VARIOUS THEORIES ADVANCED.
ILLEGAL TRADE IN RUM. GUN-RUNNING TO IRELAND. NEW YORK, June 22. (Received June 23, at 5.5 p.m.) With reference to the mysterious disappearance of vessels, one theory is they ■were captux-ed' by rum runners in order to conduct an illegal trade from Cuban ports which are carrying on a tremendous business in rum. In connection with the schooner William Peering, which recently . drifted ashore, the oxUy living thing aboard was a parrot, alongside which was a bottle containing a message stating that the schooner had been captured by an oilburner resembling a chaser, which took off everything after handcuffing the crew. The message added that there was no chance of escape, and asked the finder to notify the William Deering’s owners. The officials advance the theory that one or more of the missing ships may purposely have disappeared with the object of engaging in gun-running to Ireland. The disappearances have extended over nine months. The British Admiralty and the French Ministry of Marine nave been asked to assist in a search for the missing vessels. —Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18280, 24 June 1921, Page 5
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