Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-09-14
SHOTS FIRED IN FEUD
BY B0OTLEGGERS IN
BOATS IN THE SOUND
Police of Staten Island and
Here Investigate Case--
Abandoned Booze Found

The finding of ten cases of
Scotch whiSkey on the shores of
Fresh Kills Creek, near Greenridge,
Staten Island, last night and the eX-
change of shots between two motor
boats in the Staten Island sound
shortly before IL o'clock Tuesday
night leads the police here and
Staten Island to believe that a guam
tity of whiskey is being smuggled in
this section. The Scotch whiskey.
which was found abandoned by Cap
tain Van Wagner and Detective Ser
geant Schley and Detective Collins
of the Eighth Branch Bureau late
last night on the Staten Island shore
is thought to be part of a cargo
that slipped through the sound into
Fresh Kills Creek. Several of the
cases had been broken open and sew
eral of the bottles taken out.
The whiskey is now being held
by the Tottenville police and will be
taken to the department storehouse
to be held until turned over to the
Federal authorities.
The exchange of shots was heard
by people along shore and according
to reports a launch was moving
swiftly up the sound and when the
ferry slip of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit on the Tottenville side
long launch is said to have come out
from the Perth Amboy shore. Sew
eral shots were fired and then the
first boat halted until the second
boat came along side. People on
shore thought that a raid by pro-
hibition officers was being made.
Inquiry at the custom house fall
ed to reveal any activities on the
part of the men connected with that
department in a raid last night. The
police here or of Staten Island have
no record Of an attack being made
that night.
1t is believed by the police that
the shots heard were being ex-
change between two gangs of boot
leggers for the possession of the
cargo and that the whiskey found
last night by the Staten Island po-
lice may have been part of the con-
trabrand being brought through the
sound and up into the Fresh Kills
creek which runs for considerable
distance inland into the center of
Staten Island. The Staten Island de-
tectives laid in wait for some time
last night thinking that the owner
of the cargo might come back to
claim the goods, but they were dis
appointed. The ten cases of whis-
key was taken to the Tottenville
police station in the police patrol.
Six Cases Pending
There are now pending before
United States Commissioner John A.
Delaney, six hearings for persons
who have been accused by the pro-
hibition enforcement officers of SELL
ing whiskey. Three of this number
residents of Fords. whose names
were published when arrested some
days ago, were released on bail. Yes
terday a deputy marshal again vis-
tied this city and made three more
arrests, the arrests being the out
. come of a series of raids carried on
in the city recently.
Those arrested yesterday were:
Steve Brodzinski of Elm street; Isa-
dore Cast and the bar tender in his
State street establishment. Irving
Laumbecke. All are accused of sei,-
ing whiskey and were placed under
$500 bail for a hearing next We'd
nesday.
Brodzinski is charged with selling
two drinks of whiskey to Herman
Virag. a prohibition agent, on Au-
gust 20. for which he charged
eighty cents.
Cast and Laumbecke are charged
with having sold on August 20, one
glass of whiskey to Joseph Kamin-
ski. a prohibition agent for the sum
OF fifty cents.