The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-05

Observation-Disclosures
FRAUD THE GoyERNMENT.-Mr. James Brooks,
residing az No 2I7 South Third street, Special
Agen1l OF the Treasury Department having in
Forty first streets, West phia owned
py ID. a. Mayer. learning of an attempt TO
defraud the revenue, seized IL. William e.
Walker, Samuel Shoyer and John Hill were
Also Implicated, and arrested. A hearing was
Pnllllpsi Jr., at noon to-day.
MI Brooks was sworn, and testified as fol
visited the disullery owned bv d. A. Mayer on
last Wednesday; the distillery is situa ed Ludlow,
mSnT h noI'y.irst West Philadelphia: saw shIoyer,
him that wished to Inspect the dstlllery entered
(shoyerl came 70 and said that Walker had gene
il Ia ch1n3lgG walker came and was going TO show me
spe sspned barrels lay. went into the yard
discovered that 1t was the cistern room, where
there ere two large cisterns one the faucets
looked, turned the faucets and came away l asked
@ MS,6eI % what This action meant he said that they
IhG Tax Is paid and we want TO remove u said that
knew what tue package contSned there ere are MANY
packages not Inspected; howdo YOU know what tax
ibai he had the certdoSte III in hi his pocket @ he
reeeipt' wbicb me certificate tI 4i the
then discovered barrel having an inspection mark
hiil, hi u s InspeetC%g=4th % Dist Pa.4s gallons-l9l
eF Sr Sg SSens Maeh 2S 1897 saw another on end hay
lound II NO 2" etc, the same the other: 1 ex-
thing wrong; I asked for the stencil plate; Walter
said that John HIN had been there and had taken
into, into hs Gis'eEnToGm err and could find no seno
lGCked, lying On the floor and took the stem
Gil out; the bag contained stencil figures, brush,
plate-,,U. s.. Bonded Warehouse-tax paid"
wbtn In9 sco1eTed So1eT msGSea ihrSe Mayer PH
Ihe dstillery under seizures Walker said he did not
must be put on whisky preparatory to It's being taken
INTO abonded warehouse with regular entry accounts:
that those barrels should have been in bonded ware
mousse me esut OF my observations was that dupli-
Shtesela numbers we're being prepared for those ten
barrels then IN the yard all the stencils necessary
were there for turning out apparently paid barrels
The Commissioner bound each of the parties,
ID. A. Mayer, Wilson II. Walker, Samuel Shoyer,
and John Hill, in $4,000 to appear before the
Grand Jury.
ROBBERY OF WATCH AND MoNEY-E. K.
Young, aged TWEEN vy-four, in company with
Peter Dockney, was arrested this morning g
streets, and the latter at Sixth and Chestnut
streets, for robbing two Captains of valuables.
1t seems that, last evening these two indivi-
duals made the acquaintance of Captains God
win and Elkinton on the dock near where lay
their respective vessels. which had lately
arrived. BY coaxingS and inSinuations they
finally got the Captains to go to the Allegheny
House, on Mark6 street, where they bad q Elo-
rlous time. Everything went well, spirits were
high, and all were having general good time.
soon the company parted after which Captain
Goodwin ascertained that his gold watch, his
personal property, was missing and ElkintOn
found, on calculation, that of about Sl0S in gold
which he had on his person when he entered
the house, he had remaining not one. Infor.
nation was given thespolice, which resulted in
the arrest OF the above-named parties. When
arrested, the chain which Captain Goodwin tes-
titled belonged 10 the watch found on
Young. and also about $50 Worth of the identical
gold pieces which Elkinton had the previous
night slowed in his locker. The parties were
this morning taken before Alderman Godbou,
who committed each for further hearing in
default OF $4,000 hail.
THE SALE OF B'HUYvETTER' S COLLECTION OF
PAINTINGS commenced last evening, at the Art
Gallery of b. Scott, Jr., No. 1920 Chestnut street.
1t was well attended, and the bidding at times
was quite spirited, although the prices realized
were generally low. To night the sale will be
continued, and the finest paintings in the cata-
logue offered. This is the last sale of high class
paintings of the season. and our artistic readers
will do well not to miss IL. The following are
the paintings which realized the highest prices
last evening"
"Harpers Ferry After the War;" by f. D.
Cattle and Sheep" by Louis Robbie, of Brus-
sells, $500.
Winter Scene" by F. Kruseman, of Brus-
sells, $685.
"StIeet Scene in Leyden," by w. Koekkoell,
of AIMS terdam, S265.
preparing the Christmas Dinner" by A, ].
Verhoeven- Ball, of Antwerp, 9225.
"Sunset on the Coast" by James Hamilton,
of Philadelphia, $225
1.-THE Toilet" by Alexander Van Hamme, of
Brussels, Sl95.
BURGLARs.-It will be remembered that
some nights since, a number of coal offices were
ransacked in the vicinity of Fifth and Callow-
hill streets. Last night two men named