Evening star., 1924-03-15
ORDUNA OFFICERS
TELL OF SMUGGLING
Chief Steward and Stoekeeper De-
clare Liquor Sold on
Every Trip.
SHIP TO SAIL TODAY
Confscation Suit Trial Awaits BE.
turn Voyage to U. S.
SHIP TO SAIL TODAY
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE Brit
ism steamship Orduna sails for Ham
burg today under $l,0o0.000 surety
bond, with one Of three counts charg-
ing violation of the Volstead Law. dis
missed and with the trial of the
governments suit for confiscation OF
the vessel as smuggler postponed
until she returns from her present
voyage.
The ship was seized by federal Of
ficials Wednesday, and seven. mem
berS OF her crew confessed they
smuggled liquor and narcotics into
the country. Federal Judge A. n
was not liable to seizure under the
Volstead law unless her captain had
been convicted on a charge OF yiolat-
ing that law.
Percy FoyIe, chief steward. and
testified liquor had been sold aboard
every time the vessel was in New
York.
Trial Underway.
Trial of the governments suit be.
gan yesterday with witnesses testi-
flying that narcotics and liquor Were
reached this port and that her own
ers shared the proceeds. Champagne
whisky, benedictine. rum, beer, gin
and drugs were dispensed to boot
leggers by officers and crew of the
Orduna. according to the testimony
The witnesses. including fedora
agents and members of the crew, de-
| clared the OrduIa's bar never was
closed in port.
Dave. one of the seven members
of her crew to plead guilty of il
| legally importing liquor, was th'
governments principal witness. Hs
declared the liquor was brought il
under seal. the seals were broker
when the vessel docked, the Liquor
was disposed of to bootleggers anC
the storeroom resealed by his ship
mates He didn't know where tn,
seals came from, he said
Dave identified Joseph Smith. on,
of the revenue agents who raided tn,
ship on Wednesday and one of tht
governments chief witnesses today
as bootiegger who often hac
bo9ght quantities of liquor on the
Tells of Whisky Purchns@~.
Smith, preceding Dave on the stand
said he was a truck, driver until he
became a federal liquor agent last
! january. While still driving trucks
he had seen bootleggers laden with
liquor leave the orduna on twenty
or thirty occasions, he said.
| He told of joining the government
service, OF boarding the Orduna witt
a fellow agent two voyages ago, anc
i gin at SO bottle. They also dranl
| good beer over the ships bar a
Dawes invitation. said the witness.
Smiths next visit to the Orduns
was when she reached port in Feb
ruary. Ralph Oyler. a federal mar
testified he bought fifty cases o
whisky at s35 case from Store
keeper Dave and his linen man, ant
that Oyler bought several ounces o
! a narcotic drug.
] Smith also testified that he and Oy
Ter last Tuesday arranged with Daw,
to buy all the champagne. gin, ry.
! and benedicune in the ships store
room and considerable supply O
narcotics 1t was on the pretense o
| day that squad of federal mer
| raided the ship. made seven prisoner
| and impounded the vessel
| curiosity once prompted him. sal,
| the witness, to ask Dave what he di,
about the people who run the boat.
Smith, I'VE turn the money into tn,
company. They don't care what W
do with the liquor as long as we ge
! the money
| Says Company Prohted.
| Oyler followed Smith on the stant
| and quoted Dave as having explainet
| further in answer to a similar ques
l ton:
| THE company makes more out o
| this than We do. They require a Ger
tain amount for each bottle and ",
get just the profits over that price
| Oyler corroborated Smiths testi
mony throughout
Counsel for the defense indicate,
that the Royal Mail Line owners de
| fense would be that the liquor an
narcotics were smugEled and solt
without the knowledge of themselves
the ships master, Capt. Walter F
! Warner, or other responsible officer
aboard.
Dave stated, however, that Perc
Foyle, the chief steward, bought th
liquor, both the company's and tn
private" stock; that Dave sold
all, and that he and F'eyle split sos
the profits on their own liquor an
the amount they received for tn
| companyS stock in excess OF tn
company's stated price.
The Storeroom chief said the Or
\ duna carried forty-Seven barrels o
beer when she left Hamburg on tn
last. voyage to. New York. Onl
twenty-seven barrels were carried o
| the ships books, he said. The re
mainder belonged to Foyle.
How was this beer sold?' aske
| Assistant United States District At
! torney Clark.
| 'Over the bars" was the answer
First b barrel of the companys beel
then a barrel Of Foyle.