Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
FIVE MEN ARE SLAIN,
FOUR SHOT IN DRY
RAIDS OF WEEK END
Coast Guard Kill Three and
Seize 5000 Cases of
Contraband Liquor.
TWO VIRGINIA OFFICERS
AMBUSHED NEAR STILL
Entire Crew of Speedboat Taken
When They Refuse to Heavs
To on Signal.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Week end drives by prohibition en-
forcement authorities resulted in the
death of three rum smugglers at the
hands of the Coast Guard, two Virginia
officers, the seizure of 5000 cases Of
liquor and the critical wounding Of
another officer in California.
A lone Coast Guardsman patrolling
the beach below Ocean City, Md, to-
day is reported to have captured 1000
cases of liquor being transferred from
small boats to truck. 1t was reported
that eight men were arrested and
brought to Ocean City.
In addition, Federal jury at Occur
D'Alene, Idaho, returned verdicts Of
guilty against "a of % officials Of Null
len, Idaho, and others, who were
charged with wholesale violations Of the
liquor law.
The three smugglers were killed IN
an effort to run a consignment Of 500
cases of liquor into Newport, in the
speedboat Black Duck, Of that city.
The Coast Guard patrol boat CG-290,
opened fire, its commanding ofAcer said,
after the Black Duck had refused TO
heed an order to stop. A fourth mem
ber of the crew Of the Speedboat, who
was wounded, claimed no warning had
been given.
Ships Crews Escape.
The remainder of the contrahand
LIQUOR was seized by Coast GuardSmen
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other craft, the crews Of which escaped.
At WASHINGTON, Rear Admiral F. G.
Billiard, commandant Of the Coast
Guard, said that that service means
business" and has no use for gentle
words and arniable gestures"
The first official move OF the White
House in the prohibition controversy,
it was made known today, viii come
when the House of Representatives ap-
proves the resolution for the joint
committee recommended by President
Hoover to consider the consolidation OF
Federal law enforcement activities,
which already has passed the Senate.
In the meantime, 1t was said, the
President VIII take no part in the
debate.
After raidins an Illicit still and ar
resting three men, Bernard Puryear, q
deputy sheriff, and Mack e. Tuck, a
NldEkSNulG, w. p0lACCl1AL1s WSkC 4dttA1Ay
wounded by q fourth, who escaped.
They died at oxford last night. The
raid took place in Mecklenburg County,
Va, just across the State line from
Oxford, N. G.
Wounded in Raid.
Raiding the home of John South a
wealthy rancher, near Yountville, Calf,
Robert D. Freeman. q San Francisco
prohibition agent, received shot wounds
in his chest which may prove fatal.
The wounded man said South shot him
when he attempted to prevent the
rancher from destroying q bottle of
liquor. South, however, asserted that
Freeman pulled the trigger of pistol
over which they were struggling.
Harry Jones, another dry agent, who
accompanied Freeman, said Mrs. South
fired a shotgun at him during the raid
but missed and was disarmed before
she could shoot again.
The verdict at Occur D'Alene was re-
turned after 81 hours of deliberation
Among those convicted were Mayor
Arthur Harwood of Mullen and Sheriff
r. E. Weninger of Shoshone County.
VIRGINIA MEN AMBUSHED,