The New York herald., 1922-09-03
|OASlS OF BROADWAY
|CABARETS Is RAIDED
Liquors of All Kinds Seized in
82d Street Apartment of
< 'Millionaire.'
WOMAN AT DOOR is DUPED
Iruckload Of Scotch Taken in
Bronx-Manhattan Police
Make Queens Haul.

Another alleged oasis was ruined yes
terday by detectives. who presented
themselves at the apartment Of Albert
Blanchard. 15l West Eighty-second
street, and showed MT. Blanchard. nice
looking young man Of 60. . search war;.
want issued by Supreme Court Justice
McGoldrick
The raiding party conastsd OF Detec-
tiyes DE Luca, Unverzagt. Sayior and
Teomey.- They declared that reliable
persons had told them liquor was being
dispensed at tho Blanchard nat and that
quantities of 1t were being rushed aightly
TO cafes, whore men and women were
willing to take big chances and pay high
prices.
The detectives were SO polite that
the persons in the flat were deceived.
Unyerzagt knocked upon the door with
all his Luxemburgian courtesy. A
woman sweetly inquired OF the gentle
men what their pleasure was.
Madame" said Detective Unverzagt
with bow, ''we regret that We are
detectives and possess here q warrant
thst entities us 70 survey the prem
ises.,
The lady tried slamming the door
Ia detective Unverzagt's face, but neg
Iected to observe that his generous foot
prevented. The lady screamed and the
detectives leaned against the door, with
the result that 1t parted from its hinges.
Thus foiled, the lady made for a win
dow, and had 1t not been for the swift
ness of Detective Unverzagt she might
have leaped out, regardless of the fact
that it was closed. From what the de-
tectiyes blushingly told the reporters,
IL IS quite as well that the lady was
restrained. Her clothing was not notice.
able by it's presence--that Is. not all OF
IT,
All this, of course. caused no end OF
noise. and other tenants in the building
flocked into the nails to find out what
was going on in millionaire Blanch-
ards apartment, for that is what they
cali him. warranted or not.
Madame" soothed Detective Unyer-
zagt to the agitated female, calm your
self. We shall arrest Mr.. Blanchard
only" .
So they took Mr.. Blanchard to Magis-
trate McAndrews's court along with the
following;
Twelve bottles of benedictine, s42
bottles OF gin, 16s bottles OF various
sorts of wines, 81 bottles Of whisky, Is
bottles OF Bacardi rum, 5 gallons OF al
=
boiler equipped with four faucets and
= large quantity OF Juniper Juice.
The detectives say too that they found
n revolver in the flat and that any
hustling bootlegger might have sold the
liquor for $4,000.
Mr.. Blanchard was more or less in
dignant. He said that he was a broker,
but the Magistrate held him in $500 bail
for hhs alleged violation OF the dry laws
and another $500 for having that pistol,
which he said belonged to some guest
who had forgot to depart armed.
That by no means was the extent OF
activities to dry up New York. Up in
The Bronx Prohibition Agents Kerrigan
and sStaffors chased q truckload of
Scotch whisky fifteen blocks before cap
turing it. And 1t was not until they
had drawn their guns on the men man.
ming the truck The agents say that
out of the truck ten cases of Scotch had
been taken into an inn on East fremont
avenue and that the incident showed
how far rum runners will 60 to deceive
truck was plainly printed the name OF
= picture frame company.
Over in New Jersey the drys purpose
bathing In pitiless publicity all lawyers
who Join an organization. which. if the
drys are correctly informed. would rem
der free legal services to poor bootleg
gers and embarrassed rum runners. who
through no desire on their part are haled
into the courts by the authorities.
The Anti-Saloon League says that Il
has received from a number Of indig-
nAnt lawyers a copy of circular letter
SIGNED by the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment
Two men were arrested on charges Of
violating the Mulicn-Gage act. and
eAghty-four cases and six barrels Of beer
were connscated in Middle Village.
Queens. last night. by Patrolman Kelly
Of Manhattan Police Headquarters. The
men were George Young. SO, 400 Met
ropoltan avenue. Middle Village, Queens,
end Arthur Wishnak, 81, of 857 Eastern
Parkway, Brooklyn.
Police believe Wishnak to be the
owner OF the beer, which was found
stored in Youngs garage back OF his
house. The two will be arraigned in
Rid0cwood Court fo-mOrrow