The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Stage Notables Sadly See
Garage Safe Blown, Re-
vealing Scotch.
STREET 'LEGGER' CAUGHT
Carries Pints in Wagon to Sell
at S3-Einstein's Phone
Trick Causes Arrest.

WHERE CrOWu SdlHereu anu Missed
the Federal agents, and the second OH
the edge of the theatrical district
where Izzy Einstein and his partner
Moe Smith. trailed some drinking
actors to their lair, We're the chief
activities of the prohibition enforce
ment forces yesterday.
Curran's cafe and restaurant at 2G5S
Broadway, near 101st street. was
raided by Agents Van Tassel, Carson,
Wilson and Guttman, who. had search
warrants, at time when the thor
ougEfare was thronged and many per-
sons were at the cafe bar. The agents
alleged the bartenders refused to open
a closet behind the bar, and they
broke into it. finding there, it was al
legged ten bottles partly filled with
liquor and elsewhere in the cafe two
and half barrels, and four cases oe
real beer.
Thomas Swank, the bartender, was
arrested. A crowd collected as Swank
was being taken away and jeered az
TIE agents.
Izzy Plays to Actors.
Einsten played to a real company of
actors in visiting a garage at 223 West
Fifty-third street, near Eighth avenue,
which he had heard was a popular
hangout of theatrical persons with dry
throats. Some preparation as to dis
guise and cultivation of acquaintance
as a knockabout comedian just back
from forty weeks among the tank
towns" preceded the call.
After Izzy had few drinks in the
garage, according to his own story. he
had the safe blown and found it con-
tained seventy-five bottles of imported
whisky No one in the garage was ar
rested, but just as IZzy was leaving
some one called on the telephone and
lazy took the call. which was from a
man who said he had ten cases of
BLACK and White" to sell. and Izzy
told him to bring it around
~ man arrived soon and introduced
himself as James Jaffe of $50 East
15Sth street. He came in his own car
and Izzy and Moe looked into II and
said they found ten cases of BLACK and
White" They also took Jaffes $500
automobile, declaring he wouldn't need
it for some time.
The place where the drinking was
rage and it was filled, Izzy said. with
Broadway celebrities. Emil Secling,
the alleged proprietor. was not present
when Izzy decided he had enough drinks
and it was time to get to business. He
demanded that the safe, which was an
unusually large one, be opened. Tho
garage employees were reticent about
their ability to open it, so Izzy sent for
a safe expert who is in Federal service,
md xx,l,il iln 1n aotn ohAI
was put in the safe and the door was
blown off
at was heavy jar" said Izzy but
It didn't break the bottles. We got all
of them.'
1zzy and Moe then drove away with
the seized liquor in Jaffe's car, accom-
panied by Jaffe as prisoner.
An attempt to sell liquor from
wagon in the streets was made yester-
day at Lenox avenue and 136th street.
When Agents Harvey and Warner ar
rived. it was alleged. Mike Rosenblatt
was offering pints at SO. The agents
said they persuaded Rosenblatt to part
with a half pint for $3.50 and seized
him and his horse and wagon and
supply of liquor.
Alcohol Kills Two Women.
Two women who were found dead in
by the police as probable victims of
alcohol, one of wood alcohol poisoning.
Florence Dukette. aged "a clerk
died I'm the apartment of Mrs. Jean
Caldwell at 123 Waverley place Mrs.
Caldwell said Miss Dukette arrived at
the apartment Friday night. complain
ing of Illness, and that she insisted on
her visitor remaining the night in
stead of returning to her own apart
ment at 8 University place. The police
searched Miss Dukette's rooms and re-
ported finding empty liquor flasks and
six bottles that had contained gin. DR..
George Homan, who ordered the body
removed to the morgue. said the case
showed every symptom of wood alcohol
poisoning.
Mary Kennedy. a widow. aged 6S, of
319 West Fifty fourth street, was found
late Friday night at the foot of the
stairs on the ground floor of her home.
She was carried TO her room and put TO
bed, where she was found dead yester-
day morning. At the Morgue her death
was reported due TO fractured spine.
The body contained a large amount OF
alcohol.
The scagoing tug Granville, on n Brit
ish charter but In at a pier at the foot
of East Twenty-fourth street yesterday
while the revenue cutter Gresham stood
guard in the river The Granville has
cargo OF 2,200 cases OF liquor, which
have a bootleg value Of more than
100000. The customs authorities say
that the Granville Is all right. that there
Is nothing wrong with her clearing
papers for Cuba and that she has been
accompanied by revenue cutters merely
TO prevent any effort being made to
take off her cargo.
Deputy United States Marshal Albert
Ettelson of Passaic. N. j., was asked
TO resign yesterday at prohibition head
quarters In Newark as a result of "A
raid made Thursday night by prohibit
tion agents on a camp in the woods at
Pinebrook in which Ettelson's son was
arrested on charge OF being one of
the operators of the distillery the agents
found. The resignation is 10 take effect
Tuesday.
Agent Baker charges that young
Ettelson called him aside when the raid
was made and tried to bribe him with |
$1,000. Baker said that Marshal Ettel- |
son was standing a few feet away and
could hear the conversation, but made |