The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-05-27
RAIDS IN HOMES
ARE NOT UPHELD BY
! KINGS GRAND JURY
Only II Indictments in Booze
Cases Returned Out of no
Asked by Police.

The Kings County Grand Jury again
to-day demonstrated its belief that the
police have no. right to invade homes
without warrants in search Of liquor,
and that indictment will only follow
proof OF sale of forbidden spirits.
It handed down to-day only eleven
indictments out OF 116 cases presentel
to it-less than 10 per cent.
Since April %, and including that
date, the Grand Jury has devoted six
days to consideration of alleged ~
legal traffic. The result has been
that Of the 500 cases investigated by
81. ga have been dismissed. only -
indictments being found.
The testimony. which is said TO
have been adduced before the jury by
Assistant District Attorney Snyder,
brought to light a new device on the
part OF those who take exception to
the drastic Mulla- Gage Law. This
may be called the walking bar" In
she case of Charles and Catherine
Popkis of No. 2647 Pitkin Avenue. it
is reported. unofficially, Of course.
that Mrs. Popkis was described to
the jurors as employing a voluminous
skirt equipped with two pockets.
In one. SO the story runs. was a
quart bottle OF whiskey, in the other
. collection OF glasses. Her task in
the Pitkin Avenue place was to dust
OF sandwiches until she received
wink in reference to a customer.
Then, the story goes on, she would
take the customer to rear room
and serve him with a cheering glass.
Payment therefor was made to Pop
kis on the way out.
In this case the jury voted an in
dictment on the ground that there
was evidence of sale.
A similar walking bar case was
that of John Hanson, a porter in the
beverage parlor at No. 56ol Seventh
Avenne, SO the story goes. He had
two large pockets in his trousers.
one for n bottle of whiskey. the
other for gin. In his blouse were
numerous pockets for glasses.
When the high sign" was given
10 him by one In authority he came
into action with his ammunition. In
this case the Jury refused to indict
because Hanson had declared that ne
was not paid for the stimulant. but
gave" II to friends when their con-
dition made 1t necessary that they
be artifcialiy stimulated.
The reputed annals Of the jury ses-
sion included the case OF one mau
named Clarence Eickelberger, who was
halted by a Waterman as he was leav-
ing the steamship MORO Castle with
something more than a natural bulge
at the waist.
When the bulge was inspected 1t
proved to be, so the police reported,
eleven bottles OF gin hung to belt.
Eickelberger Is said to have offered
the Waterman a whole bottle of gin
and 500 in cash IL he would let his
prisoner go, but the Waterman turned
him over to the police. He was IN
dicted, according to all accounts.
In another case the police are said
b have entered the homo a saloon
keeper after failure to find alcoholic
drinks in his bar and to have dis
covered upstairs several thousand
dollars worth of spirits. AS the
police were without warrants the jury
refused to find an Indictment
inspection of the Brooklyn Crane
Jury records of cases resulting from
the Mullan-Gage law. shows that the
first cases were presented to 1t OF
April 10. There were % Of them ant
20 indictments resulted. From tina
date to April Is. 100 cases were pre-
s ss1ss and I" indictments "e'
On April Is a Jury in the King
County Court registered the first &C
uuittal on one OF the aforementioned
(nAicfments From that time onwar