The New York herald., 1921-04-15
TWO EXTRA BOOZE
JURES DEMANDED
District Attorneys Office Is
.Swamped by Police
Drive Cases.
ARRESTS TOTAL 625
Thirteen Indictments Re-
turned Yesterday in New
York County.
CELLAR STILLS SEIZED
Whiskey. Wine and Home
Brew Taken in Many Parts
of the City.
CELLAR STILLS SEIZED

Under present plans one or two ex-
traordinary grand juries will be called
In New York county to consider liquor
violations because of the great num-
ber of such cases that already have
swamped the District Attorneys office
through the hundreds of arrests by
members Of the Police Department in
enforcing the new State dry laws.
Thirteen indictments were returned
Yesterday by the New York County
Grand Jury. Forty-one indictments
have been returned in three days.
Albert 3. Unger, Assistant District
Attorney, said last night he would go
before the Grand Jury to-day and pre-
sent thirty more cases, He declared
there are now under course of prepa-
ration more than 800 violations. which
would require at least two weeks
work before indictments were handed
down
Up to a late hour last night there
had been fifty additional arrests,
bringing the total up to 625 since the
police started enforcement week ago
yesterday Fifty were arraigned yes
terday in the different Magistrates
courts and held in bail of either $500
or $1,000.
Patrolman Patrick Ma7isan Of the
Clinton street station was passing t5e
cellar to sS Cannon street when he
scented the odor OF liquor He forced
an entrance as a man fiec though
rear window and over fence.
FINDS Fifty Gallon stilI.
The policeman says he found a still
with a capacity Of fifty gallons Of wsis-
key and ingredients TO MAKE 100 gallons
OF ''hooch''
David November. owner Cl the house.
said the party who had Z snted the cell
lar told him he was in TIE dried fruit
business. and that he had no idea The
premises were hefnc used for s,nlawrul
purposes.
Mrs. Fannie COIN OF ~ East 110lh
street was held in $500 bail by Magis-
trate Sweetser in the Morrisania Court.
charged wiSh possessing and rnanufac-
turing intoxicnnts. Detectives Hankin
and Collins raided the home on infor-
nation furnished BY neighbois. ssld
found copper still Of fifty gallons
capacity, FIVE gallons or mash and a
quantity of gram aconol. all of which
were conhscated
A wet raid on q dry goods store at
fo2 Third avenue, Brooklyn. by Patrol
man Sherry led to the arrest Of Mrs
Bertha Zindell and her huaband. MeS er,
owner Of the place. The vorn&n was
taken into custody on charge q de.
gtroyfrg evidence.
According to Patrolman Shofry ne
found a bottle Of gin and a bottle Of
whislSey on A shelf in the store. As lie
was placing the man under arrest Mrs.
ZindelI is alleged to have Knocked the
bottles from under the policeman's avn
and they were smashed on the floor.
bartender Discharged.
William kortland bartender in sa-
loon at IT'S Amsterdam avenue. was
discharged in the Washington Heights
Court by Magistrate Rosenblatt after IT
had been shown he was not the owner
OF several bottles OF whskey found by
policemen in the cellar Of the premises.
Last night Detectives Hunt and Dolan
ralded the grocery store of Francesca
Exposito in 305 East Thirty fourth
street and seized two barrels of wine.
Exposito was placed under arrest.
Ia Ridgewood. according to the Glen
dale police four saloons which they
raided were selling home brew. There
was SO much brew It could not imme-
diately be removed and police are on
fixed posts in the cellar.
Detectives said they found n fully
equipped brewery working At 170i Myr-
tie avenue and John Kabecock, In hip
boots and. rubber apron. pouring the
fluid from casks into kegs. There were
eight 50-callon barrels OF alleged beer.
Thev arrested Kabecock. In the bar
room upstairs they found Frank Hon
nigman, the proprietor. they said, try
ing TO wait on a double line or Gus
toners. He also was arrested.
rhrea other places were raided ~
2;a9 Myrtle avenue william Walters was
arrested. charged with possessing two
barrels OF homemade beer and two bar
reIs OF Rhine wine.
Al -35S Putnam avenue Joseph >.
Grimm was arrested on the same
enarme. The detectives said nc bad three
bO-gallon barrels and eighteen 2V-ealloh
barrels of the alleged beer.
Al T9l Forest avenue the detectives
arrested Joseph gauter. charged Wltn
having two barrels Of nome brew ana
three bottles Of whiskey.