The New York herald., 1921-05-11
ALDERMEN ASKED
TO GIVE 1000 COPS
Com. Enright Appeals for
$1,031,8 $40 for Their Pay
in War on Rum.
ACTS ON HYLAN ADVICE
Issue of Revenue Bonds Is
Suggested as 1854 Liquor
Arrests Are Cited.
JACK BUSTANOBY HELD
Ex- x-Restaurateur Accused in
Trap That Melted 10 Cases
Of Champagne to Raiders.
ACTS ON HYLAN ADVICE
JACK BUSTANOBY HELD

Police Commissioner Enright took
the tip of Mayor Hydan and appealed
yesterday TO the Board OF Aldermen
for an issue of s1.0B1,S $40 In special
revenue bonds to add 1000 policemen
10 his force for the enforcement of
the State prohibition law and $4,000
to pay the expenses of obtaining evil
denoe. The latter sum is $4,000 less
than that formerly asked by the Com
missioner and refused by the Board
OF Estimate.
The request was referred without
comment to the Committee on Finance.
1t is expected that the Tammany ma
jority will follow instructions from
Mayor Hylan should he follow up his
advice to the Commissioner by ad-
vice to the board. Such an appro-
priation would virtually wipe out the
S2,000,000 of bonds to which tho boards
authority is limited.
In his application Commissioner En-
right said:
In order that the law may be
promptly and efficiently enforced. re-
spectfully request that sufficient an
preparation be provided for the appoint
ment of 1000 additional patrolmen
whose services are needed for that pur-
may be granted, and that the entire
number of men may be appointed on
June /, 1921. an appropriation OF ST.
03i.870 will be required for salaries. An
additional appropriation OF $4,000 will
be required to pay the necessary ex-
penses OF these men in obtaining evi-
dence in connection with the enforce
ment OF this law"
1t was announced at Police Head
quarters that 3,164 arrests have been
made under the AIullan-Gage act. In
the twentyfour hours ending at mid
night Monday ninety-five persons were
arrested.
Commissioner Enright said that only
four or five accusations have been made
against policemen charging disregard OF
their duty in enforcement OF the liquor
law. and that these charges are being
expeditiously handled
Foolish to Pay for Protection.
''As matter of fact" said the Com
missioner. "ary man who pays for pro-
lection is fool. The system we have
is too intricate to allow that sort of
thing. The patrolman is responsible to
the sergeant. and so on up. Their re-
ports are checked UP by squads roam
ing Independently under Inspectors
Bolton and Mcdonald and by the Chief
Inspector Then / have my own squad
secretly covering the city,
A man who said he never had heard
Of the Eighteenth amendment. the war
time prohibition act or the Voistead act
appeared before Judge Mcmahon in the
County Court in Brooklyn yesterday.
He was Alexander Leifert of 616 How
erd avenue. a witness in a proceeding
brought to vacate a search warrant is
sued against Jacob Rosenthal, a restau-
rant keeper at 2 Belmont avenue.
Leifert said he bought whiskey at
Eosenthals place In January and be-
came i'll. He made no complaint to the
police until last month, informing the
court that he had delayed because there
wasn't any law" Leifert's newspaper
reading is limited to Hebrew.
or 200 liquor samples examined in the
chemical laboratory established above
his Office in Brooklyn by District Attor
ney Lewis only one has been found to
be genuine liquor. Mr.. Lewis said yes
terday.
Gin % Per Cent. Alcohol.
The District Attorney called attention
10 a bottle of gin containing "a per cent
alcohol. favored with cologne and oil OF
juniper berries, as a representative sam
pie. He said the liquors appeared TO
have been concocted with the sole idea
OF getting kick into them.
Jack Bustanoby. whose place at
Fortieth street near Sixth avenue was
ono Of the gayest restaurants Of pre-
volstead days, was arrested In Brooklyn
yesterday. with two other men. charged
with possessing and transporting wine.
Inspector Mcdonald, in charge OF
Commissioner Enright's special booze
squad. received a tip a few days ago
that Bustanoby was dealing in cham
pagne and other high class wines. To
the former restaurant man he repre-
sented himself over the telephone as a
stock broker and arranged to have ten
cases of champagne delivered at Rugby