Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-23
OFFICERS SAY GILBERT's
 SHIP WAS RUM RUNNER

Mark r. Gilbert we'll known member of the Gilbert family formerly in bus mess in Mystic who is now under in- dictment in New York with F other men for rum smuggling as well as be-
 ing mixed up in tsse Morse case indlct- ments faces a strong charge which has been put against the Globe Line of which | Gilbert Is said to be the head of four officers of the steamer Korona. who were left stranded recently at Cadiz. Spain.
 without receiving JVsges and without the funds to get back to America.
 These four men, Nolan B. Harris chief
 steward and purser, Zachary Taylor
 Jones, 2nd. officer and navigation off, ficer; A. F. Andrea. first assistant en- sineer and A. B, Anderson. wireless op-
 erator. have written letter to the New York Times reciting their experiences on [ the trip of the Korona which Is intense ly interesting.
 In their letter the writers state that l they shipped in ignorance of the kind
 of voyage they were entering upon They described the way in which thev say false paners were obtained by the own
 CTS of the Korona. how she sid out of New York harbor ostens;bly bound for ! Greece. only to turn around 9g miles off i Block Island trarsfer between $500 ann ' h1TEeE Then the shin ssiied for Bermuda where che took on 9 new cargo If whiskey. and repeated her sfnug~line operations The men state The facts should he
 weighed carefu!iv and demand made
 upon your resrective senator or repre- sentative at Washin eton to demand a 1 full and complete investigation of the municipal administration of New York. as well as the customs and prohibition 1 division of the United States treasury l department both at New York city and 1 at the national capital"
 | The men further say the Korona orig i inaily was a Furniss-Withy vessel under l Canadian registry, but purchased by the
 Globe Line through one of it's dummy 1 officers. an F,><'ishmaA one Captain | Barkly. and nut under the Peruvian fae A. cargo of 5000 barrels of nolasses. i
 100 bags of sugar. $50 bags of, rice and zoo drums of alcohol was received for
 the steamer. The alcohol was the prin- cipal factor. same totalling 40,200 gal
 Ions. and the value. placed at betwe fh,
 $5eoooO and ssOo.OOO
 Arrange cents were then made with
 parties living in Greece 50 give fa1se
 landing certificates for this alcohol. 4-
 10 have this alcohol taken off the yes
 Sel at sea or landed on the coast and
 seHt 10 -NeW 1oTK citV TOT sale to the
 several vendors. The ships papers were
 aH passed through the custom house and
 the Peruvian consul generals office al New York without a question. The
 vessel was given a seaworthy certificate , and passed by the inspectors The shir
 was then passed by the insurance agents although the port boiler was not sea | worthy boiler and was dangerous boti : to the ship and men aboard, also tn, main circulating pump rocker arm wa.
 cracked, this solving on one of tn 1 old log books. yet no mention was mad, of this at the time of inspection il i; New York
 . After disposing of the alcohol DOT f ton of her cargo. the Korona sailed fo
 Spain to discharge the sugar. etc. ant
 due to difficulties in disposing Of thi cargo her crew was not paid, it i 8 said