Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-31
ATLANTIC CITY RAID
NETS LOTS OF LIQUOR
Dr.. Agents Spend Two Days
Arresting Illegal Dispens-
~ ers of Drink.

Atlantic City. Aug. at.--once more
and this time far more swcepingly,
Boardwalk cafes yielding up eager
quantities OF illegal beverages In a
Wholesale raid by dry agents, under
the lead of Special Prosecutor Gas
XIII and the local police. Some of the
most prominent resorts. where know
ing ones have been able to buy drinks
all summer. were in the list of 126
warrants served
The raids began late Tuesday night,
and Gaskiil predicted that they would
not end until to-day. More than a
score Of detectives had been assembled
for the Job Gaskill was unable 10
estimate the value OF liquor already
seized but predicted that IL would run
into thousands of dollars.
Boardwalk establishments raided in
ciuded Martins Cafe, Cafe de Paris.
the Moulin Rouge and Thomas
Moore's cafe. Many other places in
other sections of the city were visited
and several employees arrested. Gas
kin expressed fear that some difficulty
would be experienced in locating GER
tain persons for whom warrants had
f. been issued. as he supposed they had
taken alarm and fled.
The evidence has been quietly
gathered by trusted agents. several
of whom are taking medical treatment
for physical knockouts sampling the
fearful stuff on sale in some of the
cafes The big roundup is expected
TO put a crimp In the Labor Day cele-
bration and cafe people who had
counted on reaping fortune over the
holiday are annoyed.
In each instance the cabaret and
hotel proprietors We're permitted 10
accept service" of the warrants. and
were ordered TO appear for hearings
before Common Pleas Judge Ingersoll
who is privileged by the Van Ness
act. under which the prosecutions
are brought, To impose fines, prison
sentences, or both. In each case the
defendants were permitted TO enter
s. 600 hail each for hearings and pleas
az 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Because Of the large number of
arrests. Il was impossible to hold
hearings earlier. Judge Ingersoll ex-
plaincd.
Among the more prominent places
where warrants were served were the
Moulin Rouge. New York avenue and
boardwalk. warrant served ON Charles
letters: Henry Martin, proprietor (
Martins cafe. New York avenue and
Boardwalk Cafe de Paris, New York
avenu near Bolrdwalk. Paradi
cafe. Illinois and Mediterranean av-
- y; Harrison Hotel. South Carolina
avenue. opposite the Pennsylva mia
station. Columbia Cafe. Missouri aven-
~ and Boardwalk. Ia Marne Cafe.
Ocean avenue and Boardwalk; rlack-
stone Hotel and Cafe. Virginia avenue
and Boardwalk. kuehnle's Cafe. South
Carolina and Atlantic avenues; Hen
~ q. smith Cafe. Arctic and Illinois
avenues Rcnfman Allen. Kentucky
and Ar, Il, avenues: New World Cafe
tennessee and Baltic avenues; Nc
gurk's cafe. New Jersey and Allan
~ avenues: the Inlet Cafe and paw
piinn al the Inlet: Patsy Welch's Log
Cabin, at the Inlet.
Tho general roundup fell like A
- nlhshell on the resorts numerous
thirst enporiums. At the moment the
detectives set out with the arrnful OF
warrants the lid went down with a
hang.
IA many instances the warrants
,.crc serx,ea while caharets and crowd
al hotel -r-ius were filed with thirsty
patrons.
f,ontrarv 10 common gossip that the
more elaborate caharets were I'M
muno 10 arrest" because of the inhu-
cuce and mcneyed interest. Prosee-
utor Gaskins men devoted special ef-
fort 20 obtain evidence against the
bigger places"
Consideration reigned among the
cafe managers. who. because they I'D
not been molested. felt they were
thriving "a security and safe from the
iron hand OF the law.