New-York tribune., 1920-10-14
Curb Market
Whisky Ring 9 To
Be Investigated
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chose that place for assembly prob
ably because the presence of men OBJ
viously engaged in barter in the street
would attract less attention on the
crowded East Side than elsewhere in
the city.
Although most of the sales were said
to be conducted face to face. there
were times also when the brokers used
he telephone, the nightly situation Of
the market being so widely known that
buyers had no difficulty in finding its
shifting site.
Inquiry Starts Tomorrow
The investigation into the "wake" of
ilcpigue's will be started tomorrow
By the Federal grand jury in Brooklyn.
Leroy Ross, United States Attorney
there, said that if Mayor Hylan and
District Attorney Harry Z. Lewis Of
Kings County, a guest at the party,
would accept invitations to appear as
witnesses he would invite them. He
would not issue subpnnas for them, he
said, although the grand jury might if
it saw fit.
Mr. Ross will, however, summon
Murray Hubert, Comm ssioner of
Docks; Charles L. Ebbetts, owner of
the Brooklyn National League Baseball
Club; Daniel J. Griffin. eX-Sherif Of
Kings County, and John J. O'Brien to
tell what they know Of the passing Of
Villepigues.
One of the principal witnesses will be
j. c. Daschbach, a reporter on the sta #
Of The Public Ledger of Philadelphia,
who obtained the original story of the
doings in the inn on the night Of Octo-
Der g. The trduth of this story was
challenged by Mayor Hyan in a letter
TO The Public Ledger in which he de-
clarcd that if Mr.. Daschbach had any
basis for the article he should lay the
facts before him and he would have
Police Commissioner Enrght act.
Accordingly Mr.. Daschbach wrote to
the Mayor that John f. Hylan, Mayor
o fNcw York, was one of the guests
although so far as he knew Mr.. Hylan
drank nothing but water, and suggested
that he have Mr.. Hyiar lay the facts
in his possession before Commissioner
Enright. The Mayor has made no re-
ply to this letter
Lewis at the Party
District Attorney Lewis, Of Kings
County. freely admitted that he was
at the party and that he noticed that
some of the others there seemed
"rather hilarious" He said that he
was not in the main dining room, how
ever, and was unable to perceive cx-
actly the cause of the uproar.
Il did notice" said Mr.. Lewis, that
many persons seemed to be eXtraor-
dnarily clated. What the reason for
this was, cannot say. OF course, I
could not say whether Wine and other
things were being drunk. 1t was I'M
possible for me to see what was going
on in the main dining room, as my
party was i'll private room-Mrs.
Lewis, myself and four other couples,
noticed some persons were somewhat
happy, so to speak, but to describe
the evening as an orgy was, in my
opinion, gross eXaggeration."
Mr.. Lewis made this interesting COM
course Of the interview:
"1f the Volstead law is to be made
effective in New York we will need
in the neighborho ood of 100000 en-
forcement agents and a jail as large
as Prospect Park and Central Parl,
combined"
Mr. Anderson, of the Anti Saloon
League. made his demand for the i'm
parchment of Mayor Hyan in let
ter to Governor Smith, in which he
wrote:
"a hereby demand that you remove
John F: Hylan, Mayor Of greater New
pied by him. on the ground that if he
does not know that his attitude con
stitutes a scandalous violation of the
obligations of his oath of office he is
incompetent to hold the office longer
and that if he does know il, then he is
unfit to hold the office
81 respectfully submit that the facts
set out in the recent exposures of New
York's official shame in the newspapers