Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-09
REVENUE AGENTS SEIZE 100000
WORTH OF WH|SKEY HERE; CLEAN
l ONE STORE HOUSE IN THIS CITY
Federal Government Prohibition Agents Remove Entire
Stock From Frank Colds Warehouse Here--967 Cas-
es; 118 Barrels Large Crowd Gathers as Federal
Agents Supervise Moving of Huge Supply by Trucks

Whiskey valued at more than
100000 was seized by fourteen gov
eminent officers this morning at the
store house of Frank Gold. Inc, in
New Brunswick avenue and loaded
upon trucks to be taken to a gov
ernment storage place In Newark.
More than 10000 gallons were
taken by the government men, who
had raided the store house about
two months ago and confiscated the
entire stock. Gold was not at the
warehouse this morning when the
government men started to remove
TIE cases and barrels of booze.
The clearing out of the ware
house of its entire stock attracted
a large crowd and word that liquor
rad was being conducted by govern
ment men quickly spread through
the city. Prosecutor Joseph f..
Stricker, hearing of the action be-
ing taken by the men. made visit
to the warehouse with Mayor
Frank Dorsey to see that the men
were in reality government prohibi-
tion agents and not men posing as
such in order 20 make away with
the stock. The credentials of the
men satisfied the prosecutor.
The fourteen prohibition men ar
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large touring cars. Arrangements
were made then for several large
trucks 10 carry away the liquor and
it was rumored about that a gen.
eral cleanup of the booze traffic
here was to be expected.
M. p. McGrath, of the Washington
office, was in charge of the men and
directed their activities. District
Prohibition Enforcement Agent Cur
ran was also on hand this morning.
300 Casts OF Whislxey
The first large truck was loaded
up with 900 cases of "Lynchburg"
whiskey, shortly before 10 o'clock.
This truck was then moved from the
side of the building, where the load
ing took place, to the front of the
storehouse. A government man
mounted the truck, armed, and re-
mained on guard while the remain
der supervised the further loading of
another truck with the cases Of
booze.
The cases had stamped upon them
the permit numbers and had signs
pasted upon them stating that the
contents were to be used for "medi-
cal purposes only" Each box was
marked 100 proof. The cases con-
:ained twelve quart bottles each.
There was a total of 967 cases in
he warehouse and 118 barrels. each
Of the latter containing about 60 gall
Ions. There were 2.928 gallons In
the cases and 1850 gallons in the
barrels making total of 10,00S
gallons In the entire lot. Figuring the
vhiskey to be valued at $40 gallon
he entire stock represents more than
100000.
Seized on Sept. 20
This liquor was originally seized
Sept. 20 by federal prohibition
,fficers and under Field Supervisor
Harry +. Sands. The offices paid a
night visit to Colds storehouse and
there took possession of the booze
although they did not remove it.
According to Field Supervisor
Sands the seizure was the biggest
yet made by prohibition authorities
in the whole country. The raid on
the Gold warehouse here was the
result of information being secured
in Trenton and Philadelphia that a
certain combination of men were
buying the booze from Gold in Perth
Amboy and then transporting it in
auto trucks to Philadelphia. The
government men in September laid
trap for these men and held them
up as they were coming along with
$50 cases and twenty-five barrels
The holdup was staked on Roosevelt
Boulevard In Philadelphia. The raid
in Perth Amboy followed a few days
after the Philadelphia cleanup.
The forty-three cases of whiskey
which have been stored in the jai
here since they were seized on {
truck here last week, were removed
to Newark this afternoon by District
and County Prohibition Enforce
i ment Officers Curran and Kerr. Tit
booze will be taken to one of tht
government warehouses in Newark.
Fined for Having Still
NEWARK, Nov. 9-Alexande;
Vargo, of 80 Harvey street, New
Brunswick pleaded guilty before
Federal Judge Charles S. Lynch, In
Newark yesterday on the charge OF
operating a still in his home. He was
fined 500. Lynch said that he was