Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-16
MORE INDICTMENTS
LOOM IN RUM PLOT
so or so Others Linked With
Probe in Many Cities.
Arrest of al Ordered.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, March TO-
The task of arresting Al of the 112
persons indicted here yesterday for
alleged conspiracy to violate the ma
tional prohibition laws devolved to-
day upon Government operatives
who have been sent to widely sepa-
rated cities to take the defendants
into custody. Sixty-nine of those
named had been arrested before the
indictment was returned, and two
are serving life sentences in prison on
convictions.
The incident connects 16J overt
acts with an alleged bootleg alco-
hol conspiracy. The allegations de-
scribe the handling of IS carloads of
pure grain alcohol, recite the con-
tents of kilograms used in the traffic
and deal with the exchange of money
between those named for alcohol
police protection and for storage and
moving of cOntraband liquor.
Twenty-one in st. Paul and Min
neapolis remained to be taken into
custody last night. Five Cleveland
men named in the indictment had
not been arrested. and the following
number were wanted to face charges
in the indictment i'll the various
cities:
San Francisco and San Jose, four;
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, three
each: Chicago. two; Duluth. Detroit
and Boston, one each.
More Indictments Coming.
With reconvening of the Federal
grand jury on April I. further inves
tigation of the alleged conspiracy is
to be pushed by District Attorney A,
r.. Bernstein. Fifty or 60 more per.
sons will be indicted as a result of the
inquiry in April, Bernstein said, in.
residents of New York, Balti.
more. Scranton and Mckeesport, La.
Atlantic City, Milwaukee, st. Louis
and Cambidge, Mass.
In view of expectations of further
developments. the trial date in all
likelihood will be set for late Sum.
mer or early Fall, according to the
district attorney.
Among those named in the indict.
ment yet to be apprehended are Ben.
Jamin Fogel, Benjamin and David
GerSonstein. Philadelphia, three of
the four alleged originators of the
conspiracy charged in the indictment.
Ben and Abe Gleman are the alleged
conspirators now serving life sen.
tences in Minnesota State Prison fol
lowing their conviction for murder
of an alleged hi-jacker.
Alcohol Plant Raided.
The first step on the part of the
Government in running down those
indicted yesterday was taken by
Thomas E. Stone, former prohibition
enforcement officer in Ohio, Michi-
gan and Indiana. Stone made a raid
on the plant of the Superior Alcohol
Co., Cleveland, August 13, 1925. This
was followed by developments that
have taken Investigators into many
cities and placed many men under
indictment.
Suspicion developed when the dis.
covery was made that the Superior
Industrial Alcohol people We're SELL
ing alcohol about Is cents a gallon
below market price. Books of the
company We're in perfect order and
a Federal gauger was ''prOofing" all
the alcohol made there. Stone was
HOI SdllStleu. Tie put QlStlIIery
specialist in the plant unknown to
the operators. Two months later a
carload Of grain alcohol was seized
on it's way to Chicago, billed as ina
chinery." 1t was traced back to the
distillery here. From that time on
the Federal prohibition officials have
continued their inquiries.
In addition to the Superior Alco-
hol Co.. the indictment referred to
the operation of two other manufac-
turing plants in Cleveland: a rum
ring in Minneapolis and st. Paul;
use of warehouses and transfer sys-
TENS in Detroit, Cleveland. Duluth.
Boston. st. Paul and Minneapolis:
protection by internal revenue en-
ployes in Cleveland; aid of railroad
police; police protection in St. Paul,
and operation of a Chicago concern
supposed to be dealing In perfumes.
Earl F. Fl. Hanson, st. Paul, and
John Stauber, Cleveland, two of those
named In the indictment, surrendered
to the Government authorities and
pleaded guilty today. Both were Or
dered released by Judge Paul Jones,
under $4,000 bond each, pending SEN
tence.
"There'n be a lot more coming in
and surrender before the day is
over" Attorney Bernstein said, land
watch for some guilty pleas"