The New York herald., 1867-04-23
flight or the Cheyennes Before Hancock
General Custer In Pursuit.


rwrortnut Seizure-Ingcnious Device to
Evade the Payment of the Internal Revenue
Tax-How the Frand was Detected-The
Modus Operand. &c.
During several months past the readers OF the HERALD
have been treated to details Of extensive frauds
mitted upon the by evasons Of the Inter-
nal Revenue the part OF dstilers whose places
OF illegitimate trafnc principally to be found
in Williamsburg and Brooklyn. So numerous
have been the seizures In and around the latter
city that 1t Ia laying fair claim TO . change
OF nomenclature from the City Of Churches TO
city of distilleries. Notwithstanding the frequent
raids and numerous charges brought against individuals
in the localities designated as the headquarters OF this
Illicit traffic the work still goes few days exami-
nation before the Commissioner to give eclat to the
affair, and the whole matter quietly allowed TO col
lapse and pass away from the public mind No wonder,
then that the government victmizedand toat fresh
discoveries Of fraud frequently made The latest
%orrsnis isDs Hers is situated distiliery osten-
oy owned by Mr. william On n'p h su,Sss. Sss
m man dsor no r coOpe OF years ps up 70 the ls
March last the government local inspector In that dis
trct was Mr. Gruner late act superseded this gen.
teman and the interests Of the government as regarded
the operations the distillery entrusted 10 an
assistant assessor who, as events turned out seeD-
mot 70 have been over jealous officer on behalf of
Uncle sam The returns from the distillery duly
made and suspicious were entertained adverse 70 the
good faith Of these returns There came, however,
20 tho city, short time ago, . special agent from
the Treasury Department. q Mr. Cornelius Stagg,
and on his round OF visits be came upon
Morrsania. Mr.. Stagg accompanied by assistant
collector Mr. James E. Robbins who has . curious
way Of observing things and drawing deductions that
sometimes lead him 70 suspect that things not all
fair on the face or ~ may DO represented
the books So after visiting the d.tilesy n cues
Of machinery and pipes and vsts 70 run spous he com
pared what his calculations came 20 with the returns
and found very sad deficiency IN the latter He oom-
puted that a fair average working the dery must turn
out from fifteen TO twenty barrels day, but the books
Who had also remarked this great discrepancy between
capacity and the amount OF operations reported TO the
government after consultation determined 70 invss
gate matters moro closely Accordingly on Fnday
last these officers made an unexpected visit 70 the dis
tlery and commenced an investigation which soon
yards or the distillery recsfyng dstery owned BY
two parties named HAnen h Deng. This ths omcers
quickly entered and after Close ,a sps con s%e
nected by means Of leaden pipes Underground Win
Meniz' dstillcry. Then raid was made On the dlss
ery ITSELF and after close examination the whole pro.
cess OF fraud was disclosed They found the keys OF
the faucets in the receiving watts In the rsceivng room
owner on .S1 % seer =. be thought
proper In this there are two vase the contents
o. which could be drawn % BY means o. nose rnc
stored ia the rectifying house. 500 feet on where
. force pump found In perfect working order. ~
10 arranged that the sun from the distery could
be pumped into the recying and after being rec
tined again drawn OF into barrels, or the raw mstes
itself could be bauelled and sent on fIoccuhB .no'a
search they found the brand OF the former local In
spector the premises and when Mr. Sieenei 49,
referred 70 for explanation OF this, he sald nM naa
been sureptIousy taken without his knowledge rom
his box In the oce Of the dstlery place wnere ne
improperly len IL after being superseded IN ms occ
After bringing these facts 10 light both dsteries were
seized, and men placed in charge OF the premises
Mr.. Robbins however, continued the work on pensn o.
the government a. there large quantity OF mAsn
In the tubs and since then he has fully tested the ca
pacty OF the appliances around 10 dsti wnisksy, ana
has come fully up 70 his anticipation AccoIans an ns
calculations the could be defrauded 10 nom
payment Of the legal internal revenue tar OF upwards o
thousand dollars day. The whole Arrangement LOT
carrying the business lcitly was well calculated 70
succeed and IL for the quick perception OF MI
Stagg and his assistant Robbins, and the energy WIN
which they won't work satisfy themselves OF the
sxstsncs Of fraud, the government might have been
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