DRY CHIEF CHARGES "SPOTTERS" TRAIL AGENTS AND PREVENT ARRESTS Signal System Employed By Bootleggers Forestall Dry Raids
Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, charged that his agents were being spotted and followed, and said he was convinced an elaborate system of tip-offs and signal fires was in use.
In Newark, the official making the charge is Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator.
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 7. - Col. Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, today charged that his agents were being spotted and followed. He said he was convinced that an elaborate system of tip-offs even to the lighting of signal fires as warnings was in use.
His conviction, he said, was based on personal experience gained last night, when he decided to take part in several raids. Soon after leaving his office he realized that he and his agents were followed.
Making a sortie to the waterfront in expectation that liquor was to be landed from a boat, he found several men all armed, with trucks drawn up along the shore and a fire burning as a warning to any one on the water. Lights flickered back and forth on the water, but no boats came ashore - while he was there.
Reproduced unchanged from The Lambertville Record, October 28, 1926, page 2.
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DRY CHIEF CHARGES "SPOTTERS" TRAIL AGENTS AND PREVENT ARRESTS Signal System Employed By Bootleggers Forestall Dry Raids
Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, charged that his agents were being spotted and followed, and said he was convinced an elaborate system of tip-offs and signal fires was in use.
In Newark, the official making the charge is Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator.
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 7. - Col. Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, today charged that his agents were being spotted and followed. He said he was convinced that an elaborate system of tip-offs even to the lighting of signal fires as warnings was in use.
His conviction, he said, was based on personal experience gained last night, when he decided to take part in several raids. Soon after leaving his office he realized that he and his agents were followed.
Making a sortie to the waterfront in expectation that liquor was to be landed from a boat, he found several men all armed, with trucks drawn up along the shore and a fire burning as a warning to any one on the water. Lights flickered back and forth on the water, but no boats came ashore - while he was there.
Reproduced unchanged from The Lambertville Record, October 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Lambertville Record, October 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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DRY CHIEF CHARGES "SPOTTERS" TRAIL AGENTS AND PREVENT ARRESTS Signal System Employed By Bootleggers Forestall Dry Raids
Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, charged that his agents were being spotted and followed, and said he was convinced an elaborate system of tip-offs and signal fires was in use.
In Newark, the official making the charge is Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator.
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 7. - Col. Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, today charged that his agents were being spotted and followed. He said he was convinced that an elaborate system of tip-offs even to the lighting of signal fires as warnings was in use.
His conviction, he said, was based on personal experience gained last night, when he decided to take part in several raids. Soon after leaving his office he realized that he and his agents were followed.
Making a sortie to the waterfront in expectation that liquor was to be landed from a boat, he found several men all armed, with trucks drawn up along the shore and a fire burning as a warning to any one on the water. Lights flickered back and forth on the water, but no boats came ashore - while he was there.
Reproduced unchanged from The Lambertville Record, October 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Lambertville Record, October 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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DRY CHIEF CHARGES "SPOTTERS" TRAIL AGENTS AND PREVENT ARRESTS Signal System Employed By Bootleggers Forestall Dry Raids
Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, charged that his agents were being spotted and followed, and said he was convinced an elaborate system of tip-offs and signal fires was in use.
In Newark, the official making the charge is Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator.
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 7. - Col. Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, today charged that his agents were being spotted and followed. He said he was convinced that an elaborate system of tip-offs even to the lighting of signal fires as warnings was in use.
His conviction, he said, was based on personal experience gained last night, when he decided to take part in several raids. Soon after leaving his office he realized that he and his agents were followed.
Making a sortie to the waterfront in expectation that liquor was to be landed from a boat, he found several men all armed, with trucks drawn up along the shore and a fire burning as a warning to any one on the water. Lights flickered back and forth on the water, but no boats came ashore - while he was there.
Reproduced unchanged from The Lambertville Record, October 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Lambertville Record, October 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.
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DRY CHIEF CHARGES "SPOTTERS" TRAIL AGENTS AND PREVENT ARRESTS Signal System Employed By Bootleggers Forestall Dry Raids
Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, charged that his agents were being spotted and followed, and said he was convinced an elaborate system of tip-offs and signal fires was in use.
In Newark, the official making the charge is Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator.
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 7. - Col. Ira L. Reeves, recently appointed deputy prohibition administrator, today charged that his agents were being spotted and followed. He said he was convinced that an elaborate system of tip-offs even to the lighting of signal fires as warnings was in use.
His conviction, he said, was based on personal experience gained last night, when he decided to take part in several raids. Soon after leaving his office he realized that he and his agents were followed.
Making a sortie to the waterfront in expectation that liquor was to be landed from a boat, he found several men all armed, with trucks drawn up along the shore and a fire burning as a warning to any one on the water. Lights flickered back and forth on the water, but no boats came ashore - while he was there.
Reproduced unchanged from The Lambertville Record, October 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Lambertville Record, October 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.
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