Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-01-29
S|XST|LLS AND
MOONsH|NE ARE .
TAKEN IN RAID.
Lieutenant Joseph GutoWskl,
Officers Frank Burke and
Franzb|au Make Raids
WOMAN is ARRESTED
Her Husband Has Been Made
Crazy by Drinking His
Own MoonShine

Two raids of houses in Grove
street this morning by Lieutenans
Detective Joseph Gutowski, Motor
cycle officer Frank Burke and Po-
lice Chauffeur Aaron Franzpiau,
netted six stills. twenty barrels OF
mash, several gallons of moonsnine
and large quantities of rye, pfune5,
sugar and other ingredients for the
ma nufacture of moonshine..
Both of the raids were the direct
result of an arrest made yesterday
afternoon by Patrolman Henry Zan-
zalari and Chauffeur Emil Koyen.
The officers took into custody Joe
Hoffman of $50 Grove street for
being drunk on complaint of his
wife, Fanny. The man seemed to
be crazy and when examined was
said to be suffering from delirium
tremens. Although he denied that
he was making the stuff himself
which was making him crazy, Detec-
tive Gutowski had been suspecting
the mans house for some time and
believed the wife was employed in
making the moonshine which had
succeeded in making her husband
crazy.
This morning the Hoffman woman
came to police headquarters to see
her husband and arrange for his
being taken to the insane asylum at
Trenton. While the woman was in
the police station Detective Gutow-
ski accompanied by Officers Burke
and Franzblau slipped into the po-
lice car and went to the woman's
house.
Arriving at the house they found
boy at home and ordered him to
IL -. h0 in
operation. The boy at once led the
officers to the cellar where room
had been converted into a well
equipped distillery. There were four
fifteen gallon stills, each ready for
action although they were not in
operation. The police believe the
Hoffman woman shut them off be-
fore she left for the police station.
In addition to the elaborate copper
system of stills and copper coils IN
the cooling apparatus, ten barrels OF
mash were discovered and confiscat-
ed, kerosene being thrown in them
A one gallon jug of moonshine, the
completed product, was seized to-
gether with a large number of jars
containing moonshine, various kinds
of mash. prunes, raisins and sugar.
While making this raid the officers
were tipped off that another house
on the same street had one or more
stills in operation.
Going to the next house the OFF,
GERS found a ferocious looking dog
guarding the entrance. Hearing
some one in the house the officers
shouted to attract the attention of
the occupant. A man came to the
door and was ordered to tie up the
dog. The officers then went into
the house and proceeding to the cell
lar discovered another room fitted
up as distillery with two stills in
operation.
The man, John Berenyi, fifty nine,
was arrested charged with violating
the prohibition law and charged
with violating the prohibition law
and taken to the police station to-
gether with much of the equipment.
Ten barrels of mash were also found
here, all of which were ruined by
the addition of kerosene. Four bags
of rye were found together with
prunes, sugar and some of the
finished product.
The woman had not yet left the
police station when the police patrol
returned and she was at once placed
under arrest charged with violating
the prohibition law. Chief Niels J.
Tonnesen informed the federal au-
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