Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-08
Sentence Cafe Man
in Shore Rum Case
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said. "and without much difficulty we
found trench eight feet by eight.
When we dug into 1t we came across
burlap bags filed with what felt like
bottles. We cut into the bags and found
that there were three varieties Of
whisky. all of high quality.
This defendant. with the residents
of Barnegat who were arrested, came
up while We were working. We covered
them with guns and put handouts on
them. Then the other two prisoners,
Maxwell and Walsh. came up and we
arrested them too
Judges Desk Like Bar
The spectators in the courtroom had
thrill when Under Sheriff Brown was
put on the stand. He testified that the
bottles unearthcd contained whisky.
Three bottles. one of each of three
famous varieties, were stood in a row
on the Judges desk. To many it was
reminiscent of another kind of bar
when the Under Sheriff was summoned
to the bar of the court.
Solcmnly the Judge handed the
Under Sheriff tall black bottle. He
raised it to his mouth. There was a long
gurglc, while those in the courtroom
lips and coughed. Its whisky, all
right" he said.
Different, but Whisky
The under sheriff put down the bot
tie. The Judge solemnly handed him
n second. There was another tantaliz-
ing gurgc. and the under sheriff re-
peated his verdict. The Judge. with
out smile. handed the third bottle to
the under sheriff. who did the honors
again. When he had downed the drink
and returned the bottle, the under sher-
if announced that lit wasn't all of
quite the same quality. but it was all
whisky"
Prosecutor Plumer testified he had
asked about the ownership of the booze,
and Crob had admitted it was his.
saying there were eighty or eighty
three cases of 1t.
Carlo pleaded for leniency for his
client. saying he was man we'll re-
spccted in Atlantic City. had family
and had not been guilty of "peddling"
the booze indiscriminately.
THAT is all very we'll" said the
Judge, but no one can bury liquor III
Ocean County. They might get away
with it In some counties. but they won't
in this, and they have to learn that
they won't
The Judge, however, was lenient. He
called Grob up before him and said
"How many children have you?"
Grob answered that he had four,
ranging down from fourteen to three
years of age. The Judge, therefore. i'm
posed the three months and $3.50 fine
sentence. lie could have jailed Grob
for six months and fined him 5000. The
Judge let it be known it was for the
children's sake that he was lenicnt.
Grob and the others awaited trial
without undue complaint. They were
reasonably comfortable. the Jail being
one of the most modern and sanitary
in New Jersey. 1t offers n bathtub for
every three cells, and has running water
in each.
Maxwell and Walsh, arrested after
the first group had been taken into GUS
according to the under sheriff, one of
them called out when the machine was
driven up. "Is 1t all right. Andy?"
And Brown had replied in a gruff voice,
Sure" and put them under arrest.
Complains Of the "Once Over"
Walsh complained in his cell today
about the thorough ''once over" which
had been given his classy big machine.
Thousands must have poked into it
yesterday" he said. They even looked
in the tires for booze. It's wonder
they didn't drain the radiator to see IL
l was cooling the engine with alcohol" "
The prisoner smiled. However"
he said, this is pretty fair Jail"
Maxwell's complaint was that the
authorities hadn't passed them in n
bottle of the booze. It's stored in the
cells right next to mine" said Max
well. "A fellow can't bite through
steel wall, however, no matter how
thirsty he is. | think they might have
been good fellows ands slipped US Il,
LOttlc or two.
Maxwell denied that he Is a certain
widely known Atlantic City sport.
whose name doesn't sound anything like
Maxwell Grob, questioned before his
trial, denied that he knew Maxwell. n
big and brawny man. who's your big
friend?" Grob was asked.
~ haven't any big friendi' Grob
answered innocentiy,,