Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-30
ASKS
ACTION; CHIEF
MAKES MOVE
City and County Take Up the
Matter; One Drunk Ques-
toned by Police.

A raid in Philadelphia yesterday
following one last Friday. was fol-
lowed by "a clean sweep" of the
liquor warehouse of Frank Gold. Inc,
on New Brunswick avenue by federal
prohibition officers under the leader
ship of Harry Z. Sands. field super
visor of the department with Offices
in Newark last night. Three raids
resulting in liquor all of which is
said to have come from Colds ware
house, 1875 gallons being taken
The value of the liquor is said to be
1852. $50.
Harry E. Sands. field supervisor Of
the prohibition department and his
assistants have been watching Perth
Amboy closely for the last several
months for it is said this city has
been the center Of more bootlegging
than any other city in the country.
A raid yesterday on Roosevelt boule-
ward, Philadelphia, resulting ESQ
cases and twenty-five barrels being
seized, and last night 962 cases and
lis barrels were conhscated at
Frank Colds warehouse on New
Brunswick avenue. These two raids.
coupled with a seizure last Friday
of zoo cases and twenty barrels, to-
taling lap cases and 163 barrels in
all or 1876 gallons, and Supervisor
Sands stated this morning that this
seizure of liquor was the biggest
made by the prohibition authorities
in the whole country.
The raid in Philadelphia yesterday
was exciting and well planned by
the government men. 1t is claimed
buying the liquor from the Gold
MA n In. this CffU md { a
they tried to bribe Joseph Adams.
who is connected with the prohibi-
ten department in Trenton to allow
shipment of liquor to go through
Adams reported the men offered
5000. and Sands Immediately plan
ned the raid.
Under guise of a man wishing TO
purchase liquor, Sands used the
name of H T.. Bond, and he ar
ranged with the Italians TO take care
of the whiskey once 1t arrived in
Philadelphia. Adams was to see the
shipment go through. On Roose-
welt Boulevard in Philadelphia thir-
ty government agents jumped out of
ambush and seized the stuff, and
nine Italians were arrested.
The men arrested, all said to be
Trenton Italians. are James Brody,
Armand Mansion, Vincent Gassondi,
Peter Fisher. John Malone, Daniel
Widow and Joe Doe.
Raid One of Number
This raid on the local warehouse
by Prohibition Officer Sands men
is probably the first of number to
be conducted on establishments
which are loaded with liquor said
to be for use as medicine.
Frank Gold could not be reached
on the phone this morning and at his
office it was stated he would not be
in until late in the afternoon.
Philadelphia Report
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 30:-As
the result of a carefully arranged
trap prohibition agents were able to
net the greatest haul of liquor ever
made in this federal district when
late on Tuesday night they seized
two truckloads of whiskey which
were being brought from Perth Am
boy, n. J., and a few hours later
raided the wholesale liquor ware
house of Frank Gold, 230 New
Brunswick avenue, Perth Amboy,
where the liquor was purchased.
Nine men were arrested and two
truckloads of whiskey, valued al
$50, 900, were seized when the pro-
hibiton agents held up the caravan
on the Roosevelt. Boulevard, near
Rhawn, street. In the raid on the
followed, 963 cases and 11s barrels
of whiskey, valued at more than
100000, were seized.