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CELL IN DETROITSON OF DIPLOMAT IS ARUM RUNDetroit, April 25.—(TP)—La king bond of $1,500, Sarsfield P. Snviddy, 21, son of Professor T. A Smiddv, r. I Irish Free Sta’e representative \lt; the United States, was in the coin *• jail tonight, charged' wih having \ • la*rd the federal tariff art in smuggling whisky from Canada.Smidf'y pleaded r.ot guilty when arraigned today before United St.v^s Commissioner J. Stanley Hurd, and was held for examination a week hence. His arrest, which did not become known un*il today, occurred Friday while he was n* the wheel of an automobile being brought alt;r«s from Windsor to Detroit on a ferry boat. Customs officers said 43 bottles of whisky were brought a ros« in the machine, most of it packed under the radiator.Boor© Leaks A borrowed automobile and a group of four friends figured in the incident, according to young Smiddv. He was emphatic, however, in saying that the! owner of the automobile did not know the use to which it was to be put. The four friends disappeared about the time customs officers say they discovered the liquor leaking from under the radiator. Smiddy .aid he had been employed in local automobile plants for-about two jears.
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Helena Independent
Helena, Montana, US
Tue, Apr 26, 1927
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