New-York tribune., 1922-06-13
Dry Agents Raid
The AstOr and
AnsOnia Hotels
Registering as Guests. They
Enticc Bcllboys to Pro-
cure Whisky and Then
Serve Them Summonses
Find Gin i'm Latter Bar
Visits Follow Protest Of Bon
faces Against Cafes:
Mouquin's in Dragnet

Prohibition agents raided the Hotel
Astor yesterday, after having regis
tered a. guests. The Hotel Ansonia
also felt the hand Of the dry law in
much the same manner.
The agents ~ the Astor registered in
the morning ss George w. Fantell and
John +. Adams. OF Philadelphia. About
noon they rang for a bcliboy and asked
him 20 bring them ginger ale. cracked
ice, cigars and cigarette. When the
boy returned they asked him: Where
Is the booze
The boy said that none was sold IN
the hotel. whereupon the agents are
said 20 have called another bellboy
and 20 have persuaded him 20 get them
some. lie ia said 20 have gone outside
the hotel and returned with a bottle
OF Scotch. for which ne had paid Si5.
As soon a. he delivered the liquor, he
vas handed a SUNNI ps.
An Official Of the hotel said last
night that the management was power
less 10 stop liquor being brought IN
from the outside, but that n any en-
ployee was caught. doing 80 he would
be dismissed.
n wns remarked that the raid fol.
lowed upon the heels Of the protest Of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that liquor
was being openly sold in eAbarets and
restaurants 10 the detrimcDt Of the
hotel business.
II was aslso said tha, the Astor raid
Rad been made at the instigation Of
the Womans Christian Temperance
Union. which had written 70 Prohihi-
ton Director Day, charging that favor
itignn was being shown places WIN
roliticsl influence. The Hotel Astor
and the Hotel Ansonia arc said 70
have been named a. such By the W. =.
T. L.
the Astor Agents registered a. out OF
town guests and then are SAID 70 have
obtained liouOr through the hotei en-
ployees. Later they are said 10 nave
searched the bar and 20 have found six
bottles Of gin. After leaving sum
monses for an employee and Tor ON
eials Of the corporation they left
Mouquin's Restaurant. %5% sixth Ave
nue.. long popular among theater dis-
trict crowds. vas one OF sixteen places
haitian Sundav night and yesterday
rornirU Three summonses were
handed out in the place shortly before
midnight. when crowds o. diners were
disturbed by the entrance Of the
AGENTS. Those summonsed we're Louis
Mouauin. treasurer; Morris Desinty
and Victor Vio.O. walters. Sumuonses
in All raids were made returnable be
fore United States Commissioner Hitch
cock to-day
Mouauin's Restaurant was entered oy
Agents Charles Guttman and Harry
Drcisher. Guttman was accompanied
b. his wife. and the TITO took table
and ordered a meal They charge that
they ordered wine and whisky. whien
were served. when they revealed their
identity and descended into the base
mcrt of the place. There the agents
seized Two bottles, which they charge
confined wine and whisky.
Inspector James s. Bolan and detee-
tives OF his STAFF raided rooms on the
fourth foor Of l544 Broadway. opposite
the Astor. late yesterday afternoon
and placed under arrest Joseph "renn'
who said he lived there. az we'll As
fourteen men found in the apartment.
Wrenn was charged with maintaining
a gambling resort and the others with
disorderly conduct
According to the police when they
reached the floor on which Inspector
Bolan had been informed gaming was
conducted. a lookout stationed there
shouted. Ware the cops." Occupants
+ Of the place ran 20 a rear fire escape
and endeavored 70 descend b. IL TO the
street. but were headed of.
The police say they conhseated rae
ing charts and other racetrsck para
/ phernalis