Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-17
HEARING JAN. 6
FOR HALPERN
Change in Date From Dec. 30
for Man Held in Bail for
Having Booze in Possession
WAREHOUSE IS VISITED
Claims Some of the Booze
Was Lost in Smashup -
Liquor Removed to Newark

vhe hearing for Philip Halpern,
who was arrested yesterday by
United States Revenue Inspectors
NJ. ]. C. Phillips and II. w. Holman
oe the office of the Prohibition En-
forcement Officer kramers IN
Washington, on a charge or uniaW
fully having in his possession ABOUT
$50 cases of whiskey valued by gov
crnment agents at about sfo'oou'
will be held before Commissioner
John Delaney in this city on jan
uary 6, instead of December ao' as
announced yesterday.
This change of date was neces-
sary because of the fact that Jacob
s. Karkus, who has been secured
to represent Halpern. leaves Tor
Bermuda next Wednesday and will
not return until January 2. Ben
iamin Spivack of this city furnished
the $4,000 bail for Halpern. The
LIQUOR and one truck seized by the
revenue men were taken to Newark
Yesterday afternoon in charge OF
two revenue men of the Newark
office.
An inspection of the garage be-
longing to the Halpern Storage *
Express Company in Barracks street
yesterday afternoon showed SlO
cases of liquor in an automobile
truck. 200 cases stored and partly
covered on the first hoor or the
garage near the elevator, and on the
second floor there were 225 cases.
An examination Of the cases on the
second floor revealed 175 cases
empty, the boxes, covers and CORFU
gated cardboard were in good con-
dition, and showed no evidence OF a
smashup as the owner claimed.
Halpern claimed that in smashup
this week near North Arlington
about 175 cases of liquor were
smashed, but the revenue inspector
found no broken glass in the boxes,
nor was there any odor of liquor be-
ing spilled around the boxes. The
raid. therefore, resulted in $50 cases
of Old Taylor whiskey and one
truck being seized.
After inspector Phillips entered
the garage yesterday afternoon ana
saw the LIQUOR. he asked Halpern
for his papers. Halpern produced
some papers and handed them TO
the inspector, and <SD4hspection of
the garage followed.
According to information recelv-
ed, Halpern told the inspector that
he had gone to New York to secure
a form 1410 from a firm known as
Pickett Bros. This company advised
him that the goods had been mark
ed wrong and should be returned 10
New York. The Withdrawals from
141O shown by Philip Halpern to IN
spector Phillips represented lOOO
cases to be Withdrawn in lots OF
: 500 each. One shipment left New
York on December 3 and the other
on December is. The owners ex-
PLANTATION to the revenue man did
not seem to satisfy him as to the
sincerity of same.
1t was the claim of Halpern that
the stuff was to be shipped to Mi
chael Bradley. in Philadelphia, ana
some of the papers taken by Inspec-
tor Phillips showed bill forms made
out to a party known as Bradley.
Rumors have it that on Wednes-
day night shortly after the arrival
of the inspectors in town, that one
of the inspectors was forced to hre
a shot, due to several touring cars
appearing on the scene discharglng
bootleggers. One car in particular
which seemed to be the master mind
of the crowd, was requested TO stop
to be inspected. but refused to do SO,
whereupon one of the agents fired a
shot, but the car sped away.