South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-26
HOTEL OFFICIALS
BRAND CHARGES AS
MERELY TECHNICAL
Sherman Co. Manager Says
Alleged Violations Took
Place in 1919.

AdNt III ~
CHICAGO Feb. 25.-IrreEulari,ass
81 the sale OF 30.27s gallons OF wines
and whiskies valued A. retail AT more
than 100000. were chars Cd Mon
dsy against the Hotel Sherman
company IN bin OF information
fed fin the United States district
\ court by District Atty. Charles F..
'C.gne.
The bin. which has 26 counts. as
serts that in Eve Instances the com
pany purchased liquor for sale on
permits from the collector OF inter
rll revenue without making a rec
ord for the prohibition officers. that
ln rs instances liquor was sold 90
Iersons without permits or with
permits which were either bogus OF
vrIeh carried fictitious addresses.
q D that the company "rec:ifed' OF
o-.sted 137 gallons or spirits with
oat payment OF revenue tax Of 80
cents gallon.
Mere TeChnicsIitics"
The alleged violations. all Of
vaIr1 are said 20 have occurred be-
treen July D.. 1919. and June So.
Tf-U- just after the inauguration o.
J. uhib.tiou were branded as mere
te-unualities" by officials OF the
company last night.
tt the time these things occurred
1gr wore rather unfamiliar with the
rarnodS OF bookk eepinE VIC should
u-e Frank Boring. vice president
uuJ general manage or the COM
J.E said. There ere five counts
alleging that VIC didn't keen rec
OIL OF sales We kent tho permits
] don't know much about the actual
deals mentioned. as they took place
- long ago that I've forgotten The
do.5ils but J do know that our bus.-
, ross was and is legitimate and law.
ftI
Relieve Permits O. IA
AS t1 permits i'm one ease the
government alleges the permit was
'fa lse and fictitious n e have in our
files letter from New York saving
thar the permit was o. X. and the
lo.al prohibition Officials were shown
this particular permi- al the time
J taiuk the other cases viii 3e sim
FAR As TO fictitious addresses we
have the permits. The whisky was
delivered at the regular wholesale
price OF S2f a gallon and the deal
was regular in every way. al Of the
counts are tecnnicaIities.
The largest item on the govern
Trcnt's list relates TO The purchase OF
JIG barrels of WHISKY from the
Louisville Public Warehouse 60
without keeping record The
smallest item referred 10 the sale
or two cases Of whisky on a fictitious
permit 10 NJ. Schwarz 1917 ". Chi
cago az.
Here Il Sales Record
other sales OF liquor on bogus
permits or no permits at all alleged
10 have been made were 200 gal
Ions or whisky TO the Park Drug Co.
New York City: LOO gallons of
whisky TO Leopold =. Schulhof OF
Chicago; $50 gallons OF whisky to
Carl Appel Of Chicag 20: 5O1 gallons
or whisky 10 Miller & Cohen OF Chi
Cago; 500 gallons Of whisky 10
James Fiukel OF Chicago: % gallons
or whisky 10 Nathan Fried or Chi
Cago. SIS gallons OF whisky 10 Bruno
=. Belz Of Chicago: Il gallons OF
whisky TO r. r. Quinn Of Chicago;
60 raffo,s 20 raoob = uoorf ,e chi
.cago. 100 Gallons ia Erwin G. Brown
~ cbicago. 90 pauors of vine 10
ss.r, = E1ap1so NJ Cbicaro $50 gal
1,,,,s ~ ,,bisl,,. ,o tho Sta,d,-1 T,,,e
s,d Chemical 90. 900 gallons 10 ]
carlson. 1890 &. Ha1sted st. 90 gal
Ions 10 George Robson. 391Q s Cali
fo.rf, a,-. 90 gatIone IN charles y
Tobbins 1890 y MaDIewood av
80 gallons 20 Lawrence NJ. Keller,
1a45 Leland av. and 90 raIIonss 70
John X RurIv 1915 :. Marshfeld
8, .cnuo
Tat-o Makes Invcsti .ntion
The action taken Yesterday is zinc
r..-,lrf of several months e.. irvc-t5-