Evening star., 1922-10-01
Homes Of Apparent Refin ement Made
Centers for Illegal Liquor Traffic.

ing out the flowers and carefully kent
up grass and hedge, 80 that any one
passing by will think that you are only
making friendly call
Another method OF distributing the
intoxicants is the delivery to your own
home. After meeting your bootlegger
you may call him or her I'D and tell
| in carefully chosen words what YOU
want and where to deliver 1t. At ex-
actly the appointed time, whether it Is
| at your off1co or home, an automobile.
| running from the less expensive type to
the more expensive one. will drive up
ana the occupant will ring the doorbeII.
Care is always taken not to carry a
package containing the liquor openly.
In TACT, when you make the call per-
sonally the bootlegger will not allow
you to carry 1t in your arm
Many bootleggers of this type have
specially constructed coats or pocket
| and few OF them will have it tied
around the body. A surprising num-
Der OF bootlegging couples will have
the female member OF the firm make
the delivery, to further avoid prying
eyes. Many establishments do not have
the liquor on the premises, but owners
| will get it for you there or deliver il
TO you.
"A certain group Of bootleggers makes
the deliveries in the evening. attired
IN full dress suit. Naturally, no one
would suspect that a ''gentleman," i'm
maculately attired, with a high silk
hat. gloves and sometimes gold
headed cane, is visiting a house for
anything else than a friendly call, DOS
sibly to escort some one to a theater.
Tho majority Of the new race of
bootleggers have regular office hours.
Others will ask that no caIls or re-
quests for stimulants be made after -
o'clock midnight. More obligins ones.
however. will really get out Of their
beds at any time to make "call"
X II X
THESE cases described are not a
l. few isolated ones, but are nsny
In number. 1t is these that handle
the great majority of the traffic now
oeins conducted here in Washington.
"A case was recently disclosed where
IN one of the well known apartment
houses three such families lived.
Keen competition developed and final
/ ~ resulted in the two later comers
moving away to other apartments. SO
as not to interfere with each other.
and also to decrease suspicion. A
sort of cooperation exists between
them. If one Is out of a particular
prand, you are referred to another
one. and each bootIegger's recon-
mendation is sufficient. They seem to
| figure their business a necessity and
| that the demand is great enough for
all.
Almost every brand of liquor Is
procurahle. The list ranges from fine
wines, brandies. gin, whiskies, to
champagne. Prices are not exorbi-
tant, considering the character of
their business and the difficulty in
obtaining the goods. Wines sell for
IS to IS a quart; whisky from S11 to
SIS a quart; gin from IS to $3.50:
Scotch whistles from Sl2 to II, and
champagne from $40 to SIS
Police and federal officers find it AL
most impossible to locate these Of
tenders, and believe the only prac-
tical way is to stop its transportation
into the city. Forged liquor permits
and extra drug store and embassy con-
signments make this task difficult. too
But success is expected as the police
tighten their nets.