Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-29 | Page 11 | Vessel Loaded to Rails with Hooch Seized

rl i Vessel Vesel else Loaded L' L To 0 Rails With e t Hooch Seized SA SAN FRANCISCO Ca Cal April 28 I By U U. P The P.-The The motorboat Herron was JIU seized in the Golden Gate and brought into port here at 2 a. a m. m today loaded to tho the rails with Scotch whisky said to have been shipped from Canada The coast guard patrol boat Tulare Tulare Tul- Tul are ire made the seizure men giving the names name of Gottfried G Benson and Melchior both of ot San Francisco I rere ere aboard the boat and were p placed under arrest I. I Tho alleged ged rum runner was capture cap- cap tureA ture in dramatic fashion Captain August Anderson of the Tulare reported that a few minutes minutes minutes min min- utes before 2 a a. m m. he sighted a small motorboat heading from rom Sausalito Sau Sau- out through the Golden Gate Gat Suspecting smugglers he ordered lights out on the revenue cutter and hove to In the shadow of the cuffs I In a short time he sighted the I of the Herron with lights lOUt jest Cut speeding in through the Golden Gate Gite The Tulare gave chase and soon loon blocked the way Captain r Anderson hailed th the Herron f What are you doing shouted Captain Anderson You know what we are doing came WIle the answer The Tho Tulare TV was as then hauled haule alongside the Tulare which had been een forced to stop to avoid colI collision col- col I and the patrol crew boarded I her herShe She was found to be laden to capacity capacity capacity ca ca- ca- ca with liquor Only two men were ere found aboard i uThe The smaller boat first seen seen head- head a bere ng from frond Sausalito towards the tho open pen open sea and which first aroused I suspicion escaped