The New York herald., 1922-01-20
BOOTLEG SLOOP
BLUFFS SEA POLICE
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men interested in tire whisky. the His
PAMELA remained out in midstream until
daybreak, when the detectives disap-
peared. Then she boldly tied up to the
Recreation Pier.
The presence of the detective had
frustrated wei. laid plans. 1t had been
arranged to have motor cars at the pier
to take the whisky away as fast as 1t
could be hoisted off the sloop. But the
automobiles had taken fight and were
not back again by the time the Hispan-
lola docked. Speed was necessary. Five
well dressed citizens appeared upon the
dock and began raving because there
was the booze. but the means of Trans
porting il overland were missing. And
then one hit upon brilian. plan.
Accordingly four of the five took TO
the streets and began stopping private
automobiles. They went far into the
city because there were no cars in that
immediate section Of the city at that
hour of the morning. This Is a typical
instance of what they did.
One Of them, sighting a private motor
car coming in to curb. hailed the
chauffeur. There was no one except the
chauffeur in the car
Have you time to make $50?" de-
manded the stranger Of the chauffeur.
1T won't take more than an hour
''How?"
BY taking chance and asking no
questions and coming with me-
1t required nerve to accept the offer.
but in this manner five motor cars were
drafted. A sixth was obtained in this
way: .
Another member Of the scouting party
mounted the running board Of small
motor truck. produced a revolver, poked
II into the ribs Of the startled driver and
spoke as follows:
"Nobody's going to hurt you so long
as you do what you're told and shut up.
You can drive this bus or you can let me
have it. If you let me have it you'll get
it back within five hours. for the police
will find It where I leave 1t. But If you
want to be reasonable and earn $50
let's CO."
The driver decided to drive the car
And thus a truck was added to the
transportation facilities.
"That made six automobiles said
TIE NEW YogX HERALD's informant
They took all but twenty cases CT the
Hispaniola's load and delivered it a
warehouse in Manhattan Each chauf-
feur received his $50, ana was much
pleased, apparently.
''T'he twenty cases remaining were
loaded into two cars owned by men who
had financial interest in the cargo. phe
story Of one of them is worth listening
to. He was driving big roadster-one
built for touring, with lots Of storage
hAtz ztx.1 At.A IA-
ster ten cases were packed-120 quarts
of Scotch. In the car with the driver
and owner was pretty girl.
Shave Policeman; Narrow Escape.
''They were bound for Manhattan,
and crossed the river over the Queens.
boro Bridge. Sweeping into the plaza
on the EASTERN end of the bridge and
circling a traffic cop who stood In the
center on raised section of the street
the roadster almost hit truck The
turn had 70 be made between the cop
and the truck. Ther~ was just room
enough to make It and no more. In fact.
the driver lolsed back over his shoulder
as he ran between the cop and the
truck and saw one of the rear tenders
clip the cops leg.
He stepped on the gas. wouldn't
do to be caught with ten cases of booze,
and, praying that the cop wasn't hurt,
the driver broke speed records across
the bridge. The cop wasn't hurt. We
know that, because the next day this
same man, In a different car. went by
the same. traffic station and saw the
cop waving them by as usual. He
stopped and asked TO be directed to some
place or other. The cop told him.
Thanks said the bootIegger. I'm
a stranger in this section and I'd like
you TO accept this by way of permitting
me to show my appreciation OF you
traffic cops
BootlcgEer Ii Apprehensfyc.
And he slipped the cop $50. which
made him feel better about what had
happened the day before"
And then THE New YORK HErALp's
source Of information talked about costs.
The initial outlay. he said, was the
greatest A boat .capabie Of CARRYING
100 cases costs $4,000 or moro. To 20
into the business on any sort Of preten-
tious scale required a vessel Capable of
carrying 1000 TO 1000 cases north and
such craft might cost s35.o00. These
figures are net. OF course. arbitrary. But
after that comes the fixed overhead
charges and this man consulted MS
books.
"It costs about s4oo 70 provision your
boat here in New York II your crew
consists OF no moro than five men" he
said. you might have TO spend 5000
more for extra provisions before you
start north again. Your gasoline viii
cost about s4T5 and oil $50. Tha. should
carry a small boat both ways. Each
member or tne crew OF such q boat gets
$3.50 for the job plus a bonus for land.
ing the stuff. and just at present at West
End we are paying an average price OF
s2e.40 a case.
Rye Hard to Get Now.
'Much depends upon the sort OF whisky
you handle. RIVE Is hard to get now
but Scotch Is plentiful. Of course. The
only rye worth getting at Nassau OF
Grand Bahama Is the Hunter and Ced-
arbrook brands. They cost about S21 a
case. The cheaper Scotch costs sis.
House OF Lords. Royal George. ti.s Ma
jesty's Service. Antique. Spev Royal
White and Gold. Heather Dew and
Scotch Cream. White Horse. Black and
White and Peter Dawson cost - s2s n
case and Hair and fIaig and Dewars
cost us ss5 and ss7
$50 we figure that NC pay an average
rrice W sec.ic TO- all kinds OF wh'sky
II az deiivered IN New York for Se5 O,,c