The New York herald., 1922-08-27
BROKER SOLD GOOD
| OLD STOCK OF RUM
Dry Agents, Posing as In
vestors, Get Shares of
Liquor From Safe.
TRUCK ALSO is HALTED
Arrest of Engraver Likely
to Reduce Number of
Forged Certificates.
MUCH HARD CIDER SEIZED
Home of Choir Singer Upstate
Yields Some Apple
jack Also.
MUCH HARD CIDER SEIZED

down. In the HedTL OIL Tie iiidiSid'
district-at 25-27 Thames street--a
stock broker has been found whoSe
chief stock in trade was fine old
liquors, which he kept in a safe and
sold, by the glass to stock" buyers.
In some way word got to the ear of
Ralph A. Day, prohibition director,
that there was a speakeasy OIL lower
Broadway. Agents Sassi. Potter and
Rosen got some stock certificates and
set out to find the bootlegger.
They came across him, they be-
lieved, in Frederick Schumacher. Visit
ing his offices in Thames street they
showed him their shares of stock and
started to talk business. 1t wasn't
long before Schumacher showed what
his business was-he offered them
drinks, at fifty cents each
Return with Search Warrant.
The three agents left and when they
returned yesterday they had searcn
warrant. They went over the place.
but nowhere was any liquor to be found.
Then they thought of the safe Schu-
started IN to crack it on their own ac-
count. And Just then from below came
q voice:
Here's your stuff. Bring down your
dough-"
"All right" answered an agent, and
he told Schumacher to go below and
bring the liquor up. They they pounced
on the trio, for two men We're OUTSIDE
with the truck-John McNiff or 2S9
Norman avenue and James Meigh OF zot
Norman avenue, Brooklyn.
The agents seized the truck and rive
gallons of whisky, together with several
quart bottles Of assorted liquors found
in the safe The three were taken to the
Charles street station, Schumacher
charged with selling and the truckmen
with Illegally transporting liquor.
Prohibition enforcement officers be-
lieve that the arrest Friday OF Raymond
J. Atherley. an engraver at Ito East
Twenty y-third street, will eliminate one
OF the largest sources OF supply LOT
printers all over the country who had
been obtaining plates for making coun-
terfeit prescription blanks, withdrawal
permits and other authorizations.
The defendant. who lives at the
Bronx Branch OF the Y. M. c. A.. was
released under $4,000 bail yesterday by
Samuel NJ. Hitchcock. United States
Commissioner, on charge OF possess
ing thirty-nve plates for the purpose
Of defrauding the United States Gov
ernment
Atherley had planned to be married
lest night and already had transporta-
tion tickets for his honeymoon. His
nancee. about 20 years old, was in court
during the arraignment. Because OF his
plans Commissioner Hitchcock fixed
September IL as the date for his hear
ing.
Federal agents raided an establish
n,ent in Armenia Village, Duchess
county. owned by Harry Morgan,
choir singer and prominent member of
the congregation OF local church They
oonfiscated ninety-four barrels of hard
cider and two big kegs of applejack.
Leonard Wilcox. the Chicago manufac-
turer. who, unaware of the recent ruling
NJ Director Day against the promiscuous
SIaunting OF hip pocket flasks. got him
self into trouble Friday night In the
Piccadilly restaurant. was freed yester-
dav by Magistrate McGeehan in West
Side court with a reprimand. The
waiter. Felix Ravna, also was dis
charged.
Huge crowds watched agents raid the
Blue Ribbon restaurant, 145 West Forty
fourth street, and load on a truck beers.
wines and whiskies forth $l,OO0--at boot
leREeTH
the cellar, behind the bar and on the
second floor. Summonses were left for
Joseph Beck and Henry Fisher, owners,
end George Harrison. manager.
John Davies, proprietor OF the OMal-
lev Hotel at Long Branch, N. j.. one
Of the sixteen places recently raided.
complained to the police that since
the vsit OF the Federal afents s210 was
missing from his place. Chief OF Police
walIing Is investigating.
Seeks to Curb Bootleg Planes.
Commissioner Haynes, Chief Yellowley
and Zone Chief Applcby are working on
plans to establish an airplane station on
Long Island or in Westchester county
10 stop the bringing of liquor from Can
ada to this city in airplanes. Informa-
ton has reached the prohibition author
tiles that a fleet of eleven planes, most
OF them owned by one man or syndi-
cate Is operating between this city and
the border. The system has been worked
out so that a truck awaits the landing
of the plane and the cargo of thirty or
forty cases is quickly transferred leav-
ing the plane free Of suspicion.
Pilots OF bootlegging airplanes are
said to receive $500 a trip. which with
several other expenses cut down the
gross profits OF $1,000 trip TO the
owners, but there Is enough left for a
substantial turnover on the venture.
Among the planes said to be operated
by bootlcggers are four seaplanes, which.
in addition to transporting liquor. are
valuable in keeping rum ships advised
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