Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-02-23
3 M0RE: BOOZE
RAIDS ARE MADE
Prohibition Enforcement Men
Find Liquor in Two Hotels
Here Tuesday

Coming 70 this city at . o'clock
| Tuesday Afternoon. Federal Prohlbl-
| ton Icn ,crce,nent Officer Sam Henri
! Cone raidcd three places in the city
! whore .'ouzp was alleged to be OBJ
| taina BILE. The first raid was at the
! Central Hotel at Smith and state
str. ct; the SECOND at the Ferry Hotel
| at Smith and Front streets and the
thi, d at No. &c smith street. At both
tn, Central and Ferry Hotel liquor
was fouud and the proprietors were
arrested but at No. 26 Smith street
a search of the place failed to bring
to light any liquor and no arrests
We're made.
At the Central Hotel whiskey was
found in several of the rooms and
Samuel Siegel who is conducting
the place in the absence of the pro-
prietor. Sam .Sibersky. was placed
under arrest and taken before
United States Commissioner John A.
DelaneySwhere he was held under
$500 bail for the action of the
federal grand jury. Siegel employed
Attorney Walter }. Rielley to repre-
sent him.
/ Following the raid at the Central,
which was done without any com
motion and without attracting much
Ferry Hotel at Smith and Front
streets. Although a search OF the
building was made no liquor could
be located and this fact for "a time
baffled Cone. So sure was he that
liquor was in the place that he look
ed everywhere possible, even in the
bottom of a slot machine built to
play phonograph records which
stood in the barroom.
Two of the party who were
searching rooms on the second floor
came downstairs and asked Con e
why he sent for them. He replied
that he did not send for them. 10
which they replied that Jacob Ber-
kowitz, the proprietor of the place.
had told them to stop their search
as Cone wanted them downstairs
Cone sent them back to work and
soon they reported the fact that
pure alcohol had been located by
them in a rear room, the door being
locked and the men had to climp
through a window and walk across
an upper porch in order to enteI
the room.
The raid at 26 Smith street failed
to bring to light any liquor, although
two copper measures Were located
by Cone in five gallon can of wa
Ter ulutT lHe OAR III II Itdl lOOiii.
Cone was of the opinion that the
measures had contained alcohol and
had been thrown into the water as
he entered the place. No arrests
were made however.
The room in which the alcohol
was found was said to be occupied
by Joseph Fingerote. The find con-
sisted of four quart bottles of alcohol
which was confiscated. 1t is suppos-
ed that Berkowitz placed the stuff
in the room when he saw Cone in
the building. Berkowit:- seemed eX-
tremely anxious to get Cone to leave
the building and even aide him in
making the search. When Cone at
first failed to find the alcohol. Ber-
kowitz put on his overcoat and told
Cone he would go right up to the
commissioners Office. The staff was
not found until after Berlowitz had
left the place. 1t is supposed that
Berkowitz thought that hy calling
the soarchers down stairs that Cone
would leave without finding the al
cohol hidden in the re; room.
Berkowitz was also hcl1 by Com
missioner Delaney for the Fec eral
Grand Jury. his bail being fixed at
$500. Berkowitz also employed
Walter T. Rielley as counsel