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Show I LIQUOR STOLEN I BY U. S. AGENTS Grand Jury Decides Not to Return Any In dictments. H WASRrXGTON. Oct Certain unnamed "representatives of Ue department de-partment of justice," are declared r federal prnnd Jury report made publin hero today to have withdrawn quan-l quan-l titles of seized Intoxicating liquor from; 8 'storage during 19-0 without due pro-res pro-res of law. and to have disposed of part of It by appropriating it for tholr own use and by giving It f-r frletidi and relatives. The grand ury further held thai Hie liquor in question, nioul of whl- n had been seized nt the Washington union station and stored In rooms in th partment of Justice, building and rented rent-ed warehouses here, was "disposed ' by euch officers and employes with the sanction and approv;ii of thus.' In higher aumorltv at that time TJji report added, however, that In iCv of the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the case, 11 had been de-j de-j elded not to return Indictments against those Involved." no AOTI .Ui FORFEIT The withdrawals were nil said to have taken place prior to September 11. 1920. By evidence gathered in a long ami far reaching Investigation the jury In-, formed the court. It was establlsl that although the IntoTirants referred to were supposed to be Forfeited to J the United States, this forfeiture nev-r nev-r had In fart ben confirmed lafrallyl Taecause tho seizures wore not follow- ' d up with the necessary lega! stops! by department of Justlco officials. Because Be-cause of this situation the Jury held the persons who seized such liquor and; ptrcelfl were "trespasser. - acting nt 'their Individual risks. WHERE MQUOR WENT. Regarding disposition of tho liquor, -went after It had been removed from ; fthe places of storage the grand Jury oreport 6a ys: "It further appears that certain rep-"resentatlves rep-"resentatlves of the dennrtnn nt of Justice Jus-tice disposed of the liquor In varlor.s way viz; "By appropriating It to their ov. n 1 jj 'use. by making gifts to relatives, friends, physicians, and hospital and hy destroying such of it as appeared 1 o he unfit for consumption, but no t.--ilmony was given to show thai any oi said liquor was sold for a mom 1 property consideration." |