New-York tribune., 1911-12-09
STATE EXCISE OFFICERS
. RAID 80 LIQUOR SHOPS
Seize Goods Worth S15O,OOO IN
Effort to Stamp Out Fake
Wholesale Business.
TO DESTROY THE BOOZE"
Chain of Summer Gardens in
Macdougal Street Typifies
Method of Dodging the
State License.

Armed With warrants issued by Jus
tice Ciiegerich excise inspectors sUooped
down on thirty wine and liquor stores
Yesterday and seized and carted away
stock Of total value Of Sl5ooH. state
Excise Commissioner Farley, who d.
rected the raids said last night that the
his cleanup was only the start in
campaign which he hoped would stamp
out the fake wholesale business in New
York. All the liquor seized will be de-
stroyed
Commissioner Farleys big raid began
yesterdsy. in East 47th street. There
he visited place at No. 236, run by
Celia &, Broglio, and uncovered $4,000
worth Of whiskey and wine. When the
officers We're done with their work four
big auto trucks, groaning with drinks,
cGugged away from the door. From that
time on up till late in the afternoon the
excise forces worked I'm and out of liquor
torres. bringing out of their hiding places
every kind of intoxicant known to the
world and carting them away.
Police accompanied the raiders and
stood guard while barrels and boxes
were carried out. At every place VS.
tied l<g crowds collected to see the liquor
men despoiled of their goods.
All the seizures made yesterday were
the result of Investigations made by the
New York Family Wine and Liquor
Dealers Protective Association. The cases
were worked up by the association, and
turned over TO the state officers, and I'm
nearly Ill Of these, so Commissioner
Farley asserted, both state and federal
laws were Being violated.
The revelations that ACCOMPANIED the
raid were amusing and instructive. Gay
little summer beer gardens cleverly con-
cealed in back yards. bowling alleys,
smart and cosey bars hid back Of rooms
piled with dusty barrels and boxes, were
stumbled upon on every hand.
The Commissioner went into one place
i'm Macdougal street which, from the
front. bore every sign of a bona fide
wholesale store. Back Of this, however,
was a cafe whose ice box held tempt
ing array Of wines and liquors whose APP
pearancc was suspicious. As the Com
missioner passed out of the back door
into a small yard in the rear, his eyes
were greeted by the sight Of dainty
miniature amusement park. Under big
tent were tables and seats such as the
ordinary beer garden has. and at one
side was bowling alley
Commissioner Farley walked along the
ward beside this loafers' paradise and
looked over the fence. There he saw
another beer garden. the duplicate OF the
one ne was in. He retraced his steps to
the other side Of the yard, and from his
perch on the fence could see three more.
He went to the back fence, and there
were three more yards each with its
little garden and bowling alley. The re-
gion was honeycombed with retail places.
The Commissioner explained last night
that, while the purchase OF Federal
license allowed "a dealer to sell al whole
sale. the retail trade demanded the pur-
chase Of a state license. II was the plan
of the commission 10 complete a list ol
the holders of federal licenses and OF
those holding state licenses, and COM
pare the two. Those lists were now
being PREPARED at Albany, Commissioner
Farley said, and the work begun yester-
day woud be kept up until every offender
against the state laws was found ana
put out al business.