TRICKS OF THE WHISKY SMUGGLER.

Taihape Daily Times, 11 June 1919, Page 2

TRICKS OF THE WHISKY SMUGGLER.

.l’0('.z_1t(‘ll() (I<lz1l1o) lxas been dry, or ti-ll]_.pOSL‘.(ll_'y' so, for a number of years, says the San Francisco Bulletin. ’l‘hc Police Court record shows, hOW(‘-Vol’, t.}la.t there is a sufficient quzrntity of the bzmned liquids to excite Suspicion. :\ tar bej_r2'imed lmrrel appeared on the freight pl:1tl’or'111 of ‘rho local station mm’ long ::g:.~. It xms COI1Slg'l1(‘(l to 21. “p:‘.int comp:lny” which. oflicers <li:‘Co\'el'o(l, «.liCm’t. exi.~'.t. The bi-Lrrel \\'::s K-.\':1I11ll10£l,‘cll1(l found to contain tl‘..‘- l):=.nned Spll'll’.~'-—1'0g11l:11‘ ton-yoar-old wlliske_\f, about .thirty-five gallons. Tlxe barrel xvas :\ll('m'0(l in rest for (i;l_\-.- in Hue hope that the owners might ‘or ind‘.:—=el'ee‘r enough to claim it. But Fm ol‘ficn:'.~: finillly l.)ee~3me tired of the ‘.'.-:11-211 and conclmlod ‘to remove it. The ‘.32:-‘k was: ezrsy. The barrel was- un =.:£:uall_l.' light‘. am} \‘.'lle2l I'emoV'O(l from its position tlmre \\':1;~: cllsclcsecl an invh tmgur hole 1‘l11'Ou_<;‘l1 the platforln um! into the bottom of the barrel. The l-ontents. had been -(lr-.1\\'n under the eyes of the ofil'cel'.<, days before, and (IC'IIIJIICSS had beux <tcr.vel'ted into «:2 sh; e ; -i'7»'—".;._'*E.‘v.>§V For :1 long time :1 m;.'sterioll.< woman \\'il'l:- :1 baby em-riage confusecl the of-fit-inls. who could not locate the source of supply. unfil one (lay the woman yvroved her o\\‘lr ln-st customer, and permitted the baby to remain alone for §e\'(‘l'al hours, \\‘llllC‘ she 0I1j0y(l(l :1. spree with some of her ‘customers.’ l"nder the baby’s l’l'{‘.ppin§: was the remainder of a. half case of \‘.'lllßl-ZC_\'.