"BOOTLEG" TRICK

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 18

"BOOTLEG" TRICK

ALE FORFEITED : WHISKY.

SMUGGLED

.• A little,while-ago .a mptor-eaivrattled. its way^.on; to the; Canadian-approach of the -Peace Bridge; arid' bumped and jostled across'the invisible line, in the middle .of Niagara River separating "wetV Ontario, from "dry" United States,, states a correspondent of ■]. the '•Daily-Telegraph:" ■ It. skidded .and slitered to a stop when ;..4ailed „, by United States Customs ''officers:' ■'"' Its lpne occupant was clad:in-jumper's and ai flappy hat. ' He said he was a Pennsylvania- farmer, and •' looked- even more : bucolic- than that. '■ Strapped to the, running board was a sack that ■clinked-and gurgled. :■'lt ■ was full of bottles ..of; Canadian ale.: ';-.- '';■■- ■ '.' '

•' .She.-.driver -..was pathetically sorry; to b'e-.relieved of his liquid-cheer; he offered, to ,p.ay ; - any:duty -.'necessary; .'and assured the; Customs-men •he had been informed a. man could-.legally bring in a bit for-.his-'own use.-. The: United States: agents chuckled at ..the stupidity o;f thisir.uralvperson,"-seized the ale^and" let.himvgo.. --■: ■■i:-r.'! ■': ;rv.;;- r-'i ■• .-.

• .; The car.-then drove-:offi- .■■iThei'nanie and •-, address:. of • -.the. -owner •:• -.iWeref. > not taken. To-day disturbing -news came to the Customs men. Hidden inside the car, which they were too amused to search, were': 250; quarts of 1 good ' highproof Canadian whisky. The ale was camouflage, and the farmer not nearly so stupid as he looked. '..-. / -. ■.•■;•..'..