Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-24
% NEW WARRANTS
DUE IN RUM PROBE.
U. S. District Attorney to Ask
Arrest Of Men Accused OF
"Diverting" Whisky
"SMALL FRY" ARE ACCUSED

Warrants for twenty alleged violators
Of the Prohibition law are being pre-
pared today. according to members ol
the United states Attorneys staff.
The warrants. SO far as known, are
not for "big fellows At least none
Of the recognized leaders Of the rum
ring" are involved. One Of the war
rants calls for the arrest Of q New
York truck driver. When the liquor
conspiracy hearing was on Friday
Southern distiller testified he had per
sonally delivered 35O cases Of whisky
to this driver. consigned to New York
firm, which never arrived.
The Government agents who pre-
pared the warrant for the arrest OF the
truck driver. assert that this was an.
other case Of "divertcd' whisky and
that it came TO Philadelphia. although
consigned to a permit holder in New
York.
Warrants Are Prepared
Special Agent Brooks. who has.
turned up much of the liquor evidence
and John Boycc, the Govcrnmcnt,s star
witness Friday. paid a call on United
States Commissioner Manley in the
Federal Building at II o'clock. 1t was
believed this was for the purpose of
getting additional warrants on athdavits
to be furnished by SONce.
Senator Mcconnell. who still holds
on as Prohibition Director, was not so
smiling and Chippcr as usual today, ana
admitted it.
"will you resign as result, of
revelations made Friday|' MIR. Me-
Conncll was asked.
I'm through discussing that phase
of the case" he said. Il talked all /
cared to about that several days ago,
"Will you say, then, that you Will
not resign"
II won't say anything.
Stops Reading Newspapers
"Is it true that you appointed AL
bert Slater your secretary at the re-
quest of Judge Wilmer?
That's something else | am not
talking about. ! have stopped reading
the newspapers.
"Well, you are back on the job smil'
ing :. ,, ,,o
COnncll, but you can't say thnt m
still smiling. have nothing to say
for publication. won't say | will re.
sign, and l won't say III not resign
why were you not called on to teS-
tify Friday? ?"
II was in my Office all day until
after ) o'clock, ready to go on the
stand. You will have to ask the United
States Attorney for the reason.
Can't Talk About Fund
"Is it true that there was Il plot to
create a political fund.-
II don't know anything about IT.
| Please excuse me-.
So far az can be learned, Slater has
not yet given any information t" the
! Il
Roberts announced that he had not been
retained as Slatcr's lawyer. At the
hearing Friday It was understood that
Mr.. Roberts would represent Slater:
"I did not and never have represented
slater" said Mr.. Roberts today.
Arrest of three more prohibition Of
fciols is predicted By Harvey l..
duncan, now in charge of enforcement
agents here: ,,., A., =.
uation we're discussed at conference
last night among Samuel F, Rut'
ter, associate prohibition director John
Fxnir;ous, "terror Of the Pacific
pittsbursh office; G. w. Worthington
special investigator detailed from
Washington, and Mr.. Duncan. Fifteer
Investigators joined the conference
later.
Surprise for Public
"When the warrants are served the
public is going to be surprised, because
there are more involved in this run
scandal than mere employees" Mr.. Dun
can said.
I'VE were sent here to straighter
out McConnell's Office and we're going
through with the job.
III you think we've got action Sc
far wait until we get down to bust
ness. Well make the bootlegger'
think they have been caught In thu
rapids Of Niagara to be swept over th'
falls.
"Our present investigation has re
suited in one definite conclusion il
respect to issuing fraudulent applica
tions for the Withdrawals of whisky
some one on the inside who knew
{ the run Of the Office, is responsible fo
this condition In Philadelphia, and W,
hope to obtain warrant for his ar
rest