Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-03-21
PRObERS TOLD
Of COLLECTIONS
OF $1,000 BILLS
Big Money Is Again Mentioned
In Investigation of At
torney Generals Actions
WHISKEY WITHDRAWAL
N. Y. Drug Company Head
Tells of Paying Money to
Obtain Booze Permits

WASHINGTON, March 21:-More
collections of 81 900 bills were un-
, earthed today in testimony before
the Daugherty investigating commit
tee.
This time they were for Illicit
withdrawals of whiskey from federal
warehouses.
John Goroni, president of the Alps
Drug Company of New York, testi-
fed that after being refused with
drawrls by Prohibition Comm. !ssion-
er / n he had paid owen Murphy.
a = + of Will A. Orr, $3.50, 900
and 10 Orr himself $4,000 for with
drawal permits. Or Goroni testi-
fled, was selling withdrawal permits
for SIS a case. md he ,.iderstood
Howard Warrington, friend of the
attorney generals, who had desk
in the Little green house on K
street," got Two dollars a case TO- his
part.
Fifty thousand dollars in one thou
sand dollar bills, Goroni testified,
was collected from "o.her parties"
among them liquor dealer named
John Lynn who later hanged HIM
self.
"How much of this 100000 was
for liquor" Goroni was asked.
mo liquor at ALL" he replied,
that was just for the permits"
TIL transa ctions were bet cen
May and August, 1921, Goroni said,
and for signing the withdrawal ap-
plications the drug companies got
fee of 81 a case.
After the drug companies got the
permits, anybody could get the liq-
uor. The fee of 81 case was for
the use of drug companies names, he
said, to get the permits into hands
of bootleggers.
"Didn>t you offer to turn states
evidence?" (This afternoon referred
to Goronis trial in New York with
Orr for conspiracy on liquor charges
Both were acquitted
Goroni answered that he handnt.
''Did what you tell today come out
then?'
mo. the district attorney and the
prohibition director claimed the
permits were stolen"
"Did Howard Manning turn back
some of the money? How much was
paid back?"
"About $4,000 or $50,0o0-it was
through Thomas B. Fielder"
Goroni indicated hat the permits
were "called back and cancelled
through Haynes"
"Some permits went through ?"
eyes, about 60, 900. cases"
"At SIS per case?"
"Yes."
"You had trouble with Felder?"
"Yes-I paid him $4,000 with
promise l would not be indicted.
asked for my money back when l
was indicted
"W 7. Flynn recommended Eel
der TO me-said he was an honest
man." remarked Goroni.
The committee identified Flynn as
former head of the secret service.
Goroni said he imported 7,loo
cases of Scotch whiskey from Scot
land, "in a legitimate way" but that
"W J. Fallon, tn edistillers agent
wanted him to sell 1t to bootieggers'
HE offered me a quarter or
million dollars" Goroni went on
"to sell that to bootleggers. L re-
fused. The whiskey was IN the
White Star warehouse. Helipronher
and Company exporters, tried TO
Aften. that they came to me with
Fielder, and said they would give me
$4,000 to ship the liquor back to
England.
Then Fielder threw him out of his
office. Garoni said, because he re-
fused to accept the $4,000 to re-
linouish his claims to the 7,100 cases
of Scotch.
general. took the witness over his
conversations with Wfliam J. Flynn.
former head of the secret service,
who had told him he was in bad
company. When Howland asked If
FLYNN was not Democratic ap-
pointee. there was kissing from the
crowd in the room.
do you know, as fact, that
Harry M. Daugherty ever sent any
telegram telling Judge Hand to or
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