Show THEY WERE BORING FOR WHISKY MINE UNDER BOX CAR CARa Br a 71 The Tte n I ae d az s. s m SEATTLE Wash Dec Dee 30 SO Ita Its It's lust Jut like ho boring for or oIL You may hit bit and then again you may miss I IL It Ir you hit it It It-ab ah Night Watchman W. W A A. A Thomas in the railroad yards at the Great I Northern docks saw sal the tho glimmer of or a light under unde- a box car a short distance up the yard from the dock and ho he cautiously approached ap ap- ap- ap it Und Under r a car he found two young men men men-Jena Jens Ph Ils tad who says saya be beIs beis beis is a cook and Albert Swanson a fisherman The men are each 22 years of ot age They came shamefacedly shamefacedly shamefacedly shame shame- forth when the watchman pointed his pistol at them i 1 Investigation revealed a number number num num- I ber of auger boles bored through I the bottom of ot the freight car A Aurther further urther examination revealed that the car was filled with liquor shipments mostly barrel goods i Brought before B. B I I. I 1 1 Hedges at police headquarters the two young men are said Bald by i the police to have hare confessed that i I 1 they theT were trying to tap a barrel I The men were locked in the city Jail on an open charge chane I I Inasmuch as barrels are arc round I and certain spaces are left be be- them when they are stood on end It is quite clear that borIng bor bor- ing through the bottom of a box boxcar boxcar car r to tap a barrel of ot whisky is pretty much of a hit or miss prop prop- just just like boring for oil Examination revealed that Phil Phil- stad and Swanson had not yet struck oil |