Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-13
BIG NEN " DANGER
~ RUN CLEANUP

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a hug" mass Of evidence. gathered in
two secret Investigations OF oootleCginV
/ n Phiad"l' hiu. will be made the basis
Of sensational arrests under the new
regime.
/ Tbs was learned today from mon
who have been in touch from the first
| with the DEVELOPMENTS Of tho Govern
mcnts campaign against violations Of
the Federal prohibition laws in Phila.
dephia
, II was on the basis of this evidence
that 7. g. Mutt. acting chief enforce
ment Inspector, made his statement yes
t"rday in washington, that conditions
In Philadelphia are deplorab'p.
! II was revealed today that the double
/ Investigation in this city. made without
the knowledge Of local prohibition Of.
ficcrs. was suggested by the seizure Of
several truckloads of alcohol in Wash.
inEton.
1t happened that the alcohol fell into
the hands of honest prohibition insrec-
tors, and an investigation was started
10 find out where il came from II was
/ traced without much difficulty back TO
Philadelphia.
Dry Laws Are FlOuted
Besides the discovery Of the alcohol.
the enforcement Office was in receipt Of
almost constant complaints from Phila.
delphians that the dry laws were being
touted constantly and openly. There
were complaints that enforcement Of
fCers. sworn 70 uphold the law. were
growing rich from It's wholesale viola
tion. Finally Roy a. Haynes, Prohibi-
tion Commissioner decided TO find out
Just how much truth lay behind the
seemingly wild charges made by his
complaining correspondents.
With this in view, he sent n few
trusted mer 70 Philadelphia No one
know they we're coming except Com
missioner Haynes and Acting Chief
Mutt. William Mcdonnell. Federal
prohibition director fer Pennsylvania.
vas not notified. and the men who
work Mnd"r him had no mixing Of the
presence in this city If the men sent
here 70 check up on the alleged deln-
quences of the local force.
not have TO spend much time in this
city to learn all that il was necessary
for their chief to know. They went
back TO Washington with plenty Of alb
goIutely copper riveted information and
a lot more skctchy first hand knowledge
almost az certain and reliable. What
they told Commissioner Haynes led him
to organize another and more prCten-
tiOuS expedition.
His advance scouts informed him that
thNr" We're men high in political life
mixed in the violation Of the law. They
told him also that some Of the big boot
leggers had such powerful pull, Of
social. financial and political nature.
that it would be hard to touch them.
start Work Secretly
AT of which led Commissioner
Haynes 10 lay his plans craftily. with
great attention to detail, and equal
secrecy, 50 that no one might be tipped
off in advance of the coming Of his
secret iHveStiga tors
II. =. LoyeIand, Chief Field In.
sDrrtor, was put in charge of the big
secret squad Srut from Washington 70
unear'h the devious borrowings Of the
whisky ring They arrived IN Phtla-
de,ph.u ,aSt Thursday, and got to work
.MM"diatciy
They were ..rncd loose Nr,. on West
Phl.ad",pi!a Th"v found in Il short
evening tia, the people Of thai SOC
ton don't have to g. thirsty ii they
want drink and have the money to pay
for it. They turned rp sufficient owl
denr" in a ioW hours 10 send n large
number ~ acknowledgements to jail
Next they snittnl 70 IL" uortnrrn
section Of IN" "ity, and learned mat
even in the suburbs on" can Srt Iuc",y
II ru.a, IL rhr Genital part Ut the city
wholesale eVId"nrc was found ii rprK
ceiling OF whisky in saloons, and in the
uptown "tenderloin," they learned THAI
spree any night from hootlcgg"r~ on
the street.
south Philadelphia Wet"
Last Of all the Investigators vent
through h" South Philadelphia dis.
tr!.t, the territory that ..", below tho
'drud.!uc, In this sertioh, extending
Carpenter. and from n" Delaware
River to Broad stree. and taking in
n" Second, TNtrd. Fourth and puu
"C 'hc E.f'h Wards, NOR" murders
hav" been committed in recent months
than IL any other part Of town.
Furthermore, every other sort Of cr!nn
/. has been rampant within these rough
boundaries, Especially the agents.
who were looking only for violations of
the prohibition laws-found no end Ot
evidence Of the most barefaced SCI iuk
found one can buy any kind Of poison
wanted from 'hoOch' and colorcd
, alcohol, through the grades NJ various
> dOrtored decOCtOns To- fine brands "
the real goods" "
- The agents worked in this southern
o section with the utmost care, for they
0 had been warned IN adyanrc that n
( their identity became known their lives
c would be In danger. However they got
d all the evidence they needed without
r mishap.
The agents have not So far as can
= be learned, reported that the police
. were engaged in the bootlegging bust
;. ness. They have reported, however,
II that the police apparently are not
D, making any great efforts to enforce the
. law.
In only one instance has the charge
been made that the police are in
"CahOOts" with the boOtleggers. This
was after the recent suspension OF
. District Detective Friedman for bat.
: tling with members Of the vice squad
9 when they raided a still down town.
y The charge was made tten that some
d members of the department of the
a police district In which this occurred
sers working with hootlAsy'