The New York herald., 1921-11-21
BARTENDER IS shot
BY FAKE DRY AGENTS
Pair looking for Viola
tiOns of Law Take $54
From Register.
/ caught AFTER CHASE
I Brooklyn Man Arraigned
for Selling Barrels of
Water as Alcohol.
SALOON MAN PAID $1,000
w. H. Hirst, Attorney for
Brewers, Discusses Search
and Seizure.
SALOON MAN PAID $1,000

Two men entered a saloon in 1886
Summit avenue, Jersey City, yester-
day afternoon and told the bartender.
Frederick Steinmetz, they wished to
see how much whiskey, if any. was in
the place.
Il am a Government agent" Stein
metz said one Of them told him, "and
I've got to see if the law is being vio-
lated"
Steinmetz said he made no protest
and the two men went behind the bar
and began looking along the shelves.
Then one Of them opened the cash
register, took out $54 in cash and put
it in his pocket. Steinmetz concluded
then they had no connection with the
Government. He started toward the
man, he told the Jersey police when
the other man fired four shots, one
of which struck Steinmetz in the chest.
The bartender fell to the floor and
the two men ran from the saloon, pur-
sued by Patrolman Kunz. The police
man caught two men after short
chase. and took them to the police sta
ton. where they gave their names as
Thomas Blackton of 627 Washington
Of II Jefferson street, Brooklyn Stein
metz said Blackton was the man who
shot him, so he was charged with
felonious assault. Monsen was charged
with grand larceny in taking the $54
Enm the cash register.
Federal agents searched for liquor
hate Saturday night in the Carlton Ter
race restaurant, Broadway and Tooth
street, and after causing considerable
excitement among the 1.500 diners took
one of the walters to the West Tooth
street police station. A summons, Y 1t
was said, was left for the proprietor
whose name was given as Feldman.
Published stories TO the effect that the
raid resulted in the smashing of crock
cry and glassware were denied last night
by employees at the restaurant.
Three agents were in the party that
visited the place. They wore evening
dress and sat down to dinner. After
finishing the meal they asked the waiter,
Paul Avril. whether he could let them
have some liquor. They allege he nodded.
and quickly produced couple of bottles.
They made themselves known to him
then, and he darted into the kitchen.
There he was caught. He will be ar
raigned before the United States Com
missioner to-day.
Two men started fight in the cafe OF
Charles Miller, at Garden street and
Hudson Boulevard in Union. N. j., after
they had been refused 'chasers" to go
with bottle of whiskey they producei
yesterday, and one of them shot AlberI
Webber of Park avenue, Union Hill, in
the right shoulder. Then they wen.
away in a taXicab. Later the police ar.
rested n man who said he was Robert
u. Bosch of 4i6 West Fifty-third street
According to the police, one of the men
fired four shots with the revolver.
Webbcr was one of several men sitting
at tables in the cafe.
Vincent Taranto of 103 President
street, Brooklyn, was arraigned before
Magistrate Short in the Bridge Plaza
Court in Brooklyn yesterday, on a short
affidavit charging suspicion of grand
larceny, and held in $3.500 bail for an
examination tomorrow. Peter Lubei.-
wicz, a saloon keeper of 1913 Grand
street. Brooklyn, accused laramie of
selling him two barrels of water for
$1,000. representing them to be filled
with alcohol. Lubelewicz said he stuck
tube in the bung holes of the barrels
he got the barrels home there was only
little alcohol in them. laramie said
man had hired him to deliver the
barrels and that he knew nothing of
their contents.
William II. Hirst, attorney for the
New York State Brewers Association
and for the Society of Restaurateurs Of
New York, issued a statement yesterday
discussing the search and seizure pro-
visions or the Federal and State laws.
IN which he declared that no person.
whether he be Government official or
not, has a right to enter your home for
the purpose of searching II without n
search warrant issued by a court of
competent juris1 iction.
The same." he said, "is true as TO
the search of the person or of ones
vaiise or package on the public thor
ousn1are, or any other place.
Inc right to the security and sacred
ness OF the home and the person results
from Article Nv. of the amendments to
the Constitution of the United States.
The rights OF the people under this
article have been rigidly upheld by the
courts, which have construed the article
so as to give the individual the fullest
measure of protection possible Further
more, the courts refuse to issue a war
rant except upon probable cause SUP.
ported by statement of the applicant
showing upon what facts he bases his
belief of the probable cause
There are reported violations of the
rights OF individuals under this article
or the Constitution. but they result from
mistakes or trespass of overzealous of-
hcias. and will not be sanctioned bv the
courts, when the acts of such officials
are Judicially passed upon. Such viola
TONS or trespass cannot be authorized
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