Evening star., 1925-01-09
MAGISTRATE RAIDS
HOTEL GRILL ALONE
Philadelphia Official Says
Walters Sought to Take
Seized Liquor Away.
specI,I nlsnatch q The Star

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January .
Sensational testimony of his single~
handed raid on the grillroom of the
RitzCarlton Hotel was given today
by Magistrate Carney in the Seventh
and Carpenter streets police station.
Carney, stormy petrol of the minor
judiciary here, caused the arrest last
night OF Edward Coleman Peace OF
Paoli after Carney, az he alleged, had
seized liquor on tables in the grill
room.
Magistrate Coward. presiding at the
hearing, fined Peace $3.50, with the
alternative OF five days in jail. The
youth elected to pay the fine.
In the course of his testimony
Magistrate Carney charged that a
large quantity of wines and liquors
had been served at a dinner in an
other Broad street hotel He also de-
clared that If Mayor Kendrick lis on
the level in his paddock campaign"
the mayor will paddock the Ritz Carl
ton and some other hotels
Exhibits Seized Liquor.
Carney exhibited on the witness
stand haIf-pint bottle said to con-
tain Scotch whisky and a partly filled
quart bottle. supposedly containing
rye whisky. 1t was part of the liquor
ne said he seized in the grillroom-
The remainder he turned over to po-
ice whom he summoned to the hotel
AT one point Magistrate Carney drew
hre from Magistrate Coward when the
former intimated he would not trust the
police entirely with the liquor evidence,
and for that reason had retained some
OF the liquid himself
Last evening about ) 80 / went to
Director Buffers office The director let
me in. Elliott was there l said if they
would send me men when / called at a
certain hour that would pull the trick.
was told by Elliott that the police
were able to do 1t themselves l said to
him: If you don't, will I'll pull it my
self Elliott said that he had been in
the Ritz Carlton grill shortly before mid
night the night before, that he found
everything orderly and only four or i've
persons there. That was not so, because
L know there were so or 60 there at
midnight
Recognized by Waiter.
ITO show that Elliott did not know
what he was talking about, i went
there myself at midnight I walked
over to party at a table where there
was woman that l knew, and up to
that time no one had noticed me-
| asked this lady what she thought of
conditions there, and she said Terri
BILE All this time one of the guests
was throwing dice on the floor.
Suddenly 1 was recognized by one
of the head walters, who said: Look
who's here Immediately the order
went forth to get the bottles off the
table and dispose of the drinks. Most
of them did, but one party at a table
wasn't fast enough, and l managed to
grab the drinks in a number Of
glasses and poured them into a quart
bottle.
II managed to get some of it into
bottles and hold on to it, in spite
OF the efforts of some of the walters
to knock 1t out of my hand. Then I
appealed to the house detective TO
help me. But, instead of helping
| me. he helped the guests to get out"
The magistrate paused, turned to
Peace and tapped him lightly on the
back.
Peace ridiculed me and called me
all kinds OF names. / was helpless.
My arms were full of bottles and
glasses. 1 was holding on to the
evidence. I managed to worm my
way over to the desk and, placing
the bottles and glasses under one
arm, telephoned to the Detective
Bureau and the third police district
| for help.
Divided Seized Liquor.
When help arrived, this man here
| was still continuing his abuse and I
| ordered his arrest. He said the cops
| could not arrest him."
II divided the seized liquor I gave
the police some and kept the other
myself. am not taking any chances
| these days.
Il wanted to save the evidence.
That was what I was after" said Car
! ney, "and the Ritz Hotel is not the
| only hotel am after. Gen. Butler has
an affidavit in his possession in which
| it is charged that we'll known So
ciety woman gave a banquet at the
| Bellevue Stratford at which from 20
| to 40 cases of wine and liquor were
| served.
| IF Mayor Kendrick is on the level
in padlocking all these cases, let him
| include the Bellevue and the Ritz, too,
and not pick on the others"