The New York herald., 1922-12-06
800 BOATS BRINGING
CHRISTMAS LIQUOR
Armada Must Hurry Back as
100000 Cases Wait on
Nassau Docks.

Emboldened by the success of pre-
vious efforts to land contraband liquor
cargoes along the Atlantic coast the
Bahama whisky armada" to-day is
engaged in n campaign to flood Amer
lea with Christmas wet goods" ac-
cording to Frank J. Hale and James
r. kerrigan. chief intelligence officers
for the Prohibition Enforcement De-
partment.
Thirsty Americans in Atlantic coast
cities will, spend $50. 900, 900 for Christ
mas liquors IL the whisky mazda"
successfully runs the dry navy blockade.
Mr.. Hale declared last night. More than
100000 cases of whisky. valued at
s10.O00.000. were cleared from Nassau
during the week ended December 2, ac-
cording to official information from
Government operatives. Additional car
goes aggregating 100000 cases are
stacked on the docks at Nassau. accord
ing to Mr.. Hale. ready TO he loaded on
the liquor runners soon as they can
return from the camping ground" along
the coast between Providence, T. l., and
Savannah. Ga.
Lawmakers Son ON WRy.
More than 800 vessels are engaged
in transporting whisky from the Ba-
hamas to Atlantic coast points" said
Mr.. Hale. "Our operatives In the Ba-
hamas are checking the whisky laden
vessels as nearly as possible
The son of prominent member OF
the Bahaman Assembly is en- route to
New York aboard a vessel laden with
90 Af u-hfq h1. III
name and the date he sailed. on an
other OF the rum ships are two of the
leading whisky shippers In the Bahamas.
They are coming to New York, our op-
eratives have advised us. TO improve
the handling or their contraband car
goes In Atlantic ports. With piracy
prevailing among the vessels IN the
whisky armada the owners OF the shfps
feel that they must take precautions
against seizure Of their craft by rival
syndicates.
recently released under Treasury De-
partment orders after being seized with
liquor cargoes outside the three mile
limit again are plying between Nassau
and Atlantic coast points Our Nassau
operatives advise US that these vessels
since being released have transported
two cargoes each TO points near Bruins
wick Ga
MANY of the vessels engaged in the
TRANSPORTATION OF contraband have no
difficulty In landing their argoes onto
small boats. The small boats during
the last three weeks have found n SO
difficult 10 gai their stuff into Long
Island ports that the whisky armada
for n brief spell hauled away from New
York and New Jersey shore lines and
operated more TO the north and the
south.
The former Spanish gunboat Isla dc
Iuzon. sun by Dewey during the Span
ish American war. has been raised and
made over. our operatives advise us. and
has entered the rum running business
She Is owned by former commander in
the American Navy, according to official
information"
Alarmed at the reports from Nassau
the American dry Navy yesterday nut
out In an effort to check the forthcoming
flow Of contraband Reinforced by ex-
ira boats hastily pressed into service
tho regular fleet has taken TO the ocean
to lie in wait for the whisky armada, :"
due within the next two days Every
craft that enters the three mile limit
will be searched under orders issued by
John y. Appleby, commander of the
prohibition navy. Customs officials ana
coast guard service employees will aid
the dry agents The agents propose to
patrol every nook and bay along the
New York and New Jersey coast. ready
to pounce upon every suspicious looking
craft, while police patrol boats stand
guard along all piers.