Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-06 | Page 1 | Utah Woman Arrests Banker as 'Smuggler'

Utah Woman Arrests Lanker Banker as Smuggler ler I Frightfully Embarrassing Says Telling of Hawaiian Case CaseBy tn Br By United Press SAN FRANCISCO April 6 6 SIr Sir Victor Sassoon wealthy British international international in in- banker confessed himself himself him him- self frightfully embarrassed today over an episode involving light wine and beer that led to his arrest in Honolulu as a liquor smuggler It was not nol the fine he paid that caused Sir Victors Victor's embarrassment embarrass embarrass- ment meat but the fact that he was arrested arrested ar ar- rested by a woman Arriving here aboard the liner President Coolidge the banker described described described de de- de- de scribed it as a rather ridiculous affair affair affair af af- af- af fair just like your prohibition law Mrs A. A Hyde of Utah collector of customs in Honolulu and anda a mili militant nt prohibitionist b was Sir Victors Victor's Victors Victor's Vic Vie tors tor's nemesis Someone told her he had a case of beer and some wine ine in his stateroom Mrs Hyde investigated investigated gated and then tapped the banker on the shoulder She led Sir Victor to court and charged him with liquor smuggling He put up bail which he understood understood under under- stood was the amount of the fine in I such cases and did not return I had brought Drought the stuff from Shanghai he explained Some I flunky put it in the of my PLAYS PRO HI fI f I I J LL Mrs Jeanette Hyde suite The woman officer told me if it had been under the bed or elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where in the living quarters it would have been legal Rather a fine point you know but you cant can't argue with these Johnnies