The New York herald., 1922-03-12
-FOUR MEN INDICTED
IN BOOTLEG MURDER
Frank BickfOrd and Rens-
selaer Carney of Brook
lyn Also Accused.
SAID TO LEAD RUM RING
131 Saloonkeepers in Eliza
beth, n. j., Indicted I'm
der Crimes Act.
SAID TO LEAD RUM RING
$4,000 TRICK ON sLEGGER'
Trio Caught in Charlton st.
Raid Remain in Jail, as Bail
Is $4,000 Each.

First degree murder is charged in
four indictments returned by the Rich
<nond County Grand Jury yesterday
m connection with the killing Of Mi
chael Connor. the night watchman for
New Brighton warehouse, who was
attacked week ago by thugs in
search OF liquor stored in the ware
house.
Two sealed indictments also were
banded up against Frank Bickford Of
e7e Taylor street. Brooklyn, relative
by marriage Of Borough President
Riegelmann, and Rensselaer, Carney
II e7s Park place. Brooklyn. Accord
hg to the Staten Island police, in
formation was received from one Of
the four meH indicted for murder that
Biclsford AID Carney are connected
with big bootlegging ring in which
politicians and other persons well
known In Brooklyn are interested, and
that the ring is responsible for the at
tack upon ,Connor
The four men charged with murder
are James Pynm. aged 2e Of 1912 Ber-
gen street Brooklyn; James Gonigal, 10.
Of New Brighton: Raymond c. Collins,
ss. Of 1884 Eighth avenue. Brooklyn, and
Frank Brown, 81. Of New Brighton. One
OF these four told the police that Carney
dicl<ered with them for the job that re-
suited In the death of Connor.
131 Indicted in Elizabeth.
In Elisabeth yesterday 1s1 saloonkeep-
ers OF Union county were indicted by
the Grand Jury on charges of selling
liquor without a license. 1t was an
nounced that the cases date back year
or more. The saloonkeepers were ar
rested at different times under the Van
Ness act which the Court Of Errors
and Appeals recently decided was un-
constitutional. The cases had been tried
without a jury under this law and the
majority had been sentenced each to pay
fine of $500 and to serve three months
in the county Jail. A stay of sentence
was secured pending the decision of the
Court of Errors and Appeals, but when
the Van Ness act was held invalid the
county prosecutor had the cases re-
turned to court under the crimes act.
State Prohibition Director Day said
yesterday that, his agents had begun an
investigation OF the alleged bootlegging
activities In the house at IS Charlt On
street, where Detective Lavendar Of In
spector Underhilrs staff was wounded
Friday night byi young woman who
Joined In fight against the polioe.
Frank Celano. whom the detectives ar
rested at the hoube, rs alleged to have
confessed that he acted as chauffeur
for Canadian bootlegging gang that
keeps three cars busy in the border
liquor traffic. Celano. with Mollie Per-
seili and Mrs. Marie Pamero, the two
women arrested. was arraigned yester-
day before Magistrate Harris in Jefer
son Market Court.
All three were held in s25.000 bail
each, charged with suspicion of felonious
assault and under $1,000 additional ball
on charges OF violation OF the State
liquor law. A hearing was set for
March 13.
Refuses to Reduce Heavy Bail.
Magistrate Norris. when requested by
counsel for the defendants to set lower
bail. replied: "There are altogether too
many police officers being shot at these
days, and set the bail high to prevent
these people from being at large"
Sixteen families in an apartment house
at % Allen street rushed from the build
ing yesterday morning when a lrage
copper still exploded and set fire TO the
apartment of Abraham Weinbach on the
third floor. Weinbach was seriously
burned while trying to extingush the
blaze. He Is a prisoner at the Gouver-
neur Hospital The fire was confined to
the one apartment. When Michael Mar
tin, acting battalion chief, arrived he
found weinbach lying on the kitchen
floor beside the still.
The "whislSy curb" in Newark was
telling the story yesterday of one of its
members who had bought a bale Of hay
for $4,000 cash. This man went TO
Canada recently to purchase some good
stuff for his patrons. and left $4,000
in cash with Canadian liquor dealers.
who told him his Scotch and rye would
be shipped In a carload of hay.
He received telegram Friday notify
ing him that the shipment would reach
Newark at 3 o'clock He got a truck.
went 70 the freight yards and located his
car. Inside II there was just one bale of
hay, and nothing else.
Hugh Mcleod. laborer of 202 East
Seventeenth street. walked into Bellevue
Hospital yesterday afternoon and told
physicians he believed he was losing his
eyesight. He said he had been drinking
whisky bought In saloon. II was said
at the hospital that Mcleod had ap-
parently been poisoned by wood alcohol
and would lose his sight.