New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Throngs Watch
Goods ''Izzy'' Spotted
Loaded Into Trucks as
Owner Is Being Tried
taken From, Secret
Bar in Restaurant
Police Reserves Called
10 Scatter Crowd .Jeer.
ing enforcement Agents

"a''tcc crowds thronsed bv thou
Ss''os INTO Fortv-third street vostor.
""y 10 watch the most spoctacr1,r
"quor raid conducted since prohibition
a"e 'o'o effect. Tho raid made hv
lo"''eon of Director Ralph A. DAVIS
P'cAed agents, was on jacks Rest.u
rant 'o1 Sixth Avenue. opnosite tho
1'ppodromc, whore 500 900 worth Of
'"c cholccst liquors we're seized and
''hen away IN two warehouse trucks
''''c smaller than freight cars.
crowds blocked traffic and nol,co
reserves had to be called 10 c1oar Tho
s'rce's and permit the RESUMPTION Of
business.
INC RAID came simultaneously with
inc trial Of Jack Dunston. one OF the
pfoprlotors Of the place, in the Fed
era District Court, for an alleged
preach of tho liqucr laws last August,
When it is charged, liquor was moro
or less openly solo III his establish
mcnt. Two walters wcrc summoned
With Mr.. Dunston. The case went to
the jury last night and Judge Knox or
dercd sealed verdict. which was re
turned just before midnight.
The evidence on which yesterday S
raid was made was furnished by Pro-
hibition Agent Isadorc Einstcin, who
has become famous for his disguises.
tlnstcin succeeded in locating the
secret cache of the supply of liquors
on the premises. SO cleverlv was the
cache concealed that it eIudcd the most
watchful prohibition agents for more
than ay ear. Four big store~rooms were
filled with the liquors. These had been
erected on q roof, ovcrhanging an air
shaft and reached only by crossing a
bridge from q frosted glass window
opening into private apartment oc-
cupied by William Dunston of the res
taurant company.
Had All Particulars
All the liquors served in Jacks Res
taurant one of the most popular places
in the theatrical district, it is charged
by Einstcin, were carried by the single
bottle or order from a hidden service
bar, behind this frosted glass window.
Unless the window was fully raised
nothing could be seen but an air shaft,
as bridge, resembling fire escape,
led upward from the window and then
across the court into the four secret
storerooms above the roof level.
These storerooms were surrounded
by the higher buildings occupied by
Jack 5 Restaurant on both Forty ird
Street and Sixth Avenue, and were in
visible from the streets. The private
-,.t. II. Il
trance, next to the restaurant entrance
OIL Forty-thrd Street Another pri-
vatc passageway leads into tho base
ment of the restaurants proper.
The general architecture of the hid
den storerooms, charged to have been
installed since prohibition, is said to
have been patterned after secret poker
rooms in the old Navarro gambling
house in Denver and famous res
taurant in San Francisco, which still
is doing business. The storcrooms
were filled with the liquor stock of the
restaurant company.
William Dunston, who took an in
voice Of the goods as they were car
red to the waiting vans by the raid
ers, said:
well, wee caught, and that is all
there is to that. They all will get it
sooner or later. Every place with a
reputation for its wines can expect
just such a raid. The stock seized is
easily worth 100000. Unless we can
get a court order for It's return it will
be a total loss. There is no insurance
that will bear on such a stock under
existing conditions"
Raiders Use Taxicabs
At prohibition headquarters ycster-
day it was said that Special Agent
Arthur Van Tasscl would go out w. tn a
rading party Of fourteen agents for
big raid in the theatrical district.
At 4:a0 the agents, in taxicabs fol-
lowed closely by the numbering ten ton
trucks of warehouse company, drew
up in front of the Forty-third Street
entrance of Jacks. Agent Van Tassel
entered and produced search warrant.
He called for William Dunston, in
charge of the place in the absence in
court of Jack, and handed him the
search warrant and four .summonses,
each charging possession Of liquor and
selling liquor in violation OF the, Vol
stead law. These summonses were
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