried into the harbor.
Crew Found Asleep.
The schooner Marion Mosher. hailng
from Lupenburg, Nova Scotia, as her
port Of registry. was sighted by a Coast
Guard cutter cruising about twelve mileiI
Off shore. The prohibition navy was
rotified and the Hansen. In charge OF
Capt. J.. Fl. Dizer, went to investigate.
The Hansen followed the schooner
until they were three miles off Fire
Island light. where the British vessel
was boarded. Only eight men were on
board All except the one man on watch
were asleep. Four of the men admitted
belonging to the crew and the others
said they had gone aboard to repair the
engines.
About $500 cases and twenty barrels
of liuuor were found stored on the deck
and in the hold of the schooner.
Tho crew said it was the first trip of
the vessel as a rum runner. They had
taken on the liquor at Bermuda and had
transferred about half of 1t to smaller
vessels before the schooner was caught
Two of the crew told Of being shang-
haied at New York before the schooner
sailed for Bermuda. They said they
were beaten into unconsciousness. zone
of the men said he had had two ribs
broken. They did not say who beat
them.
The men were locked for the night
in the office of the Captain of the Port
They will be questioned to-day. A
heavy guard was placed on board the
schooner.
100000 Worth Aboard Sloop.
The schooner was towed to the Bat
terry by the Coast Guard cutter Manhat-
tan In charge of Capt. M. J. Rian. She
was turned over to William X. Saun-
ders of the staff OF the Surveyor OF the
Port
Officials expressed the belief that the
captain Of the schooner had gone aboard
the sloop J. II. 3. just before the
schooner was boarded by the Federal
men. This sloop had nearly 100000
worth of liquor. Nine men were ar
rested on board the sloop.
The third capture was the motor
launch K-1O7OC, which was seized just
below the Narrows by the police boat
Manhattan. The boat had fifty cases
and about $50 bags of liquor on board.
Two men, Joseph and Edward Williams
of Jersey City. were arrested on charges
of violating the Mullen-Gage law.
The williams brothers were later ar
raigned in Tombs court and were held
in $1,000 bail each for hearing on Au-
gust T.
The harbor police said they first sus-
Continued on Page Three.