The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
Beer Running Of EOS
Recalled By A7U Head

suggest to Daddy: Lets go to
Tony's tonight, there hasn't been
a raid there since Friday, and
I'm getting bored"
AL persons who took the ride
to the police station ended up in
their W bed after their pet law
yers were hauled out of some
other speakeasy to explain to the
police how to u the city.
Plates personal investigation of
Hassel began by examining cash
ier's and treasurer's checks in
Newark and Elizabeth banks. Dur
ing the probe, Plate uncovered
$275, 900 worth of checks endorsed
by Hassel or his henchmen, and
several Of the checks were put
through fake accounts. Things
didn't add up. especially when
Plate found one check for five
grand put through a N. Y. broker,
that showed Hassel had lost about
$3.50, 900 in a stock speculation.
The account had been closed for
failure to meet the margin and
Hassel's lawyer had been directed
to bring suit against the broker.
Enough evidence was gathered to
bring an Indictment against the
former Russian pauper.
But the grand jury in Trenton,
N. j.. was thirsty and they saw
the handwriting on the wall, with
prohibition on the way out. The
Indictment, charging Hassel with
conspiracy against the liquor law,
was never gotten and Plate left
the courtroom feeling his time had
been wasted.
Hassel along with his pals, Al
Capone, Dutch Schultz, and Legs
Diamond won the first round, only
to stop a fellow gangster's bullet
in the brawl in his Elizabeth Car
teret hotel tloor-occupying suite,
in April 1888.
The police in New Jersey are
still puzzled over the manner in
which Hassel was killed. The 80
year-old b%ootlegger was spraWled
on the plush carpets of his pri-
waite playground, and the bullet
had passed through his head, en-
tering one ear, and leaving via
the other. Hassel's ears were, in
effect, burning as he went to meet
his maker.
The shooting opened the conspir-
acy case again only in so far as
to allow officers to learn what
other former b~ootlegging mobs
were associated with Hassel. The
government figured if the men
who made the foamy delight when
they shouldn't, made it now legal
1y, they'd probably try to beat
| Uncle Sam out Of the tax, and they
wanted to know the exact loca-
ton of each brewery. At this time,
no more good alcohol was moving
leisurely down the drain, at least
not before it was sold.
A cashiers check found in Max
Greenberg's pocket - Greenberg
was blown to bits during the fatal
LuIIlSu over W TldlG
and was traced to an Elizabeth
bank. Plate questioned a bank
cahsier who disclosed the check
had been rapid for in cash by an
unknown person. and the helpful
fellow told Pate that a Mr.. Fried
man kept a safe deposit box at
the bank.
Plate smelled a rat, although by
this time he had gotten used to the
smell, and a description of Fried
man indicated Hassel and the
mysterious wner OF the box were
enc and the same man. The cash
Ter said Friedman had not been
near the box for months, which
was okeh because Hassel was af-
filiated with only one type of box
at this time-a pine affair.
Special investigators OF the In
ternal revenue department were
notified and Plate assisted them
in a case they had against the
troublesome Hassel for evading