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Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-29 | Page 3 | Scores Indicted in Big Rum Plot

Type issue
Date 1926-11-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Scores Indicted in Big Rum Plot
Type article
Date 1926-11-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 3
OCR Text 1 I I SCORES lt INDICTED IN 11 RUM PLOT New York Bank Head and High Officials Are Held Heldon on Smuggling Charges BOSTON BOSTO Nov 21 w AP AP-A AP A gIgantic gi gigantic gigantic gI- gI gantic rum running plot which was discovered when the steamer Cretan was seiz seized d here heie last August with an cargo of ot alcohol re resulted resulted re- re e suited today in the Indictment of ot 11 more than two score SCOle defendants in three cities including Lewis H H. Rothchild vice pl president of ot the Chelsea Exchange bank of New NewYork NewYork York and two other officials of ot the bank who at nt 28 Is one of the youngest responsible bank banle of officials officIals officials of- of in th the tho country countr was a football football football foot foot- ball star at Princeton With James V V. r Bolso of Brook Brook- lyn an assistant cashier and Harold Harold Har lIar old Smythe of ol New York Yok assistant to Rothchild he lie banker is accused of ot of conspiracy to to- smuggle liquor ona ona on ona a vast scale The rhe Indictments were recently made public here when several of the defendants were arrested Besides R Rothchild and his aides those indicted included Captain August Alkine and two twenty-two men of ot the crew of the Cretan Max l Bernstein Frank Leo I Friedman and Joey Kott all of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Chares Charges Schwartz active in Philadelphia politics Samuel LaSar LaSar La LaSar Sar Philadelphia and Morrs Rot- Rot manot Providence R It I I. I Operations of ot the syndicate were cloaked under the guise of an Inoffensive in inoffensive inoffensive In- In offensive real estate business at a Broadway address the government charges and its ramifications ex extended x x- tended to two continents THREE AR ARE FREE Three of ot the more prominent members of ot the ring are at liberty but most of the others have been lIeen served d with warrants Rothchild just returned from a trip to Europe Schwartz and were accused accused ac accused ac- ac of ot being handlers of ot alcohol and others Including the missing defendants with having various parts in the activities that led to the purchase of the Cretan a former former former for for- mer Merchants and M Miners nets Transportation Transportation Trans Trans- company boat The boat was bought by bv Carl Postal Jr one of ot those Indicted in inthe inthe inthe the name of the Atlas Chartering company the the indictments charge Although under new ownership the vess vessel essel l retained its old colors of ot red and black and cleared from Boston on July 1 for its first voyage The ships ship's papers showed it was going to Philadelphia by way of ot Port and Me I but when it returned here several days later to take on additional cargo without having touched at Portland customs authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au started search that re revealed revealed re- re the liquor hidden under bales of paper The cr crew w was released under bail ball but the craft was forfeited and sold for junk S- S
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