New-York tribune., 1921-12-19
lids Raid Hotel
Is Yellowley's
sIlake-UpEnds
NIKE Arrest at Little Penn.
hut Suffer Defeat When
They Attempt to Search
Valise of Man III Street
Chief Goes to W ashington
I,.n;es He Will Be Placed in
Permanent Charge Here at
Request of VIII. Anderson

4. Yellowley. chief of the Federal
.ssshifion enforcement agents. VINO
f.s heen in New York for several
...sss reorgsniziRg and rejuvenating
=. s~v forces here. departed last night
i . 80 rasrwa his work at Washington.
s. was accompanied by Prohibition
| ssssrn,;ssianer = Roy A. Haynes. who Will
~ return Immediately.
Nr Yellowley said it was probable
.sst he would take a short vacation
~ sbst would have some prohibition
-, .r,ss to it. probably to New Orleans
rs ssiS there was nothing in the rum
~ - fhat William H. Anderson, the
s.sxe head of the Anti-Saloon League
= xsw York State, had been seeking
.sbsve him designated permanent chief
!; !. NE Federal prohibition forces in
s',s rrom New Orleans Mr.. Yellowley will
- San Francisco. The California
sss,srtment is scheduled for reorgan-
isstion.
Raid Near p 4. Il. Station
ss farewell 10 Mr.. Yellowley the
,roAjbition agents raided small hotel
+ West Thirty-third Street that they
lanc suspected as the source of sup
III Of accommodating "bellhops" in
,rrer hotels They descended on the
I;ttle Penn Hotel, opposite the Hotel
Pennsylvania.
Thev say they found that the liquor
vss kept in the strong box, four quarts
being discovered in the safe.
AGENTS have been watching the Lit
ts Penn for some time. They have
bsen at the place several times and dc
Flare they observed clandestine trans
,e,ions. and some of them say they
ysse able to accompany politicians GO
isr there for refreshments.
Last Friday night, according to their
charges, they saw a policeman. appar-
entity under the influence of liquor. so
into the hotel. emerging later, between
% and IL o'clock, with two bottles
unaer his arm. Then they bought some
driaks themselves for 81 each, they say
Saturday night Agents Galante. Van
Tassel, Eberlc and Fanelli went to
West Thirty-third Street. Two went
inside The Little Penn and two re-
maihed outside. The two who entered
succeeded. they assert. in getting two
Quarts Of whisky for S14 each. They
called in the others. searched the bar
room ard declare they found the rest
q tire liquor in the safe. Having 10
warrant, they did not extend the
search.
IoAa Cosgrove. Of II Sterling Place,
BfooklyH, the bartender, was taken TO
the Nest Thirtseth Street police sta
tpa. United States Commissioner
Hitchcock went to the station and held
gesgroYe in $1,000 bail on charge of
sslhHg liquor in violation of the Vol
rsead act
crossing the street from the hotel
tyo Of the agents stopped a man who
rsfnsed 10 show the contents of his
gsp. fight resulted, and the man.
who said he was Edwin A Burke. of
sss West lnoth Street was taken to the
Vest Thirtiett Street station There
he permitted the police TO lock inside
the grip but barred the agents. The
police reported no liquor
Barke then made complaint against
Agent Galante. which viii come up in
thsgJeferson Market court tomorrow
Work on Jersey Shooting
Reports from New Jersey yesterday
spre that arrests might be expected
soon as result of the shooting Of
ioseph Mel arland and William +. Stan
s'i S@pCttN y NAclh>s LCl1OWtllS LIte SGlE-
ure Of a case of gin in q West Orange
grocery by Agent Greene Miller and
his aids.
Prosecutor Harrison, of Essex County.
said he would take no action now He
added that he would confer with Fed
eral official in Newark to-day. when
tie matter of jurisdiction would be
decided
Dowd, the storekeeper, said yester-
DAY that on Thursday a stranger en-
tered his store and tried to sell u case
Of gin, but suddenly left the case and
went out through the back door Three
men then came in the front door. say
'ng they were revenue agents. These
men, according TO Dowd. took the gin
ana put 1t aboard iitney. 1t was
then dark. A moment later two shots
we're heard.
Word Of the shooting did not become
pubic until Friday. The two men
we're dangerously wounded. The police
leund that description of one of the
tnree revenue men tailed with that of
aiiler. From headquarters in New
1afk they learned of Miller's report.
printed yesterday Miller departed for
Washington last night.