THE PROHIBITION WAR.
ARTFUL NEGRO SEAMAN. REVENUE CUTTERS BEATEN. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5. Thirty-five naval vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent waters have confessed beaten., at least temporarily, since ' the French schooner lArsene,' commanded by a resourceful negro, Frank Wood, showed a clean pair cf heels to a revenue, cutter three days ago. '-■- The Arsene, which kidnapped two • American prohibition oificials who at■'tempted' to arrest her last week, is reported to have reached Bluefields (Nicaragua:). ' : 1 , '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19512, 16 December 1926, Page 14
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78THE PROHIBITION WAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19512, 16 December 1926, Page 14
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