Evening star., 1920-07-15
REVENUE AGENTS
RAID RAz0 PLANT
Seize Alcohol and Extracts
Proprietor Arrested on
Federal Warrant.

1
Razo Manufacturing Company, sos
revenue agents and police Of the
| first precinct today. Stonewall jack
| son Yeatman, member of the firm,
who was at the 10th street place of
business when the raiding party
reached there, was arrested on a
| charge Of violating the prohibition
law. Mrs. Sarah Wilson Lupton,
named in the warrant as another
| member of the firm, appeared while
the seizure was being made and was
placed under arrest.
! Harold Stephenson. internal revenue
agent, swore out the warrant before
United States Commissioner Hit, al
leging a violation of law on part
made mention of books and papers
that might be wanted as evidence.
| The principal books of the firm were
not at the manufacturing plant, Mr..
| Yeatman stated. but the officers were
told that they would have no trouble
getting them.
Shows Raiders Laboratory.
| Capt. c. E. E. Flather, Detectives
| OReilly and Messer and several uni
| formed members of the first precinct
| accompanied the revenue agent. Mr..
| Yeatman greeted them in the sales
| room and accompanied them to the
laboratory in the rear, where q colored
| man and woman were bOttling and
| labelling bottles of orange extract
What is that?' Yeatman was asked.
"Orange extract" was his prompt
response. Ninety per cant alcohol"
| Yeatman was sent to the police
and members OF the raiding party
| remained to take charge Of the alco-
hol, fiavoring extracts and records.
A big motor truck was employed to
| take the stock to place where it
| could be kept intact by the revenue
| officers.
In conversation with a Star re-
porter in the police station, YeatmaD
! declared that there had been no vio-
| lation of law in connection with the
preparation and sale of products By
| he stated, the havoring extracts are
| put up for non-beverage purposes,
and 1t Is so stated on the labels.
Not Meant to Drink.
"a man who could drink the ex-
tracts" he said, would have to have
| a cast-iron stomach. The extracts
| are intended for use in the prepsra-
| beverage purposes"
| Continuing, Mr. Yeatman said his
| firm had complied with the pure food
laws and was engaged in the preparation
Of extracts in compliance with the
laws governing the bureau Of chem
istry.
He further said it is impossible to
prepare certain extracts without the
| use of large percentage OF alcohol.
Orange and lemon extracts, he said,
contain about 30 per cent. while va
nilla is about so and peach 40 per
| cent.
| The defendant said he had heard re-
ports Of persons drinking the extracts
and suggested the extracts probably
had been blamed for drunkenness which
really was caused by drinking whisky.
Mr.. Yeatman said he had heard re-
ports of the sale of the extracts in
near beer saloons II the reports are
true. he added. and the extracts were
sold for beverage purposes he. thought
| the persons so selling them should be
handled. He added that If near-beer
places handled the extracts they must
! have purchased them from wholesale
grocers.
! Charges Made at Station.
| At the first precinct station Mr..
| Yeatman and Mrs. Lupton were
! charged with violating sections 8, 6
| and II of the national prohibition
| ture of intoxicants. They also were
| charged with a violation Of section
| 1924 of the Revised Statutes of the
| United States. which relates to recti-
herS.
4 of article OF the prohibition act,
| in the opinion of Prohibition Com
missioner Kramer.
| This section contained a provision
| which declares that if any extract or
sirup shall be sold under circum-
stances "from which the seller might
| reasonably deduce the intention of
| the purchaser to use them for such
purposes beverage purposes) or shall
sell any beverage containing one-half
of on per centum or more of alcohol
by volume, in which any extract,
sirup or other articles is used as an
ingredient, shall be subject to the
penalties provided in section 20 Of this
title"
| When the scene shifts to section
| %, 1t Is found that ANY person who
manufacturers or sells liquor in viola
ton OF this title shall for a nrst Of.
| tense be fined not more than $1,000
or imprisoned not exceeding six
months"