Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16

ana James Nolan were uetalIeu To
the scene at the request of Inspector
Phillips from S:45 o'clock to IL
o'clock last night. Patrolmen Frank
Sullivan and Robert Harding re-
lieved these officers at IL O'Clock
and remained on the scene until Z
o'clock this morning. when Officers
McGowan and Patten visited the
scene. Patrolman William Kilmur-
ray was the only officer at the scene
at IL o'clock today.
According to the inspectors they
have been endeavoring to locate
shipment of 1000 cases of whiskey
which they are of the belief came to
this city.
No attempt was made to enter the
garage this morning but the govern
ment inspectors conferred with
Commissioner Delaney as to the
proper course to pursue. Shortly
after noon Inspector Phillips ap-
peared at the Halpern home with a
search warrant in his possession and
informed a sister of Philip Halpern
that If the garage was not opened in
thirty minutes he would break in
and conduct his investigation. Just
before the thirty minutes expired
Halpern appeared and opened the
door.
Several touring cars and a truck,
the latter loaded with $40 cases of
Old Taylor whiskey were found
In the garage. Halpern was ques-
toned as to ownership of the cars
and whiskey and the amount of liq-
uor stored in the garage. lie said
the booze on the truck was going to
be returned to New York. An in
vestigation of the upper floor of the
garage brought to light about 200
more cases while piled upon the
first floor of the garage were be-
tween 200 and 220 cases of whis-
key. making in all about 725 cases.
Halpern said that truck con-
tanning liquor had been wrecked at
a place called North Arlington. He
did not say how many cases of liq-
uor the automobile contained. but
If it was as well loaded as the one
In the garage. this would account
for the 1000 cases the government
men were in search of.
Following the search of the
garage the government men seized
all of the whiskey and made ar
rangements to move it to Newark
this afternoon. Upon being placed
under arrest Halpern claimed that
the whiskey was merely stored there
by him for party who had called
him on the telephone and made the
necessary arrangements. When ask
ed who this party was that owned
the booze Halpern said he had
given no name.
Halpern was taken before United
States Commissioner Delahey and
December 80 fixed as the date for a
hearing. bail at $4,000 being fixed.
1t was expected that bail would De
furnished some time this afternoon.
In the meantime Halpern was be-
ing held in custody.
Officers Kilmurray. Lybeck and
Gaydos We're at the garage this al
ternoon. An accurate account of the
number of cases of whiskey in the
garage will be taken during the re-
moval of the booze this afternoon.
Although the whiskey will be taken
to Newark the raid was conducted
under orders from Washington and
not from the Newark Office.
Sentence Monmouth Men
FREEHOLD, Dee. 16:-"We'I
see il we can't have a dry summer
said Judge Lawrence Tuesday at
one period of a court session Incl
dent to the imposition of sentence
upon forty self-confessed Illicit H.
auor sellers. Fines ranging from
$500 upon principals and $100 ON
bartenders to $1,000 and costs were
imposed, together with jai. terms
in each case, in most cases thirty
days in the county Jail and in a few
instances three months. In each
case the Jail sentence was suspend
ed pending good behavior. The fines
aggregated S1S,25O which, with
costs. totaled $19,212.41.
The period first fixed for the sus-
pended sentences to rune was until
the first Tuesday in October. Then
Judge Lawrence announced that his
attention had been called to sta
tutory limitation of six months in
such matters and changed the date
to the first Thursday in June. adding
that at that time he would make an
order continuing the suspended sem
tences until the first of October.
unless in the meantime some of the
defendants broke a provision of the
parole.
This provision, a very material
part of the sentence. is that each of
the defendants must submit, at any
time without notice, to an inspection
of their premises by an agent of the
court, with the understanding that
if liquor is found upon their prem
ises the defendant or defendants
thus compromised will be arrested
on bench warrant and committed
to Jail to serve the term imposed at
this time. Warning was also given
that an agent or agents of the court
would appear at their respective
places at unexpected times and that
the only safe way to keep out of
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