New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

ing house of James Condor at 252 Full
ton Street. Or. Gonzales said afterward
that when they gave him this informa-
tlon they were not aware that four
other men had become i'll there and
died
Deputy Police Commissioner Leahv.
Inspector Cray, Captain Carey, of the
lIomIclde Bureau, and Detective
Stephen Dunphy, of the Old Slip sta
ton, spent most of the night question
lng Condor and his bartender. Both
denied insistently that they had served
any drinks to the four victims.
Early yesterday both were taken to
the Tombs and locked up on four
separate charges of homicide. Later
yesterday they were arraigned in the
Tombs Court before Magistrate Thomas
Nolan, who held them for the grand
jury without bail.
Detective Dunphy directed the re-
nova! from the cellar of Condon's
saloon to the Old Slip police station
OF about 100 gallons OF unidentified
llGuors, some of it in ve-gallon demi
Johns, some in five gallon tins and some
IN barrels. There also were a number
of bottles labeled gin.
here is an ordinary barroom at
-"- u'toH street on the nrSt floor,
and in 254 Fulton Street is uncn
room. A narrow hallway between the
two, lighted by gas Jet, gives in
cress TO the rickety stairway leading
70 the upper two floors which are
given over to lodgers, who for the
most part are employed along the
waterfront
The white-washed rooms are bearded
With cobHcbs and crowded with beds.
/ ne bar was locked yesterday, but the
lodging house, in the enforced absence
OF the proprietor, was being conducted
ny one-eyed man clad in overalls
and cap.
Everybody that's left is on their
feet" he volunteered by wav " of ex.
planning that none of the other
!odgers had been afflicted.
John Naschl left the lodging house
IN 125 West Street, where he lived.
ABOUT o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The first floor is occupied bv an en-
ployment agency, conducted oy Peter
Groudahl. 1t was about 3 O'Clock. two
hours later, that Vasehl returned to
the lodging house. He staggered to a
char, according to Groudahl, and said
ne was not feeling right.
beeh drinklng" Groudahl asked
My eyes amt right. | can't see u
replied Vasehl Se0'
Groudah helped him to his bed and
short time later. when the man no.
gan to moan. he Summoned the pro
prletor. Fred kloppenburd. who in turn
CO He'd a policeman, VINO after snjttinq
me heavy atmosphere Of the room in
"hlch the man was lying, sent for an
ainDulance. a DR.. Fox, Of the Broad
Street Hospital, diagnosed Vasehl's
case as one of wood alcohol noisonino
lie said the mans flesh had taken on
greenlsh hue and that he was blind
when he arrived. Vasehl died about
4 O'Clock, within three hours of the
time he drank the supposed poison.
VI eclcal Examiner Norris and his
deputy. Benjamin Schwartz, performed
"utopsles on several of the bodies at
the Bellevue Morgue yesterday. In
every instance, they said they found
that death was due to wood alcohol
poisoning
Some Of the police at hcadquarters
who are engaged in running down
bootlcggcrs selling wood alcohol dis
gulsed as whisky declared that much
ct the liquor now sold in East Side
saloons is made OF cologne spirits col
ored to resemble whisky Cologne
plrits is grain alcohol from which all
the poisonous fusel oil has not been
removed. 1t is intended for the use
OF perfume manufacturers, who en-
pioy it to dilute perfume oils.
One detective said that since July
the number OF perfume manufacture
ers' in New York had grown from
about 100 individuals to about 1000
Licenses to purchase cologne spirits
are issued by the Internal Revenue De-
nartment.
Cologne spirits, or cologne alcohol
as it sometimes is called, is stored in
bonded warehouses, and when it is re-
moved the warehouse is compelled to
notify the Internal Revenue Depart