Evening star., 1923-03-04
100000 CARG0ES
ON a RUM SHIPS
Medium-Sized Liner Among
Craft Off Jersey Believed
From Scotland.
Special Dispatch TO The star.

SpScial Dhpktch 10 The star.
NEW YORK. March s-Twelve
liquor running craft lowering outside
the three-mile limit were Joined late
today by two schooners. making q
total of fourteen vessels now in the
latest liquor feet Off Atlantic High
lands. n. J. One Of the ships was re-
ported by the coast guard to be a
medium-siEed liner, tending to con-
firm the story that a British pool
had pressed q liner into service and
that she had left Glasgow, Scotland.
with upward OF 100000 worth Of
whisky aboard.
Tho entire feet was estimated in
liquor running circles today to have
brought from Scotland and tho Ba
hamas not less than $5,ooo.ooo and
not more than s7.ooo,00o worth Of
whisky, bootleg prices. This includes
liquor known TO have been loaded at
the Bahamas by two schooners, one
tank freighter and two yachts, all
of which have not yet Joined the
liquor fleet. BY the time these ar
rive IL Is reasonable to believe that
h0V6IAl VI tno CAiApS AlO" klCoA <Ahk-
brose lightship will have lightered
their cargo and departed. 30 1t Is not
reasonable to suppose the feet will
be larger than 1t now Is. However,
three other vessels are reported lying
OF Asbury Park waiting for a chance
to deliver shipments in that terri
tory.
Coast Rough in Winter.
The Asbury Park waters are too
rough most Of the winter to permit
of small boats running the liquor In
shore, but tho calm of the last days
is reported to have caused the skip
pers Of three rum vessels in answer
to signals from shore. to take up
their station OF Asbury Park to
await small boats Tho liquor sup
plies of resorts and the inland trade
supplied from this territory arc re-
ported low and this accounts for tho
efforts to land goods there. During
tho summer months It is expected
that rnuch liquor will be run ashore
and inland from this point. The
DHAk OK LILO AA4oOE io0o dIt
present is being run In at the Shrews-
bury river. Atlantic Highlands and
other New Jersey, Long Island and
Staten Island coves-
In Atlantic Highlands today. ac-
cording to various news sources,
there was greater activity among
fishermen" than for months. The
big neet Of fishing vessels which how
ers about the fish fertilization plant
at Port Monmouth. N. j., was reported
today to have been putting to sea
in twos and threes. Motor boats
from the Shrewsbury, Keansburg
pier and Water Witch also were re-
ported active in running liquor
ashore.
Speedy Liquor Boats.
Although it was necessary for. all
auxiliary liquor running craft to
round Sandy Hook, on which q coast
guard station Ia located, tho coast
guard was unable to intercept any Of
tho liquor-running motor boats. Tho
reason for this, OF course. is tho su-
perior speed OF the fast small boats
used to run in the liquor. Then.
again. it is impossible for tho coast
guard to distinguish between the
liauor-running small boats and the
pleasure craft which dot New Jersey
waters on days such a. today. when
tho weather was beautiful for SAIL
ing.
Deputy Surveyor William r. Sand
ers this afternoon went down the
New York bay on the Cutter Hudson
to inspect the schooner Victor, which
was washed aground with two sailors
on board, at Barren Island. Jamaica
bay. On the arrival Of the cutter
Hudson the two sailors were placed
under arrest on charge Of abetting
4 conspiracy to smuggle liquor into
tho United States In violation Of the
volstsad act. The only evidence
against the men seems to be tho fact
that many empty liquor cases were
found aboard tho wrecked schooner.
and tho record Of the craft, which 1t
IL charged was seised by the govern
ment and sold rs = liquor runner early
last year.
The schooner Victor was reported
In good condition. and steps were
taken by tho government agents to
salvage her. The Victor was sold at
auction for 36.4oo, customs agents
say, and II she is seised and sold
again she will have earned . neat
alleged fortune for her operators.