The New York herald., 1921-04-10
FLASK IN POCKET
DEADLY AS PISTOL
Police Will Grab You on Street
or if You Take One Out in
Restaurant.
80 ARRESTS REPORTED
Magistrate Demands Warrant
in Case of Entering
Locked Premises.
ARRESTS REPORTED

About thirty arrests were made yes
terday by local police in raids and
seizures Of whiskey and wines through
out the city in the drive to ENFORCE
the new State dry measures as ordered
by Police Commissioner Richard Z.
Enright. Broadway and Its white light
enyirons were nervous over the pros
pect OF raids on the first Saturday
night with the police enforcing the
new State laws, but no raiding had de-
veloped up to late hour.
First Deputy Police Commissioner
John A. Leach said that It is just as
unlawful to carry liquor in the pocket
as q revolver or other deadly weapon
and that the police had right to
"frisk" any one where there was the
slightest suspicion that q person had
something on the hip.
The Deputy Commissioners declared
the enforcement of the dry laws was
rot going to be half-hearted and that
II any member Of the Police Depart
ment was found delinquent In this sort
Of duty he would Immediately be
brought up on charges. He said the
activity OF the police in rum hunting
mad only begun and that 1t was only
matter OF very few months when
every corner saloon violating the dry
laws would be put out of business
No man In the future Is safe in carry
ing his liquor to a dry banquet. as
policemen, uniformed or otherwise,
have the power to place him under ar
rest and charge him with being his own
bootlegger. The police can even enter
banquet hall and, finding a person with
liquor In his possession. can place him
In custody, as well as the hotel pro-
prietor who allows liquor to be drunk
on his premises. according to Deputy
Commissioner Leach.
Magistrate Francis X. McQuade, sit
ting in West Side Court In dismissinS
the case OF Silvero Gorfni of LOT West
Forty-sixth street, ruled the police had
no right to enter locked premises and
make seizures without warrant.
Evidence showed that Detectives Tall
man and Fay on Thursday were adj
mitted to Gorini's apartment after they
had repeatedly rung the bell. Under
the law a warrant must be issued Tor
liquors were ordered returned.
Detectives Nashman. Kirvin and
Schlottman OF Inspector Coleman's
staff last night seized twenty barrels
Of whiskcy In the cellar OF Paddelr 9
restaurant at East Twenty-third
street. Behind the bar they found two
quart bottles of whiskey.
James Bowe. manager OF the place.
and Peter Gilleece. bartender, were
placed under arrest. The former pro-
duced a Federal liquor permit which,
the detectives say, expired on Deccm-
Der q last.
Assistant District Attorney Albert s.
Unger. who has been placed in charge
Of liquor prosecutions In Manhattan.
has called a conference for Wednesday
IN his office In the Criminal Courts
Building. at which District Attorneys
from the other counties and Magis-
tratcs will be present to discuss legal
points involved In the new measures.
Twenty-Five persons arrested Thurs
day were yesterday held In bail OF
either 500 or 1000 each by Magistrates.
A few OF this number wcrc pedestrians
who had been caught carrying their
own"
Raphael Yandouli. n barber In the
basement OF the Hotel Longacro In West
Forty-seventh street. was taken to the
West Forty-seventh street police station
by Detective Connolly last night charged
with violation OF the State liquor law
and OF the Sullivan law. Connolly, act
ing on a tip that Yandouli's income had
other sources besides shaves and hair
cuts. raided the shop and found nineteen
quart bottles OF whiskey secreted In va
rious places. He also reported finding q
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