The New York herald., 1922-08-24
Truck Smashes in Doors
and Merry Crew Remove
Three Cases.
POLICEMAN is REPROyED
Magistrate Calls Arrest on
s..spicion of Bottle Carry
ing Asinine.

The lassitude that fills Thirtieth
street of an August afternoon was dis
PEELED yesterday by large moving
van and ten prohibition enforcement
agents. Directed by John d. Appleby,
their chief, the agents filed into the
side door of August Janssen's Hof-
brau Haus. The truck backed up and
threw open its doors.
To the fifth floor of the Hofbrau Haus
the agents marched as the inevitable
large crowd collected Jansen refused
to open door indicated by Appleby and
the jimmies of the agents splintered it.
That let them into a corridor, off which
three rooms opened. Out Of those three
rooms Appleby's men took case after
case of various iauors-even absinthe.
his personal cache Of liquor. Kept from
pre-prohibition days. He rang for his
lawyer, Jacob Mandelbaum. and the
latter added his protest. But Appleby
was firm and not only took the booze
but served summonses upon Jansen,
Friez Singer. manager, and Louis Brack-
man, waiter, who is alleged to have sold
beer to a prohibition scout.
" Appleby estimated the value of the
confiscated booze at $4,000 (bootleg
prices of course) and said there were
about 200 cases in all.
Adventure Of the Truck.
Earlier in the day Cat o'clock)
Joseph Schultz, contractor, was going
to his offices at asa West Forty-third
street. At 35s West Forty-.hird there
is the Sherwood Distilling Company's
storage house.
Mr. Schultz saw truck carrying sew
eral men approach the warehouse. Mr..
Schultz expected 1t would stop at the
curb, but it took the curb like tank
and from the rear came a shout to the
chauffeur:
BE firm but not reckless
While .he~ crew of the truck roared
with laughter and song the truck ram
med the double doors of the storage
house. The doors gave way and the
truck backed out. Three of the truck
men entered and emerged with a case
of whisky each.
The burglar alarm In the storage
house was ringing and several strangers
came running up. Mr.. Schultz notified
the Forty-seventh street station but be-
fore Detective James Fitzgerald ap-
peared the truck. it's crew and its
three cases of whisky had gone.
Adventure of the Coat.
Much earlier than that Roswell X.
Colt, rubber manufacturer living at
the Hotel Plaza and three friends were
seated at table In The Little Club 216
and Mr.. Colt removed his coat.
Patrolman Charles Johansmeyer of
the West Forty-seventh street station,
stationed there since raid upon The
Little Club not long ago. arrested Colt
and when Henry J. Volloff. manager,
protested arrested him
Magistrate Max Levine said:
II fail to recall a more outrageous
proceeding These arrests are about as
asinine as possible"
II can't understand why the man
ager was arrested at ALL" said Assistant
District Attorney Purcell.
The National Committee for the Pre-
vention of Blindness issued a statement
yesterday that wood alcohol consumed
in twenty-one States the first half OF
this year caused 100 deaths and twenty
two cases of blindness.
But these figures" read the state
ment, do not begin to measure the total
loss OF life or sight through the drink
ing Of bootleggers' whisky containing
wood alcohol. Many friends and rela-
tives try to conceal the real causes
The police last night raided the White
Hou se Cafe, 156 Canal street, and took
away three patrol wagon loads of liquors
found on the second floor and in the
cellar They also arrested August
Nactal. the proprietor. for alleged
violation Of the prohibition laws. He
was locked up in the Oak street station
and later released in bail The White
House Cafe was famous In the older
days as resort for politicians and
racing men. but of late years has had
only a nnlghhnrhnod clientele.