The New York herald., 1921-03-15
100000 IN DRUGS
SEIZED IN A RAID
Detectives With $4,000 in
Marked Bills Make Haul in
Brooklyn Boarding House.
2 SPANIARDS ARRESTED
Sleuth Disguised as Seaman
Had Ferreted Out Place
Third Man Escapes.
? SPANIARDS ARRESTED

Lieut. Henry Sherb and Detectives
Bernard Boulan and Irving Higgins
Of the Headquarters Narcotic Division
went over to Brooklyn in an auto
mobile yesterday afternoon and
stopped the machine in Hamilton ave-
nue.. They drew the curtains, and
then, In the darkness of the back
seat, Lieut.. Sherb handed Detective
Higgins $4,000 In bills. 1t was a large
roll. with thousand dollar bill on the
outside, and the inside jammed with
mostly twenties and tens and fives.
After he had passed over the money
Lieut.. Sherb got out of the car and
Higgins and Boylan drove the ma
chine down to 13 Hamilton place. a
boarding house for Spanish seamen.
operated by Joaquin Rey. There they
stopped and went INSIDE. In the bali
way they were met by Rey. The
three men went upstairs and entered
back room. At table in the centre
of the room sat two men, one OF whom
later gave his name as Jose Allegres
Of II Columbia place, a Spanish sea-
man.
On the table before Allegres was a
large bag OF white cloth, filled to the
top and gathered with a draw string.
The detectives sat down, but carefully,
IN such position that they could see
the doorway. and then Allegres and Rey
opened the white bag. From il. the de-
tectives say. they took between four
and live hundred two ounce bottles. u
large tin box and several small card
board boxes. These boxes contained
morphine. heroin and cocaine In tablet,
crystal and powder form, worth about
100000. The drugs had been purchased
originally in Germany, smuggIed across
the Swiss border and thence into Spain.
and finally into New York>by way Of
South American ports.
Rey and Allegres and the third man
spread the bottles and the boxes out on
the table and asked Higgins and Boylan
II they had any money. They had known
the detectives were coming, though OF
course they didn't know they were de-
tectives. because the arrangements had
been made by another detective who,
disguised as a seaman. had spent some
time in the boarding house and had
worked his way into Rey's confidence
Higgins pulled out the enormous roll Of
bills.
For more than two hours tie detec-
tlves dickered with the Spaniards for
the purchase OF the drugs Finally Il
was agreed that they should pay $1,000
for a small portion OF the lot. and II
that was found TO be satisfactory other
lots would be purchased. Higgins in
sisted that Rey and Allegres take It
downstairs and put in into the auto
mobile. Tho detectives had expected
that the two men would choose few
bottles. but instead the Spanlards picked
up the whole bag full and went down
stairs with the detectives.
The five men reached the automobile.
ana there Higgins handed Rey the $4,000
Ia cash, every bill Of which had been
marked. But for some reason Alltgr1s
became frightened. lie grabbed the bag
and tried to yank Il from the ear. but
dropped II when Boylan struck him. lie
ran. and Roy tried 10 run also. but Hig-
gins grabbed him and dragged him
into the car. The third man ran AZ the
heels Of Allegres. both Of them pursued
by several detectives who had been hide
Ing and waiting In doorways nearby.
one OF these was Detective Moffitt who
caught Allegres after IL chase of five
blocks and after he had fired five shots
at him. The third man escaped.