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Show SAILORS SHOT IN PROHIBITION OAID OFFICER8 SEIZE $:0 003 WORTH OF LIQUOR AND DRUGS VALUED AT $75,003; OFFICER SUICIDE 2 Seven Sa'lors are Vounded by Federal Dry Agents When They Board Ship In New York Harbor In Search of Liquors New York Seven sailors were shot ami woiimleil in a battle with prohibition prohibi-tion ciiforcelneiil agents aboard tliu steamship King Alexander al luer wharf In Biool.ljii Friday. Tire raiders, after af-ter a despeinie struggle, overpowered the seamen and seized alleged contraband contra-band liquor worth !?."0.(I(M. Drugs valued at $75,000 also were 1 confiscated, the officers announced. After the raid, Frank J, nizpatrlck, chief narcotic olflccr hero, who had taken part lu I he raid, committed suicide sui-cide nt a nearby pier, according to a police report. Other federal agents declared they knew no motive for Fltzpatrick's suicide. sui-cide. They expressed the belief that the excitement and strain of the raid temporarily deranged Ulm. Fllzpalrlek, who had searched tho vessel with the prohibition agents, was found dead lu a nearby ferry house after af-ter the light. There were two bullet wounds lu his heart. United States Marshal Power, thirty thir-ty deputy mai-sliils and twenty policemen police-men were sent to tho Iftng Alexander after the suicide was reported to tho authorities to arrest all members of the crew on board and take them to tho federal building for questioning. The raid oh the King Alexander was In connection with the new campaign launched here against bootleggers. Acting on a lip Unit members of flio crew of the King Alexander were Involved In-volved in a plot to smuggle contraband liquor and drugs Into this country, tho prolCbltlon agenls swooped down on the ship at her wharf. Sailors resisted und a Score of shots were exchanged. Fifteen prohibition agents comprised the force that raided the King Alexander. Alex-ander. They approached the ship ,ln n launch ami lay in the shadows of tho wluirves while agents, posing as prospective pros-pective purchasers of the contraband, went aboard the vessel. Wbl In- they were negotiating on the ship, a rookout spied the launch crowded crowd-ed with ijlllcets. He gave' the alarm. A moment later, those lu the launch heard a buttle of shots from the vessel. ves-sel. The rnld was under thp direction of Umest L. Langley, chief federal en-fonement: en-fonement: agent in- New York. Mr. Langley said that 51100 had Just been paid by one of the advance agents and part of the contraband articles delivered deliv-ered when the crew's suspicions were aroused. The shooting attracted customs guards and police reserves who surrounded sur-rounded the pier to prevent the crew from fleeing. The prohibition ugents said, however, than nn officer of tirr vessel to wlwim they were to pay the nrorroy had vanished.' The wounded members of the crew were tnken to a hospital under arrest. Klght men were arrested charged with violation of tnc Volstead net. |
