BRINK "RUNNING".

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1921, Page 4

BRINK "RUNNING".

s.mi'cci.inc ti ll; ii.i.s iN thi: r.s. MOW '.til' K . .Inly 211. Even .i. puiilir wliirii Inis ;i<* Cii>l(liiicd to lull's ol liquor MMUg:Jmg >iiu o tlu.* ;uS*.c>it o! I'ioiiibi! inn i.* mm.iv.iml ;it tlu* ivvohttions ol ilu* illict! iiqnoi j null* which hi!\m* li.'fh miulc 1 1 urin:4 tlit* I.i>t few d:ivs. riil:i:ii>nling in the uiplmv :il New h:ivcn port; on L.»iU£ Island Souml. \csUmmlmv of ;< o|' smugglers in the mi ol* unlondillg 111010 tluiil ill HI rjisk> oi Scotch whisky right under tlu* imst ol n cordon of coast oil a ids. This is the first capture < f s ■ tellers rcil-hamled. Tin* who!" all: ir might have been olle of tin* historic encounters between smugglers ami pteveiiiivo mi,*u ,m the coasts of Knghind in the old smuggling days. Tile pictMie i~ ciimplct e, even down to the tradition il lugger, which, in this case, i-> a iish iiig sloop with the modern improvement of an auxiliary engine. die slnop is known 1,» have obtained ' »•! t ngo from a “mother ship,” a ?:«i;*:** mv. Un ions schooner which was sigh Ij,l off t lie coasts of Long Maud, in the neighbourhood ol .Moiitavvk Doing M*veral times in the past month. Tile rupture of t i e sloop too!; plan early yesterday. ('nnstguu.; d omcois leceivad a “tip” that an nr '

1 would he made that night to run 1 cargo of liquor ashore. They posted a i chain of men along the shop.* for sev ; era I miles. At midnight |be.\ 'Vciv.*.‘ » ;i message from a neighbouring ligot- : house* that- a small vessel was I ring no ! loaded at an old jolty near by. : Thirty policemen lon id- I motor on- | and drove to the spot. Diawing m* ‘ volvers, they ehaij'ed tlu* smugglers, I scvcial of whom dimmed their kegs they were carrying and, b aping ini-* ! ihe* *..*n. tiled to es -ape by swimming. ; Others made frantic efforts to east oil ' H.«- sloop and get away with the nux- ‘ iliary engine. ; \motig the men captured were three ; prominent citizens oi Newhaveii, who attended the landing of the cargo with ; mofo:* t nr-, to rej»lenis!i ll ei* cellars, j When tlu* revenue men (*.\amiued ; tlu* ship they found a portable* wireless : sci which had been used in maintaiu- • in*'; co-mmunieat ion wit h the mot her j ship. Marks on the whisky eases indi- ; cate that they came from Nassau, mi ; tlu* Hahnmns. Tin- Rrilish Poconn ke is . si ill under detention a! N-w-avce. i pending a satisfactory explanation ol j tli'f disappearance of a thousand kegs j of whisky during her voyage from tlu* j Rnhamas. Tlie captain said dmt they | were consigned to Quebec hut that, ! meeting with heavy weather, which * partially disabled the vessel, he Lrnnsforrod them to an schooner j to lighten bis vessel. in I heir discovery of this smugghng organisation tlu* authorities believe : tbat they have a elm* to tlu* famous “mystery ships,” the behaviour ol which has been the cause oi so much speculation and inmisiness. It is beJicie ! Hat i 1 • -a -g.ders. who are In- All .1 :‘ • :11 : . <■].[:. I.:: i! et o* f Mine: uibiim .-in** chasers ami other fast, era It t * h inliquor from (‘ulia. I»a I .::ivs, 'aitada. and odier “wet” (Oiintries. Immense qunntilie- *"o lau-l- <\ •bmv • : . . ,■,*.• i.- o: Elor!«!a ;nul a j. ,c.j. her * f mo*., -!».,-«‘ h.,vc 1 •• n :i-cc:st!v. wit!: the result, nc|n j tie Rrohi'til ion authorities, , S m o V 't o’* «i’t* being driveil farth-er and fart.her mud h. A scent patio! and Navy ‘eaphutts :ive mainl-ainirng a wat* h alon * the New Jersey coast in Hie neighbourhood oi Cape May, searching creeks and tide s fer ■ i sister ship of tb° Rocomoke, u .]",.h is believed to hi' in Hi * vicinity. ~r T. .. r W.«*7«KM I Aledical rmHmrities recommend “N * ! /Ol 11 ns ait lflottl in 11 11 oIt/.tt pi'ovont ive. ! ! V,t<'t tnlins; ttnil <>o «losi's : Is Oil.