New-York tribune., 1922-11-24
Dismissed Rum
Jury lntlicts 80
Men, 3 Firms
q individuals, | Corpora
ton Charged With Plot TO
Defraud Il. s. of Taxes
ON 4 900 Cases of Whisky
Six Ex-Agents Included
Five Other Bills Allege
Violation of Dry Law by
Several Named i'm First

The Federal grand jury investigat-
ing prohibition enforcement. ordered
dismissed last Monday with curt re-
buke for indiscretion by Judge Rufus
Foster. returned six blanket indict-
ments yesterday against thirty individ-
aais and three firms. Twenty-Five men,
Including six former prohibition en-
forcement agents and one corporation.
arc charged with conspiring to defraud
che government Of duties and taxes on
1900 cases Of whisky snd 295 cases OF
champagne, fraudently removed from
the Republic Warehouse in West Thir-
" fourth Street last May.
Five indictments contain charges OF
violation of the national prohibition
law Several of those named in the
main indictment are involved in the
remainder.
Former agents Named
The six former prohibition agents
narned as defendants are Rosswen A.
Saver, Irving Garrison, joseph Fasuilo.
George N, Faneiii, Henry Grunewald
and Abe Toplitz
The others mentioned in the chief
indictment are Emanuel II. Kessler,
known also as Mamie" Kessler; Nor
ris Sweetwo0d also known as flames
Wood and Morris Seizhoz'; Joseph
OK, also known as Joe the Book;
Morris NJ. Becher Moray Z. Brbaum,
George j. Sbeylin, also known as
Frank L. Sullivan ~. Sullivan" and
&c. J: Sullivan; Peter l.. Grimes,
known also as "J. l., Peters; Hart
man Goldsmith & Co, Inc; Mark Aron.
Willard }. Freidberg. Robert Gottfreid,
George Jeaudemange, Albert Block, Al
Goldman, Jack Goldman, Ben Katz and
John r. Maxwell
The grand jury which returned these
indictments was ordered dismissed by
Judge FosteG because it had made
public "A lettH intended for Secretary
Of the Treasury Mellon urging the re-
moval from office of Prohibition Direc-
tor Ralph A. Day and his chief enforce
nent officer, John S. Parsons, and char
actefzing their conduct Of the New
fork oftico as q disgrace Judge Fos~
ter told the jurors that in giving out
the letter, which he had ordered sealed
and scqGesteTcd, they had violated their
oaths of secrecy and that any indict-
ments they might find would be tinct-
ured with the suspicion of prejudice.
fae findings Of the jury we're ac-
cepted by Judge Foster on the plea
u john Hotley Clark jr., Assistant
United States Attorney in charge Of
ne long Investigation. who said that
the main indictment had been voted on
October "a and the others before No
vember h, which was the date The
letter to Secretary Mellon was given
out
Mr.. Clark said the inves cation has
not been completed He announced
that he would continue his inquiry
when the December grand jury is EN-
paneled "A week from Monday There
will be no regular November grand
jury, for the reason that it would have
such short time 10 sit, but he said
that there would probably be an addi-
tional December jury to look after the
usual run of cases
Irving Garrison, Saver and Fanelli
were the confidential agents of Par
sons, Grunewa!d acted in the same
capacity for Day and Toplitz was the
confidential agent Tor George Pershing,
who resigned from the prohibition
forces about three months ago.
Charges Conspiracy to Defraud
The chief indictment charges that
early in April the defendants entered
INTO conspiracy to defrand the gov
etnmcbt Of duties and taxes on the
liquor in the Republic Warehouse. Pre-
nous to that time they had caused the
1900 cases Of whisky and the 2s5 cases
Of champagne to be placed in the
warehouse subject upon withdrawal to
the payment of the duties and taxes.
1t is charged that then they forged
Federal withdrawal permit which
purportcd TO allow the transfer of the
liquor to another bonded warehouse in
Philadelphia. They presented this per-
NIT to the warehouse and the govern
. ment storekeeper allowed them to take
the 5l95 cases away, after which, the
Indictment reads, they disposed of it
TO persons unknown
Considerable quantities of the IL