The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-21
CHARGED UNION RATE,
S15 PER CASE; PAID
IN $1,000 BILLS

man DlStlllery In Baltimore and
Overholt Distillery in Pittsburgh
and others"
You paid 5000. 900 in all to Orr
and Murphy for these liquor with.
drawal permits?"
Yes. 1 paid that between May
and August, 1921"
Were the prices always the
same?"
Held to "UniOn" Price.
Eyes, always SIS a case for the
permits. 1t was the union price,"
THE crowd got its biggest laugh
of the day when Senator BrOOkhart
asked "how much liquor is in a
case"
Nobody told him.
You couldn't get these permits
except from Orr?"~
That's right, got turned down
by the prohibition commissioner the
day before l first went to Orr"
Goroni explained that Orr and
panies 81 a case to "get their
You mean they gave you 81
case for filling out an application
for liquor withdrawals"
Yes, and then when they got the
application granted and the permits
were issued, Orr sold them to us
at SIS a case. II we didn't buy the
permits, Orr would sell them to
somebody else at the same price"
You mean that after Orr paid
you 81 a case to use your com.
pany's name on a withdrawal per-
nit. the liquor was sold to boot.
leggers?"
YES"
You didn't get the liquor your.
self them"
No"
Barred in New York Trial.
Goroni said he wasn't alloweA to
testify in his trial at New York
because my lawyer wouldn't let
me-"
Goroni said he met Howard Man.
nilrgton, friend of the Attorney Gen.
eral, in New York through an m
PRODUCTION by Orr Goroni said he
was told Warrington would take
care Of everything"
Asked about some efforts to get
money back from Orr Goroni said
many fellows were after him."
IT paid Orr $4,000 for 100 cases
Of Scotch for legitimate purposes"
he added. IT never got the liquor,
so 1 tried to get my money back"
Goroni said in his New York trial,
in which he was acquitted, both
United States District Attorney Hay
ward and the prohibition commits
sioner charged the withdrawal per
mits were stolen?"
Did Howard Warrington ever
pay back any money!"
Pepaid BY Fielder
There was a meeting in New
York and Warrington was there
but 1 don't know which one paid
the money back"
How much money was paid
back?"
About $4,000 to $4,000 to four
or five people"
"Who handed the money!"
Thomas B. Fielder paid it to
Them
How many cases were obtained
in this manner?'
Between $4,000 and $4,000 cases."
You had some trouble with
Felder?"
Yes, 1 paid him $4,000 SO I
wouldn't be indicted. When 1 was
indicted 1 asked Fielder for my
money back"
Why did you go to Felder?"
He was recommended to me by
w. J. Flynn, former head of the
Bureau Of Investigation"
Goron said he had legally obtained
permits for 400 cases of imported
Scotch whiskey for which he was
offered "a quarter of a million dol.
lars" by Fielder.
Charge Against Daugherty.
II got the permits legally, but the
people in Scotland, after they got
the liquor here legitnate'v /
me to turn it over for bootegging
purposes, said Goronl. a. rcI1oAu,
and Fielder told me 1 was crazy, and
said could get quarter of mil
lion dollars for my permits"
The Scotch liquor, he said. was
stored in the AlderSpolt warehouse
In New York city, and had been
brought here by Abrams & Co.
What became of the liquor?"
Abrams & Co. tried to get it
away from me-" said Gorohi. "By
order of the court at the suggestion
OF the Attorney General, the court
returned to Scotland"
You mean Mr.. Daugherty?'
Yes; he wrote letter to the dis.
trict attorney"
Goroni said he got a court order
to hold the liquor under bond and
gave 1t, to a New York sheriff to
enforce.
The boat sailed one night and
carried the sheriff three miles out"
Goroni added, "a month later, my
liquor was being sold on the streets
Of New York by bootleggers."
Tug Rescued Sheriff.
How did the sheriff get back?"
the steamship company sent a
tug boat out to bring him back"
Goroni said he lost $35, 900 on the
Scotch deal" through payments of
storage charges. The shipment was
sent hie company on credit by
Abrams and Company, he added
and he paid the storage charges
while 1t was held in bond pending
his payment Of the full charges.
Did you ever offer to pay the
full charges?"
Yes, but they refused the pay.
ment. Orr came to me and tried
to get my papers, but said /
wouldn't give them up but was
ready to pay my bill. He said
he would see about it, and later
he called me UP and told me to
go to hell"
WAS Orr representing the Scotch
company"
mo. he simply negotiated my
order for the whiskey with the