New-York tribune., 1920-10-16
Whisky Bribe
Offers Charged
Ton. Y. Woman
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also was named ir connection with the
clalrvoyant trust expose.
Fred Leach, formerly special agent
for the American Railway Express. He
is accused of being q salesman of
whisky, which was never delivered
James Foster, ex-saloonkeeper and
alleged liquor salesman.
Joseph Schillinger, alleged eo-be-
tween of the liquor ring named in Wal
ter Sadler's confession, which was pre-
sented in part before the Federal grand
jury Thursday.
Police said that from three of the
men arrested information was obtained
showing that 100000 had been raised
to force out certain Federal agents and
replace them with men friendly to the
ring
Andrew Pappas, a restaurant keeper
is the complaining witness in each
case. The men arrested are charged
with operating confidence game.
Pappas's experience with the whisky
ring started, he said, when he met
Schillinger, who also was named by
Sadler as a gobetwecn of the whisky
ring. Schillinger, Pappas said, intro
duced him to Kerwin, Foster and Leach
Pappas said he paid them $4,000 and
got receipt. But before the whisky
was delivered, Schllinger according to
the story, told Pappas the others were
would give him the receipt, he would
speed up the whisky delivery.
That was the last Pappas saw of
Schillinger until he was arrested.
Safety Boxes Emptied
In the meantime, Pappas and other
saloon and cafe proprietors had gone
on paying in money through blind
safety deposit box system They were
given keys to boxes in the Masonic
Temple vaults. There they left cur
rency, approximately 100000 in all.
Whisky was delivered in just enough
quantity to make the deal interesting
until the bootleggers decided they had
mulcted the saloon men to the limit.
Then the safety boxes were suddenly
cmptied
Private detectives cut in on tele-
phone wires to the saloon of David
Polinski, said to be the rings clearing
house, and into Schillinger's home.
Ladislas Hayman, Mayor and justice
important informant with story of
what he had heard discussed between
Leach, Kerwin and Foster in the saloon
of Walter ]. Powers.
Hayman said he would testify that
the men talked of 100000 fund they
had raised to oust Captain Hubert
Howard, former state prohibition sd-
ministrator, and set uD a man favor
able to their designs in tho Office.
When Captain Howard resigned there
were rumors that he was being forced
out because he was too active. He
succeeded in blocking whatever plot
bootleggers. may have had to capture
his Office, however, by obtaining the
appointment of Ralph ". Stone. his
chief clerk.
Mr.. Stone is following the lines of
enforcement laid down by Captain
Howard, the latter said.
In the meantime the grand jury
questioned an American Railway Ex-
press Company official, who is said to
have evidence duplicating railway men
in the importation Of 1900 cases of
whisky from distillery in Kentucky
in August.
The whisky was received at the
Taylor Street terminal and, according
to government agents, was released
to the bootleggers, who made off with
200 cases before prohibition agents,
warned by tip, reached the place.
arrest Of Sadler.
Prohibition officers in Chicago were
put on q new quest to-day, when agents
in Milwaukee reported that they had
seized a carload of whisky sent there
by way of Chicago 1t was found in
the Chicago & st. Paul Railway yards.