Big Liquor Seizure
Valued at Million Dollars. STEAMER ANSONIA'S CARGO. MOTOR TRUCKS AND CARS. [By Cable —Press Assn. — Copyright.) (Received 13, 10.55 a.m.) New York, Aug, 12. The biggest liquor seizure made for a long time was effected when police, marine patrolmen and coastguardsmen captured the 300 ft. steamer Ansonia beside the Statue of Liberty, after chasing her from Staten Island dock.
Liquor valued at 1,000,000 dollars was seized, also six motor trucks and three automobiles. Thirty-six of the crew and 43 other persons on the dock were arrested. Attention was first drawn to the Ansonia when large trucks arrived in the early hours of the morning and a large number of men were actively engaged in unloading the vessel at an hour when the dock is usually deserted. A patrolman telephoned to the authorities and officers quickly arrived and surrounded the dock, whereupon the crew attempted a dash for freedom in the open sea They were, however, soon overtaken. —(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 205, 13 August 1927, Page 7
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