The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
EACH WEE BON BON
HAS SHOT OF BRANDY
Realty Office in 42d Street
Sells Many Boxes Until Dry
Raiders Appear.
$4,000 IN LIQUOR SEIZED
Rum Running Yacht Is Car
tured at Bayville With
100000 Cargo.

Prohibition agents yesterday reported
that they had discovered big liquor
brokerage business at 140 West Forty
second street. In an office on the third
floor. supposedly given over to real es-
tate operations. they seized twelve boxes
OF rum filled bonbons and $4,000 worth
Of assorted liquors.
Six men in the office were arrested.
They described themselves as s. r.
Wenman, contractor, 100 West Fifty
ninth street. Anthony Schworer, broker,
407 West 146th street Alexander
Kramer. ticket broker, $500 Broadway
George Cruickshank. salesman. Gas
Riverside drive: Louis Frank, jeweler.
$50 East 145th street, and Daniel LET
kowitz. salesman, 1876 West 115th street.
They were released later in $500 bail
each for appearance before United
States Commissioner Hitchcock.
The raid resulted from a seizure Of a
truck Monday by Detective Plagge in
front of the Forty-second street build
Ing. The truck. according 10 Plaggc,
contained 80 bottles of whisky Is q
Bacardi rum and IL Of yermouth. Lei
kowitz. the detective said, was on the
truck. and after his arraienment a raid
was ordered.
Agents Berry, kcrrigan, Reager and
Carson stood outside the office and
noticed that several ostensibe realty
buyers who went in empty handed came
out carrying what appeared TO be boxes
of candy. These were the bonbons. sold
for s3.75 box. each piece Of candy
containing a shot of brandy.
The office was busy. There were con-
slant telephone calls, the agents said, for
ttf 80 1t7n mn
personally left a large order for liquor
to have been delivered last night at a
dinner he was giving.
In one room the agents reported
breaking into a closet and finding sixty
five quarts Of Gordon gin forty-one
quarts of Spanish port wine, six quarts
of Bacardi rum. nine quarts OF Yer
mouth, fifteen bottles Of absinthe and
forty-nine bottles of Scotch.
A force Of deputy sheriffs and con-
stables under Sheriff Charles W. Smith
Of Nassau county raided the steam
yacht Edith Monday night at the Bay
Vile dock. near Oyster Bay and seized
liquor worth more than 100000. An
tonic Cassese of South Ozone Park.
L. r. said to be the owner Of the yacht :
Charles Orman, the captain, and thirty
members OF the crew, truck drivers and
helpers were arrested.
Sheriff Smith learned a week ago
that an attempt to land rum from the
Bahamas was to be made on the Nassau
shore. He had patrols out every night
Monday evening word reached him that
six motor trucks were travelling toward
Bayville and that they had stopped
frequently for directions.
The Sheriffs posse surprised six
truck in the act Of loading. There were
1900 cases of whisky and 5000 burlap
bags, each OF which contained six bot
ties.
Capt. Orman denied knowing the ma
ture Of the cargo. The Edith was for
merly the Satilla and was used as a
submarine chaser during the war. She
is Ill feet long ana can make IA knots
state Director Day intimated yester-
day that several important changes were
10 be made soon In che personnel for
this district. It is understood that some
department heads are to be shifted and
that general shakeup OF the organiza-
ton will take place.