Evening star., 1923-05-29
DRY AGENTS SEIZE
z AUTOS AND ) MEN
$50 Gallons Corn Whisky
Captured in Spectacular
Chase of Truck.

The net stretched by prohibition
agents to prevent liquor smuggling
during Shrine convention days hauled
in five prisoners, two automobiles
and ESQ gallons of still warm corn
whisky from southern Maryland,
when a camoufiage of chicken crates
on a truck failed to de1ude prohi-
bition agents and detectives from the
fifth precinct at dawn today on the
Pennsylvania avenue bridge.
A zig-zagging rear-guard touring
car failed in an endeavor to forestall
pursuit of the crate-carrying truck.
AS result two machines, chicken
crates and corn liquor and five pris-
oners ended their journey before the
desk sergeant at the fifth precinct.
"Grade A STUFF.
The corn whisky was pronounced
grade A stuff, and that it probably
cost $500 lat the still" They added
that by cutting and splitting. adul-
terating and doctoring." which is
commonly practiced before the prod
uct reaches the hands-and lips-of
the consumer. the value would mount
to about $4,000.
Three of the prisoners were color
ed. Two We're white. The occupants
of the large touring car which tried
to cut off pursuit, were charged with
interference with federal officers at
tempting an arrest, violation OF
the penal code Four of those arrest
ed said they were Baltimoreans
The names and addresses given and
the charges against each follow:
Emory c. Lewis, colored. 2009 18th
street, transporting and illegal pos
session of liquor; Walter Nelson, COL
ored. Baltimore, transportation, ille-
gal possession, no operators permit
and dead District license tags: Ben
Camphor of Baltimore, transportation
and illegal possession of liquor; Lew
Jeremiah Bennett. white, Baltimore
labels and interference with federal
officers; Paul Bernstein, Baltimore
white. same charges as Bennett.
Chase Across Bridge Spectacular.
The chase across the bridge was
spectacular. Detectives Wise, Hayes
and Fletcher of the fifth precinct were
prohibition bureaus unnamed agents
imported especially as parts of the
anti-wet Gordon which has been
stretched around the city. They first
nOClCeQ a new TRUCK carrying chicken
crates speeding down the road toward
the bridge, en- route to Washington
from southern Maryland. Before they
could start in pursuit, another auto
mobile-an expensive Undetermined ed
touring car of a high-speed type-had
hoped into the gap at the rear Of the
| truck. When the revenue men at
tempted to pass this machine IL
swerved to the side of the bridge they
were heading for and then back to
the other side when they swung In
that direction.
Dart Into Opening.
The final attempt of the revenue
the bridge and a swift dart to the
left, which resulted in passing the
touring car and wedging themselve.
between the units of the whisky fleet
The rest was easy.
Bootleggers are adopting highest
types Of strategy to get through the
Gordon. The most successful one las
night was a smoke screen. 1t was
j., thrown UP at the rear Of the machine
by a tank attached to the exhaust
pipe, the tank taking in the smoke
and exhaling 1T in volume when con-
streaming into the faces OF pursuers
by spreading it with Il megaphone.
| like funnel. One whisky car broke
through the Gordon thus last night
and the agents lost another when Il
stopped short, swung back to Mary.
land and disappeared across the state
line.