New-York tribune., 1922-11-17
$4,000 Liquor
Seized I'm Raids
By U. $. Agents
$4,000 Worth of Whisky
and Wine Found i'm Build
ing IN West Broadway by
lzzy Einstcia and His Aid
Big Feat, Says Yellowley
Place Where $4,000 Illicit
Liquid Was Found Said To
BE Large Source of Supply

Liquors valued at about $4,000 were
seized by the prohibition enforcement
authorities in two raids yesterday. One
was at 427 West Broadway. where
$4,000 worth Of whisky and wine was
found, and the other was at Ala East
11sth Street. There cognac, wine.
whisky and whisky-making parapher-
MALTA were found in the cellar and sub
cellar Of a three story brownstone
house.
In the raid at APT West Broadway.
conducted by Izzy Einstein and Moe
Smith, complete bottling plant, in
cluding thousands of counterfeit labels,
corks and bottles, was uncarthed. z.
c. Yellowley, prohibition director for
the state, characterized the raid as one
Of the best since prohibition went into
effect, because it is believed that this
was one of the principal sources of
supply for the food of imported
liquors in the city.
Result of Two Weeks Work
The seizure was TIE result of two
weeks work on the part of the agents,
lzzy and Moe returned from Kentucky
fortnight ago and since that time
have been frequenting the neighbor-
hood OF the place, watching the trucks
which stopped at the door and tracing
the carefully addressed packages to
their destinations in the Broadway
theatrical district.
The raid was made on a search wara
rant and the plant was found in the
rear of the fourth floor of the build
ing. The front of that floor is occu-
pied by the Rappaport Pump Company
and, according to the agents, the only
entrance to the liquor room was through
the Lyons Bottling Company. There
vas door from the rear leading down
back fight of stairs. but this was
locked on the inside. The owner Of the
place could not be found, but the agents
said they would give summonses to r
q, Lyons, bother of alcoholic
beverages on the fifth floor, and his
bookkeeper, John Oliver.
Two trucks were necessary to take
the contraband to the Knickerbocker
Warehouse. number of packages of
bottled liquor were found addressed
for delivery. Most of the addre sse
were of Broadway cafe and restaurant
owners, with few Riverside Drive
homes.
Sacramento Wine Seized
The brownstone house at Ala East
116th Street that was raided is occu-
pied, according to the prohibition
| agents, by Dominick Villari and his
wife. They have an embroidery shop
on the ground floor. The authorities S
learned several days ago that liquor
was being made and sold at the house,
and obtained enough evidence, it was
said, to get a search warrant from
United States Commissioner Hitchcock.
Villari was given summons on a
charge Of violating the prohibition
law. The liquors confiscated at the
116th Street house are valued at
$50 1000.
John D. Appleby, zone chief, and
Prohibition Agent Greenfield raided
! the basement of the building at 90 At
| torney Street with search warrant
| and seized twenty-one barrels Of sacra-
mental wines. They said it was the
property Of Kalman Rosenbluth, owner
| of the Zion Casino, across the street.
The officials charge that Rosenbluth
! withdrew 1850 gallons of wine on a
| permit, but tina most of the wine
! seized yesterday is fake solution OF
| honey, sugar and other substitutes
! The wine was taken to the army base
in Brooklyn.
Sergeant eastman and Patrolmar
Moore, of the Vanderveer Park station
| raided barn in the rear of 81 Kou.
wenhoven Place, Brooklyn, yesterda,
morning and seized two stills, twelve
five gallon cans of whisky and eight
| fifty gallon boilers. Five men found ir
made by the sergeant and patrolmar