# Springfield Weekly Republican, 2 January 1930, page 1: secrecy over the Coast Guard inquiry

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Associated Press report from New London, dated 30 December 1929, that the Coast Guard's inquiry into the Black Duck shooting began in secrecy, with a separate inquiry to be held at Providence.

Front page of the Springfield Weekly Republican, 2 January 1930. The story carries the dateline "New London, Ct., Dec. 30—(AP)." It reports: "A veil of secrecy was thrown around" the Coast Guard investigation into the killing of three rum-runners early on Sunday, 29 December, by the crew of patrol boat CG-290. The crew of six were restricted to the base.

The report identifies the boat as "the C-5677, known as the Black Duck," laden with 500 cases of liquor, and says that a separate inquiry would be held at Providence by state and federal authorities. It shares the page with other Coast Guard items.

This is the only Massachusetts title in Chronicling America that the research for this archive found for the period. The page reports the start of inquiries and does not state their outcome.

## Sources

- Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1930-01-02/ed-1/?sp=1
- Library of Congress OCR text of this page: https://tile.loc.gov/text-services/word-coordinates-service?segment=/service/ndnp/mb/batch_mb_basil_ver01/data/sn83020847/00517171098/1930010201/0001.xml&format=alto_xml&full_text=1