New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Mccarthy, New England's
Enforcement Chief, AS
serts His Men, Active on
Saturday, Will Remain
W arrants Sworn
Out for 100 More
Nuisance Clause of the
Nolstead Act May Be In
voked to Close Property

The forty-six Boston prohibition
agents who raided sixty cabarets, res
taurants and saloons in this city satur-
day night will remain in New York two
weeks longer. it became known last
night. William J. Mccarthy, New Eng
land supervisor, who is here with his
men, has promised that during the re
mainder of their stay they will use
some new methods in the way of pro-
hibition enforcement. The feature of
these new tactics, he said, will be the
element of surprise.
1t is understood that one hundred
more warrants are being sought by the
enforcement officials as q part of this
program
Mr.. Mccarthy last night revised the
number of arrests in Saturday nights
raids, bringing the total up to 1876, and
he said a part of his forces will spend
the next few days looking for forty
more saloonkeepers, restaurant proprie-
tors and others who could not be found
when their places were visited Saturday
night. The agents looked for them
again yesterday unsuccessfully and re-
of them may have suddenly decided to
take vacation.
May Prosecute Property Owners
1t was learned from prohibition Off
cials yesterday that in the effort to dry
up New York the prosecution of the
persons arrested IN the raids Saturday
night may be followed with prosecution
of landlords of the places where liquor
was sold, whenever such action is pos
sible.
1t was pointed out that under the
nuisance clause of the Volstead act q
landlord can be held responsible and
charged with violating the prohibition
laws II he has on his premises a ten
ant who violates them. 1t is believed
that it will be difficult to push this
form of prosecution without first OBJ
tanning injunctions in cases of con-
viction, restraining the places from
reopening for one year under penalty
of contempt
+, Prohibition officials announced that
every possible form of prosecution
will be brought against the persons
taken in the raids. Wherever posi-
Bile, it was said, a proprietor will be
charged not only with selling, but with
illegal possession and transportation.
Seeks BootIegging Ring
1t also became known last night that
Mr.. Mccarthy is on the trail Of an al
legged New York bootlegging ring which
has been trying to push its operations
into New England. Agent Richard A,
Kelly, who is in direct charge of the
New England forces under Mr.. Nc
Carthy, and two other agents from Bos-
ton. have been investigating the rings
operations for the last three weeks.
The methods of this ring have been
to buy bona fide permits, according to
information in the possession of Mr..
Kelly, have the liquor released from
bonded warehouses and then divert it
for bootlegging purposes. These opera
tions were discovered soon after they
were extended to New England, he
said, through an investigation into
the ostensible theft of two auto truck
loads of liquor at Worcester, which
had been withdrawn at Boston and
presumably was en- route to permit
holder in New York.
Brings s1,5OO Barrel
The investigation disclosed that this
theft was planted" to keep the whisky
in New England, said Mr.. Kelly. Mr..
Mccarthy explained that since all of
the roads into New England states
have been closely watched night and
day bootleggers are loath to take the
chance of shipping by auto from New
York and have been trying other
schemes to make huge illicit whisky
profits. Bootleg whisky brings $500
barrel there, he declared
The presumable theft was necessary,
because all whisky released from New
England warehouses is accompanied by
revenue agents until it is entered upon
the books Of the permit holder, after
which he is responsible TO the govern
ment and check can be kept on his
stock. These two trhckloads Of forty
barrels were stolen while the two reve-
nue. agents guarding them were spend
ing the night in hotel in Worcester.
Agent Kelly recovered thirty five
barrels Of the shipment and then ex-
tended the investigation to New York.
He learned, he said, that the permits
on which the liquor was withdrawn
from the Quincy Market warehouse at
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