The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-01
Long Branch Raids

Seventy county detectives policemen
and deputies, led by Chief of County
Detectives John VI Smith and Chief
of Police Joseph McGarvev OF Long
Branch staged the biggest liquor raid
in the history of Monmouth Saturday
night raiding 10 pla es in Long
Branch.
The establishments were swooped
down upon at exactly 10 O'Clock. The
70 raiders occupied Is autos outside
of Long Branch and promptly at
the zero hour visited their assigned
places.
The spoils Of war were rich and
abundant. The truck that accom-
panied the raiders from Freehold was
filed to Overlooking. The owners OF
the alleged booze was rounded up
and brought before County Court
Clerk Joseph S. Thompson who took
bail. and much Of it from the sorry
looking individuals.
Among the places raided were three
hotels, the Norwood, on Branchport
avenue, owned by Heny Mullen
brink, the Third Avenue hotel, owned
by Otto Cohen and Wilson hotel at
Ocean avenue and South Broadway
owned by Nick Davis.
The county men gathered at Free
hold. There Chief Smith counted
heads. He found in the ranks ready
for service County Detectives Charles
%. Davenport, Leonard Shields, and
Leon Nolan, Philip Il. Erhardt SER
geant at arms at the .Asbury Park
district court, Constable Thomas
Hackett Of Red Bank, Merritt Kent,
connected with the prosecutors Office
as finger print expert and great
number Of deputies.
Arriving at a prearranged spot OUT
side Long Branch, County Chief
Smith conferred with Chief Me-
Garvey and Lieut.. WardelI. Before
they was thru each man knew what
detachment he belonged in and where
he was to go.
Sufficient time was allotted for each
to lie within easy reach of the prey.
The zero hour, 10 o'clock, arrived but
no whistle blast pierced the night.
IRstead the groups surrounded their
respective establishment and the leader
made entrance Entrance once OBJ
tanned, however, in many cases, bed
lam broke loose.
Long Branch apparently has been
resting under false sense Of secur-
ity. 1t was so long since anything like .
raid happened, that there were no hint
4 OF any such event It was The first
Long Branch visit since last fall but
the delayed zeal" more than made up
for previous absence.
Chief Smith was asked why he had
taken such q big job on his hands,
raiding all the joints in one night, In
stead Of spreading it over longer
period with less unwieldy body.
There is no use doing 1t in three
or four nights il the thing can be
done in one night" said the chief.
1--WE knew we would be able to stays
the wholesale visits with cooperation,
and We did"
Tears filed the eyes Of many Of
those arrested as they heard the list
of alleged booze confiscated at theiE
places read of and its disposition
made plain.
i At the instruction Of Judge Jacob
Steinbach: ir all the alleged violators
were held under 81 900 bail charged
with the sale and possession So
liquor There was one exception IL
the amount of bail fixed. Kid Nash
owner Of cabaret at 81 First avenue
was held under 81, 500 bail no liguol
was found on his place by the raiders
but he was held on selling charged
Altho Krutkiwicth, $40 Monmouth
avenue, it was alleged, attempted to
destroy the evidence when his place
was visited. The raiders captured
there two gallons of alleged apple
whisky. one pint bottle of appk
whisky and decanter half filled
with wine.
One OF the heaviest losers wa
Abraham Ambramoff of Second ave
snue. The booty there were eighi
cans of high power beer, and one IL
gallon key Of white mule whisky.
Two women propriators wers held
Marie Sarcoma of IS University plac'
was charged with possession OF
gallon and half of rye and Ida Her
man, 33 West Broadway, with hav
ing a gallon and half of rye, gal
log of wine bottle Of gin and bottl,
: OF beer.
u Other proprietors arrested and boot
legged booze taken on the premise
, follow. Michael Moran Isl Brighton
avenue three cases Of beer and sew
eral bottles OF rye and Scotch whis
: XIV; John Horn. 45 Third avenue, on
gallon Of rye; Otto Cohen, Thin
! avenue hotel, two gallon jugs Of rye
!, six bottles Of rye, two bottles G
: Scotch, two bottles of gin and on
!. bottle Of wine; Jerry Santore, "a
: Central avenue, one gallon jug c
Z gin one gallon Of Scotch and on
!. quart of rye; Rudolph Alexander
: l13 Belmont avenue, one gallon Q
= rye, one gallon Of gin and three bot
!. ties of Scotch; Tommy Laganano, 8
s south, Broadway, two bottles OF ryt
e three of Stotch three Of gin and on
Of beer; Frank Rubino, 326 South vt
!. avenue, one gallon Of absinthe an
: four pint bottles of absinthe; JOSEF
; Tommati, 101 South Broadway, tiV
: gallons of white, seven cartons
ie beer. one and half gallons Of gin,
y bottle Of apple and bottle of Scotcl
I Nick Donss, Wilson hotel, two quar-
e of Scotch and two quarts Of ry
q Henry Muhlenbrink, Norwood hote
= no liquor.