Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 109, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1927 — Page 5

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WILDEST PORTS • OF WORLD RISE IN WEST INDIES I Wickedness Thrives; Worse Than Early U. S. Frontier Town Conditions. This article concludes a series in which Rodney Dutcher has described the bitter warfare along the Florida coasts between the U. S. Coasy Guard and rum smugglers. BY RODNEY DUTCHER NEA Service Writer (Copyright, 1927, NEA Service. InO WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Some of the wildest, wickedest “hell-holes” on this hemisphere have sprung up in the West Indies since the first rum-runner established a base there* for operations to the Florida coast. The rum-runners who smuggle liquor ihto Florida and who inhabit the little Eahama villages whefe the stuff Is loaded on board are, for the most part, the most lawless of characters, according to the description of the coast guard, which has captured quite a few of them in the course of 100 seizures made in Floras* since February. Bahamas Headquarters The headquarters of these bands are located in some of the islands of the Bahama group lying nearest the Florida coast. The notorious Gun Cay, which is |about a mile long and very narrow, "lies less than seven miles south of 3outh v 33imini Island. Small boats can find good shelter within the cay by passing around the southern edge. Gun Cay is only fifty miles southeast of Miami. Another rum-runners’ nest is the Cat Cays, two narrow wooded islets some forty feet high, separated by a small channel and about four miles southeast of Gun Cay. Harbor Is Crowded North and South Bimini, names synonymous with rum-running, are two irregularly shaped, sandy islands some fifty miles east of Miami. The Grand Bahama Island Is about sixty-five miles long, east to west. It is the South Atlantic smuggling ifTdustry’s biggest center. West End, at westernmost tip, is the point where most of the liquor is shipped from, as it offers a fair anchorage and is nearest to the American coast. . Scores of vessels are often to be seen in the harbor at West End, according to coast guardsmen who have visited the place, and nearly all of them are rum-runners. Large warehouses and vast quantities of liquor are stored on shore, waiting to be taken away in “hams.” A ham is a half dozen bottles sewed up in a burlap bag. Murders Are Frequent There is very little at West End except the rum industry—a small pool lia,ll and a British government wireless station. Behind the dark (little settlement is jungle land into which no one ever tries to penetrate. There are numerous rickety docks, joined to warehouses. Negro labor is

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employed for the heavy work; gunmen from the large American cities often comprise the smuggling crews. The lawlessness prevailing at Wpsi End resembles that of early American frontier towns—only worse. Murders are reported to be frequent, especially when the colony gets “likkered up.” Oasis Plan Fails .Not long ago some American capitalists purchased interests at West End and decided to make a resort colony out of it—an oasis for thirsty Americans. It made the mistake of buying a rum-running vessel with which to begin operations, however, and this ship was seized by the Coast Guard for past offenses. The plan to civilize West End ndW seems to have fallen through. The job remains for the Coast Guard, which can not land on British soil but which hopes to cut off West End from the Florida mainland. HURRY WORK ON DAM Illinois River Project Expected to Be Completed This Fall By United Presa LA SALLE, 111., Sept. 15.—With the aid of favorable weather, engineers in charge of construction work on the dam in the Illinois River at Starved Rock, hope to have the project completed by fall. Day and night shifts are working on the dam and each shift is averaging 475 cubic-feet of the mixture daily. It is a part of the $200,000,000 waterway program.

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