Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-19
GLASSMAN GARAGE
IS PADLOCKED BY
TEMPORARY ORDER
Grand Jury Opens Probe of
Rum Ring Conspiracy
Charges.
LAWFUL BUSINESS
MAY BE CONDUCTED
Court Ruling Prevents Storing,
Selling and Transporting
of Whisky.

While the District grand jury was
hearing witnesses today in connection
with charges of whisky conspiracy
ring, said to have operated from the
two garages of Herbert Glassman, 2101
14th street and 1919 L street, United
States Attorney Leo A. Rover and As
siStant United States Attorney Harold
w. Orcott were granted by Justice Will
liam Hitz of the District Supreme Court,
a temporary paddock" injunction
against both garages and temporary
restraining order against GlaSSman and
his alleged associates.
circuit explained that the temporary
court order. signed by Justice Hitz, will
= not prevent GlaSSman from proceeding
with his lawful business now conducted
at the two garages, including the rent
AGAR business and the Glassman's
Studebaker Sales and Service. The re-
straining order merely prevents the
storing. selling and transporting of
whisky and the soliciting OF orders for
prosecutor said
It is too early to be confident that
this is going to happen. 1t is too early
to assume the bill will become an al
most wholly agricultural one. The
tendency is that way. Nevertheless,
there will be long battles on the Senate
floor before the condition can fully
arise. If this condition should come
about, several important questions
would arise.
Fasteners Attitude Is Factor.
The first is. what would then be the
attitude of Senators and members from
the industrial East? Would they sup
port, or refrain from vigorously oppos-
ing. mainly agricultural bill? Senator
Moses of New Hampshire recently said
publicly that the bill was becoming one
whose sole or principal effect would be
to make foods expensive to Eastern
consuming centers. That was prob
ably an off hand remark rather than a
considered suggestion of policy to be
followed by the East. Nevertheless,
Senator Moses remark suggests mood
that may come upon New England and
the East if the bill becomes one in
which the East has very little stake,
and the farmers a very large stake. 1t
is by no means likely, however, that the
Republican party as whole would
deny to the farmers the increased tar
iff which was more or less explicitly
promised them in the campaign.
Named as defendants in the paddock"
proceedings are: Herbert "a Glassman,
trading as Glassman's Sales Co., Glass
mans Rent-a-car Co., GlaSSman'S Gar
age and Glassman's Studebaker Sales
and Service; the Glassman Rent-a-Car
Corporation, Inc: Samuel Goldstein,
Harry Behrle, Irving Rosenberg, Davis
Glassman. Alton Cissel. Antonio DAM
brosio, Jacob Miller, Julius Sanders.
Harvey O'Connor, Robert c. Jones and
Francis j. Paxton, described as his en-
ployes. Attached as formal parties are:
Francis w. Hill. ST., owner of premises
21O1 Fourteenth street. and Harry
Sherry, who owns premises 1919 L
street.
The petition generally alleges that
some of the defendants continuously
during the period from September /,
1928, until January /. 1929, had pos
session of intoxicating liquors, includ-
ing whisky, gin and other alcoholic
liquors, contained in large part in trucks
and automobiles. which were used to
transport unlawfully the liquor to var
ious parts of the city. Solicitation Of
orders for whisky also is alleged.
Attached to the application for the
injunction were affidavits signed by two
former employees of GlasSman. setting
out in detail the alleged operation of
the so-called liquor ring at the garages
during the time of their employment. as
we'll as affdavits of police officers about
what they found in two raids on the
GlaSsman establishment.