New-York tribune., 1920-08-11
Aid
Is Arrested i'm
Brothers Bar
Herbert E. Lane Charged
With Neglect of Duty as
Kin Is Held for Alleged
Liquor Sale in BROOKLYN
Third Dry Agent Taken
Special Government Men
Checking Up on Enforce
ment Officers in N. Y.

For the third time in the last three
months one of James S. Shevlin's pro-
hibition enforcement agents has been
arrested. James w. Waldie is now un-
der indictment in the Federal Court Of
Connecticut on a charge of illegally
transporting liquor from this city con-
signed to New Haven. Armand Legicr
is out on $500 bail awaiting trial on the
charge of illegal transportation of
whisky from a licensed warehouse in
this city.
Herbert E. Lane, who, Mr.. shevlin
says. has borne good reputation as an
enforcement officer, was arrested Mon
day night when a squad of special in
ternal revenue agents under George
E. Golding and Walter Murphy, oper-
ating independently of Shevln's staff,
ralded the saloon conducted by William
A. Lane, brother, at 1907 Nostrand
Avenue, Brooklyn.
Lane was arrested on the charge of
violating the selling and possession
clauses of the Vostead act. Herbert
f. Lane was held by the officers on the
charge of neg lect of duty in failing to
see that the law was enforced. Both
were ARA gned yesterday before United
States Commissioner McCabe and the
hearings were continued Herbert was
held in $4,000 and William in 81 900
bail
Mr.. Shevlin announced yesterday that
Herbert E. Lane had been suspended
from the enforcement service and that
he had ordered an investigation into
the charges against Lane He also made
statement that he had had every con-
hdence in Lane and that when he had
placed Lane on his staff he did not
know that Lanes brother was soloon-
keeper.
The government, it is known, has put
an independent force of special agents
in the greater New York field to "check
up" on Shevlin's men, and that these
special agents are not SO muGh con-
corned in the arrest Of saloonkeepers
ana bartenders as in the apprehension
OF enforcement men who are derelict.
prohibition agents yesterday seized
thlrty-two innocent appearing bales
OF rags that lay on the Delaware, Lack
awanna 4 Western pier ID, North
Kver, and it wasn't rags tho enforce
ment agents were seeking, but a five
gallon jug of whisky that was found
hidden in each of the bales.
The bales were consigned to a firm
in Cleveland. The shipper was record
ed as j. Weinstein. of Manhattan.
Nine alleged violators of the Vol
stead act were arraigned before S. M.
Hitchcock, United States Commits
sioner, yesterday, and each held in bail
OF $500. They were Sam Wernivk, bar
tender, 81 Norfolk Street, charged with
selling Officer Sigmund Lipshur, of the
First inspection District, glass of
whisky; Anselmo di Fabio, arrested
by Lieutenant George F. Chrisman, of
the State Troopers, on the Albany Post
Road, and from whom four barrels of
alcohol were seized; Frederick Mare
dltl. accompanying the truck; Frank
Cavallo and Joseph Latent, 1881 White
Plains Avenue, tAe Bronx, for selling
liquor; Joseph Walcott and Louis S.
Moore, charged with transporting 349
cases of whisky; Jennie Manzoni, res
taurant owner, of 1872 Mott Street, held
for possession of fourteen gallons of
whisky and large quantity of brandy,
gin and vermouth, and William Hart
man, saloonkeeper, 108 and 10 Barclay
Street, held for selling whisky to reve
nue. agents.
Revenue agents arrested a man who
gave the name of Sam Alberts as he
was about to board a train in the Long
Island station in Brooklyn last night.
Their suspicion was aroused by the
heaviness Of the suitcase he carried
When questioned he told the officers
that he had toys" for the "kids."
They investigated, and say they found
some toys, but they also found five gal
Ions of whisky and a ouija board AL
berts was placed under bail of $1,000
by Justice Strah, of Hicksville, for ar
ralgnment before Commissioner Nc
Goldrick, in Brooklyn.