Prosecution of the recently inaugurated Federal-municipal drive against Los Angeles' bootlegging colony resulted yesterday in the arrest of three men, the facing by another of a charge of attempted bribery in addition to a liquor law violation and statements from the District Attorney's office indicating that a proposition to surrender two men wanted on murder charges under a bail guaranty [sic] agreement will be met with refusal.
    Negotiations for the surrender of Theodore Eggers and Ernest Schultz, bay district rum dealers under indictment by the Los Angeles county grand jury on charges of murder in connection with the slaying of Harry "Cuter" Moran during a gun battle on West Sixth street early this month, have not reached the District Attorney's office, Dep. Dist.-Atty. Davis declared last night in commenting on reports of mysterious telephone overtures for the surrender of the two men if guarantee of bail would be given.
    Mr. Davis indicated that should the proposition be presented, an absolute refusal to negotiate would be given the local attorney said to be representing the men and by whose office the surrender message was reported to have been received.
    "Eggers and Schultz are being sought on murder indictments returned by the grand Jury and we most certainly would not enter into any kind of a compromise agreement in order to obtain their surrender to custody," Mr. Davis said.
    Chief of Detectives Cline said that it is but a matter of a short time before the two men will be apprehended. Chief Cline expressed doubt that they are in hiding in Los Angeles and reiterated previous statements in which he vouchsafed the opinion that they will be arrested in some other city.
    It is generally understood that Eggers and Schultz have been definitely identified as the slayers of Moran during the course of a gangster pistol fight in a local hotel and which resulted in the death of Harry Schwartz, alias Harry Munson, in addition to Moran. Witnesses before the grand jury are said to have placed the Moran shooting on the two San Francisco gangsters, although Jimmy Fox, held as the slayer of Munson, has expressed himself as not sure that Eggers and Schultz are the men wanted.
    In the Federal-municipal drive against bootleggers, hi-jackers and known gunmen in the city, one man was arrested yesterday by the new police detail under Capt. Plummer and held under combined bail of $6000 on charges of attempting to bribe an officer and violation of the Prohibition Act. Two others were taken and a manufacturing plant seized in a sensational raid in the Wilshire district.
    Sam Rosen was arrested at his home at 1016 Sunset Boulevard where the raiding officers seized an electric still and a considerable amount of brandy. Rosen is charged by Detectives Crane, Morley and Regan, the arresting officers, with offering them a bribe of $80 to return the confiscated paraphernalia and forget the incident.
    Arraigned before Municipal Judge Scott on the bribery charge, Rosen was held in $5000 bail and hearing was set for the 25th inst. His trial on the asserted Wright Act violation will be set at a hearing tomorrow before Municipal Judge Edmonds. Bail in this charge was set at $1000 by Judge Turney.
    In commenting on Rosen's arrest Capt. Plummer declared that at the present time the men under his direction are pointing their efforts at men operating stills. He said the drive will be pushed to the limit and every effort will be made to wipe out the manufacture of liquor in the city.
    In the Wilshire district yesterday Federal prohibition officers raided a pretentious house at 681 South Catalina street, arrested Edward Bruce Pitcher and O. F. McKenzie and seized two fifty-gallon stills, twenty-five gallons of moonshine and 100 gallons of mash.
    Led by John F. Wynkoop, the field agent for the government dry forces in Southern California and Arizona, operatives surrounded the house and swarmed through the entrances to the second story. Wynkoop reported they found the two stills being operated at full blast.

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Unknown, "New Arrests in City's Rum War, Raiders' Visits to Homes Net Three Prisoners," The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Sunday, 15 August, 1926, p. 5.