Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-16
BIG GDRYRA|DCUTS
Bootleg SUPPLIES
$500 600 N Liquors Sslssd N
South street. lmportsr's
Premises


UNCOVER $1,OUOyUO F.V'
Philadelphia bootaseters are in
panic todiy, following two ctf3kss ~
prohibition agents, which, it 10 eeld'
greatly reduced the bootleg liquor sap'
p't The % Srst blow was the selsurs lat,
Yesterday Of liquors valued ct mSss Ssss
than $500, 900 from . wafehouee q ~
south street, owned By I. L. Npcchvts,
and the uncoverinG Of an ALLEGED plen
whereby agents 1ay hs and nw ~
Milton W. Mpschuts. supplied sn0o
sands Of cases OF liquor 70 tie ooouee
trade In this city By represent!ns t snas
the rum had betn shipped 70 dree
stores. Lipschuts has q permit GO !m:
port liquors and eell to drug stores and
hospitals for medicinal purposes.
Warrants charging conspiracy to oe.
fraud the Government, conspiracy so
use the mails in q scheme to defeeu9' }
and with forging the name OF Jonn =.
Davis, director OF prohihitton, Mi! p
his son today, United States district
ATTORNEY George Coles has taken pr.
sonal charge OF the case and steps were
taken today to revoke Lipschuts's per.
init.
Alleged q 900 900 Plot Foilsd
The second development was the ar.
rest Of George N. Kellerman, manager
Of a Government bonded warehouse at
Eddington. and the Illustration Of g
plot by which agents say he had planned
TO take considerably more than $1,.
900 900 Of whisky from the warehouse
and leave in it's place barrels fi!sd
with water. He was held under $700O
Howard Long, charged with attempting
to bribe Luther Sterner, customs store.
keeper ar the warehouse, and Will b
given q further hearing Saturday.
Kellcrman was arrested at Broad and
Lombard streets by Nicholas @. Brooks,
Treasury agent. after a night and wat
taken before Commissioner Long and
held under $500 bail for q further
hearing on Saturday morning.
Say Bribe Was Offered |
According to Mr.. Brooks. Sterner
was stationed at the, warehouse at
Eddington in the daytime. The owner
Of the warehouse employed kellerman
as manager. It IL charged BY the Gov.
ernment investigators that several days
ago Kellerman went to Sterner and
offered him $1,000 for the use OF the
keys and seal to the warehouse over
night so that duplicate ones could be
made.
sterner reported the offer to Brooks
who told Sterner to pretend to 30
through with the scheme. So Sterner
told Kellerman that be agreed and the
time was set for the customs officer to
go through with the bargain. Keller.
man told him to meet him at the desig.
mated corner and he would have the
money with him.
Sterner arrived there. In nearby
doorways stood customs officials includ
ing Brooks. kellerman approached
Sterner and handed him the $1,000.
Sterner was pretending to. search in bis
pocket for the key when Brooks In.
formed Kellerman he was under arrest.
The latter tried to break away but rail
into the arms Of three agents.
Raid ON Warehouse
Customs officers, prohibition agents
postal inspectors and secret service
agents made the raid on the Lipschuts
warehouse. In the afternoon and con.
tiscated more than 2400 cases Of rars
wines. whisky and cordials and 24f
casks of wine. Besides diversion ot
liquor. the two men will be charged with
conspiracy to use the mails to defraud,
commit an ofense against the United
States and issuing fraudulent and
forged permits. II convicted, Lipschutz
and his son are liable to seven years
In prison and large fines.
Forged Permits Found
Quisley and Connors, prohibition
agents, say they learned firms by whom
the liquor ostensibly was bought never
received the goods. Further investi.
CATION, Assistant United States At.
torney Friedman said, revealed that
hundreds Of vendor and vendee permits
had been forged with the name Of John
T. Davis, State Prohibition Director.
Mr., Friedman said that instead Of sell.
ing the LIQUOR to persons who were en-.
titled to It the firm "bootlegged" It
with fraudulent permits.
Cits Alleged Shipments
Two additional cases of alleged "di.
version" Of liquor, shipped out by the
suspected concern on what are said to
have been forged permits. were un.
covered today BY agents Of the en-.
iorcement Office and the United States
Attorney.
One was the shipment of ten cascs
OF brandy to Charles Bacon. of o7Ol
South Marvine street, on April 10.
The permit was forged. according to the
Federal Attorneys Office. Bacon for.
merly held a permit but 1t was revoked
April @. lie has Informed the authori.
ties that tho tan cases reported as sent
to him never were received by him.
The second instance alleged BY the
authorities was the shipment of four.
teen cases Of brandy in the name Of
Jacob Sterling, Of G and Shellinger
streets, permit holder. Inquiry of
r, Sterling showed he had neither
ordered nor received the brandy, the
agents say.
Assistant United States Attorney An.
derson. In charge Of the investigation.
says he has uncovered number OF
small shipments. indicating there were
permit f0rgeries covering as few az two
cases. The brandy involved in the
larger shipments brought to light today
IL worth about $25O0.