Show LIQUOR R RUNNING f ACIS WI r OR Ont Aug 30 AP- AP Testimony that some mysterious source in Detroit tips oU off rum runnelS runnel'S run run- tiers nelS on the Det olt river when the const coast Is clear for a dal dash h into the United States has been given by Benjamin Longley dock manager for the tho Michigan Transit c Company He was u a witness in the trial of his company charged with illegal illes-al storage stor stor- age of liquor We get telephone calls from Detroit De- De troit r ing us us Let tile the boys Conic COIne over now Its It's aU all right he said lie lle added he did not the tho source of the calls WillIam Harbert an official M If the MichIgan 1 TransIt as lS to business arrangements between bootleggers who buy liquors and the runners who deliVer IV it Where delivery is guaranteed by bythe bythe the runner lie said they charge from 7 7 to 10 a a. ease case for handling It If the consignee is willing to take a chance and demand rio no guarantee of at safe delivery the tariff Is only 3 to 5 5 a case He said that the Michigan Transit was little more than an agent for National Distilleries Ltd of Montreal Mon Ion treal whose liquors they sell He said the company got only 25 cents a case for handling So your our graft is over the river on the volume of sales the court prosecutor asked Harbert admitted admitted admit admit- ted such was the case And the Michigan 1 Transit company corn com pany Is just a blind to l keep liquor at the Canadian border the prosecutor prosecutor prose prose- continued You keep it here until the right time arrives to ship it to Detroit to sell That's the case isn't It right it if you OU want to put It that way the witness answered |