181,000 DOLLARS IN WHISKY
f STOLEN BY BANDITS. r “ Fifty men armed ■with sawed-otf ’ shotguns raided Foust's distillery, at Glen Rock. York County, early yester--3 day. overpowered guards and stole 18L barrels of whieky. Sixteen motor ] trucks were needed to carry the whiskv i away. The stock is valued at 181,000 f dollars. “ It was the second attempt in a b week to raid the distillery. Late Thursday twelve men in motor trucks drove n up to the distillery and overpowered - the guards with drawn pistols.”—Philadelphia ‘‘ Public Ledger,” July 16, . 1922. t This is not an isolated case of lawbreaking in U.S.A. It is a sample of h what is happening every day in different parts of the country. A sample v of the failure of Prohibition, and the enormous crop of criminality that has followed in its wake. Keep New Zealand free from this vile thing vote Continuance. 52
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16875, 28 October 1922, Page 9
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