New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1929, Page 28

Runners Use Poison Gas 7 In Eluding Pursuing Police for years. Senater Frank Greeae of Vermont is still disabled as the result of a bullet which a prohibi- tion agent fired out of ‘an alley as he passed by one night. But the smoke screens offer more dangerous possibilities than ever. Faced by the heavy penalties of the Jones- Stalker law, the bootleggers have adopted increasingly desperate methods. The smoke acreen apparatus is home made and usually is construct- ed from a large garden spray. The { interior is filled with a mixture of kerosene, gasoline and acid. A pipe runs therefrom to the exhause pipe. Vigorous use of the hand pump | torces the mixture inte the exhaust and creates a terrific smoke barrage in the wake of the car which some- times envelopes the entire street. Use Ammonia, Mustard Some bootleggers use ammania, red pepper and mustard in their mixture and some do not. Already five policemen, after be- ing blinded and choked as they pursued a rum car so equipped, have been treated ai hospitals and get | back to their jobs with very sore throats. police chiefs with the idea of equip- ping his force with armored cars He does not dare order indiscrimi- nate shooting into smoke acreems, i Most users of smoke screens es- icape. That's why they use the de- | vice. It began to be introduced on a comparatively large scale soon after the “Five and Ten" law went into effect. About two weeks ago. after a| series of unsuccessful chases after rum running cars which escaped mi their own smoke, the police captain of the 11th precinct ordered hlll men to “rid the district of smoke- | screen rum-runners.” | Police Kill Youth A few days later, about 3 a. m., two of his policemen chased a car over the Anacostia bridge. The |exhaust of the pursued machine !began to beloh smoke. The police A rum runuer's smuke screen car, belching dense clcuds that are fired five shots and the fifth hit 21 Chief of Police Henry G. Pratt| has been making inquiries of othsri stead,” have been trying to get tEe word “upplause” stricken from the Congressional Recerd. The extent of the victim's guiit has not been determined. Slager Is Smaponded [ The peliceman whe shet M-. ing was suspended and held for the grand jury. On the same day an- other pelice car chased and fired vainly at another smeke acreen car, which' they said had baffled them with its barrage 6n two nights in succession. Since that the police have just been letting the amoke-screeners escape. They don't dare fire at | them now they realise the hnnr‘ of suspension and trial on & crimi. ! nal charge in the svent of & fatality. * In one day four instances ef | “smoke” escapes wers reported, bringing the number of cases to about & score. Chief Pratt has said that his men must usé their own judgment abeut the necessity of sheeting and that they will have to take the respensi- bility. He has ordered a s¢arch for automobiles equipped with the de. vice, Tut for the time being, Wuhlnl-l ton’s bootleggers ssem to be sitting | pretty. Women Have Cuspidor, But Males Go Without ! San Francieco, May 10 (UP)-—A' large suspidor has been installed in | the women's restroom of the Custem House here. Burning matches and ' cigarette ends carpeted the floor so | thickly that the Treasury Deurt-j ment decided to save time and money by providing the receptacle. There is no cuspidor in the men's restroom. READ I‘l‘_-l.\' THIS PAPER SOON hald Jink enongh NEW RRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, 10, 1929, Going Out of Business SELLING OUT The Entire Stock Consisting of Thousands of Dollars Worth of Gent’s Furnishings Work Clothes,AShoes, Raincoats, Etc. AT BARGAIN PRICES Folks, This Is a-Bona Fide, Honest-to-Goodness SALE !! Don’t Dare to Stay Away TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC Commencement of the season the mh‘n. s as & rule charge you 8 big price for seasonable merchan- dise, Here s your chance to buy SALE STARTS Saturday, May 11th—8:30A. M. RAIN OR SHINE This Sale Means Money to You NOTICE We ask you in all fairness not to confuse this sale with sale. Look for any ordinary the BIG SALE at 321 Main Street. JUST GLANCE AT THESE SENSATIONAL VALUES often laden with ammonta or mustard fumes, is shown in action above. year old Herman Fleming in the When the car is moving, the clouds trall in its wake. Below is a closeup | head, killing him instantly. as the of the apparatus aad let(, Police Chicf Heary G, Pratt of Washington, | blinding smoke spread in a great | | | hlanket aimost the length of the| Washington, May 10.—The battle | The city reeks with thrills as| bridge. of prohibition is being fought out in | bootleggers disappear these days i"i Members of congress, including the national capital in more ways|huge clouds of suffocating smoke | some drys. began to voice loud | than one. { which often contains mustard or red | protests. Debate broke out in the | Washington bootleggers have in- pepper—or when, as happened in| Héuse. Some yelled “Murder!” and troduced the *smoke-screen” auto- ‘one case, the police fire blindly mlo!somp velled “Hooray!” As Con- mobile as a counter-weapon aguinst the smoke screen in hopes of wing- | gressman Holaday of Illinois de- at Less Than Half. BE HERE WITH THE CROWD 1 Does sonr s | ! | MITKR | 1 the Jones-Stalker law and the an- nounced intention of law enforce- ment officials to make the capital a dry town. The result is that Washington ias the bootleggers and the cops. cops are having their worst days Wild rum chases, ing the driver. 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