New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-02
$50 Federal Agents Get
$500 Gallons From
Saloons and Cafes in
the Theatrical District
100 Warrants Are
Yet To Be Served
Officials Search Area
From 23d to 59th St.
and 9th to 9th Ave.

One hundred and fifty prohibition
enforcement agents, armed with search
variants, yesterday raided more thar
100 saloons and cafes between TWENTY.
third Street and Fifty-ninth streets
from Sixth to Eighth Avenue, the old
Tenderloin district. John ]. Quirley
Assistant Supervising Prohibition
Agent. estimated that $500 gallons Of
liquor, valued at $4,000, were seized
MIR. Quigley said yesterdays raie
was only the beginning of widespread
series. He remarked the surprisinely
small stocks of liquor found in the
places visited. This" he said, "is due
to two reasons. In the first place, the
men desire to do a ay-by-night boot.
Logging business, therefore, they dc
not wish to have on hand large SUD-
ply of liquor. In the second place. j,
Is becoming increasingly hard for them
to get large supply"
Want to Trace LIQUOR
The sudden visit of Federal agents
came Immediately after the announce
ment by Charles r. O'Connor. State
prohibition Director, that no more ner-
mlts would be honored for the with.
drawal OF liquors from bonded ware
houses. Persons with such permits are
supposed to deal in liquors for medic
maj purposes only. The action taken
by Mr.. O'Connor, in conjunction with
Inc director in New Jersey, is calcu-
lated to determine the amount Of
liquor that has been taken out of bond
ana where it has gone. When this in
lormatlon is obtained, Withdrawals
again will be permitted
~ is inconceivable,' said Mr..
,Hulgiey. that the large quantity of
llquor which has been taken out of
all gone to druggists"
There is little doubt in Mr. Ou;o-
!!eys mind that during this inyestira-
lion 1t will be disclosed that not q
lew persons authorized to deal in
hquor have misusad their permits.
agents were gathered from Albany.
syracuse and other cities to help in
roundup. The raiders had
oroers to search specific premises. II
any one refused to open lockers or
doors their instructions were to break
snem open. Three five-ton trucks fol-
3o"ed the agents to convey the seized
''quor to a government warehouse.
NO Resistance Encountered
NO resistance was offered to the
agents. Now and then an old and
trusty barkeeper would enter into a
spirited argument with the govern
ment men, but the latter were caro-
lul not to turn the discussion into
turbulent channels. Everything was
orderly. When the proprietor Of
place was not present the bartender
was given permission to send for him
Mr. Qulg!!ey sat at his desk during
me proceedings and listened to reports
81 the raids by telephone. He kept
score and at the end of the day said
; \ ne expected the United States
attorneys office in the Federal Build-
ng would be somewhat conpestcd ~
lay, when the subpenas are returno-
Die, and that similar conditions mioht
DC expected for several days to come.
ne SAID that, from reports submitted
BY agents, there were not more than
ZEN disappointing raids. He has VA
rants out for two hundred esta blish-
nents.
Among the first Of the raids reported
10 Mr.. Quigley was that on the Oncra
AYE, at 66l Seventh Avenue. lsador
the complainant against Will
am +: Herman, Judge j. Harry Tier
1an's brother: in his alleged transac.
ions with Henry Hugot on Staten
sland, said that he confiscated in the
opera Cafe five tive-gallon jugs and
nisce llancous bottled goods. Einstein
'ald he had little difficulty in buyine a
rink there and not much more in serv-
ng subpGnas on Jack Bleck, who said
re was the owner, and Thomas Man
lirg, the bartender.
The raiders found liquor in soda
water bottles. coffee pots and milk bot
les. Some of the proprietors poured
heir stocks down the sink as the agents
approached. They evidently had not
any such visitation in broad
daylight and in busy part of the city.
There is general belief that the
disclosure of conditions on Staten
sland inspired the raids. The action
# the Federal authorities in Manhat-
an followed closely on the invcstiga-
ion of the bootlegging activities re-
CONTINUED on inst pass)