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Show M DESERTS FORT VESSEL FOURCAPTURED Million Dollar Cargo Captured As Officers Close Sea Cocks On Deserted Boat POLICE LOOKOUT - FOR THE RESCUE' Incident Said to Be Most Daring Dar-ing Attempt to Land Wet Goods NEW YORK, Jaj)., 21. (UP) With machine gun fire rattling through the harbor, the tug Rescue led police and coast guard boats a thrilling chase within s'ght of New York City during -.flie night and finally fin-ally was abandoned,, her sea cocks opened. She was saved from sinking sink-ing only' by quick boarding by the pursuers. . - ... . , . . Four men were arrested, 20 others are believed to have escaped aind a million dollars worth of liquor was captured. The Rescue is a jlTJO.OOO boat, equipped for high speed and recently recent-ly was sold by the Mern't Chapman Chap-man company of New York, the present ownership being indefinite. It is believed that 'Xie vessel bad loaded her cargo abroad, instead of buying it on rum row and was attempting at-tempting the daring feat of running it direct to a wharf In New York. Coast guard details had a tip to wa.ieb. for the ship. Last -right they saw it, steaming through the narrows. A coast guard speed boat was sent in pursuit, but its engines en-gines failed and as the Rescue drew away, the coast guard opened fire. A police detail heard the firing and sent ow.' o police boat. . The Rescue sped directly past the police launch, unheding signals to stop. The police opened the fire. The Rescue dashed on, up the east river wiiJi the poilice following. About a mile P the river the Rescue swerved and then, the sea cocks were opened, the boa,' was swung towards to-wards a wharf, twenty men leaped overboard and the ship was abandoned. aban-doned. Officers drew and boarded, closing clos-ing the sea cocks just in time to prevent pre-vent the boat from sinking. Four men were still . aboard or scrombling up the nearby dock. They were arrested. The others escaped. |