SHOTS ACROSS THE BOWS
BRITISH SHIP SEIZED FOR ' SMUGGLING. \ ' y ftmniD Pfilll ASSOCIATION.—COPIMOBI.) (ADSMUUAN-HgW KALAKD CASLB ASSOCIATION.) NEW YORK, 26th November. The British schooner Tomako was challenged six miles out and fired upon by coastguards when she attempted to escape. She hove to only when two shots had been fired acroes her bows. The coastguards boarded her and. arrested a notorious smuggler known as Pumniy Bill M'Coy, who had 90,000 dollars, admittedly received for smuggled liquor. The Tomako was seized and the whole crew/ arrested and taken to New York gaol. The Tomako had two machine-guns. Two Government cutters effected the arrest, armed with 3inch guns.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 128, 27 November 1923, Page 7
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106SHOTS ACROSS THE BOWS Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 128, 27 November 1923, Page 7
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