THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1921
News
scans from newspaper collection
of
Ruth
Adams-Battle
transcribed by Tina Hursch
WRECK
CREATES OASIS
Passengers Collect Free Whiskey Whn Truck Is Hit.
scans from newspaper collection
of
Ruth
Adams-Battle
transcribed by Tina Hursch
WRECK
CREATES OASIS
Passengers Collect Free Whiskey Whn Truck Is Hit.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE ENQUIRER
Hamilton, Ohio, April 30.-Two hundred cases of whisky were scattered along the railroad track for a distance of almost 100 yards to-day at Schenck's Crossing, when a five-ton truck was hit by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train. Seven cases were broken and scores of bottles were stolen by early visitors to the scene. The whisky was being transported under a Government permit issued for shipment from Covington to Lexington, KY., and is said to be part of a reshipment from Frankfort to Buffalo, N.Y.
Suit cases, pockets and
baskets were filled by train passengers as the bottles were strewn
along
the track.
E.A. Bradley, Covington,
Covington, KY., was questioned by police following the accident, but
was
released after he had shown his permit. He declared the truck was
bound for Buffalo.
The undamaged cases and the damaged truck were taken to Cincinnati pending further investigation by prohibition aents.
