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of government men brought from the
South.
The first arrests were made in tho
Assembly. At sos Fulton street, for
many years the rendezvous of borough
politicians and business men. Here,
according to the revenue agents. they
were served with liquor which they
poured into bottle as evidence.
Nicholas r.. Middleton, one OF the pro-
prietors of the Assembly: William
Dannenfeld, bartender, and Joseph
Competiil. a waiter. were arrested
They were taken before EaHed statA9
District Attorney Leroy Ross and re-
leased on bail for = hearing.
A cafe at 20 Court street, conducted
by Mrs Roseschuiman. also frequented
by officials and politicians, was next
visited and the proprietess and Charles
Tracy her bartender. were arrested.
william J. Mccarty. of 500 East
Fourteenth street. Manhattan. barten-
der in Buttons cafe. at i43 F1atbush
avenue. was arrested short time
later. John IL. Davis, one Of the reve-
nue. agents. testified that he obtained
a glsss Of sherry In tlie place. Me-
Carly was released by United States
Commissioner McGoidrlck In $500 bail.
1t was said that three ether places in
the borough were raided; but the de-
tails were not made public.
On charges of manufacturing liquor.
the revenue agents also arrested
Frank Monturi, OF 13s Bedford avenue:
Nicholas Aiatese. of 2ss Bedford ave-
ree: Joseph Sailxafrullo. of 50 North
Iaenn street. and Goetano Asltables OF
ait wilieughmby street. all brooklyn
addresses, .
The shifting Of the revenue agents
caused much comment in brooklyn.
but IL was explained that such step
was necessary to trap those who were
breaking the law. AZ most OF the men
lad been on duty so long in the bor-
oIgh that they were known to the sa-
loonkeapcrs. District Attorney Ross
said that while he was not instrument
tai IN causing the changes. he felt that
no criticism was Intended against
those who were transferred.
Thee W ere no new eases IF sufferers
OF ''nesson'' W hiskey reported yester-
day. Health Commissioner Royal s.
Copeland said that the publicity given
ft1e wood asaohol casss- had had DE-
i ags8sa effect on those EAaYere in
clined to drink bootleg liquor. Cse
@althe, acting director of the bureau
of food and drugs sail that the saur
cases Of supposed wood afcShoi poison
Ing reported in BROOKLYN on. New
Years Day turned out to be the plain
alcoholism cases
In Newark. n, j.. two saioonkeepers
and security salesman were ar
raigne5 before United States Commis-
sioner Matthews on charge of violating
The Yoistead act and released In $2.S8a.
kail fer hearings on Monday. The de-
PENDANTS were Julius Amsterdam. OF
3fs Orange street; his brother. Abra-
ham Amsterdam. of 7s Prince street
and William Landow, n salesman. of IS
North Thirteenth street. According to
tive poiice. Lansow admitted that he
had sold to Abraham Amsterdam at
$50. a gallon ave barrels 1T wood nj
c1,hoi which had been originally pur.
chased for use in barber -snrl5iy bust
mere Tsndow was quoted as saying
he figured 1t would be more profitahiA
fct aim to sell the alcohol than to
continue making hair tonic and bay
rum.
Max Neuherg. of III Seventh avenue.
Newark. a junk man. was held without
bail yesterday In the second criminal
court in that city on the charge Of
having caused the death OF Conrad Syl-
vester. of III Orange street. through
the distribution of wood alcohol. Sam.
uel Greenberg. Bayonne saloonkeeper,
was held in $4,000 bail by United
States Commissioner Matthews on =
charge OF selling liquor which. II 10
alleged. caused Mike Kuiik to 60 blind.