A gaol guard of this prison by the name of Elmer Moore was sentenced the day before to 60 days in gaol for contempt of court at an inquiry into the smuggling of Hiquor to prisoners. The contempt. was actually being drunk when Moore and a "cunman" prisoner appeared in the court. I am told, however, that this is by no means jan uncommon thing. As one man put it to me yesterday: "Every body knows that every high school has its bootlegger, though everybody denies it. Well, it's the same with most gaols." This man told me that in one gaol that he knows of there was a pipe of a permanent prison, when the guards rest—that is, delivered it by rubber tubing to the colls calling for a drink. It may seem unbelievable, but I have no reason to doubt that this sort of thing is going o Another case of smuggling to my notice the other day. A two miles long was "sunk"
Francisco Bay. Attached to the Hine, at different intervals, were many cases of whisky. One end of the line made fast to a torpedo boat, and a navy cutter was employed to afoam to the shore, bringing the other end of the line to other Navy men, who hauled the stuff ashore and disposed of it when the signal was given, In Canada it would appeat that smug! encouraged. All travellers from this country across the border into Canada are immediately struck by the many "cute" things that are made for the illicit conveyance of liquor back into the States, Eversbody who goes into Canada automatically buys a bootleg walking stick. This is an ordinary looking stick, but the centre is hollowed out and a pipe inserted, so that the "stich contains three or four drinks. Liquor is also put up in candy form. Tt is also enclosed in a sizable ice-cream brick, the brick containing half a pint or so of spirits. In the North-west the American travelling into Canada has his own little thorities," moreover, the con-Sequence being that smuggling is very common indeed. Down on the Mexico line, I hear—and I know—they are not so particular. I heard of a man the other day who! was anxious to get in 300) cases of whisky. The runners landed it at a coastal point in Mexico. Thence it was taken inland a bit.
Arrangements were made with the officials on both sides of the line, and a day duly appointed for delivery to be taken over to the American side. On that particular day two motor trucks appeared, a regular pass for the goods was issued, and those 300 cases (so I ara told) were put aboard the truck and
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