The sun., 1919-10-08
HAT Is LOVING CUP
IN WHISKEY THEFT
Robbers Quaff Liquor From
Buckets and Barrels in
Cellar Orgy.
SCORE OF COPS IN HUNT
How Burglars Fled With Loot
and Internal Cargo -Baf-
fles Police.

II the dozen detectives and score OF
cops who were out looking for them
yesterday ever cross the trail Of the
presumptuous burglars who broke open
twenty barrels of high proof whiskey
il. the basement of the Hollywood Whis-
key Company at 402 West Broadway,
the hearing accorded the defendants will
doubtless be largely and enthusiastically
attended.
The clerk who went into the stock
room Monday morning and found the
floor damp with the precious goods,
every barrel plugged and indications
from broken bottles and spilled liquor
that a tremendous orgy had taken place,
has not yet fully recovered from the
tragic experience. Just at what stage
of the party the descent was made upon
the cellar could not be determined ex-
actly, but four safes in the companys
offices had been forced and jewelry
cash and silverware worth $4,000 had
been taken. One safe was shot with
zigzag borings that were evidently the
achievement of an unsteady hand.
vandals Leave Damp Trail.
Members Of the firm could not be per-
suaded to put a financial valuation on
the liquor lost. The emotion of the af-
fair was, after all, more artistic than
practical. The potential qualities or
those punctured twenty barrels was sim
ply beyond computation. The detectives
lxxyl,a al 70 on, tha r0rx
of the vandals yesterday found in the
excess of spirit the burglars had filled
fire buckets, paper cups tin cups and
worr out pals with the fluid. A tram
pied derby hat which had evidently
served as a goblet was found. From the
quantity of whiskey spilled on the cell
| lar floor 1t was considered a fair as
sumption that an attempt had been made
| to baths in it
How the burglars got away with their
| loot and personal interior cargos at the
| same time was regarded by the police
as an unusual exploit, aside from the
other features of the case. The best in
| formation that could be obtained was
| that the unlawful entry had been ac-
complished from a skylight late Satur-
| day night or Sunday. A trail of broken
bottles along the roof seemed to estab-
| lish that this was the means of exit
| William Kalt, a bookkeeper Of the firm
made the report of the burglary to the
police. ..
On affldavits charging attempted rob-
berry. John B. Vultoggi Of 80 Contra
avenue, Brooklyn, and Antonio Ferrars
of Akron, Ohio, were held yesterday ir
$25,0O0 bail each for examination Octo
ber 3. They were arrested following ar
attempt on Monday to hold up banl
| xu hing q delivery
of $4,000 in cash. The charge wal
preferred by Detective Thomas HaydeI
of the Sixth division.
Held Under sullivan Law.
| A statement by .vultoggi that he hat
been employed by Petro Bellafore, .
grocer, OF 31s East 1cSth street, caused
the arrest of Bellafiore later on a charg
of violating the Sullivan law. A searcl
was made Of the premises. The groce
pleaded guilty to the violation and wa
held In s20o bail for Special Sessions.
Harry J. Millhan. 10. whose most re
cent exploit was the theft of $45, 900 Il
bonds from Simmons g. Slade, Nassa-
street, which provided funds for sta
at Saranac Lake before he was caught
: was sentenced yesterday for an old o,
, fence to from five to ten years Mill
ham was brought back in April fror
, California, where he had fed after tax
ing $4,000 In bonds from Feuchtwangel
Calm & CO., 81 Exchange place II
/ pleaded guilty at that time to gran
larceny and received suspended sen
tence from Judge James. T. Malone 4
{ General. Sessions.
: Yesterday he was brought befor
I Judge Malone again. the suspension wa
revoked and the Jail sentence imposed
!, Millham was then taken before Judg
William H. Wadhams, where he pleade
| guilty to the indictment charging hir
with the $4,000 theft. When Millhar
/ goes to Sing Sing his guard will carr
a bench warrant for his rearrest whe
/ the. term Is up. He will then be sen
| Cor tha aacopd thaft