Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-21 | Page 5 | Officers Seize Liquor Cargo

SEIZE SEllE CARGO k Rates at r wi Tug Is Valued a att at t t 4 Arrested ArresteR Arrestee d R YORK YORK e Jan Jn 21 AP Ma AP-Ma- Ma- Ma police co early today seized the going tug Rescue with a of or liquor said to be worth c than half halt a million dollars a chase ot oft off Sandy Hook i In I n i half a dozen shots from a II under were fired Rescue p which Is valued at a t l' l about v as formerly owned by the Merritt Chapman Wrecking company The present owner Is Js unknown to the police pollee A coast guard launch first observed observed observed ob ob- served the Rescue and fired a shot across h her r bow The tug put on speed A police launch hearing the shots joined In the chase and fired tired several hundred rounds from machIne machine ma ma- machine chine guns but the tug was not struck Meantime the Rescue extinguished Its running lights and boldly entered en en- en the harbor and went to a slip at Jefferson street Before the bluecoats could reach her the Rescues Rescue's Res Res- cues cue's sea cocks had been opened and most of the crew had fled tied The four men who remained aboard surrendered dered Policemen dove Into the w writer wa ter tel In the hold and closed the sea sea- cocks Coast guard officials said the craft had on board over cases of ot assorted wines and liquors Coast guard officers said they re received re- re 1 a tip three weeks ago that tha t the tug was bound for New York k with a million dollar cargo They surmised that her arrival here hero had been delayed by the heavy fog that enveloped the coast earlier In the week The full tull crew of the tug was said to have been twenty