New Britain herald., 1923-01-01
SHANLEYS AND
OTHERS RAIDED
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af home eslsbFatiOhs presumably vet
N one Is 10 take this as fair sample
ems rich Park avenue heme where
the butler got 50 hilarious the fami-
~ had 70 have him eaTted on 20 Jail,
celebrat0Fs with iEeaTms rolled up
q casualty list Of two fatally wounded
ana several others less seriously hurt
while others apparently convinced
they were hurnlns up, save the fiFe
department 81 unnecessary runs,
Oppose nry Ageats,
Trouble al the .Monte Carlo came
shsrily after midnight when merry
makers there as elsewhere along the
white way had worked themselves into
q state Of high resentment against the
prohibition agents and policemen
many az whom appeared suFFeptioasH
by in evening clothes,
Agents Charles Grill and Otto Fab
rieus Of the Washington enforcement
stan were the yietims-paFtieulafly
Grill. When he entered Grill spotted
a bottle at the side Of Charles New
ms. brass manufacturer who was ems
|tertaining a party Of friends. lie ess
sayed 20 pick II up, Somebody sent
him sprawiing with an upperent 10
the law and the battle cry went up,
'sThe hooteh hounds are IN again."
Fabrieus seized Neyins and told him
he was under arrest. Then the ava
lanehe broke. Angry men In evening
clothes and women in low cut gowns
swirled about the two. shouting i'm
precautions and swinging chairs. bot
ties and fists.
Woman Waliops Man.
The agents seemed at the point OF
auelling the disturbance nnaided when
suddenly a comoly young woman wal
Hoped Grill In the eye. The night was
on again.
Grill finally escaped, In shower OF
bottles, 20 the street. when he hired
Ave shots into the air. A score OF
policemen rushed up. fought their
way In and extricated Fnbrious, VINO
still chung TO Nevins' collar.
Neyins was one of more than 100
jewellers who were booked during the
night on various New Year celeha-
ton charges. West 7th street station
where most OF the Broadway prison.
ers were taken seethed with fashion
ably attired victims through whose
midst professional bondsmen, fathers,
mothers and sweethearts circled seeF-
ing whom they might aid.
! The prisoners who had the rela-
lively good fortune to be arrested by
police were released on bail. Those
who fell into federal clutches saw the
gray New Year dawn through The
station house bars.
The cabarets whose patrons had
been warned in advance OF what wai
to happen did not have quite their old
accustomed crowds. Reservations
sold usually at SIS plate, plus the
customary kings ransom for viands.
"Saucc" Was Popular
A feature in some of the dining
rooms was the unprecedented popu
larity to which certain brand o.
sause bottle attained, and the sauce
itself must have been more palatabl'
than usual for guests who ordinaril.
took a few drops of 1t. consumed en-
tire bottles, apparently with grea
relish.
so Held in Newark
Newark, N. j., Jan. 1.-Althougf
downtown cafes, hotels and cabaret
could not accommodate the crowd.
last night, prohibition officers sale
that there was less liquor consumed
here than on any New Years since
national prohibition went into effect
/ Celebrators were merry but for tht
most part sober the officers said.
About so persons were arrested, III
of whom were charged with being in
toxicated. The others were held or
charges of carrying concealed weap'
ons and firing them within the CIT!
limits