New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

EDITORS NOTIFIES Is the first of two interviews with Captaln John Thomas Randell, skipper of the Canadian rum runner I'm Alone, which was sheled and sunk by |. s. coast guard cutters in the Gulf Of Mexico. Captain Randell reveals that rum running is now "bis business organized ani operated on huge scale.
 By NEA Service
 New Orleans, April 9-The illegal business Of smuggling alcoholic liquor into the United States IS one Of the industrial giants of the eas,- ern and southern seahoards of the nation.
 Liquor comes in in food-hur- dreis Of thousands Of eases annual ly. The traffic is handled on 9 strlCt business basis. l. combines, curious ly the glamour and thrin of 1he old-time smuggler with the effiCien- cy and cold calculation Of the mod ern high-pressure business enter prise,
 These facts are revealed as m aftermath Of the sinking of the British smuggler I'm Alone by tha |. s. Coast Guard cutters Walcott and Dexter
 Captain John Thomas Randell. who dived from the deck of the sinking smuegler to be rescued hy the coast guards and brought to New Orleans in irons as prison CT. told an interviewer about them as he iouneed beneath the apple blossoms in a peaceful orchard jn % rural St. Tammany parish, across Lake Poncha-train from New Or leans, and waited for his trial ln federal court,
 Life of Excitement
 Can-ain Randell can tell an in ter.stInE story. He has cravsd cN- citement all his life-craved f. sought it and found it. The epi- sode Of the I'm Alone is only the latest incident in 3 long series the latest. and hardly the most interesting or thrilling. He holds for example, a Distjnguished SerV- vice Cross. awarded him by Great Britain for sinking q couple Of Ger man submarines during the war.
 Then, before that, he fought with the British army in South Africa. He was st Gallipoli too. during the World War; and later on. with the battle fleet, he was at .amed Scapa Flow. helping Britain keep the North Sea secure.
 Two years ago he took comman1 Of the steamer Morso and sailed from Halifax 10 the Arctic on sci entifc mission for the Canadian government. He explored desolate coves in Hudson's Bay flew n air plane over ice packs. drove dog team on journeys to the interior. helped the Northwest Mounted Po- lice 10 solve d murder mystery-had, in short. fine time.
 Then he returned to Halifax. He discovered that it would be about year before he would be going to the Arctic again. and he disliked inaCtion.
 Take Over Rum Runner
 A Canadian shipping concern had Just bought the trim schooner I'm Alone. which had made something Of reputation as q rum runner On the Atlantic coast. The new owners preferred the command to Captain Randell This was last October,
 T couldn't see the idea Of just loa fnz about in Halifax he explain ed 50 took the berth because thought I'd get some excitement- and I did.
 T took the ship at Lunenbure, and we cleared in ballast for St. Pierre. There We took on a cargo or 14.000 cases Of assorted liquors, bought from the Great West Wine Co
 Just before we left St Pierre, an employe 0, the Great West |. Wine O. came to see to explain how I was to deliver my cargo. I never knew the names or identities Of the consignees. I didn't have to. They had better system.
 This man gave me the torn halves Of about dozen one dollar ~ bills. I got one half of each bill, you see. Then he told me to take
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