The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-12-29
Druggist, Liquor Dealer and
Undertaken Taken BY Govern
ment Agents-Wine Merchant
Makes Clean Breast of It
Fears Lynching if Taken Back
to Connecticut

New York, Dec. 29-Thrce men, a
druggist, liquor dealer and an un-
dertaker faced charges before United
States commissioner here this morning
in connection with the spreading Of
wood alcohol as whiskey through five
states in the last ten days, death and
blindness following in its wake.
The men arrested late last night and
early today by Daniel l.. Porter. SUI
pervising revenue agent here and ri.
B. Dobbs, a federal agent, are:
Adolph Panarelli, a Manhattan wine
and liquor dealer.
John Romanelli, a Brooklyn UNDER
taker.
Samuel X. Saleeby, Brooklyn drug
gist
Domanell, according to Dobbs, is
the liking pin" in the wood alcohol
traffic. Panarell, who according to
the federal agents made clean breast
of his part in handling the beverage,
said when arrested s..4a
Evidence already In hand Is sulfi-
clent. iMr. Porter said. to hold Adolph
Panarelli. Manhattan wine and liQ-
pOr dealer, John Romanelli, Brook
lyn undertaken. ana Samuel X.
Saleeby a Brooklyn druggist, the al
legged principles in the distribution OF
poisonous liquor In New England, on
charges of first degree murder.
The men are being held incommuni-
cado during the 48 hours which would
elapse before they are arraigned be-
fore a United States commissioners.
Bail of $4,000 for immediate re-.
lease of Panarelli already has been
refused, Mr.. Porter said.
FEARS LYNCHING
II am glad you got me. ! will tell
all know but for Gods sake don't
send me to Connecticut. I don't want
to be lynched. My name has been pub
lished in all papers and it would mean
certain DEATH" -
According to Dobbs, Panarelli in ex-
planation said that he had been ap-
preached by a man named Solsberg OF
Hartford. Conn. friend of his, to pro-
cure some Christmas booze" Pan
arelli then got into communication
with Romanelli, Dobbs said, and final
ly Solsberg the druggist.
Panarelli said he believed that twen-
ty barrels Of the "whiskey" had been
shipped to- Hartford each barrel con-
tanning between forty and fifty gal
Ions. The price paid was from $1,000
to $l,500 barrel, he said.
MASSACHUSETTS, CONTINUES QUIZ
Chicopee, Mass, Dec. 29.-Search
was continued in this vicinity today
for persons connected with the traffic
in poisonous liquor which has resulted
in the last few days In at least SO
deaths and many cases of serious ILL
ness here and in nearby places. The
death toll at an early hour today was
divided as follows:
Chicopee, 81 including two women:
Holyoke. 10; Springfield 4 including
one woman; Hadley, 3; Greenfield. l.;
and Tompsonville, Conn, g.
Many illicit stills, kitchen bars and
private stocks from which sales had
been made we're discovered 1t was re-
ported.
CANADIAN WAtskEY SEIZED.
Vanceboro Me-, Dec. 29.-One hun.
dred and fifty cases Of whiskey con.
cealed in carload Of hay in transit
across the border here from New
Brunswick were seized last night by
United States customs officers. 1t is
said to be the largest seizure Of liquor
ever made on the Canadian1Maine
border.
BIG ROUNDUP COMING
New York, Dec 29.--One of the big
gest round-ups of bootleggers and
manufacturers of Illicit liquor ever
made in this country is impending as
result of the wave Of deaths and
blindness which has followed the sale
Of poison liquor, Samuel l.. Porter,
supervising revenue agent Of the New
York district, announced today.