Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-16
Name of Congressman Link
ed With Whisky
Ring
AFTER TONIC MAKERS
Whiskcy HearSe SeiZed-Ncw York
BuotIcggerS Given Bond = Jury
l'ruhe> Hylan Dinner.

! l:.,. - tkt. lb.-'lh@ name OF
! III 80, .Ltcs Congressman yester-
! !.y WAS brought before the Federal
g.Ari jury invc>: eating an alleged
/ whisky ring by a Government otiicia!
! in Il .n@ cf $4,000 hr.be Offered
hin By woman to stop prosecution
- c2Sr .ct1n with recent whisky traf
&c G.:t ~surcS here.
The woman. the w%;rcSS testified.
frequently conferred VIII the Con-
gi'., l:.n The official said ne was led
% bc:rvc that the Congressman was
interested in the whisky ring"
A!r@r a conference between Federal
oflic;,' Yesterday i was SAID that
Mrs A~:":ne:;c Duryea. for some
time a f'1m' lar figure around the Fed
e,'l! h.G'';rs, ard Harry ID. Allen.
to.mcr,y Drpal;mcr: of Justice
agent wcgil be asked to tel. officials
Whether they knew anything of the
llly yc~i ling"
Fc;.cral Judge Lands actively en-
.ercI =, investigation today when he
called two wholesale manufacturing
iru9.. = hcforc him to eXp'air an al
eyed excessive amount of alcohol III
.h,-;r rt,iIc:s-ha;r tor;c ami bitters.
jut@c Igadis looked over weird
as.;,T ~ Of hp.ticS on his bench in
, :hc Fr.'nrg' Courtroom. There were
~am,Ile. Of bittcr> and hai" tonic.
~ rai h1cn sc.zcd in a raid Of taree
as :. TIE hair TOXIC was lal,c!"d al
rohol p per cent" and the b,trcr< -
PEI: yc,,::."
W. IKE idea" SAID the Judge.
"S E%s tbs stuff at tonic prices and
= prrfcGly good whisky
New York. Oc. l6--The first ar
re-. in connection with tn" hun: for
New York: alleged liquor "cut3 mark
c." canr yesterday when two nren
wcr. take. into Gus. ~ on an auto
mct,i,r hlar<r carry;nG alcch3. on q
fey, Il t, New Jersey.
SIX tgh:'y na:I,i wooden boxes.
Zach c5n:a.,:n- five gallon jug Of
grain ."r,hol were found in the
h.lrsn. Ralph Fas;lo and Charles
+. .ro. wlcr arrested arc said by Fed
4rai agrr.% to have confessed they
x,-. berg pr;d for transporting the
;o"ii. a.. for til. particular "j.b'
500
p. .il,l ';nn enforcement agents as
.c,.cl they had been hearing Of a
'hcars. sal1nn' fer som" time past
= c"uryc:'~a win The liquor curb.
uu. h..G nd t:.hicu!ty in tracing il.
IT, ;wo prisoners. named Fasul"
and E-<.o. we're arra;%rsd s,er be
rcrc United States C2mmissioner
Hitchcock. charged with i..cga' trans
.rtat.cn Of liquor. They furnished
3o~ds of 81 900 each for a hearing
Today.
P.at bison agent, also seized 80
.aScS arI .wo cartons Of WHISKY found
| n an E.as; Ore Hundred and Thirty
,.xth Stree: garage. the whisky was
aEJlcl "Lynchnurg,' but all marks
VII, !. n&&ht have disclosed the con
.'yrrn had been removed. Agents eN-
prr.. .c.. | cl!cf that the liquor had been
| -tc'cn.
! Charles Z. O'Conncr. l'ederal prJh:-
jl.fh:cn director in New York State.
v:.o returned To-Day from conference
IN Washington with Federal Pi%hih:-
IN Director Kramer and Internal
Rcvcnuc Commissioner Williams. Is
sued a statement denying ramors that
nc i /" resign.
The Federal grand jury in Brooklyn
ycS:er ay began formal nveSt;ga-
.:on cf general charges made by re-
par.rr for q Philadelphia paper tA";i
Mayor Hy!an and other public ot'c-s!-
rcccr,ly attended a dinner a; Brook
ryn inn at which l,quor flowed and
hat 10 effort was made t. check the
Cow. Ii was not charged that The Ma
yor had tasted drop.
J. G. Daschbacil. the Philadelphia re
r,r.cr. was the first w:tre>s. On leaV-
ing the jury room he declined to COM
mcnt on his testimony.
District Attorney Lew:s. Of Kings
county. who also appeared before the
| Jury. said he had seen nothing that
he was sure was liquor.
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