The New York herald., 1921-10-31
Head of Hylan Booster Club
Will Be Quizzed About
Many Permits.
TIED UP WITH TAMMANY
Accused Mans Close Associa-
ton With Wigwam Lead
ers Is Shown.

Among other things which Abraham
Levy, versatile head of the Beaver
Club of Harlem, a political boosting
organization for Mayor Hylan and his
colleagues on the Tammany ticket.
Will be asked to explain when he ap-
pears before United States Commits
sioner Hitchcock next Friday on a
charge of having in his possession
fraudulent permits for liquor with
drawals, will be what became Of about
$500 cases Of Bacardi rum withdrawn
during period Of little more than
two weeks last May on permits issued
to William A. Collins and Albert
Mckenzie.
The Government agents who have
been investigating Levy's alleged
many activities in the procurement of
liquor permits declare that Collins is
myth, that he never did exist, and
that Mckenzie is the name OF a
Brooklyn real estate man who died
in December, 1919. However this may
be, the prohibition agents say, large
quantities of the rum were removed
from Government warehouses during
a brief period in May on permits
issued to Collins and Mckenzie, ap-
proved by the then Prohibition Direc-
tor Charles r O'Connor, after being
recommended by Levy.
In this connection it was also said
that Levy might be asked also to ex-
plain the existence of a second check,
dated July ], last, drawn on the Pa
cifc Bank, Forty-ninth street and Sew
enth avenue, for $4,000 payable to the
Bacardi Corporation Of New York. for
merly large dealers in the Cuban cock
tail ingredient at 267 West Broadway.
Levy was arraigned on Saturday
and held in $4,000 bail by United
States Commissioner Hitchcock for
further hearing Friday. In addition his
brother. Benedict Levy, who is said to
be associated with him in a photo
graphic and theatre ticket business mt
2102 Seventh avenue, and who is one
of the holders Of one OF the eight basic
permits which the Government alleges
Abraham Levy controls, also Is held
in S2.500 bail for a hearing before COM
missioner Hitchcock. Herman Rather,
alleged to be another of Levy's dunn
mics, although 1t has not appeared as
yet that any permits have been issued
in his name, is being held in $4,000
bail.
That Levy has a very intimate con-
nection with prominent members Of tho
Tammany organization is shown In the
fact that State Senator James ].
Walker Is to appear as counsel
Among the other permits the Govern
ment agents allege Levy controls is one
made out in favor of one Abraham J.
Rosenthal of 10 East 115th street, listed
on the application as a wholesaler"
Current telephone and city directories do
not show any Abraham j. Rosenthal at
the address given. and Rosenthals sigma
turc on withdrawal applications applied
for under the basic permit is certified
to by Abraham Levy himself as a Com
missioner Of Deeds. An inspectors re-
port on Rosenthal's premises, on file
at prohibition headquarters, indicated
that when the inspector called a woman
was In charge of the premises and the
"perunitee was out" Scrubbed in lead
pencil across the corner OF this docu-
ment Is the additional information that
Rosenthal's application was recon-
mended by "Sen. Frawley." This n
followed with the additional notation
20. X. by Observation-Disclosures" The date
of this so-called inspection was indicated
to have been in September, 1920.