MODERN SMUGGLERS
■RUNNING THE CUTTER" TO-DAY.
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- (Received 24th September, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 22nd September. Describing rum-running on the American coast, 'a "Daily News" special correspondent says that one seldom sees vessels now, though some'months ago a hundred vessels were visible at ono time, from which 30,C00 cases of liquor were landed on the New Jersey coast jn one night. The smugglers'.-craft ara small schooners, comfortless and swarming with cockroaches. The- crew lie about often for months on «nd, either stewing- in fierce heat or freezing hi Arctic winds. Acte of lawlessness, even piracy, abound. People who dream of getting rich quick should remember the perils of the trade, such as frame-ups by skjpperg and crews who may cell out for their own benefit after over-liberally samphng the cargo. There are ajso piratical raids, counterfeit money, and descents by revenue people; ■ Th© correspondent learned that the story of a- smuggling submarine operating to.Ontario was a fake, and adds that American officials are confident that the nest generation will be thoroughly dry
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 73, 24 September 1923, Page 7
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176MODERN SMUGGLERS Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 73, 24 September 1923, Page 7
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