In the age before the internet and widespread conspiracy theories, the 1923 Prohibition raid on Clam Island took enough twists and turns that today would spark thousands of clicks and headlines.
When the bootleggers were apprehended on the island in February, their records and receipts showed that 300 cases of the finest Scotch whiskey had been brought through Barnegat Inlet and stored on the island. Later investigation by the Asbury Park Press showed that numbers were a problem.
“The liquor was discovered by Captain Raymond Palmer of the Barnegat Coast Guard station, who notified Joseph L.
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