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Show BANKERS BACK CONTRACTS OF LIQUOR RING, SAY U. S. AGENTS MIAMI. Fla., March 20. A bootleg- clng ring has been uncovered here so thoroughly oieanized that its con- . 'tracts were backed by some Miami! bankers who also acted as trustee.1? for the funds covering larce sales, Colonel L. C,. Xutt of the internal reenue bureau has reported to Prohi hit inn Commissioner Hajnes. The liquor dealers. Colonel Nun declared, t contracted without hesitation hesita-tion to gel any required amount of liquor li-quor "within 24 hours and to deliver ll wherever the purchaser desired, the court house or at the postoffice" " 'Wc will deliver it al the railway-station railway-station if you wish it shipped,' the report re-port to Commissioner Ilanos quoted the local dealers as offering, 'and' will attend to placing it on cars and 'will buy the necessary grapefruit or 'tomatoes to cover it up ' " HEAVILY DILUTED. "Mart than a dozn uf our investigators.'' investi-gators.'' Colonel Nutt said, "on the ilrst day's operation reported proposi tions of the above character, and in kwo instances negotiations were 'closed, with the aid of bankers, all of twhich will he revealed shortly in court j I proceedings. "Our investigators discovered that many of the operators owned their own smuggling ships, would make night voyages to a point near Nassau. Himini or Gunkey, nieel a schooner laden with liquor, make purchases al the average price of $18 a case, return re-turn the next night and receive double dou-ble the price from their purchasers. al.jo make a snug profit on the iruir and vegetables for packing. They would explain that by diluting, the consignment could be doubled and even Irebled in quantity and sold "up north'' for at least flou a case. PUNCH BOAR D PRIZES "So brazenly was the law violated in the city of Miami that in several insiances the principal prises oi punchboards operated in prominent cigar stands were bottles of liquor. Our investigators not only made win nings of Gordon gin. Johnny Walker Scotch and Bushnell rye, bu carried away the punchboards as souvenirs." ARRESTS LIKELY SOON. WASHINGTON. March 20. Imminent Immi-nent arrest of a number of individuals some of them prominent in Florida commercial circles, was indicated in preliminary reports from Colonel 1-G. 1-G. Nutt, in chargo of the campaign at Miami aga'inst liquor sniUKS'ing. Com mlssioher Haynes said today, |