¶ Dry agents captured a liquor launch coming in from "Rum Row." Its skipper had an unstamped letter from a member of one of the rum-ship's crew. It read in part:
"There are so many sales here and things are four times cheaper than at home. Well, parents, this is a very exciting life out here. There are two boatloads of Chinese, Italians, Greeks, etc., all waiting to be smuggled into the States. There are also a couple of steamships with opium, heroin, morphine and cocaine, all of which is being smuggled...
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