Evening journal., 1921-07-27
GET SPURIOUS
RUN STAMPS
Huge Sock of Counterfeit
Whiskey Labels Taken
in New York Raid
BOOKS SEIZED
SHOW CUSTOMERS

felt revenue stamps win race
value OF $4,000. 900. forged whisky
labels. dies. cuts and printing presses
were seized by Secret Service men
and by the police late yesterday in the
plant Of the Imperial Press at 50
Ann street and a storeroom on the
top floor at AZ Fulton street.
SO far as is known this was the
biggest haul of its kind made since
prohibition went into effect. The
raids we're the result of tip re-
ceived ten days ago by Detective Ser
geant Michael Fiaschetti. From the
stock on hand II was evident that the
traffic had been going on for months
1t took two trucks to carry property
to Headquarters. Three men were
arrested at the Ann street address,
but nobody was found in the Fulton
street storeroom.
Detectives and Secret Service
agents went to the Imperial Press
office only to find it locked. The
door was forced. but no person was
, found Oh - premises. Many tnou-
50 -,ds OF labels we found Of the
= \ ssrrcu used on ,'hislSy and other
i'hfrH Sof'.-rs to give the contents the
, ge~uin- ,ptar-nce.
CIV eaa =. Z boxes were dies ana
cuts which couIG not be distinguished
from those rcd by the ederal
Government. Two printing presses
in the plant had Teen used to turn
out the forged papers by the thou-
sands, and there was evidence that
the machines had been in almost
constant use night and day to sup
plv the demand of numerous boot
! ieggersl in the vicinity. Forged
labels Of choice brands were found
and il is well known that liquor pur-
chased for genuine goods has borne
such labels only to be found later
to be of the hooch variety.
As the raid was going on at eS
Ann street, Victor Sileo,a printer Nv
inc AT SIS Sands street. Brooklyn
and Louis Santanglo. also a printer
residing at 9S James street Man
haitian, walked into the place ana
seeing the raiders attempted to es-
cane. They were both placed under
arrest and admitted being employed
by the Imperial Press.
A few minutes later John Doch-
nahi. OF 235 Irving place. Brooklyn
appeared with a good sized package
under his arm. The package was
found to contain dies which could he
used for forging removal and trans
portation permits. as we'll as inter
nal revenue strip stamps and WHISKY
labels He was also taken into Gus
tody.
The officers, leaving the prisoner
guarded in the Imperial Press plant
< went to the storsroom at AZ Fultoi
a street which they found locked an
deserted. There was discovere
Z thousands OF similar labels done ~
=. in small and large bundles, eacl
!. containing from 100 to 1000 OF tn
forged papers.
According to Secret Service Agen
John A. Lyons. Dochnahl admitted
that he was a salesman employed
by the Imperial Press. Books seize'
in the plant showed the names OF
large number of customers. some o
whom the authorities say have beei
suspected OF being members OF boot
Logging gangs in this and nearb.
cities. Every sale will be trace'
with the object OF making furthe
, arrests.
l The raids were the direct result o
the arrests on Monday night OF Rof
faelo Legnante, of % Mott street
Vincenzo Rollo, OF 167 Mott stree
and Dante Seregnano. OF 65 Bayar
street, by Detective Sergeant Fias
chetti and a squad Of detectives VIII
went to the home OF the men upo
: receiving information that they pos
sessed counterfeit revenue stamp
and whisky labels.
rs In the home OF Seregnano II is a
nt legged 10000 counterfeit revenu
IN strips were seized. He was held o
m $4,000 bail yesterday by Unite
e. States Commissioner Hitchcock fc
hearing on July 80. Legnonte an
a. Rollo are still locked up in polio
H. headquarters where they have bee
nc questioned. Il is reported that
e the home OF the latter thousands
no forged stamps were found of the e.
act likeness OF those seized in n
ne Imperial Press plant and in the d.
an serted storeroom on Fulton street.
~. After questioning Rollo yesterd,
- Sergeant Fiaschetti sent for the s.
- cret service agents and told them
the information he had obtained r
garding the places on Ann and Fu
ton streets The name OF the own
vn OF the printing plant was not d
- vulged.