New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

" nat OOcS lHlS dlColloI CooL thS bootlegger?"
 From s6 a gallon up, according | 10 the quantity and the sharpness of l the buyer"
 How much does it cost to pro- duce sugar alcohol?"
 About GO cents gallon in an efficient plant"
 Not So Harmful
 But, isn't this homemade alco- hol injurious?"
 "Yes, but not nearly as harmful as the alky of year ago. Contin- ued use of Sugar alky has a very harmful effect on the liver-Just what I don't know as I am not a doctor and I never drink liquor in any form"
 What? A oootlegger and you say you don't drink 2"
 That seems strange to you, but 1 don't suppose you ever had the thrill Of grasping rats, in various stages. by their wet scaley tails an1 removing their carcasses from the mash from which the alcohol anl | moonshine is made. What a flame is 10 moth, that is just what ! mash is to rats. They just flock 10 it. To that think I can credit my 1 total abstinence"
 How can a purchaser tell gcnu- 1 inc bonded liquor?"
 You mean how can you be abso lutely sure it is bunk? Well, you can be almost certain it's bunk f you don't buy it yourself in a Canadian government dispensary. I've heard Of many simple tests but the simplest is this: Put a few drops under your tongue. Real whiskey' will cause q curling. creeping sen saton to slowly describe a half moon to the olfactory nerves of the nose.
 "Alky Thiskey will not travel ns far, but will do SO instantly. I am told a jolt of genuine vhiskey will lie in your stomach ill a hot ball and slowly expand until the whole mid-riff section is warmed, while alky whiskey goes off with a bang
 And what chances the consumer takes to obtain that glowing feeling in the midriff and be willing lc work all day to pay for it.
 Smoke Screen Used
 Tn passing l might mention tn Il the average lonc-wolf 'wheeler's car is generally equipped with {
 smoke screen and a cigar box ful
 of roofing nails. A smoke screen t'
 very simple-A spare vacuum tank is fastened under the hood with ar air pump handle thrust througi the dash board to apply air pres , sure in forcing the chemical througi d metal tube 10 the hot eXhaus chamber, when the valve is turned or. This chemical is very effectiv,
 ir eluding pursuit as it hangs oya.
 the road for five minutes and driy , ing through it is impossible. Espc - cially impudent hi-jacking deputie |, generally find themselves. sooner O , later, in cloud of thick smoke go l inG into q sharp curve at higl . rate Of speed. Or town bulls ar . taken up an alley and given , smoke
 = Tall; about mustard sas and tea = gas is the bunk, as too much 0
 the fumes percolate into the caE 0 :, the wheeler The roofing nails av
 very efficient, as they stop pursui
 without attracting so much attentio
 hen streUn along the road. Tn
 smoke screen is hardly ever used !
 the old timers in the racket, for = is dangerous Just imagine goin n stone blind while driving 60 mil, 0 an hour and you have the picture
 ''The average passenger car loa
 is 20 cases-nalf q ton. Speci, ', springs and truck tires are nccessa: :, to carry the burden. Pans under V. meath the floor-ioards increase tn II Other Clever Packets
 Some of the other rackets e have run across follow:
 "A transient peddler attracts 1T crowd in some stock manner an
 proceeds to give a emonstration | h removing the hub cap from h
 fllTver and smearing d clean wh.;
 handkerchief with great gobs of th
 filthy grease. He puts a teaspoo; full Of the wonderful substance f( N which science has been Searchir ' ,'' for years and years into a glass tjs s' Of water and gently dips the hanc
 l.erchief up and down. And the ug petroleum strain breaks, fades ar .' r finally disappears, as he continu '0 his spell indinE. Before the He ., aids 15.000 subscribers get excite VI you had better tell them that {, ~ soap, when chlpped and boiled :. enough water to give it the rig IL consistency. is used in that hub C .'' clusively, so that in realty he merely rinsing tar soap from u 10 cloth.
 M Few visitors 10 New York us, to miss the 'Pst, say Buddy, I've g , some swell stolen furs here in | -N tuck that go cheap for cash A,
 not a few of them fall Some 9 , merely slapped with a black ia ''. when they crawl into the truck ,' inspect the stolen furs' and robbe - hut some rac.>eteCrs are more ge -, tile and stay within the law, tee ;- nically if not verbally. They ha % ;. iurs for sale but they are very che >-. limitations which can be bought { ~, a fraction of what the sucker us ,.,, ally pays.
 ,., "Anothe" shystcr obtains supr Of stick pins in the diamond ( , partme eNt of q five and ten" He ,,, Cates a twinkiing street light 2 ". awaits the victims. He approach l,, them with a nervous, furtive To ,r this will be entirely natural to {
 new racketeer") and proceeds W .. a line something like this: Hist. Buddy--I just glomm 1 this sprakler off q highhatted bu
 in that crowd; I'm hungry a