Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-05 | Page 1 | U. S. Dry Agents Begin Compilation of New York's 'Who's Who' in Rum Trade

U. U S. S Dry Agents Begin Compilation of fl New Yorks York's Who in Rum Trade Dr COT Associated Tresi Presa NEW YORK April 5 Federal 5 prohibItion prohibition pro- pro agents today began systematic ic compilation of or a New York Who in liquor The campaign launched personally by director Amos W. W W. W Woodcock and 00 60 agents was foreshadowed last night when raiders o of a popular nightclub nightclub night nightclub club adopted the unusual procedure of fingerprinting on the spot and tagging tagging tag tag- ging sinH their suspects for police show Show I. up Sent out today with sectional maps mops covering 10 to 20 blocks each the thc I agents were instructed to make itemIzed itemized itemized item item- reports of all speakeasies liquor liquor- serving restaurants cordial shops and night clubs and told further that as soon oon as sufficient evidence reaches Washington ever every one of Gotham's speakeasies whether or will be closed They were to make no arrests or seizures s or raids for the present The raid last night was ws made on the Chimes club formerly the Melody Melody Melody Mel Mel- ody club More than a Cl hundred guests were herded out The a agents then then fingerprinted fingerprinted ten and arrested eight and or ordered ordered or- or dered the prisoners exhibited to New NewYork NewYork NewYork York detectives in the regular police police po po- lice lineup The work of the sIxt sixty agents compiling compiling com corn piling the prohibition directory was confined to lower Manhattan below Twenty-third Twenty street today They I planned to cover this territory in a short time lime and then to invade the northern section of the island the Bronx and Brooklyn and possibly Queens and Richmond