Show prohibition RA 0 OFFICERS SEIZE WOR WORTH rh OP OF LIQUOR AND DRUGS VALUED AT OFFICER SUICIDE seven sailors are wounded by Federal dry agents when they doard board ship in new york harbor in search of liquors new York Seven were shot and wounded in a battlo battle with prohibition enforcement agents aboard tile the king alexander nt at hor wharf lit in brooklyn friday the raiders of if ter a desperate struggle overpowered tile tho seamen beaubien and seized alleged contraband liquor worth drugs valued at also wore were confiscated the officers announce after tho the raid prank frank J gitzpatrick patrIck calef narcotic officer here who avilo had taken part in fit tile the raid committed sul clile tit nt it nearby plot pier according to a pollee police report other oilier federal agents declared t they 11 e 11 knew no motive for suicide they expressed tile the better belief thai the excitement ind and of tile the raid temporarily deranged jilin fitzpatrick who had searched the vessel with the prohibition agents was found dead lit in a nearby ferry house ni at ter the lie light thero there were two bullet wounds in ills his heart united states marshal marid ial rower thir ty deputy und and twenty policemen were sent to tile rang ning alexander titter after the suicide was wa s reported to the NO authorities to arrest all members of the crew on boord board anti and take them to the lit federal building tor for questioning the rold on oil the hie king alexander was in connection with tile the now new campaign launched hero against bootleggers acting on it tip ill eliat members of the crew of tho the king alexander were involved it n it plot to smuggle liquor and drugs into this country the prohibition agents soo swooped ped down on oil the ship at her wharf sailors resisted and a score of shots allots were exchanged fifteen prohibition agents agentis comprised the force that raided the pic king alexander I 1 TI they icy the ship in it launch and baylli lay in the shado shadows shadowy wi of the wha iryes while agents posing capros pec tive purchasers ofa bathe lie contraband went aboard tho the vessel veasel they negotiating on oil tile still it lookout spied opted the launch crowd ed I 1 with officers he gave the alarm A moment later intel those thos in tile the launch laul lell heard a n batt battle loof of bilotti frum front tile tho vessel the alio raid ws was under mider hp ablo direction of ernest K L langley c chief federal e enforcement 11 fore ement agent to in now new york sir mr langley said that find just been beell paid by one of lie itt advance ivalice agents and part of the contraband abaid articles delia cred when the lie crews suspicions were aroused arp argIl used Sed tin attracted custo customs nili guards ind police reserves who aur surrounded rot the alio pier to prevent the brei from fleeing cIng the prohibition agents said however than nn all officer pt art to thoy were to pay tile money idd vanished the wounded 8 of blk crew were taken to a under arrest 11 ight men were arrested charged with violation of Vol stend net |