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| Reverend spied on liquor bust effort of local police
Prohibition had been common for eight years when, In sept 1923, i would say the Rev. Reekie of Regina, assistant of the Social Service Council, A temperance enterprise, Hurried to Moose Jaw on a hot tip that a boxcar rich in 90 barrels and 20 kegs of beer was about to arrive.
Reekie intended to spy on the Liquor Commission and local police to see if they were diligent in their efforts to enforce the liquor laws, Or lax as several claimed.
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He as soon as possible tipped off Liquor Commission workers who notified the Moose Jaw police, And then posted himself nearby the boxcar to await action.
Eight hours later he was still being waiting. When not one law enforcer came along, Reekie phoned the police station and was told that a constable had spent four hours checking every spur track in the Canadian Pacific Railway yards but was not able to find the boxcar and its illicit cargo.
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</a> thought Reekie since the authorities knew the serial number of the boxcar and the CPR yard office knew where every car was located. The officer said he wasn't sure he could because he didn't know if the spur track was on CPR property or not, But he would phone the police station and just listen.
in response, Sgt. Carr arrived on the scene and Reekie asked him to post a police officer who could nab the lawbreakers when they came to unload the beer, almost certainly around sunrise.
But Carr said he was shorthanded and could have the car checked every hour, Which didn't satisfy Reekie due to the fact boxcar could be unloaded between checks.
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After an span, Carr returned to say the CPR police were too busy to look out the boxcar, So Reekie said although watch it himself, And if he saw any unloading activity he would notify the police station.
Carr promised to dispatch a constable on a bicycle to the scene asap.
"I put that carload right into hands and wrists, And if you let it get away you'll find trouble, Reekie declared the sergeant.
soon after sunrise when a truck arrived to unload the boxcar, Reekie went off to phone the authorities. associated with speeding to the scene on a bicycle, A constable arrived on foot just as the truck with certain beer took off.
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