The New York herald., 1922-03-04
RAID
rum ship AT SEA,
LOOT SEIZED HERE
Scows With $4,000 Bottles
of Whisky Taken in West
chester Greek.
SEVEN OF CREW HELD
Lineup Of 100 Saloonkeep-
ers' Automobiles Leads
to Arrests.
SEVENTH TRIP FAILURE
Pirates Radioed From Victim
Schooner for Second Scow
to Carry Big Cargo.
SEVENTH TRIP FAILURE

Back Of the seizure Of $4,000 bottles
of whisky made by the police yester-
day when they raided two scows in
Westchester Creek, Off 177th street
lies story of bootlegging piracy that
would have won the applause of Nor
gan and Kidd.
Somewhere off Cape May early this
week $50 foot schooner was lolling
In the sun with a cargo Of liquor. Ac-
cording to her clearance papers she
was headed south for the Bahamas,
but she did not seem in any hurry to
get under way. AS she lay there, a
little outside the three mile limit, a
scow with a dozen men aboard came
alongside and one Of the men called
out, Can we get a little booze?"
Come aboard" some one answered,
and the twelve piled over the schoon-
er's side.
Twelve Men, Each with q Gum.
Every newcomer was armed, and five
minutes later they had the schooner $
crew Of twenty-five men lined ur
against the rail- I'VE don't want a
little l!quor." the boarders explained.
I'VE want all you've got
The schooner's captain was sulky, but
he sent his men below. and 5000 burlap
bags. each containing six bottles OF
liquor. were brought on deck. The scow
was loaded until she could carry no
more. and then the raiders used the
schooner's radio to send message to
Philadelphia. which brought out @ Sec
ond scow. She too was loaded. and
the pirates got under way for Phila-
delphia.
Word was flashed to New York on
Wednesday that big cargo of liquor
would put in early Friday morning in
Westchester Creek. off 177th street The
message came to the New York repre-
sentative of a Philadelphia bootlegging
ring. 1t was passed along to saloon.
keepers. and almost one hundred auto
mobiles and trucks were standing in
Unionport road yesterday morning wait
ing for the scows to put in. The police
do not know II the Virginia and the
SchadlSa, the two scows they seized yes-
terday. are the same boats that raided
the schooner off Cape May. but the
liquor they carried is known to be the
same.
The presence OF the automobiles drew
the attention of Patrolmen Reuth and
O'Callahan. who secuted down the
stream until they came to the scows,
where they saw men unloading the
burlap bags.
Platoon OF Police on Scene.
They called Inspector Lcibers over
the telephone and he arrived a quarter
Of an hour later with a platoon OF men.
The scows were searched and the LIQUOR
was removed In patrol wagons. Seven
members of the scow crews were ar
rested--Max Harris OF Chester, Pa;
Chester Melville, A5 Forty-second
street, Brooklyn; Arthur Anderson. 42lI
Seventh avenue. Brooklyn; George Han
sen. S3S F'orty-second street, Brooklyn:
Arthur Baker. 6s02 Tenth avenue. Brook
lyn: Chris Richardson. $50 Forty-ninth
street. Brooklyn. and Sceron Macrin.
COO West 142d street. They we're later
arraigned before Magistrate Simpson in
West Farms Court and held In $500
bail each on charges OF violating the
State liquor laws
II Is believed that this failure to land
the liquor In New York was preceded
by six previous trips that were COM
pletely successful. The loss suffered
by yesterdays seizure. however, wiped
out the profit made before. At bootleg
prices the cargo could have been sold
for about 100000. The whisky Is not
of good quality.
on earlier trips. II was learned. the
scows came up the bay and pulled
alongside dumping scows. 10 which
their cargoes were transferred. Later
the liquor was removed from the dump
ing scows without exciting suspicion.
District Attorney Glennon of The
Bronx said the raid was the start OF
what would be an active police cam
paign to check the activities OF liquor
smugglers. He said he would try 70
get the Internal Revenue Bureau to CO.
operate In the establishment OF patrol
along the waterfront of the Harlem and
East rivers and Long Island Sound.