New-York tribune., 1920-12-15

daring. While the profits from the
sale of liquor were large enough for
the ordinary business man, even in
times of profiteering, they were not
sufficient to satisfy the greed Of the
gunman, whose motto is 'All or moth
ing
"In the back room Of headquarters
one morning a scheme was cooked up.
1t was known that several truckloads
Of whisky were on the way to Newark
warehouses from Baltimore. Gunmen
were assigned to get at least one Of
these. think they got three truck
loads. At any rate, the story was pub
lished at the time.
"The whisky curb was busy the next
day. The demand exceeded the supply
many times over. So the gang met
again and their problem was solved.
"Why have experienced burglars in
the organization unless they work at
their trade? That was the suggestion
that paved the road to fortune for the
members of the whisky curb With the
aid of the burglars all the orders taken
the whisky en- hand, as were many fu-
ture orders. This was the way the
gang operated:
during the night the bootlegger would
tell the purchaser. OF course. don't
want the neighbors or the police to
see,' the law violator would reply, and
a time for the delivery would be set.
The booze would be delivered, paid for,
and the truck drivers would go on
their way. The purchaser would go to
bed with smile at having put one
over on Uncle Sam. The next morning,
perhaps, he would 60 to his cellar to
take bottle to the Office that he might
enjoy the envy of his friends and bust
ness associates. And then would come
usually, that his house had been broken
into and his load of liquor had been
moved on.
"Then came stories that the police were
In league with the whisky runners. AS
told in The Tribune these stories caused
Director Brennan to. assign Lieuten-
ant Frank e. Brex to investigate. AS
a result, three members of the force
are under suspension and several
others under suspicion, but the Di-
rector Of Public Safety admits that he
has hard job on his hands"
Director Brennan, when seen at City
Hall, told The Tribune that he would
push this investigation to the finish
suspicion against any Newark police
man.
II know that I have assigned Lieu
tenant Brex to a difficult task. 1t is
next to impossible to get any man
especially a violator of the law. who
seeks the friendship of the police, tt
testify against member of the depart
ment Some time ago a man who rar
hotel out in the Waverly section
and may still run it for all 1 know
although the license is not in hi:
name, asked to have his license for (
hotel and dance hall renewed. 1 hele
up that application until l got {
promise that all of the bedrooms woule
be dismantled and that only the restau
rant and dance hall would be operated
Recently l learned that the bedroom!
had been refurnished.
"A raid resulted. after which
learned that it had been charged tina
police had frequented the place ant
were friendly with the proprietor.
thought it time to investigate from thi
Office and go over the heads of precinc
officers. The investigation resulted il
the charges against three other police
men. the story Of which was published
in The Tribune yesterday. l am goin
to do everything l can to rid tn
| Newark Police Department of men VIII
bring discredit upon the force"