The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-26
FINAL CHAPTER
IS WRITTEN IN
SMUGGLING CASE
Edmundson Is Fined
$500 When He Pleads
Guilty To Liquor
Charge

Final pages in the history of the Chi
neSe alien and whiskey smuggling ring
which was exposed by two indictments
naming sixteen persons August l, last
| were written in the United States district
court yesterday
Capt. Benjamin Edmunson who OPP
crates fleet Of fast motor boats out OF
Pensacola, and the only one OF II per-
sons arraigned for trial in the liquor con-
spiracy, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to pay fine of $500 by Federal
Judge w. B. Sheppard. He was acquit-
ted Friday afternoon by a directed ver-
| dict on charges of conspiracy to smuggle
by Phillip Beall.
Moore Is Sentenced.
c. p. Moore. purported master mind
Of the international smuggling organiza-
ton which led from Havana, Cuba,
| through the port of Apaachicola with
Its terminus at a Chinese grocery store
in Philadelphia who pleaded guilty
Thursday Of conspring to smuggle both
Chinese and whiskey aboard his schooner,
the Success, was sentenced to pay fine
Of $500 and serve sixty days In the Fs
Gambia county jail. when arraigned for
sentence yesterday morning.
William Lindsay and Isom Underwood.
negroes. and members of the crew of the
| Success. were sentenced to sixty days
/ leach. Moore and the negroes pleaded
guilty to charges in both indictments,
b. Charley Suey. Chinese OF .SpaIachico1a.
| who pleaded guilty TO completely in the
lChinese conspiracy only. was sentenced
| to serve thirty days in Jail and to pay a
fine of 5000.
Dorsey N. Rice, who pleaded guilty and
| testified for the government, was not
| arraigned yesterday. He was also named
in both indictments
Eleven Indicted.
In the Chinese conspiracy eleven per-
sons were indicted. OF. this number five
pleaded guilty, two were acquitted and
charges against four either severed or
dismissed.
Eleven were also named in the liquor
conspiracy. Moore, Rice, Underwood and
Lindsay and Capt. Edmunson pleaded
guilty. Severances were asked by Dis
trict Attorney Fred 3. Cubberly for six,
and. it is understood, the charges dis
missed These were G. c. Perdue, Is. H.
Sutton, ]. H Givens, Neil Smith, b.
Churchill and William J. wilson, negro.
Louis Ying, alias Quan Yick, chinese
of PhiladeIphia, who was charged with
haing the philadelphia antipode of the
international lane. was found not guilty.
bv a Jury Friday night. He was named
in the Chinese case only.
When c. P Moore was arraigned yes
terday and asked by Judge 5hepparo
what he had to say, he stated that ne
was guilty alright and that dorsey w
Rice's detailed account OF the VioiatlonS
vaz correct except in one instance.
He said that Rice approached him first
IN Havana and asked him to transport
the first cargo of Chinese to the Unlteo
states Rice, he stated, had already re-
ceived an advance for delivery OF the
Chinese and had squandered the money
0n
The other cargoes. however ne loAu 'I'0
court. were arranged between Rice MINI
self and the Havana agent u A-o"i 'e'
lust as Rice testified.
.Ts there there any doubt in your mind
as 70 the guilt Of Louie Ting. VINO was
freed?' Judge Sheppard asked Moore
NO" he replied.
Explains System
Moore then explained how the system
between Louis Ching, the havana agent
and the Philadelphia Chinaman worked
Denosits. he told the court were made
with the Philadelphia agent neIore tne
cales+ials to be snuggled ever departed
frou cuba. The person who accom-
roniad +ber7 which was Rice in each
;ns+o,ce he said, was given an order IN
Chinese on the deposits with the amer
can agent and upon safe de4iFerS or the
con+raband cargoes the sum caiied Tor IN
tba order would be paid over. In brief
t1tt ~ r.as tho outline pictured by Moore
District Attorney Fred Cubberly and
b;s ass3stant. G Earl Hoffman. who di-
rected the investigation which resulted
in the indictments and prosecuted the
cases. appeared to be well satisfied with
the final outcome ,,.
The investigation before indictment for
consniracy to violate the national prohi-
hilton act by importation OF whisIey was
maTe bv L. R. Cobb. federal prohibition
agen+ for this district. G. Leslie OAR
den. special government agent had
charge Of the detailed investigation into
The Chinese innportatiOns.