The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-12-29
POLICE SOLVE MYSTERY
OF SALE OF WHISKY
Three Arrests Made in Italian
Colony-Dne Man Declares
He Will Tell ALI.

New York, Dec. 29.--With three
men under arrest here on the charge
of distributing wood alcohol for bev-
erage purposes, the authorities ex-
pressed belief today that they had
solved the mystery of the source of
the fatal whisky" which caused more
than three-score deaths in Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut.
The men under arrest are Adolph
Paranelli, dealer in groceries and
wines in the Italian colony; John Ro-
manelli; an undertaken. and Samuel
X. Saleeby, Brooklyn druggist.
AS the death list in New York
mounted to ten within forty eight
hours, the police made two more ar
rests in this city, but these prisoners
are not connected with the traffic of
poisonous whisky" in New England.
They are James Condor, proprietor of
Fulton street lodging house, and his
bartender, William Nolan.
Condor and Nolan are charged with
having caused the death of five men
who are said to have been killed by
drinking liquor in the Fulton street
lodging house. Both were held for
arraignment today, and District At
held for grand jury investigation he
would probably seek an indictment on
the charge Of manslaughter. The dis
trict attorney does not believe that
they could be prosecuted on a charge
of murder, even if held by the pri-
mary court.
The federal state and municipal Of
ficers did not relax their search to-
day, but continued their hunt for ILL.,
cit stills and the agencies through
which wood alcohol whisky" was be-
ing distributed through five eastern
states.
According to II. B. Dobbs, fedora
agent, who arrested Paranelli, Ro-
manelli and Salleeby. the first named
of the trio declared that a friend ir
Hartford named Salsberg had asked
him to secure some whisky for the
Christmas celebration.
1t was Paranelli who implicated
| Salleeby.
When placed under arrest Paranell
was reported to have declared:
Il am glad you have got me. l will
tell ALL"
Federal agents charge that Pana
relli asked Salleeby to help in getting
| the whisky" and that Salleeb!
brought r. Omanelli into the case.
! Panarelli begged the feleral au
thorities not to take him to Connec
| ticut.
Il would be lynched if you took M
there" he said. II am an innocen
man, but my name has been pub
lished in the papers there, and
know it would mean certain dealt
for me to go there.
"a friend of mine in Hartford tele
phoned me to get him some booze a
any price for over the holidays.
then met two other friends of min
in New York City and they told m
that they could arrange to get tn
booze from a friend in Brooklyn
This friend in Brooklyn demando
$4,000 bonus for delivering twent
barrels.
Last Tuesday fellow from Hart
ford came to see me in New Yor
and said, DO you know that stu
arranged for and that arrived wa
poison and not good whisky"
IL got scared and telephoned thi
party in Hartford, who is under ar
rest, for Gods sake not to let any
that booze get away. The mans wiz
said, How about that money l IN
vested? l want that back"
Panarelli said he thought twent
barrels of the whisky" were shippe
to Hartford. The price paid wa
from $1,000 to $500 barrel.