New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-31
RAID INVOLVES TAMMANY.
UNLICENSED BAR CLOSED.
Federal Officials Find 1t on Murphy
Contracting Company's Premises.

AnnarentIv Charles F Murphy leader of Tam
many Hall who at one stage in his varied ca
reer was a prosperous saloonkeeper, cannot
keep his name clear from the liquor business
AS the result Of a raid by internal revenue OIL
GERS on a. blind tiger in Van Nest late Sun
day afternoon f. was shown that the New-York
Contracting and Trucking Company, known
among politicians 'the Murphy concern heo
been selling liquor to its employes-prac'icahS
forcing them to buy in fact, as the place was d
company store The firm, instead OF paying
license fees to State and federal authorities ap-
parently preferred to take all the profits itseH
The place raided notorious in Van Nest
and The Bronx 1t seemed, from evidence op-
tained by the authorities to be strictly Tam
MANY affair Its literature bore the imprint OF
the contracting company and in ADDITION the
names Kraus and Rocco. George kraus' part
ner of Big Tim" Sullivan in the theatre pusi-
moss admitted Yesterday that he was the man,
but said that he only a silent parlne.
now The beer sold all from the j. ana M
Hafren Brewing Company, whose proprieeois
are cousins of Borough President Haffen OF Ine
Bronx Borough President Hanen hiiliseii 10
said to be interested in the brewery
The New-York Contracting and Trucking
Company whose president John j. Murphy Is
a brother of Charlie, and whose treasurer ireiie
Gaffney. is the wife of Alderman Carney NOUS
s6 OOOOOO contract for work in connection
with the improvements on the New-York' New
Howe, and Hartford Railroad About a block
from the station in Van Nest there was pulio
large shanty the front part of which was given
o,-er IN a erocery In two barnike rooms in the
reor client some two hundred of the twelve nun
dred Ia borers mostly Italians hired by the con-
tractors All the force ate at least one meal d
day in this shanty
II was this place, with company store 10
cover the saloon end of the business, whlch 'he
Internal Revenue officers raided. Its proprleeorS
will he liable under the federal statutes ooth
to a heavy fine and imprisonment. fuiier re-
MORT on the case has been forwarded to the De-
.roon+ of Internal Revenue, at Washington,
bv Collector Anderson, who is waiting a ruiiIs
on it.
The system employed was simple assuiiiis
large profits to the operators OF the concern "A
,aborer. when hired, received brass chech'
numbered. This entitled him 10 creoil a' Inc
-store" His purchases-bread. bologna ana
,oor-,vere charged to him in little account
hook which he presented with his prass chech
when he made purchases. duplicate account
r,as kent in the store, each being canceiled OH
soy While employees only We're supposed 10
-, served AZ the store, outsiders nave had no
d;fficultv in buying beer there Beer was cents
= hottie; whiskey. 15 cents drink
The federal authorities learned OF these con-
ditions and on Sunday made a ralo' -Nel'iiei
Kraus nor Rocco the ostensble proprietors'
was there The officers found eight halI parreis
of beer and four cases Of bottled Deer f>'
ubiskev was found, although there were many
empty TASKS scattered AROUND All o ~
left in charge of the place
Yesterday internal revenue tax ceruheateS
we're issued by Thomas Stern deputy coiieo'oi
for that district charging the money oue iol
the period the speak easy had neeii iuiiAinS
and 30 per cent penalty A certincale lor 'iie
time from May to September OF TINS year was
;ss,ad to Kraus and Rocco In September. the
paonle said Kraus was retired and one oshato
took his place The certificate from September
= 1a Oh 1Qoe was made 10 Rocco and Osnato
Tho federal law Furnishes evasion of the in
ternal revenue law by both hne ana hiprisoh-
ment The State liquor law holds that II an N
ternai revenue certi1cate mas peeH ls'uea 10 ,
IAN i'm itself it is evidence that ne is IN the
saIoon business and needs a state incense;
therefore proceedings are expected by the state
- or,,,,el the Italians to take out q license ana
L. 70 c0rllp apalties for running a saloon unlicensed
The The federal law says on this subject:
Section s242 4 of tine Revised Statutes: Any per
S gbn shall carry the business of rectiner
ol@sae son @I LIQUOR dealer retail liquor dealer or
wholesale dealer in malt oP silIs Without hav
ING Maid the special tax required py law VIZ; or VINO VINO
saali car the tinted States of the tax on the
spirits distilled by him Pl b any ned n6t less than 500
@ Ion ore than $500 and imprisoned not less t,all @
thirty days 10 ore than two Wherever sgaTs found
shall be forfeited TO the ohiteo o'h'ea'
The revenue officers In their rald olsc9vetsu ts
,y,1af they thought was trick 10 ,tI etaue LIZ ore
,aa'Ii1 then, to various Italians at Van Nest
rs names used seldom being the same. nom nom
were addressed 10 ia
and Osnato. - rIo1r,an IJouee
GeoIso aad asked about his part in the al
yesiefuIas fd. II am only q silent partner
far r. ,-.1,t 10 discuss it, | will affirm
now; uo et.,,,g EIe would not tell whether
or aeils ,ntersst IN the contracting company
ne i.as es eaii e,esxssion or WAS acting only as
or cue e no .1.e s4ara on a commission basis.