Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-08
PROBE
BY U.S. JURY.
Sigmund Splitter and Frank
Gold Have Hearing Before
U. S. Commissioner.
REVENUE MEN ARE HERE
Splitter Says Mistake Has
Been Made As He is MOI
Connected With Gold, Inc.

Sigmund Splitter of 1877 High
street and Frank Gold of ESQ New
Brunswick avenue were each placed
under 5000 bail by United States
Commissioner John A. Delaney yez-
terday. to await the action of lhe
Federal grand jury on the charge
that they violated section thirty
seven of the United States Penal
Code and title No. 2 OF the national
prohibition act in that they unlaw-
fully conspired with and sold TO one
Dasson. one Rosati and one Brandy
in the city of Trenton, intoxicating
beverages, to wit, whiskey contain
ing more than one per cent. OF al
cohol per volume.
When the arrests were made in
this case, following the raid on the
Frank Gold. Inc. warehouse hers
on September 20, the prohibition
agents issued warrants for the ar
rest of Frank Gold and David Spit
ger. When these men were arraign-
ed before Commissioner Delaney
and held for the hearing yesterday
Mr.. Splitter through his attorney
Thomas Brown claimed that the au.
thorities had made a mistake aut
arrested the wrong man as he was
not connected with Frank Cold
Inc, in anyway.
Mr.. Sands said that under the
name of Mr.. Bond of Philadelphia.
he arranged with Dasson, Rosati
and Brandy to purchase for him a
shipment of liquor from Gold. The
transactions were first begun in an
Office in Trenton. where the men in
question spoke over the telephone
with Gold and later completed in
the Gold wal ehouse here. Ar
rangement was made TO purcha@f
$50. 700 worth of of liquor. the fIr1<
payment amounting to $27. .004
which was in cash The liquor To-
be purchased in the deal amounted
to $50 cases and twenty-five barrels
Sands claimed hat i took about
two hours TO count the money in ttf
Office of the Gold warehouse here
and that the stuff was sold to him.
through the three Trenton men.
even in view of the fact that he had
no permit to move the liquor.
Sands stated that while he was at
the Gold place. Gold asked him why
he didn't deal directly with him and
save the commission. Sands stated
that he could not do that as he was
not known and did not have a per-
nit He said that Gold asked him
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the next night. taking all the stun
in the raid on the place.
Saul Grill and Maurice McGrath.
prohibition agents who were in the
party which accompanied Sands TO
the warehouse when the deal was
made testified along the same lines
as Mr.. Sands.
Prior to the hearing yesterday
afternoon, a conference of the pro-
hibition agents resulted in warrant
being sworn out for Sigmund Spit
ger Saul Grill, one of the agents.
who was at the warehouse. said that
he would know Mr.. Spitzer if he saw
him again. having already seen him
at the warehouse so he was sent
with the marshal with orders To
make the arrest if Sigmund Splitter
proved to be the right man. Mr.
Spitzer proved to be the right man
and was brought to Commissioners
Delaney's office by the marshal. Da-
vid Splitter. who was also present at
the hearing. with David Wilenfz. an
attorney of Senator Browns office.
was not recognized as the Mr.. Spit
ger they had seen at the warehouse
After Gold and Splitter had plead
ed not guilty, the government. which
was represented by B. w. Andrews.
an attornev connected with Conn
missioner kramer's office at Wash
ington. D. C.. and ]. W. Acton. an
attorney from the office of the
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