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Show RICH STORE OF LIQUOR SEIZED Sledge Hammers in Cellar Attack Reveal Much Stolen Whisky. NEW YORK. Oct. 7 In the cellar cel-lar of a factory near the East river as completely entombed by walls of, brick and cement as the treasures ofi All Haba and the Forty Thieves. tRerej sras discovered F riday, prohibition i agents claim, one of the richest stores' of . oiitral.and liquor yet seized about) 57.iO.000 worth of champagne whisky and alcohol, bootleg quotations. In the cache, they said, were 10 barrels of champagne 150 barrels onn L'Omj cases .,r whisky, and abr.it ri m 1 five-gallon cans of alcohol. t'rowds gathered outsfl- Die factory! building that of the standard Carpet company on Forty-fourth street.' while the agents, led by Zone Chief Appleby and United States District Attorney llayward. explored w'ih; flashlights the foundations of the building. I Measurements taken of he 'loor space In tho ground floor and In the cellar showed that the cellar was' shorter by far than the floor above it. Then, groping about In the labyrinth below, the agmits came upon 1 cable, Lading apparently Into a black Tva I ! of cement and brick. SLEDGE U 1MMERS USED. Following the trail of the cable. thM ag. nts attacked the wall with ax, j and sledge rammers. It was two feet , thl. I. , but a hole kirge enougli to permit per-mit one man to enter was finally broken. Behind the wall, enclosed I on all sides by masonry and by the floor above, the agents found the piled up cases of contraband Volstead treasure Further exploration revealed a second sec-ond secret chamber containing about 800 cases of whisky and 600 five-gallon five-gallon cans of alcohol. .Much of the liquor was Identified as having been stolen from the Republic Re-public warehouse here, and other iuaritltle3 were said to have been part of the theft of 800 cases from the Anchor warehouse. Federal Officers attached significance signifi-cance to this find, in view of its valurt. it w.is said, to tho federal grand Jury investigation now being made of liquor thefts from "warehouses and withdrawals through forged permits-. ' TK ( 1 i BY CHECK. John H. Clarke, assistant Unltell States attorney, said that three men 1 already were under arrest on boot- 1 l.gglng charges growing out of thel federal investigation, one of them being be-ing Mannle Kessler, who is out on j ball. Kessler's bank accounts were investigated and a check payable to' a carpet firm In Connecticut was fbuild. Through this check. Mr. Clarke Bald, it was learned that the Connecticut Connec-ticut firm was associated with the Standard Carpet company which way placed under surveillance and the ra'd ( follow.-. 1 "There are a number of oth. r smugglers and whisky operators In ' N u York " Chief Appieby said, "who Wili b.- caught In the same kind of J a way as this crowd." United States Attorney Hayward said there was now enough evidence "to put this bootlegging ring permanently perma-nently out o.f business" |