The New York herald., 1921-02-13
IA YONKERSRADS
NET $4,000 RUM
Police and U. s. Agents Join
in General Cleanup of
Business Section.
TWO ONLY ARE ARRESTED
Blast in Booze StOrehouse
Gives Tip-S7,000 Stuff
Is Found There.

That portion of the population OF
Yonkers that has been depending for
living on the Illicit sale of liquor
developed a panic at noon yesterday
when Federal prohibition agents and
the police joined forces in a series of
fourteen raids. From noon on the
business section sof the town was in
more or less of an uproar with motor
patrols changing up and down the
thoroughfares and cans, barrels and
bottles of what was alleged to be first
grade liquor being loaded into trucks
In less than three hours. the raiders
said, whiskey and wine worth $4,000
were seized and put away in police
headquarters as evidence against some
fourteen persons. Two arrests were
made.
Last Wednesday a fire In the cellar
Of the home of Samuel Weckstein at
80 Palisade avenue. the police said,
gave the first important clue on which
the raids were based. 1t was said that
during tho fire there was an explosion
in the cellar and when firemen and
policemen went to investigate they
found evidence the place had been
used as a sort OF booze storehousa.
The Weckstein cellar was the hrst
place visited yesterday. According to
the police. $1,000 In booze and wine was
found on the premises. Around the
corner in New School street Jacob
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perched OH n truck with Onorato Te-
desco OF 80 Lexington avenue. White
Plains. Both were arrested. the raiders
charging that In three five gallon con-
tainers on the back of the truck was
found whiskey.
Before the tip that the raids were on
could be carried very far two saloons
had been entered. One was the saloon
of Fritz Coasack. at Main street and
Warburton avenue. the gathering place
of many of the best known Yonkers
residents. Louis Goldstone's garage. in
John street. was the scene OF another
raid. The fact that only two arrests
we're made failed TO detract from the
interest shown in the activity OF the
police and Government men. Crowds
followed the twenty-six raiders UP to
the minute when they called 1t a day
and returned to headquarters.
Weckstein and Tedesco were arraigned
before City Judge Charles w Boote on
charges of violating the volstead act
by having liquor In their possession H.
legally. They were released In $500
bail each.
The crusade 70 rid Yonkers o, liquor
really began Friday night. when Sheriff
George j. Werner. acting unGer the au-
thor!ty of the State liquor tax Law. ar
rested Michael II. Lally, Thomas Man
MON. Edward i. Morris and James F.
Norris They We're arrsigned In White
Plains yesterday before Judge Frank
Young and held In $1,000 bail each.
Maurice d. O'Kecfe. Commissioner OF
Public safety. Of Yonkers. dismissed
Charles Foley and James Duffy. patrol
men. from the police force yesterday
after finding them guilty OF having had
liquor in their possession.
The controversy between Leroy W.
Ross, United States Attorney. of Brook
lyn, and the United States Commission
ers in that borough continued yesterday
with an exchange OF letters. Ccfnmis-
sioner Henry u. Barmore sent Mr.. Ross
"a letter In which he termed the latters
pubica ton OF n communication to tho
Commissioners another step In your de-
liberate plan 20 exploit yourself In the
public press AT the expense Of others
The letter pointed out the necessity for
preliminary hearings which Mr. Ross
would abolish