Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-05-14
HEARINGS HELD
IN RAID CASES
Failed to Find Liquor in Some
of the Places Visited in
Carteret Saturday
STATE CHIEF IN CHARGE
Chief Harrington and Seven
teen Men of His Force AS
sist Dry Agents

CARTERET, May 14:-Prelimin-
ary hearings will be held late this
afternoon before Uaited States Com
missioner Frankln NJ. Ritcl,ie at
New Brunswick IN >connection wit'I
The wholesale raid CT confectionery
stores, soft dflnK places and other
resorts al noon on Satt rday. Com
missioner Ritch'e came TO the bor-
tugh Saturday afternoon. He ncl1
the following men on charges of al
legged possession and sale of liquor
and also on charges of interfering
with the agents in their work in
$1,000 bail which was furnished:
John Breza, John Bennett, Joseph
Koklus, John Wrobel, Adam Wach-
er, Joseph Hallasz, John Fedlem,
Mike Petro. Steven Reback, Joseph
Orsey, Alex kish Joe Holash and
Theodore Holibuskie. Fetro, Koklus,
Holibuskie, Fedlem ard Holash are
represented by Maxwell Sosin, local
attorney.
The dry agents headed by State
Prohibition Director Chamberlain
met Chief Harrington and seventeen
men on his force at the Railway re-
formatory. From there the raiding
party came to the borough armed
with search warrants for the fol-
lowing alleged booze sellers conduc-
ting places in various parts of the
town: Nicholas Horvath, John Breza
Michael Raffo, John bennett, Joseph
koklus. Alex Bodo. William Pazar,
Louis Syzmanski, Michael Ridish,
Charles Horyath, Michael StreIa,
John Wrobel. Herman Greenwald,
Joseph Pelkan, Thomas Dheor,
Daniel Kasher, Alec Munkacsy, AL
exander Ravilk, Adam Wacher, Jo-
seph Kleben. Frank Ashen, Inrico
Coaccioli, James Moody. Frank
Katko, Joseph Hallasz, Charles
Barge, John Fedlem. Mike Petro.
Mike Kastrin, Joseph Orsey and Alec
kish. The agents also walked into the
place owned by Steven Rebak and
alleged to have ordered drink
which was served to them.
Saturdays whirlwind raid was
planned with utmost secrecy. Taking
Mayor Mulvihill into his confidence,
Chief Harrington in the last few
weeks has gathered valuable inform
alton preparatory to the invasion.
Questionable emporiums were under
constant surveillance of the police.
Chief Harrington also secured first
on charges of drunkenness. The list
of alleged booze sellers was daily
augmented. When the needed in
formation was obtained the dry
agents were called upon to assist in
the task of making wholesale
roundup of the places in the bor-
ough.
Shortly after II A. NJ. State Pro-
hibition Director Adrian Chamberlin,
Chief Enforcement Agent Charles
Wolowitz and a force of nineteen dry
agents arrived in Carteret. Awaiting
the dry officers were Chief of Police
Harrington and his entire police
force. The combined forces then
encircled the borough like a net
Within twenty minutes or so all of
the thirty-six places in question were
visited at almost the same time.
While one group of dry agents comb
ed the lower part of the borough for
liquor, other agents searched through
the places in upper Carteret.
Little or no time was left for any
leak telling of the presence of the
agents in the borough, although Di-
rector Chamberlin admitted that he
found liquor in only a third of the
places he had visited. No booze
was located in many places in spite
of the fact that these places were
reported to be selling booze and for
which search warrants were issued.
In no case have the alleged prohibit
tion violators offered resistance when
the dry agents entered the premises,
Mr.. Chambers said. This was the
first raid directed by Mr.. Chamberlin
since his appointment a few weeks
10 Y11u1fn fho State nf To-
sey dry. To a reporter of the Eve
ming News Mr.. Chamberlin declar-
ed that the raid was a success, pay
ing a tribute to his associate Mr..
Wolowitz, for his cooperation.
All of the liquor found in the var
ious places was confiscated. After
placing labels bearing the names of
the owners the alleged booze was
transferred to the police station. In
the haul. the agents secured three
stills, which were said to have been
in operation when the agents took
charge of them. There was a large
collection of whiskey, wine, gin in
the seized goods.
Mayor Mulvihill. Director Cham
BERLIN MIR. Wolowitz and Chief Har-
rington held a private conference
after the raid. Before leaving Mr..
Chamberlin said that each of the
alleged booze violators be held in
$1,000 bail pending a hearing before
United States Commissioner F. NJ
Ritchie. Five hundred dollars was
to be accepted from those who de-
posted bail in cash.
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