New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Tricks of Bootlegging Trade and
 "Cyp" Games Exposed By Local
 Man Who Knows All the Methods

know the shed and ground thor oIghly and have the bottom of their truck padded with quilts. Before the driver arrives the gang has fill ed 20 five gallon cans with water and placed them in the shed. Therefore, when the real alky cans are loaded on the truck on the oth- CT side of the shed, there is noth- ing left to give the poor middleman but the cans of Uater-strangely enough. When the carefully re- hearsed argument is staged. thAy tote out the cans of water and palm them eff on the alcohol dealer.
 \ Retail Swindie
 Another game, worked even more cleverly, is in the retail end Of the business. The same square. five gallon type of can is used. Tho raclletecr unsolders the top Of the can and takes it off. He finds n his hand a square of tin, with a thread for the cap soldered on in one corner. On the inside of the can cover he soldiers the flaring mouth oi a small funnel, being careful 10 get the cans spout well centered in the middle of the top of the funnel. The soldering must be a good ioD, absolutely water tight. He either soldiers up the small opening at the bottom of the funnel, or drives a cork ino it as tightly as possible. Then he soldiers the top of the can back onto the can itself. with the funnel, of course. attached 10 the top and inside the can.
 Just before he soldiers up the last few inches of the top of the can. he fills the can with water, and completes the job. Of course the water cannot get into the fun nel. for that is water tight. and the ! only opening jno the funnel Is through the cans top. Then he buys 8 pint or so of the best liquor he can find. pours in into the funnel through the cans cap, and goes out | to find a customer. Business men i professional men, anyone who has i money and is known to have { 1 taste for good booze. may be chosen
 Tells Plausible Story
 "The 'gyp' artist tells a plausabl' story about q relative who work! in a government bonded ware
 house. This relative. he says, ha! two thin curved containers mad' that he wears under his shirt on
 fitting his chest and the other hi
 back. Each day he fills the cans III
 and thus manages to get away will
 about gallon of the best whish",
 on earth. When he gets enough |;
 fill a five gallon can, he sells Ii
 the man explains. Does the pros
 pect want to buy genuine Whiske
 at low rates, say S2O a gallon, witt
 8 thrown in to pay the man fo
 bringing it to the customer, Min
 times out of 10, if the prospect
 ir the market for liquor and ca
 afford to buy such a large quanti
 ty. he invites the salesman to brln
 
 "'Sure, sample it, test it, do any thing you want with it. agrees 'l salesman. This whislteN will stan
 any test and make you think of th old days when booze was booze.
 guarantee it is genuine. pre-Wa
 liquor, not some bootleg stuff. An it only costs you S1Qj for five ga
 Ions.
 "Thcy make deal and the booI , is delivered The salesman casual , removes the cap and pourS out , good sized drink for the custome
 to try. It is wonderful whiskey =
 for the salesman is a judge of goo
 whiskey. He invites the customer , test it in any way, and pernaE s the customer does. In any event - sale is made. the man collects n ; SlO5, and departs. The customt , never sees him again. For his $lN = the purchaser has bought about , pint of good whiskey, which m5 , be worth as high as S5 or st. Wht Q that pint is gone no more whlsNt v will flow from the can. The funn Q will then be visible, and it won't = lcng before the customer finds O a that the rest of the contents a 1 water.
 Easy Money In Dope | "Easy money lures, in anoth line of racket that I have Fl tc-,, < yidual I know with a good Twin r He has never been convicted of = thing. He has been suspected oft y enough, but ha ties the hands Of | 9 victims effectively in his little gan Il The net cost is couple of poun o of epson salt. short railroad tr = to a nearby city, and lots of nerN '- Here's how this one is worked. Q "A certain solution of dope tn > is quite popular with addicts, [ T ramc Of which it is probably be ]. to avoid, looks and tastes almt r. exactly like a saturated solution | cpsom salt and water This schen
 incidentally, works best on sor " bootlegger or gangster who Eno @ this dope solution by general a lc pearance, and perhaps by taste, |
 does not use it. The solution.
 course. is injected by addi' h through hypodermic. In any eve T. the confidence man prepares SC If cral cans of epson salt solution a ,y puts them in a suitcase. He gets D. identical suitcase, puts few brio oy in it, and checks it at the railro II station 10 a nearby city. Then l. visits his victim.
 le Has Wonderful Offer ar "He explains to the victim q d he has a wonderful chance to ma it $500 in a few hours time, but has IS the necessary money to swing le deal. He inqu,res whether the ' ne tim is willing to advance s1,000 6 on get back SLIGO on a sure tili
 The victim is wary. and gets he details. The scheme is this: 'I he confidence man says he knows