New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Hartford Bootleggers Are
Said to Confess They
Got Wood Alcohol From
Bleeckcr St. Merchant
Locked His Store
And Disappeared
Two More Dead in New
York; Poison Liquor
Fatalities Are Report
ed From Many States

ed From Many States
4 Acting on converging lines of in
a ormation from Hartford and other
i Connecticut Valley cities, where
] .tty-eight persons have died since
\ thristmas Day from drinking wood
\ ilcohol whisky detectives from
8 Police Headquarters went yesterday
4 siternoon to the dingy little whole
j sale olive oil and grocery shop Of
4 Adolph Panarelli, 81 Bleecker
I Street, Greenwich Village. They
! found the doors padlocked and
I learned that the proprietor had de-
parted hurriedly on Christmas Eve.
! When the detectives returned to
Headquarters and reported that
i Panarelli had gone general
alarm was sent out for his arrest in
connection with the distribution and
] ale of many barrels of the poison
Gus concoction panarelli's home is
IN The Bronx. His family told de-
tectiveS and internal revenue
gents they had no idea where or
when he had gone.
Four Accused of Murder
The police cf Hartford gained the
Information which they furnished
the local authorities concern
ing Panarelli from four bootleggers
whom they have charged with the
murder Of three persons who died in
Hartford from the effects Of wood
alcohol poisoning. The Hartford
rOice asserted that they had traced
the purchase Of twelve barrels Of
supposed whisky to three Italians
living in The Bronx. The greed of
the purchasers had lessened the
poisonous effects OF the wood alco-
hO. They diluted it by adding to
each barrel an equal volume of
water
The victims in Chicopee. Mass, who
drank what is said to have been part
OF this same consignment Of twelve bar
rels numbered thirty late yesterday af-
'eTnooa. including one woman Hartford
reported 'hirtecn Holyoke seven and
Springfield four
Two men were found dead last night
IN the lodging house at 252 Fulton
Street DR.. Baidenson, of the Volunteer
hospital, said they had been poisoned
oy wood alcohol. Two other men suf-
ierng agony were removed from the
house to Bellevue Hospital.
Scores cf Deaths Reported
Federal. state and municipal authori-
ties redoubled their efforts to prevent
'uIther improper sales OF wood alcohol
Yesterday afternoon when reports came
over the wires from cities all over the
country telling of the death of scores.
ol the blindness of hundreds and the
serious illness of many others from
drinking wood alcohol, convincing them
mat the fabulous prices bootleggers
l'f lN.'A ~ pa iOl any llllllS ludt
looked like alcohol had created market
lor deadly poison.
Dr. Charles Norris, chief medical ex-
amner IN New York, announced yester-
DAY that wood alcohol had caused the
aeath Of fifty-two persons in New
iork and blinded about 100 since July
l. Eis deputy, Benjamin Schwartz,
neid autopsles at the morguc yes
llerday that revealed that Henry Will
umams, twenty-elght years old, of 211
IVES, ives, SIXtv-drst Street, and Frank
IMrohroy. flity-five years old, of 343
west Thirty eighth Street, had died
from wood alcohol poisoning.
Deplorabe. Says Anderson
ii4iam II. Anderson. superintendent
~ 'ne New York ArtiSaloon League,
isSue' statement, in which he said
mat eDloraole as this matter is, it
VIII help to impress upon the public
ne 9oIsonous nature OF alcohol
o., N,ewspancr reporters had reached
OIL b.eec.er Street yesterday after
"oon several hours before any inter
nao visited the little store. The
Proprietor of the musical instrument
S,ofe next door said he hadn't seen
fanarelli for several days. Other
"eIghbors made similar reports.
Inc post of Traffic Policeman Pat
r'ek p,ek heonard is at Seventh Avenue,
ipeecker and Barrow streets. Utter
~ unsuspecting, Policeman Leonard
s;sscommodatingly hailed the taxicab
~ a. which Panarell left his store on
Snrlstmas Eve.
Hailed Taxi for Him
Il haven't been on this post long"
sslN Policeman Leonard "On Christ
N' TsS we d hv-looking fellow, about
,'in ,1l, picS"d his way on. here to the
Irsuole Is OF the crossing and said, officer,
c. ema IN great hurry. | wonder if you
.Su ,Su s'op taxi for me" | told him
om ra". was easy, and held up my hand
va ua 'ne next empty one. AS this fellow
"as 'a's getting in he turned to me and
.au' .a ofiicer, why don't you ever come
";el ";si TO my place? That's 1T right there
Kun 'ne front window frosted with
,.ue , pant. can fix you up with
S'oo drink OF whisky DO YOU sell it .
'IsS i. J. and he says, i got good bot
We Tor my friends
no.. haven't seen him since. and I've
'oe.ced particularly that his shop has
'een locked ever since"
l. Noionel Porter said late Yesterday
.at ,.a,, ms entire force of agents was
'eealng Panarelli.
My men have visited his home in