New Britain herald., 1923-11-26
BOOZE SHIP TAKEN
 AFTER HOT BATTLE
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Trenton this morning notified local authorities that Mccoy was wanted in New Jersey on an indictment.
 Vice Consul Parish of Great Britain is sitting in on today's hearing, but has so far taken no action or render ed any opinion.
 1t was reported at the custom house that despite any claim of British reg istry, the vessel was owned by Me Coy, an American.
 Talks Freely
 As he was led from the cell to face a federal commissioner, Mccoy, well groomed and at his ease, told how he came to be crowned king of the rum runners"
 "I have no tale of woe," he said. T was outside the three mile limit selling good whiskey to anyone and everyone who wanted to buy and had the price. That's going to be my de- fense. [.
 That's me, Bill, to everybody. Until three years ago I lived with my parents at Daytona, Fla. l was a yacht builder. I built one for Fred erick Vanderbilt and another one for Maxine Elliott. In 1921 my father and mother died. Then my bulldog die, and with the last tie to my af- fections in Daytona cut, I went to sea-"
 Broadway Parties
 Mccoy told how he bought a yacht Of British registry in Nassau, stock ed her with liquor under seal and sold it at various American ports. At New York. which he said was his most profitable haven, he declared he re- cruited Broadway parties for pleasure trips at sea.
 Later he formed company with two yachts, chartered them to various parties on condition that they would sell liquor only up to 12 miles of shore. The Henry Marshall, which was seized off Atlantic City, he de- clared ran into trouble because there was no discipline on board.
 Tells of Organizations
 When he as owner of the Henry l.. Marshall was indicted for con- spiracy. Mccoy said. he intended to surrender to the authorities but de- HluFu rttp ptNdhoN "of weird tales" Of the treatment &C., corded bootleggers. Then, he com tinucd. he formed another company and commissioned the Tomako under British registry and with a British crew. The vessel, he said, sold liquor outside the three mile limit for more than a year.
 ''The price of my liquor is s22 a case, giving me profit of sf on each case" Mccoy declared. He said the American consul at Nassau knew ''sil along" that he was selling liquor out side the three-mile limit.
 Peter Sullivan. federal agent. | who participated in several rum raids at Atlantic City, N. J., declared that l before a recent raid Mccoy had | tipped him orr that rum runners in- | tended to poison his food and had | insisted that while the alleged poi soners were in town, he takes hisl meals vith Mccoy and his wife.
 Pays His Own Bal
 Pleading that his surrender on the | rum schooner Marshall indictments was voluntary, although federal agents had sought his arrest since they were returned in November. 1 1921. Mccoy used s15,00O of the l money Collector Eltinge returned him l To furnish bail before Federal Judge l iarvin in Brooklyn on the old | charges.
 The indictments described liquor | smuggling escapades Of the schooner Marshall off Seabright and Atlantic ,ity. N. ]. Named with Mccoy in he charges were his brothers. Ben- amin and Charles. and a fourth man. iow dead.