The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-13

said that he Wanteu bne uissiAo4R " -
plenty Of money, and the officers 90 90 tse-
same. There wac then disagreement
about terms, butsn arrangement Tas nna.y
effected as stated by the preceding VIII,
nesses. Then q third contract WAS agreed
upon in March, 1867.
Under each Of the! three contracts be-
tween the distillers on the one part and the
Government officials on the other part,
whiskey was removed from the distilleriess
without the payment of the tax. The exact
Quantity the witness was unable to give,
but there were alarge number OF barrels IN
ell. IftTE 1913 So 40 E0iI - l.hzt,
The District Attorney wished to introduce
q cash-book kept by Mr. Parrish's clerk, to
prove the date and amount OF certain pay
ments.
General Wells, on behalf Of the defence,
It being established that the clerk was
cognizant Of the agreement, the court ruled
that the entries could be read, but MIR.
Chandler afterwards withdrew the book.jE
The examination of the witness was con-
| tiuued. Did not know Shepherd, McCrea-
nv, or Horatio Anderson in the Transactions
referred to-. Richard Anderson, he thought,
was a party to them. Gave Manson suit
of clothes to compensate him for securing q
postponement Of the payment 81 the tax. ;,
Cross-examined Myself, Clarkson, and
Clendening were engaged in the dlst1iilng
business together. Have had some con-
versation with them since they gave IN
their testimony yesterday. Had no con-
versation with them as to my own testi-
mony. May have had an Interview with
Patterson in Manchester in July, 1857. he
! told me that he was sure Presbrey Especial
agent of the Treasury Department. would
accept money. Do not remember telling
any party tG tie conspiracy that Presbrey
had received $1,000 for hushing Up the
matter. Do not think we (the distillers)
had 81 900 altogether after the seizure. Our
last violation Of law under the third con-
tract was probably in April. Mr.. Elsom,
the inspector, was entitled to one dollar per
barrel for inspection, by direction of Com
missioner Rollins. / was the cashier for
all the distilleries except Denmead's.
The 1912 paid to Mr.. Elsom were not
on account of his legal fees. It was
on account of the illegal fee-the semi
monthly instalment which we agreed to give
him. That money was delivered to MIR.
Parrot to give Mr.. Elsom, but did not tell
him what it was for. Colonel Clarkson
gave Mr.. Goldman his Tidifig-horse in part
6ayment for his services to Howlett's dis
tillery, and that is the only part that |
know he has taken in the conspiracy since
the LIST of March, 1867. 1 did not send any
particular person down to take on the fifty
eight barrels of whiskey shipped from How
lett's. Mr.. Jones and Mr.. wager superin-
tended the removal. The whiskey was put
out of the way because the collector AN
derson) sent word down that the detectives
we're going down that day. We had the
impression that Mr.. Presbrey, the detective,
! like all other revenue officers, could be
bribed.
TESTIMONY OF JAMES T. JONES.
James T. Jones was next sworn. In an
swer to question of the witness, he was
informed by the District Attorney that no.
thing he might say would be used against
him, and that if there was an Indictment
already against him noNe prosequi would
be entered. He then testified that he was
acquainted with all of the accused except
Manson. Was superintendent of How
let's distillery from LIST of January to LIST
of June, 1867, and part of the time 1t was
carried on in his name. Goldman was In
spector. Whiskey was frequently removed
from the distillery without the payment OF
the tax, Goldman being cognizant OF the
fact. The returns made were some times
! true and some times not true. MIR. Chand-
Ter here showed return which, though
signed by himself, the witness pronounced
fraudulent The ffty-eight barrels re-
moved should have been included in that re-
turn, but were not. did not swear to the
return. Shepherd, the assessor, said, u
suppose this is all right" I replied, "Oh
yes" and he certified that it was sworn and
subscribed to before him. About the 9th
Of April, 1867, Horatio Anderson came to
nv Office, and told me that his brother told
him to tell me that the detectives were COM
ing down that day. / then put the fifty
eight barrels referred to on the Nelly Jen-
kins, and took them over to Aikens's land
ing. We tried to delay the coming of the
detectives by taking up q bridge, making it
necessary for them to walk some distance.
By this means we got the liquor out of the
way. On the same day sixty-odd barrels
were taken from another distillery. Don't
know who had the keys of the bonded
warehouse from which the liquor was
taken. Richard Anderson generally kept
them, but he left them with us
that day. We generally got the keys when
we asked for them. Goldman was to re-
ceive q certain salary to allow whiskey to
20 out tax free. The contract was that the,
officials were only to require tax on one
sixth of the whiskey distilled. Goldman
showed me how to fix up my books so as to
make them agree with his, in order that the
frauds might not be detected. No permits
we're required for the removal of spirits.
Cross examined Goldman had nothing
to do with the removal of the ffty-eight
barrels from Howlett's. These were re-
moved one day at noon, and the sixty bar
rels at night. My returns were made to
Mr.. Shepherd. On one occasion l remem-
Der he made me put in the true amount
against my remonstrance. Don't know
that he had anything to do with the re-
moval of the fifty eight barrels. Suppose
it was his business to know what was IN the
warehouse and what went out.
TESTIMONY OF CAPTAIN CARLIN.
Captain William H. Carlin testified that
he is resident of Richmond, and was pilot
for the steamer Nellie Jenkins. Knew of
unbranded whiskey being removed from
distilleries on several occasions. Kept
memorandum of the number Of barrels re-
ceived aboard during the year 1867. TWAS
delivered to me by the inspectors. MIR. An
derson was at Howletts at the time. Sup
pose he delivered it. Don'trecollect whether
Goldman was there. At Denmead's MIR.