New-York tribune., 1922-09-23
Huston Cllases
Funeral Auto:
Finds Alcohol
$50 Gallons Seized After
2o-NIinute Pursuit i'm the
Crowded Streets of Red
Hook Section, Brooklyn
Broadway Cafe Is Raided
Stage and Screen Folk See
FruifIess Search; Banker
ON Stand i'm Paradise Case

An undertaker's wagon containing
ESQ gallons of reprocessed denatured
alcohol was captured yesterday by Dis
triet Attorney Ruston, of Brooklyn,
after a twenty-five minute automobile
chase through crowded streets Of the
Red Hook section. The undertaker's
machine was standing in front Of a
garage when Mr.. Ruston and several
assistants and detectives drove by.
They halted 20 question the driver, but
he darted away at top speed.
When the automobile finally was
overtaken, the driver said he was
Frank Giaramita, of zoo Melrose Street,
Brooklyn. He declared that he did
not know the contents of the several
boxes he was earting to an address on
Sackett Street which he said he mad
forgotten. Examination of the boxes
showed that each contained two FIVE
gallon cars of alcohol. which was an
aiyzed by Charles Wagner, the prose
cutor's chemist
zoo Gallons Found in Raid
Last night Assistant District Attor-
ney Snyder led q raid on the plant of
the Usonia Toilet Laboratories, at 40
to az Verona Street, in the Red Hook
section, and after smashing in the
doors said they found 100 gallons of
denatured alcohol and 100 gallons that
had been reprocessed. They allege that
only one single piece of machinery for
legitimate manufacturing was found,
and that was a rusty, little-used mixer.
The police say the tins and liouor
seized are similar to the containers
found earlier in the day in the under
takers machine
W nile numerous persons prominent
on the stage and screen were Iunching
at the Knickerbocksr Grill, Broadway
and Forty-second Street, yesterday
seven Federal prohibition agents Wis
tied the restaurant. They spent two
hours searching the grill room, kitch-
ems, cellars, Railways, closets and lock-
ers and were unable to find any LIQUOR
Federal Judge Manton took under ad-
Visement yesterday a petition by Will
liam Hayward, United States District
attorney, to permit the government to
sta1 and paddock for a year the prem
lses Of the Paradise Restaurant, form
erly Reisenwe ber's, at Eighth Avenue
and fifty-ninth Street.
Banker Called TO Testify
Colonel Hayward called as witness
Captain G. Raymond Noyes, banker
Of p East SiXty-second Street. The
banker proved most reluctant witness
Under pressure of much questioning he
finally admitted that he had given six
private parties in the Paradise Res.
taurrant between August % and Sep.
tember 8.
Captain Noyes said he was Yalt
man and had served with the A. E. F
abroad, he admitted the parties wer,
held during the early morning hour
and that they had been expensive. II,
identified six checks totaling $4,000. H
said they covered expenses and wer
exclusive of generous gifts which h
rendered to the jazz orchestra to kee,
the jazz jazzing
Pressed by Colonel Hayward, Move
declared that champagne had been con
sumed by his guests
u am sure it was champagne" h
testified. 81 drank several glasses an
found it exhilarating."
John Wagner, president of the com
pany operating the Paradise, testife
that he was positive no liquors ha
been sold at the restaurant. He sal
Mr' Noyes had drunk sparkling cider