New Britain herald., 1926-12-22
5S PADL0CkS IN
 SERIES 0F RAIDS
Night Clubs and Restaurants
 Must Close Their Doors

New York, Dec. oa.-(P-A string of padlocks that extended from the Roaring Forties to Green wich Village today adorned the managerial desks of 5S of New York's most popular night clubs and restaurants as a result Of sweep ing federal prohibition raids on Broadway.
 Complaint bills and temporary personal injunctions were served on the club owners early today by seven raiding parties from the office Of Federal Attorney Emory k. Buck ner, who started out at midnight.
 Included among the places raided were some of the most glittering centers of New York night life, in cIuding Texas Guinan's 300 club; Helen Morgan's Fifty-Four;h street club. the Cafe De Paris, Dinty Moore's Club Anatole. Club Richman and score or more Of others equal ly well known.
 The raids were carried out quietly and caused no disturbance of guests Federal authorities said the raids were designed to forestall plans of the club owners for wet parties dur ing the coming holidays. Confiscated liquor was sent to the West filth street police station where it was stacked in piles that half filled the station.
 Evidence against the establish ments was obtained by federal agents who were declared to have lived the life of Broadway from midnight until dawn for the past fortnight
 Some posed as idle sons of wealthy London widows, others as big cotton brokers from the south, as eXiled Russian noblemen of the late czar's bodyguard and still others as wealthy real estate promoters from Florida. They are said to have been introduced into the clubs by prominent Broadwayites and popu- lar actresses who took the agents word that they really were what they pretended to be.
 The story of how Broadway fell for big butter-and-egg man is fun nier than fiction" MT. Buckner said last night but he gave no further details.
 One of those who vouched for a federal agent was described as "a young Englishman Of noble ances-
 
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 80 thoroughly did these polished prohibition agents worm their way into the hearts of Broadway" says q statement issued from MT. Buck ners office, that on their second visit to the Three Hundred club, Texas Guinan, the hostess. threw them kiss and as ed them why they were leaving her place so early"
 The plan followed by the federal authorities in serving personal in- functions in addition to paddock pro- Ceedings was new departure in prohibition enforcement. If the paddock proceedings alone had been brought. federal authorities explain, the defendant clubs would have had twenty days to file answers and the authorities believe many would take advantage of this to sell liquor.
 The personal injunction. however. stops the sale of liquor as soon as the paper has been served and fed eral authorities said that as a jail term for contempt is the penalty for violation of an injunction, club and restaurant owners would be wary of violating it. Defendants, however, have the privilege of going before the courts and asking that the in functions be vacated but MT. Buck ner believes the government would be upheld.
 Adopt New Methods
 The plan followed by the federal authorities in serving personal in- functions in addition to paddock pro- ceedings was new departure in prohibition enforcement. If the pad lock proceedings alone had been brought, federal authorities explain, the defendant clubs would have had