The New York herald., 1922-01-07
JACKS SECRET CAVE
HELD$1O0,OO0RUM
Dry Raiders Make Surprise At
tack as Dunston's VOlstead
Law Trial Ends.
NJ. DPS LIGHT ON WHISKY
Bellevue Reports II Alcohol
Deaths, Not Including Frac-
tured Skull Victims.

One of New Yorll's choicest stocks
of liquor became a sacrifice to the
Volstead act yesterday afternoon when
a squad of fifteen enforcement agents
raided Jacks restaurant, at Forty
third street and Sixth avenue, and
| carried out from n secret chamber
case after case Of whisky, gin and wine
valued in all at more than 100000.
Under Agent Arthur Van Tassel the
squad entered the restaurant after IL
o'clock armed with q search warrant
procured by Izzy Einstein after pur-
chase made in Jacks some time ago.
Close behind the agents were two
Warehouse. and before the first case
of liquor had been carried down the
stairs in the Forty-third street en-
trance a grinning crowd had gathered
outside. News of the raid swept
| through the theater district like a
prairie fire, and several of the agents
were forced to stand guard on the
sidewalk to keep back the increasing
crowds.
The agents used more than four hours
to carry out the store of whiskies. gin
and wine. all of the choicest brands.
The seizure included Scotch bearing sew
eral we'll known labels and many cases
of champagne.
Not n Door in Hiding Place.
The liquor was found In brick cham
ber IS feet wide and 40 feet long. built
on top of an extension OF the Sixth ave-
nue. part of the restaurant. The only
way to enter II was through a window
| in a suite of private rooms on one OF the
upper floors of 103 West Forty-third
street. adjoining the restaurant proper.
All the liquor served I'm Jacks, accord
| ing to the agents, was carried through
this window, brought downstairs and
through passageway into the restau-
rant.
Agents Van Tassel, Eberle, Barry.
Newberger. Owens. Bach, Rupert. Nc
Mahon. Holman. Prendergast. Wilson,
Frick and others met in Bryant Park
just before the raid. A definite task
was assigned to each man.
1t was announced that summonses had
been served on John Dunston, proprietor
of the restaurant on William Dunston,
his son. on Mr.. Toner, manager. and
Thomas Norton. head waiter.
The seizure was the largest which has
been made I'm the theater district, and
of quality far above the average OF
the liquor which goes to the knicker-
booker Warehouse nowadays.
While the raid was In progress Mr..
Dunston was on trial before Judge John
c. Knox In the Federal District Court
on an indictment charging violation or
the Volstead act. Late last night the
jury agreed and its sealed verdict will
be presented to court to-day.
| On August 2S Agent Einstein declared
he had been served at Jacks with a
meal which included bottle OF real beer
and flask of whisky, for which he paid
S9.70. Einstein thereupon lodged a com
plaint against Jacks Restaurant. Inc.
| for maintaining "a dlsorderly house and
against Mr.. Dunston, president of the
corporation. for violating the liquor law.
Previous Trial Collapsed.
Last September the trial fell through
because the Government was unable to
locate and produce as n witness William
Heinze. an old time walter at Jacks.
through whom Einstein said he was able
to get the liquor. Yesterday George L.
Doneilan, counsel for Jacks, was sur
prised when the waiter was called as the
prosecutions most important witness
| Heinze's testimony supported the story
| told by Einstein and the corroborating
evidence offered by his associates, Moe
| Smith and Herman Wittenberg.
IL was announced yesterday by Ralph
A. Day. state prohibition director, that
during 1921 946.70O prescriptions for
liquor were made out by physicians In
New York State on blanks provided by
prohibition headquarters. The office
records show that 12,500 physicians in
the State applied for the blanks, which
arc issued In books of 100. Four hun
drcd Is the maximum any physician may
obtain in year. According 20 these
figures the average number of prescrip-
tions signed by these physicians was
eighty.
This number Is not regarded by prohi-
bitior. officials as high, and Is believed
| by them TO be evidence that most physi-
clans are not acting contrary TO the law.
| OF the 12.500 physicians who applied
900 practice In New York city.
officials at Bellevue Hospital said that
2,162 persons were treated for alcohol
ism during 1921 in that institution. and
that eleven deaths had been directly due
TO alcohol poisoning. II was explained
however, that many persons who fell and
died through fractures of their skulls
which they suffered while intoxicated
were not included In the alcohol deaths.
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