The New York herald., 1922-07-29
$4,000 LIQUOR RAID
near Times Square
Matinee Crowds See Police
Get Wines in Restaurant
in West 4+th Street.
WOMAN is INFORMER
Crew of the Marion MOsher
Held in Bail-Shang-
haied Men Treated.
STEAMSHIP LINE MOVES
Captain of Rum Runner Not
Seen Since He Got Away
ito Telephone
STEAMSHIP LINE MOVES

Liquors valued at about $4,000
were seized by detectives yesterday in
the basement of Gorini's restaurant
at 157 West Forty fourth street and
IN, rooms on the second floor of the
same building and the adjoining one
at 159 West Forty-fourth street.
The detectives battered down a door
at the foot of stairs in the center
OF the dining room while the res
taurant was filled with patrons Hun
dreds of other persons from the matt
nee and shopping crowds and guests
from the nearby C1aridge and Astor
hotels watched the raid.
After the liquors had been confis-
Gated Peter Gorini, former owner of
the restaurant, and Giro Ussempi
present owner. were arrested and
taken to the West Forty seventh
street police station charged with vio-
lation of the State prohibition law.
Three patrol wagon loads of wines.
the station.
The raid was made on a search war
rant issued by Justice Lydon in Supreme
Court on evidence said to have been
obtained by a woman detective. While
the warrant was being read to Ussempi
the detectives saw the door of the
center stairway suddenly closed and
locked. One OF the detectives ran to
the door, but was too late. He called
the other officers and they started
Immediately to batter down. the door,
Ship Line Fnces Charges.
Following examination and arraign-
ment of nine of the crew Of the British
schooner Marion Mosher, which was
seized Thursday with about S250,000
worth. bootleg prices, of liquor brought
from Bermuda, 1t was announced by the
office of the Solicitor of the Port that
charges are to be made against a steam
ship line alleged to be responsible for
the illegal operation of the vessel This
line. which was named in stories told
BY prisoners on the boats. has removed
from the lower Broadway address they
gave.
The sloop j. II. B., which was held
Thursday night at Point of Woods with
her 100000 cargo of liquor. was towed
to the Battery by the prohibition patrol
boat Hansen. The sloop carried her
original crew of three and four other
passengers were aboard the Hansen
The latter asserted they were only
passengers taken aboard the J. H. B.
Wednesday when their fishing dory
sprang leak and sank.
What became of the schooner's cap
tain, who was reported to have left
the Marion Mosher to board the j. III.
B. just before the latter's seizure, re-
mained a mystery. 1t was said aboard
the Hansen that the captain had been
captured on the sloop and had dis
appeared when he was allowed to go
ashore to telephone.
The nine sailors of the Marion
Mosher were held in $1,000 bail each
by United States Commissioner Hen
Messy in Brooklyn. Federal attorneys
who questioned the men said they
thought several very prominent per-
sons" would be found to be implicated
in the ownership of the liquor.
George Cox, mate, and Fred Meier,
cook, who told stories of having been
shanghaied and then brutally assaulted
VI. a. Traynor of the Public Health
Service and ordered to the Hudson
Street Hospital.
Held After Police Are Hurt.
Five persons arrested in a raid at 1872
Beaufort avenue, Jamaica, when a still
exploded. severely injuring eight police
men and burning down the house, were
held in $500 bail each in the Jamaica
court for examination next Thursday
en- charges of violating the State prohi-
bltion law. Mrs. Julia Pizza. who lived
n, the house, also was held In 81. 900 bail
en- n charge of possessing revolver in
violation. OF the Sullivan law and in
Sc. 900 bail additional for felonious as
sault. In pointing the revolver at police.
Inspector Albert l.. Duffy and Detec-
tive Louis J. Laut, who were badly
burned in the explosion, are still in a
critical condition at st. Mary's Hospital,
Jamaica. Charges against the occu-
pants OF the house will be made by the
Jamaica Gas Company, said M. e.
Brown. chief clerk. Inspectors OF the
company discovered, he said, that the
two stills were connected with gas pipes
in the street and not with the meter in
The house and thus no registration of
ras usage showed on the meter.
Fireman Ina New Rochelle found a
fffy gallon still in the basement of the
home Of Frank Cassonl of So Second
street when they answered an alarm
for a frc which followed an explosion.
Near the still was n barrel and half
of liquor and a mans coat. in which was
loaded revolver. Cassoni could not be