DRY LAW POLICE

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1929, Page 7

DRY LAW POLICE

KILL A BOY.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

AVASHINGTON, April 27,

Tim United States House of Reprc-S'-uLatives to-day shook with a bitter debate over the killing of a 21-ycar-old boy bootlegger, who was laying a smoke screen in the streets of AVashington, in an endeavour to escape with a liquorladen motor lorry. The boy was shot dead by a policeman. Representative Holacy offered a defence of the police officer who did the shooting, and some other members applauded him. Representative Black then sprang to his feet saying: “I think this is one of the most outrageous scenes that I have ever encountered in tlie House. To think that the statement of one o? our Members, which has described the killing of a boy, should be applauded by members of the House of {representatives of the United States!” Representative Laguardia then began commening sarcastically upon the large sums being spent by the Prohibition agents in the Night Clubs to obtain evidence. He said: “The Prohibition enforcement officers do not shoot when they go into these high class night clubs! You send tlie ‘Orchid and Champagne Squad’ there to entertain the hostesses; but you call out the Assassin Squad to shoot poor people elsewhere, who are trying to make their living out of liquor.