Evening star., 1924-10-05

100000 cash and checks TO make fat
liquor purchase agreement binding,
agents asked for - Sample cases"
10 take ashore at once. They put the
stuff" aboard the fastest speed boat
they could get and raced ashore in
AZ minutes. This, assert the agents
involves the bootleg ring in d viola
ton of the Anglo-American treaty.
Their race against time complet ted,
the agents pressed the coast guard
cutter Manhattan into the work
That formidably armed little vessel
steamed alongside the Whisky-Iaden
Frederick g.. placed under arrest the
crew and two women found aboard
and preceded the ship to an under
guard anchorage off the Statue of
Liberty.
Girl Found Aboard
John Holley Clark, assistant United
states district attorney, later said the
capture was the moSt important since
the United States entered into the
new seizure-limit treaty with Great
Britain. Although the captors We're
inclined TO be reticent about the af-
faIr, few facts We're CLEANED con-
cerning the Frederick B. and her
operators. 1t was learned. for in
stance. that one of the women
aboard-She is about &c and rather
strikingly dressed-was the daughter
OF one Of the English 'higher-ups"
in the rum-running conspiracy. Her
companion. said TO be d woman Of
about 40. was described as the
younger ones chaperone
Two of the crew, who said they
were Harry Klein and L. Fletcher,
both of Newark, y. J., were arraigned
before United States commissioner
and held in $4,000 bail. The IS others
of the crew were held for appearance
before Federal commissioned next
Monday
Merrick Gets Credit.
r. @ Merrick, divisional prohibi-
tion chief. was credited with having
directed the setting of the trap. The
actual investigation, in which six
| actively participated. was under the
| leadership of William A. Walker of
Washington. general field supe rim
tendent of Federal agents. and Saul
GRILL local dry sleuth with a long
| record of successfully tricked boot
leg cabals to his credit
Grlii and Walker posed as Pennsyl-
vanta bootle ggers who scorned all
deals involving less than 1.000-case
lots a series of champagne dinners
ashore and wild parties aboard the
vessel followed their introduction as
big time bootleggers" to me mbers of
the syndicate backing the Frederick
b. and her sister rum ships. In the
past six months. Grill learned the
Meet had landed at least 100, 900 cases
of whisky on this coast
s55O.OOO Deal Planned.
Grill and Walker Negotiated for
the purchase of $4,000 cases of wbis-
Ky at $22 case-a S550.OOO transar-
ton. TWO weeks ago the Frede rick
b, put into port with the first con-
signment of this order. but the willy
agents considered the seas too rough
TO permit their speed test trip from
snip TO shore So they persuaded the
F'rede erick's crew to disDosa of tho
stuff" through other channels,
The Frederick b returned from ST
Pierre. Miqueion. last Sunday with
ll,O00 cases aboard. She anchnrad off
Montmouth Beach and there the deal
was completed, the money passed and
the 25 sample" cases were taken
from the deck load. 1t was planned
to get the remaining $4,000 cases
mere within the next week aboard
one or more OF three remaining boats
which the dry raiders claim consti-
tute the syndicate's fleet.
ships Name Changed.
A customs official tonight said the
Frederick B formerly was the Ber-
nard NJ, steam trawler Her name
he said. was changed last June 81 at
Halifax. The vessels former port Of
| registry was Kingston. Jamaica. A
part owner, the official said, was
| Charles Stewart, said to be the super
| cargo. He was one of the men made
prisoner. The captains name was
given as Edward Wells
Several high-powered rifles were
| taken from the ship after she had
been anchored in the upper harbor.