The Washington times., 1929-05-01
40 CASES
SEIZED IN
COUNTY
CHASE
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tire was punctured and escaped in
nearby woods under the cover Of
darkness.
Dense clouds Of smoke belched
from the rear Of the whisky ma
chine throughout the race. Never
the less the policemen riding in an.
other car remained close on the
heels Of the fleeing rum.runners
a. the two machines lurched around
curves at more than so miles an
hour.
The cars cargo Of 40 cases Of
corn liquor was removed to the
Prince Georges county Jail at Marl-
boro. Each case contained six gal
Ions.
Sergt. George NJ. Little accom-
panied by T. o. Montgomery, G.
C. Deyou, and Leo Murray stopped
4 suspected rum car at Thirtteth
Street and Nailor Road Southeast.
The machine was travelling at a
moderate rate Of speed. No effort
was made to outdistance the liquor
squad.
Had No Cargo
Search of the car revealed that
It contained no whisky. Sergeant
Little was convinced however that
it was intended for use in running
whisky into Washington because 1t
contained no rear seat and hole
had been tapped in the exhaust
manifold as is customary in max
ing it possible to attach smoke
screen apparatus.
Sergeant Little said the rum run
ners with whom he has come in con-
tact recently buy their liquor near
Leonardtown, Nd, transport it to a
point near the District Linz, hide 1t
there, remove their smoke screen
pump and drive into the District to
see which roads are not watched. I
They then return to their cache
and place the liquor back in the
automobile, driving to their destina"
ton over a route not being watched
by police.
The men arrested after the alleged
rum machine was seized were Joseph
Jones, 20, of the Atlas Hotel, sixth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest; Lawrence McNally, %,
of the 200 block K Street Northeast,
and Albert Thomas, colored, 25, Of
the 200 block Oakdale Street North
west.
Made Test Cases
Each of the three men were taken
to the Sixth precinct station and
charged with possessing apparatus
for use in laying down a smoke
screen. Thomas, in addition, was
charged with driving with dead
tags.
Sergeant Little said that the ar
rests were made as q test case.
Henry Rinke. Second precinct
detective, accompanied by a news
paper reporter chased a rum run
ner more than three miles through
Washington streets before being
forced to abandon the chase because
he was unable to see through the
clouds of smoke which surged from
the rear of the car. The chase was
marked by q series of near col
lisions. The driver of the fleeing
car, a large machine with its eur"
tains tightly pulled, ran past sew.
eral red traffic signals and stop
signs.
The automobile was sighted by
Rinke at First and L Streets North
east. The chase went west on L
to Sixth and New York Avenue.
It was at this intersection that
the rum car nearly struck three
other machines before turning north
on Sixth Street.
Gives Up Chase
The smoke screen apparatus was
placed in operation as the fleeing
car reeled through Mead's Court.
The smoke emerged from the LIQUOR
car in great volume before it had
gone a half q block further. The
machine turned west on M Street
Northwest upon shooting out of
Meads Court, and then cut north
on Sixth-and-a-H Half Street to N.
The liquor car almost hit two
other automobiles at Ninth and N
Streets as It turned north into
Ninth. The chase then proceeded up
Ninth Street to o. where the rum
runners turned west.
Rinke's eyes were burning so Sc
Verely that he was forced to
abandon the chase on o near
Twelfth Street.