The New York herald., 1921-09-27
400 CASES SCOTCH
SEIZED ON TRUCK
Imported Cordials Also
Taken Were Released on
Forged Permits.
RAIDERS GET STILL
Moonshine and Bogus
Stamps Are Found in
Brooklyn Garage.
ARRESTS IN NINTH AVE.
Saloon Men Served With Sum-
monses-Watchman Held
on Bribe Charge.
ARRESTS IN NINTH AVE.

One hundred cases of specially
high grade OF Scotch whiskey. valued
at more than $4,000. together with
twe:ry five cases OF imported cor
dials. were seized on a truck In lower
Manhattan yesterday by George Fa-
nelli, a newly appointed Federal pro-
hibition agent. who Became suspicious
and looked beneath the canvas cover
ing of the vehicle. Examination of the
papers carried by the truckman Is said
to have shown the liquor was with
drawn from a warehouse yesterday on
permits to which the name of Federal
Pennsylvania had been forged, and
that it was to be shipped to Oliphant,
Pa. No arrest was made, pending
further investigation.
Prohibition agents raided a garage
in the rear of the home of Joseph
Druckerman OF 1909 Carroll street,
Brooklyn. Selling sixty-six cases of
liquor, a still which, II Is alleged. was
used for it's manufacture, and guam
tity of counterfeit "strip stamps" pur-
porting to show a tax OF s2.40 a gall
Ion had been paid the Government on
the contents of the seized cases.
Druckerman, who is accused by the
enforcement officers of being the head
of a gang Of bootleggers who have
been operating extensively, was ar
rested, charged with selling, rectifying
and possessing liquor and with coun-
terfeiting revenue stamps.
John and Joseph Blanche, proprietors
OF n grocery store in Henry street.
Brooklyn, also were taken into custody
or the same charges. William L. Kis-
sick, who headed the raiding party. said
le paid Druckerman $40 for two cases
CT whiskey. The bottles were labelled.
he said. to represent well known brands
or whiskey and gin.
The Brooklyn raid was not the only
one made by prohibition agents yester-
dhy. Izzy Einstein. Moe Smith and
Peter Rcigcr, assuming the !isguises OF
men in search Of work, dropped In on
Louis Freischert OF 745 fremont avenue,
The Bronx. discovering. so they assert.
q still. beors ,sr-~~.ian outfit and 100
gallons Of moonshinc in ms c,iiar. incys
seized the liquor and paraphernalia and
arrested Freischert.
At 2135 Madison avenue they served
sunltnonscs on Louis Provenvano, BAR
tonder, and Anton Reda. the proprietor.
after they had been served with liquor.
they say. Summonses also were served
by the trio on James Kelly, owner. and
Owen McElroy. bartender. AT 369 Ninth
avenue Theodore Hussy, $40 Ninth ave
mud; Patrick Hearty. owner. and Roscoe
Gallaso, bartender $50 Ninth avenue,
aud Dennis J. Murphy. proprietor OF the
saloon at 329 West Seventeenth street.
James Brennan, a watchman on Pier
81 at Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, where
revenue agents battled with the crew
when they raiGed the Greek steamship
King Alexander recently was arrested
under a Federal Indictment charging
conspiracy to violate the Volstead law
and the Harrison drug act. He is ac-
cused OF having accepted $500 from Fed
eral officers posing as smugglers and
assuring them there would be no inter-
ference with the transfer by the sup
posed snugglers Of drugs and liquor
avenue. Brooklyn.
The Federal agents arc still far from
satisfied that Frank J. Fitzpatrick, one
Of the leaders in the raid, who was found
shot to death in a washroom OF the At
lantic avenue ferry house, killed himself.
as the police assert. The Federal au-
thorities were working yesterday on this
phase of the raid.
Harry +. Hart. Federal prohibition
director for New York, declined to dis
cuss published reports that the State
was being flooded with bootleg liquor.
lie said. however. that less than 5000
cases were Withdrawn from bonded
warehouses in New York last week and
that this was the low record for with
drawals. with the exception OF the pre-
ceding week. Mr.. Hart denied en-
phatically that he was considering re-
signing.