The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-13

Due to the fact that the liquor traf- fife was carried on in such a clever manner the police have not been able to get anything on the owner until Saturday night The place had been under surveillance both night and day by regular patrolnen wlaio happened to have that place on their post and also by plain clothes men who were detailed to watch the store in QueS- tion.
 However, the proprietor of the place had evidently worked the whole traf- fic out to a science. as a1th ough 1t is during the daytime, the actual trans porting of the liquor took place aOrund II o'clock at night when the policemen were changing shifts This along with an elaborate signalling system which the man had also worke out had proved a big help to them in the pursuit Iof their unlawful trade
 Saturday night, however. Sergeant liam Ryno who had been specially detailed to watch the place noticed a Ford coupe driving in the alley at ex- actly II o'clock. The officers hap pened to bU in hiding about 200 feet away and after a series of signals by ore of the supposed bootleggers con sisting of the waving of a cigarette three times in the air and also the waving of the hands to denote that everything was all right the officers swooped down upon the place.
 At the same time the Car was started again the men having discov- cred the officers by seeing their shad- ows' cast across the froIit of the car caused by the headlight. Sergeant Wolfe. pulling out his badge, com manded the car to stop. in the name kept going. knocking Sergeant Wolfe down in his flight. After regai inins his domposure the officer arose, and Officer Ryno, in the meantime. who h tf1 md inc <I,a r h his gun in his hand afraid to shoot for fear of hitting Sergeant Wolfe who stood directly in his path, blazed away with his gun.
 Sergeant Wolfe, by this time. had also dr@wn his gun and he also b1az- ed away at the fleeing car, which was by this time about 150 feet away II is believed that some Of the bullets hit the car
 After the car had made good it's escape the officers went to the iron, of the store and Cohen had switched off the lights in the car and was flee ing in another machine, when the of- cers interrupted his pursuit and told him to stop. He then asked to be allowed to return and lock up his store, because in his hurry to make his escape, had gone off without lock- ing the front door. He was allowed to do so and then taken to the Fourth Precinct where, although not booked he was turned over to the Federal
 
 At The local prohibition office this morning however it was stated that the man had not been arrested, al though the case will be given a thorough Investigation
 Cohen still maintains that he was not selling pure alcohol, that 1t was denatured alcohol. This if true, will exonerate the druggist as he is al lowed to sell this kind of alcohol used in many lines of business. Cohen was caught once before and although not arrested at the time an officer surpris. ing him in the back of his store just as he was loading some cases on ar auto. At that time he stated tha- the stuff in question was denaturec alcohol and that he was taking it over to the garage to use in his car It wa. later learned however that he did no own car.
 The names of the two men who made good their escape in the coupe have been learned and the local police are making a, thorough investigation 1 of the case in conjunction with the in. vestigation also being made by the CContinued on Page Six)