New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

 it is the genuine stuff. Perhaps the | vicim does, or perhaps he relies on his own knowledge Of what it looks | and tastes like. In any events t passes muster, unless it is analyzcJ. ! The deal is made.
 Start for Railroad Station I
 "The victim and the confidence man visit the chap who owns the stuff. see it in the suitcase. lock the suitcase and start for the rail- road station after paying over the s1,00O, to the conferedate owner On the way the confidence man says he hates to have the suitcase with him on the train. and suggests they check it. He insists. giving some plausible reason, and finally prevails. The checking process is carried out. but with a little siesht of hand he manages to give the vic tim the check to the suitcase thlt matches the one with the salt solu- tion, previously checked.
 "On arriving at the city where the customer lives. the victim pre- sents the chech and gets q suitcase that looks exactly like the one con- taining the solution. They go the | purchase confederate's room at hotel and open the suitcase. It con- 1 tains nothing but bricks. Confidence
 man No. swears by all that is holy ] that he will kill some hi-jacker for | spelling their game. goes into a
 frenzy of ppointment. and al-
 most sobs on his victims shoulder.
 The purchaser looks on in amaze
 ment, at first, than offers condol-
 ences, and, of course. refuses to pay
 for something he hasn't got
 What can the victim do? Moth
 ing. The fear of Imprisonment for
 violation Of the federal narcotic law
 is in his soul. He may be suspicious
 that the whole thing is a hoax, but
 what can he do? The man he paid
 the money to isn't there. The other
 men arc honestly sorry for him,
 apparently, and may actually be
 plain to the police is to let himself
 in for arrest, if they happen 10 he
 telling the truth. He can get rough
 and hold them up if he is certain
 they are foolng him, but even so
 he wont find any money on either
 of them. for the purchaser will ex-
 plain that he intended to go to a
 bank for tho Sl,500. The victim is
 just gypped and nothing can be done about it. Later, of course
 after they hare gotten rid of him , the three men will meet. split the spells, and move on 10 another towr to work the same game.
 , Whole Game Is "Gyp" ) Why the whole thing is gyp l Good NhisEey-Well l never gam 7 ble. but I'll invest a little mone! that there are more genuine golC bricks sold in New Britain thar : there arc bottles of good whisiey : l mean genuine labeled stuff "Moonshine costs no moro thai 70 cents a gallon to manufacture that's right, five cents q quart = 5 and what does it sell for?' "Wouldn't you feel gypped if vol
 paid S4 for a sc sack of peanuts" 5 What is your opinion of th
 la beled New Britain whiskey?" |
 was asked.
 "Just like New York city's-Th u finest tasting alcoholic beverage ] the world-only, it doesn't tas. l like real H-hiSkeV at all v
 But the government stamps ' "Oh. those. Well the bunk artist
 have to pay for those. The bun
 bottles labels. corks. seals an c stamps for each brand of whisha y are all contained in a box and SC a for from sl.50 to & a. case - a r ready to syphcn the bunk into" = And where does the liquor com d from ?''
 o "Yes but you'll get there quic&o $ f you take the subway"
 q q mean, how do they make sue is good tasting Dunk?'
 1T Buys by Test
 v Well I'll try to explain it. IT '. and picture this: The bunk arti Y, buys a 5-gallon can of alcoho ", drops a hydrometer into it to test I :, proof. It should be 1SS, or there - abouts. according to temperatu' ~ (maybe), to see how much watt ~ the big shots have added. Then I
 adds gallons of distilled vat
 (not for purity's sake, but alcoh
 lN-I Il~l I water). This stands overnight in =. stone jar with a cheese cloth over . to air off the offensive fume 7 Then flavoring Gllicit. poison fla N bring tastes the besO is added. Tn :" flavoring also gives it the desir. 0 color. Now 10 make it "bead' co Y. rectly few drops of bead oil " 4" added. (Bead oil can be purchaet 'p at many drug stores.)
 I Then five or six ounces of glE crime is added to Smooth it dow 'v Now we have concoction tn '5 looks like whiskey, smells Ii aI Thiskey. tastes better than wlisl; D. and has a powerful kick. But me ol oi the bunk artists forget that whi 'c' wey has body to it. Whiskey nc not thin like water. The wise fellc "' adds an ounce Of Simple SEru p- Nastclcss and harmless) 10 ca Ut gallon to give the bunk a bod 'l Then all that is left to do is US syhon off the mixture into the ST ''V cial bottles, paste on the labels d stamps and seal it up. And you ha nd 4o quarts of bonded liquor,' wlli all cost about s1.15 a quart, includi \s everythins.<
 dd Nothing more 10 do now exec ne age it by driving the labels.'
 But isn't that poisonous;
 where does the grain alcohol col lt' from ?"
 ke Little Grain Alcohol Used :, "Grain alcohol-ncver heard '' it-cxcept when buying from son i-- o,o ,,.lo thoDrl,t uas Fo