New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Whisky Firms
Next to Suffer
Federal Attack
Prohibition Officials Leave
for Ohio After Gain
ing Information Through
Arrest of S. Albrecht
Bribery Charges Expected
Haynes to Send a Special
Assistant Here TO Deal
With New Prosecution

Prohibition Commissioner Hayne,
has ordered an investigation into tn,
operation of liqur warehuse wners
and distlleries in Ohio, Kentucky ant
Maryland as the result of information
growing out of the arrest of Samue
Albrecht, held in $500 bail by the
local authorities on a charge of hav,
ing offered S5o,oo0 bribe to E. C
Yellowley, acting prohibition directo,
for New York State. Word was re.
ccived at the New York prohibition
Office last night that Mr.. Haynes and
a. corps Of experts had left Washing.
ton for Ohio.
Following Albrecht's arrest or
he told the Federal authorities that
ne represented eight distilleries when
he approached Mr.. Yellowley.
Enforcement agents in New York
gave little credence to this statement
but raid of Alhrecht's Office in Bal
timore, it is said has resulted in the
seizure of valuable documents and rec
ords. which are alleged to show IL
legal liquor transactions involving mil
hons of dollars have taken place with
In the last few months.
More Arrests Expected
These operations took place in New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and
some in Ohio and Kentucky towns.
According to prohibition officials
papers found in Albrechts Office indi-
cate that he was involved in the pur-
chase of distillery in Lawrenceville,
KY, from which $50 cases Of liquor
were withdrawn on permits alleged to
have been forged.
The purpose of Mr.. Haynes's visit
to Ohio with a staff of experts, it is
understood, is to get evidence which
will show who made these withdrawals.
Arrests of number of persons, on
charges of bribery and conspiracy, it
is believed, will result from the in
formation which they will obtain.
nounced, has designated a special as
sistant from the legal department of
his Office to come to New York City
and assist in the prosecution of AL
brecht
Customs officials early yesterday
morning raided the private steam yacht
John Scully, tied up at Martins dock,
foot of Canal Street. Stapleton. Staten
Island. and seized 500 cases of liquor.
An investigation has been started in
an effort to connect the yacht with q
gigantic plot for the smuggling of
liquor into this country. A guard was
placed aboard the vessel to prevent it
putting to sea.
Employee Told of Liquor
A visit paid the Stapleton police sta
tion Friday night by William Thack-
cray, n member of the yachts crew,
led to the raiding of the yacht. Thack-
erary, who had been drinking heavily,
told Lieutenant John Shay, on desk
duty, that the John Scully had whisky
aboard and that he didn't mind saying
so because he had been given only S5
OF his wages to take with him ashore.
He fiourished bottle which, he said,
came from the yacht.
The Stapleton police, unable at the
time to get in touch With prohibition
enforcement agents, notified the Gus
toms authorities. When customs
agents paid call at the vessel early
Yesterday morning they found liquor
there and found most of the crew in
toxicated, they said. The captain was
absent. Thackerary was held by the
police and arraigned before Magistrate
William T. Featherston in Staten Is
land Police Court. He was turned over
to the Federal authorities at their re-
quest.
Customs agents said last night that
they had been Informed that the yacht
was to have left port yesterday to
meet schooner outside the three mile
limit and take on another cargo of
whisky