The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-13
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer

Copyright. 1927 NEA Service. 1nc)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-When
Florida rum-runners want to scare
their kiddies they probably an
nounce that Parry will get them if
they don't watch out.
Boatswain Harvey P. Parry, rs, is
the ace of the Coast Guard liquor
raiders in Florida.
In less than a year, Parry has
been officially commended for the
single handed seizures of four rum
running craft. He delights to oper-
ate alone.
Bos'n Parry, who spends much OF
his spare time strolling about the
waterfront of the Miami sector, was
the daredevil who once jumped from
a bridge over a canal to the deck Of
a smuggler craft passing below. The
crew was so astonished that Parry
had them under control and on the
way to Imprisonment before they
could recover.
A Significant Message
Says a telegram in the Coast
Guard files here, dated last April:
Parry seized rum boat at Cae-
sar's Greek last night. Took three
prisoners on board his picket boat.
They attacked Coast Guard crew.
Two prisoners were killed and went
over the side. Third man wounded
and taken to hospital
Parry's reports of his seizures are
not Illuminating. They are the most
matter-of- accounts imaginable.
But Parry's superior officers have
passed the lacking details along to
Washington.
The Coast Guard has been pro-
noting Parry as fast as possible as
a reward for his exploits and for
the benefit of the Florida fleets
morale.
Driving along the beach road at
Dinner Cay, Parry once saw motor
boat enter the channel and moor
alongside skiff onto which four
men placed twenty-five sacks OF
LIQUOR. The skiff came in and Par
ry stepped aboard as it reached the
landing.
Foe of Runners
"That's Parry" one rum runner
yelled. Hes alone. Let's get him.
Parry reached for his pistol and
found that it had slipped from his
holster in the automobile. Fists flew
rapidly and Parry knocked one boot
logger into the water. Then the
skiff capsized and the smugglerS
went in up to their necks. Parry
seized a sack of liquor and started
to belabor the fioundering rum run
ners over the head with 1t. They
surrendered.
AS he came ashore with his pris-
oners ahead Parry was confronted
by a woman who pointed pistol at
him. Parry started toward the
woman just as two immigration pa
troll officers arrived and took the pis-
IOl ITOIn ileI.
In the same month Parry had
captured single the five men
and two boats near Cocoanut Grove
and had run two boats ashore off
DANA Inlet, capturing them aid
their cargoes.
Now He Works
On the first instance Parry re-
ported tersely:
There were two trucks, three
cars and about fifteen men waiting
for a boat back from Gun Cay.
About 2:30 a. m. boat was seen
offshore signaling the beach, and
after the signals were answered
two boats approached through the
narrow canal to the yacht basin,
one towing the other.
"I jumped aboard the leading
boat and seized him, made them
turn around and run out without
landing, and proceeded to Miami
and came alongside the CG-297 and
they took off the prisoners
Both boats were loaded with liquor
in bottles bearing foreign labels"
There were 1000 sacks of liquor.
Parry's single-handed capture of
ave man ord tmo boats established