Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-18
GREATEST rum SLEU1h
Izzy EinsteIn Stands at the TOP tI
a the List.
A Nan OF MANY sHREED DlsduIsss
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In the populous rum running is'r,
| cles around New York City, the name
Of Izzy Einstein has become an epithet
Of terrible meaning. No. other prett-
bition agent has been half so succesgS
full in collecting illegal liquids, end
landing the possessors In jail. He -
new type Of detective, it appeasA
produced by the dry. age, and In his
hands the ancient and, more or less
honorable art Of sleuthing has Fnown
new and dazzling developments. Izzy
Einstein stands forth with his trusted
lieutenant, Moe Smith, says a jour-
.nalistic appreciator Of the rnetropo-
lis, "as the master hooch- hound.
alongside whom all the rest Of the
pack are but pups" Next to Vol
stead himself, Izzy Einstein repre-
sents all that is good or bad. depend
ing upon the point Of view, In the
matter of prohibition. He is ruthless.
cold, clever. and horribly unsyul-
pathetic. He has been known 70 play
on his violin until the gentier feelings
Of a large hearted restaurant pro-
prietor were so stirred that a drink
was proffered, whereupon Izzy at once
added another arrest TO- the thousands
for which he is responsible. There Is
hardly dealer In wet goods within
fifty miles yoi the metropolis. says
Truman H. Talley.. writing In the New
York Times, who doesn't keep "a
weather eye out for that Ley. Elm
stein,' whose seven-league methods
have played havoc, with the bootieg-
gers, and whose next exploit. Is await
ed among that gentry about as eastf-
ly as the plague" Mr.. Tailey proceeds,
in appreciatory vein: 81 & ~
The failure Of most plainciothes
men to disguise their. true statue IS
almost notorious. "a bulis is a "bulLr
the, crooks say, whetherin uniforW Or
not Whether 1t is poor stage man
agement or bad acting. the, !. cop I'm
civilian attire and the agency detec-
tive usually stand ont. as, thoueh dear
ing a Cardinals hal. = and IL was to tke I
task of effectively overcoming that
| traditional, fau,t. Of ,slsnshinE th<t Isxy
Bent his eDer,ses sei3ea he. lsft Postal
Station X and Joined the rum squad.
He decided upoh q category !; OF truf-
to life diss,iises that would 1T hilh 2
for all the avenues. highways and als
leys in the labmtnth he was entkfinK,
and, like the true actor rehearsing for
a long run, he notfonly learned his
parts but grew into them. He became
O. man Of parts He prepared himself
to move in high. low and medium
circles-on the exceilent theory that
the taste for liquor and the desire TO
sell 1t are no respectersaof persors
and In all those circles he has since
been iwhirling with rapidity and o
quick-chafge adeptness ays
Dress clothes for Broadway ana
overalls for the water front" Hzy
says In partial y explanation or MS
method, but that by no. means te1H
the story. For All his careful SELF
training In the. false-whiskered AR
1zzy Is blessed with foundation ad-
mirably fitted for the deceptive trim
mings he assumes. Heavy-set, sn13l>t!
Ing, broad faced, en- earnest and con-
vincing talker, man who looks YOU
straight in the eve as beguilingiy as
shrewd poker player with at leasf \
four acres, he would appear upon brtef
observation to be the quick sale type
of merchandise dealer-an energetic
business builder, perhaps,
To others, in a change Of clothing -
marked resemblance to the neishr
borhood butcher or grocer might pc
noted. He might be a manufacturers
of garments. To hear him talk OF aties
tomobile accessories, or, kindred sub Z
jects, would not be surprising. He sis !
the twin of many a merchant. He6
literally looks thu part of New York's
man in the street. Yet though in
| eyerv-dav attire and for purposes Of