Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-20

quart of whiskey was found and the
bottie furnishes the foundation for
the prohibition Violation charSe
made by Agent Cone. 4
A. the first search of the premises
no girl; were found but when a see
ont, probe took place the kearusS (;
girl was Ioun,. b. Detective Lieufcn-S
ant Joseph GutowsKi hiding among
the rafters of garage building ad
Joining the cafe. Evidently she had*
climbe. out of a window on the SEE
ond floor and sec,eted herself IN the
garage when she heard the officers
enter, bccai'se none of the rooms
were occupied when the officers
made their search of the premises.
A crowd of SPECTATORS thronged
the sidewalk in front of the High.
street saloon when the word spread3
,tha. a raid was in progress and +
court rooI. was wei. fllled this H2e ~
ing by persons nlltlcipatinGS'zs n sg
tional deveiorments. The ou23i1tSt ~
son arraigneI in conuection with this.
case, ,7owcr9r. was the Kearns giiI
and she left al 10 o'clock this mornsi
inw after she hac collected the $50
necessary to ray her fine. The girl
is said to - a member of a Weli
known family in Newark. but sae
reft sts tc cerlment upon this phase
of the situation.
OHcerG ASSISTING in the raid IN ad' {
diticn t, Detective Lieutenant Josepk
Gutowsls.. County Detective Fitzpat' 4
rick. A gent Cone and Detective Joi1r
Murray, include Sergeant John
Larson, Detective Michael Muska
Chaufeu.. VJillis Clooney and Pau
I.ayden. When the raid was finished
Office. Hayden was left on guard ~
the sslotn where he was relieved az
3 o'cloc. Sunday morning by Pa-s
trolmen Henry Zanzalari and Archl-
bald Mason. The guard was posted
to watcl' out for other persons WHO
might have been concealed in tnc
building No additional arrests req
suited however.
Raid on Black Cat
The raid on the BLACK Cat Was5
conducted after the cxcitement frohi4
the first raid had quoted down.
There were nine in the raiding party
at the Smith street establishments,
consisting of Officer Cone, Deputys
II. S. Marshal Lewis, County Defec 4
tive William Fitzpatrick. Detectives
John A. Murray, Joseph Gutowskf|
nnd Michael Muska, Sergeant John
Larsen and Patrolman Joseph Gay-s
dos. The second and third floorss
of the old savings bank building
are occupied by the BLACK Ca.,
there being a pool parlor on fhea
third floor and restaurant ana rec
reation rooms on the second floor.
The raiding party quietly entered !,
tbe building. officers being Stationed
at all exits so that no one could get
out. A search of the rooms follow.
ed. resulting in the discovery OF
MANY empty whislley bottles OF tnss
pint and half pint size. In the room
of Powell Banks, the proprietoI
bottle containing gin ana ano,nefN
containing a small amount Oh WIS
kew was discovered by Oincer Soh s.
Every room was searched, owners y
trunks were forced TO open them Ior
;nsnection. the coal was shoveled out
of the bin and not a spot overiooh-s
ed in the search for evidence.
No disorderly persons were found
in the building. There were anout
twenty colored people, including
men and women. in the establlsn 81
mont when the raid was made. ali3
denied that they had bought any
liouor in the place. Banks explalneuA
that he had the bottle which Ohicef3
Con'e seized for his own private use
and was not selling 1t. Several emmy ~
bottles were discovered on the tapie
in his room together with SOFA
water bottles.
Upstairs in the pool parlor some
empty whiskey bottles were iouna
but none of them contained ans
IioIIor. No one was found on the Il
third floor.
The occupants Of the rooms were y
under the belief that all We're 70 rs
arrested and many pleaoed thsli 4
innocence to the police officers
no effort was made to prevent th
officers from going on with their
search of the place no arrests were 4
made for interfering with the police.
Banks was arrested on a charge OF Il
violating the prohibition act and 81
being held to await hearing before
United States Commissioner John
A. Delaney this afternoon.
Shortly after the raiders entered j
the building officer William Cluney]
arrived with the police patrol. Ths
excitement attracted a crowd that