The New York herald., 1922-02-24
POLICE WIN A DUEL
IN BLIND TIGER RAID
Man i'm Den in Greenwich st.
Tenement Fails to Score and
Is Nabbed in Chase.

Detective Franklin and Burns of In
spector Underhil's staff fought a pistol
battle yesterday afternoon with Harry
Cohen, alleged proprietor of "5lind
tiger" in Greenwich street. who grew
angry when they paid a call without a
search warrant
After several shots were exchanged
on the stairway Of the Greenwich street
building the detectives chased Cohen
into the street and halted him at Green
wich and Thames streets. The three
men ran with drawn guns through a
crowd of home bound workers.
At the Old Slip station, where Cohen
was locked up. he said he was shoe
salesman, of 272 South Ninth street.
Brooklyn. He was charged with
fclonious assault, violation Of the Sulli-
van law, and Of the State liquor law.
According to Franklin and Burns,
Cohen admitted them to a room on the
second floor of the Greenwich street
tenement, after they had Knocked on
the door When they told him who they
We're Franklin said. Cohen seized nm
by the lapel of his coat and shook MN.
"You have no search warrant and you
have no business here Cohen told
them.
Franklin said he tore away and be-
gan a search with his partner, after
telling fourteen patrons in the place to
keen quiet. The detective found a re-
volver i'm dresser Which he said was
being used as a bar and when this
was uncovered with fourteen pint
TASKS Of whisky. Cohen bolted through
the door The detectives ran after him.
and on the stairway. according 10
Franklin. Cohen turned and fired three
shots. one of which passed through a
hall window. and caused an uproar IN
the tenement.
AS Cohen made for the street. the
detectives fired one shot each after
him. When they got outside they could
no longer use their guns, because the
street was crowded The detectives
said they found no weapon on Cohen
when they caught him. When he was
taken back to the room the fourteen
customers were gone. Cohen denied
ownership of the revolver which was
found in the dresser.
Customs officers, aided by the police,
seized LOO bottles OF Scotch whisky
last night aboard the steamship Fort
Victoria of the Bermuda Line. Tho LIQUOR
was stored in the crews quarters, 'ac-
cordng to the customs men. IL has
bootleg value of about sl5,Co0.
John McAdama. special agent. with
three men went to Capt Donahoe Of
the West Forty-seventh street station
last night and asked for detail and
patrol wagon to pay visit to the Fort
Victoria at her dock at the foot OF West
Fifty-fifth street and the Hudson River
The agents and the police boarded the
shin and found 200 bottles after a short
search. These were carried out to the
patrol WAGON. and the raidinE party
was about to leave when the customs
men noticed some eager looking persons
driving up to the dock In automobiles
and decided to give the vessel another
inspection They found hidden far for
ward in the crews quarters 1000 more
bottles packed in burlap bags. The
liuuor was taken to the Custom House.
A guard was left on board the Fort
Victoria and none OF her crew will be
permitted to go ashore until an in
vestigation has been made Capt.
Davis. in command was not aboard
when the raid was made.
Charles Heinrich deputy sheriff OF
Middlesex county. n. j., and an assist
ant prohibition enforcement agent. was
found guilty yesterday in Somerville
before Judge Clearly and n jury of the
theft of barrel of apple whisky from
the home of John Grilla, near Mill
stone, last JuilF. ~ fHdIEt Alht i'
stole at the same time s2,400 in cash
was eliminated.
The indictment charged that Heinrich
and five or six bootleggers visited the
Grilla farm with an army truck driven
by a soldier in uniform They carried
away the barrel of whisky. and it is
charged that some Of them took tho
money also. Three of the others have
already been tried and convicted, and
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dctments charging them with the theft
of the 81. 400