The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-14
FEDERAL DRY AGENTS MAKE SlOO,OO(O] HAUL
Twenty Two Persons Placed
 Under Arrest At Mobile As 52 Of Uncle Sans Agents
 SWoop Down Upon Port EXPOSE MAY EVEN TOP REGENT SAVANNAH RAIDS Government Men Claim Viola
 tors Entrenched Politically And Financially And so
 More Arrests Are Promised

MOBILE. Ala, Nov 13.-(By As sociated Press. )-Imported liquor valued at more than $1Oo,0OO has been seized, 22 persons are under arrest on charges ranging from bribery of government agents to possession of liquor, and approxi- mately so additional warrants are still to be served in connection with tLe raids conducted in Mobile city and county last night, when 52 fed eral agents swooped down upon this section.
 The storing of liquor in the fed eral building. which was started early this morning. had not been completed late this afternoon.
 Eight large truck loads of fine imported liquors had been unloaded at the building by the middle of the afternoon.
 The raids, the most sensational ever staged in this city. took place early Tuesday morning, and were the outgroWth of an investigation which has been under way in this city since last June by the intelli gence unit of the commissioner of internal revenue. Sensational dis closures. involving prominent people, will be made when all warrants have been served, according to the agents in charge.
 New Orleans Man Leader.
 The raids were directed by NJ. overpeck. divisional chief of the Eighth prohibition district, with headquarters at New Orleans, ana embracing the states of Georgia, Ala banla. and Mississippi. Chief Over peck sent his best men into the Mobile territory. according to a statement issued by John B Murphy, special agent of New Orleans. attached to the Eighth district
 Agent Murphy stated that the Pull ma nload of men who came over Mon day were special agents and repre- sentatives of the internal revenue de- partment.
 These men were connected with the bribery and conspiracy end of the big Eaid. The real prohibition work was done by the Einstein- Reagan party. who had been in Mobile for como time, and who seized every thing from three ounces of white lightning to 800 cases of imported high grade whisky" said Agent Murphy.
 Those arrested the charge against each, and the disposition of each case after the defendant appeared before United States Commissioners J. I. Burgett and J. Blocker Thornton. follow:
 Percy NJ Kearns. charged with bri- bery and conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law, released under $10,000 bond; J, M. McEvoy, charged with bribery and conspiracy in two cases, released on $20,000 bond: Ben F. Cody, conspiracy, waved examination and placed under S10.000 bond; Dan Jemison, bribery and con spiracy and possession, committed to jail in default of $21,00O bond; Ge- ronimo Perez, conspiracy, jailed in default of s10O00 bond; Richard Chrisman, conspiracy and possession 1 released on S11,000 bond; Lamar Kelly. conspiracy and possession, jailed in default of s11,000 bond; Jake Zuckerman, possession placed under bond of S1,000; John Joseph, possess sion, plea of guilty, made bond of S1,000 and was released; Mike Zelar, possession, plea of guilty and re- leased on $1,000 bond George Her. man, possession. pleaded guilty and placed under bond of $1,000; Lloyd billiard, plea of guilty and released on bond of s1,O0O on the same charge Sam Levanthral, pleaded guilty to the same charge and made bond in the sum of $1000; A. E. Green, sale and possession, gave bond of S1000 in each case; Henry J. Thompson, pos session, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the federal grand jury in the sum of $1,000: Ro-
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