Evening star., 1939-05-10
Police Seek Evidence
Of Bootleg Cream
For Diaries
D. G. Detective Tells
Milk Probers
Life Endangered
BY JAMES f. CHINN.


Metropolitan police officers and
Estil w. Smith, investigator for the
House Committee inquiring into the
District milk situation were "out ln
the field today searching for addi-
tional evidence" to be developed
when the probe is resumed Tuesday.
The police are endeavoring to
track down reports that more than
one dairy in Washington is en-
gagged in the practice of import
ing unlicensed or so-called boot
leg" cream. Mr.. Smith is examin-
ing books of various dairies for any
information that may shed some
light on the situation
Disclosure that more than one
dairy may be involved in the boot
Logging" practice was made before
the committee late yesterday By
Detective Richard j. Felber of No
8 police precinct, who has been
investigating the milk situation
since January under the direction
of Corporation Counsel Elwood H
Seal.
Charges Wreck Attempts.
Detective Felber also made a SEN
sational charge before the commit
tee that Archibald B. Fletcher, sales
manager of the Embassy-Fairfax
Dairy twice had attempted to
wreck" the car in which he was
trailing trucks he believed contained
unlicensed cream. He charged, too,
that George P. Kreger, manager of
the Clover Dairy in Colmar Manor,
Md. a subsidiary of the Embassy
Fairfax, had threatened to wrap" a
tire iron around his neck when he
was discovered near a milk truck
at the dairy
Il had experience dasing liquor
runners, using smoke screens in
prohibition days." said the detective,
but I was never in any more dan
ger than while on this particular
case"
Detective Felber said the first at
tempt to wreck" his car occurred
early in February on Branch ave-
nue.. The following day, he declared,
the same dairy official made another
effort to run his car off the road
near the Maryland District line.
While watching a milk truck at a
dairy in nearby Maryland, Detective
Felber testified, an official Of the
concern backed a machine into his
car, and then leaped out with a
tire iron in his hand which he de-
clared he was going to wrap"
around his neck
Tells of Trailing Truck.
Detective Felber was one of the
"undercover" officers working under
the direction of Corporation Counsel
Seal, who trailed suspected boot
leg" cream truck from Washington
to Kalamazoo. Mich, and Lafayette,
Ind, and back. He gave the COM
mittee a graphic description of Incl
dents that occurred on the trip
which was climaxed in Washington
March with seizure of 2,400 gal
Ions of alleged unlicensed cream at
the Embassy Fairfax Dairy.
Detective Felber recited incidents
that occurred at the dairy during
the so-called raid" and the subse-
quent holding for investigation of
seven persons. The outcome he said
was a charge against the dairy of
importing unlicensed cream. This
case is now pending in police court.
Schultz and Seal Clash.
A heated clash between Repre-
sentative Schultz, Democrat of In
diana, and Corporation Counsel
Seal, marked the examination Of
Detective Fiber.
Here we have the spectacle Of
three policemen, working six weeks
out in the country, when they could
be used to better advantage In the
District" declared Mr.. Schultz.
"The only serious offense against
the truck was that it was bringing
into the District q load of cream
the officers did not know was whole
some or not.
These officers were working un-
der direction of Corporation Coun-
sci Seal. I think Mr.. Seal should
get his own investigators"
Mr.. Seal explained he had no In
vestigating force of his own and
told the committee Mr.. Schultz
knew about the investigation OF al
legged cream "bootlegging,' but did
not know the policemen were going
into Indiana.
IF you want to get down to .
knockdown and drag out, I'd like
It," Mr.. Schultz shouted.
And 20 would T." replied Mr..
Seal.