Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-25
QUIETLY PLANNED, It
CAME As A SURPRISE
Several Arrests Were Made, but
This Detail Nas Deferred in
Several Instances.
POLICEMEN GATHERED
BULK OF EVIDENCE
Have Been Buying Liquor in Sus-
pcctcd Places for Past
Two Months.
BEGINNING OF A
GENERAL CLEANUP

An emphatic beginning was made today
kv Prohibition Law enforcement officers,
assisted by local police, IN a general clean
ing up of the city IN the mater OF liquor,
which II mas been evident all a,ong was
ohtainsb.c.
Headed by Chief Prohibition Enforce
mcnt Officer Howard of this general dis
sricf. aided by Assistant Jacobs and
several other men Of the local squad, also
hv local Prohibition Officer w. T. Boyce
and large number of policemen, working
under Chief Black, the officers made
simultaneous raids on ten places today
and made n wholesale capture. Tie po-
Iiccmcn were not IN uniform.
Liquor valucd at from $4,000 tn s20,-
OOo was confiscated and number of ar
rests were made.
The following places wcrc raided:
That OF Peter Piscarchi, at No. IA Mary
land avenue.
Antonio Sakowski, ZOE East Seventh
Tn. Mcdonald saloon. at Fourth and
Lombard streets
Howard Pollock. Seventh and Madison
s&rvrts
Fwrs J. Ccnner, Fifth and Poplar
akrcrts
Barney r,1Ilo and Percy solee, Fifth
and Spruce.
I.adorc Goldhcrex, Front street near
Orsnee.
William NJ. Taylor, 5o4 Church street.
Adam Dvzw,ski. 500 Maryland avenue.
Francesca Dolanpcr, Sl7 Lincoln street.
Raiding officers. whom asked by
Every Evening reporters after the raid,
r,ld ,hev understood that whisky had
hren bought at all of these places
The raid Is the result of an investiga-
tion that has been in progress for two
months, during which. time Federal and
local officers have been quietly obtaining
evidence.
II is proposed 10 continue the lnvestiga-
tion. for suspicion points TO Others, and
10 raid every place where there is reason
able ground TO believe the law Is being
violated.
roRrY oYv1CURs IN RArDrNG PARTY.
The 40 officers in the raiding party,
while cooperating IN the matter OF detail,
having their campaign mapped out before
hand and working together in Its execution
covered their tracks so quietly when they
started out they attracted no attention
Tho result was that they found every
place they visited in Just the shape
they had hoped for. it is said, and had no
difficulty in accomplishing the desired
object.
The Federal officers give the police
great credit for the success of the rad.
The policemen they say, have done most
effective investigating in the two months
the survey has been in progress, and 1T
WAS largely as result OF their work that
today raid was so successful.
The men arrested so far are:
Anthony Zahowski. 702 East Seventh
street, who was taken by Detectives
Riley and johnson.
Peter Piekarski, arrested ai IA Maryland
avenue.
Three police sergeants and IL patrol
men with the prohibition enforcement
officers and one constable, made the raid.
The sergeants were Crozier, McDermott
and Lewis. The patrolmen were:
Elliott, Fisher, Massey. Jones, Dutton,
Henderson, Tucker, Britton. Dawson,
Bernard, Skepski and McGillion. Con-
stable Cole was in the party.
The raid was accomplished about noon,
but IL WAS conducted In such manner
that there was no unnecessary display,
though lot OF attention was attracted
in the vicinity of the places visited.
Liquor was found ID barrels, bottles and
other receptacles. The police wagons
were used 20 take II TO headquarters.
Search warrants had been obtained for
at of the places on the list, but in view
of the fact that in most instances the
proprietors can be located If they are
wanted. only few arrests were made.
Others NAV follow later