The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-13
WHISKY.
The Case Of Assistnnt Assessor Rroret-The
Testimony Eiicited To-Day-hIoro Evidence
for the Prosecution.

States Court before Judge CadwaaSer The after
cross-examnation OF Colonel Alexander and the ex-
aminaton-in-chef OF Adam Plank The testimony
OF the latter was as follows:-
Adam Plank sworn live North Front street. Read
ing engaged in Mr. Bartos distiiIer for about
and hin Mr. RE hS
had 10 go a sn5GSgh % Sands spend and sacrifice his
gallon taken away unlawfpy after he left samuel Barto
after two more barrels we're taken away o dsyS Ss
two b rrels more were taken by BSro and his
they had been taken about ten days aferward Ave bar.
ness that he had to break Se OoS o S s s e writ
were hundred barrels taken away TO
ssid 70 witness that he had day and date y 'I1 e,
m%Se %ssn there was n
come there himself and take whisky the cistern
This bad business and asked what was going
to do SAID s was cal called to swear would tell the truth
affirm thing that would rather have my right cut
ALL and ali the lawyers and ned men hold that that IS
not binding were to go before Colonel Alexander the
follow but the next day Colonel Alexander would not
call hm hIst put SSea me they had some dispute but
Moret came there told arto he had better stop th
SHARPER than the .hor fellow BSTto said mo Won't;
he isn't any sharper than the Others" but Moret did
This witness was when the case was re-
witness was in the employ OF &r Bnr.o something like
three years; stopped working for him in April 1855;
Sands the agent of Mr. Barto left the distery March
90 1885, Moret succeeded Sands and Diller Croft
Witness was examined before Assessor Alexander when
he had said that he witness) had removed the whisky and
did not receive money bgt only promise of it, was
Colonel Aexander recaiedNAt the period referred IN
he visited other disteries des Bartos and Moret
Of saurdss visited dsery Of Bsrto oDGs
or Se %o Z oS s in on
coming to the city from Reading The Court promised to
timony referred to character measurement The de-
fense then closed for the present until such witnesses
William s K.ebs swornI live in Reading in the spring
to Keller knew of hole tub in the rectifyug house,
concealed under floor Of stable Mr. Alexander at the
station these dates were all after March there
the 2lst of March, the first time that witness Alex
ander at the distlery when the still blown mp;
were looking after the still when two bottoms had been
and ness looked nts the still Alexander said This
weeks" Alexander Hulsizer and Holmes went mp stairs
to look at the grains witness went down stairs did not
when the three came Holmes and Alexander went
Sr SsI p fen & the
ery; Holmes was storekeeper this was about April
The next time witness saw Alexander the dinner
table at the hotel and the last time was % in the Tecyng
t hs s an d M e s hole en na
heard them talking about the whisky in the tub saw
Gross examined brother in law of Keller; was er
to the sale the sop Koers distiiioy assisted
hauling liquor in and out OF the dstlery but not from
business in the Tsotyng took two barrels
house Colonel koers order usually left the barrel.
stand Of the door pevss who took it in but
Tes rolled from ths into which
The witnesses from Reading having arrived the testi-
meny for the defense was continued
and his wife boarded with his character very
John II. Jacobs sworn-Am a member OF the bar in
Bers county know Moret called Gpon him about june
LETT Reading by my nstr1ctlons and adyce Moret told
some things which said to have taken place in his
M toG until am 6e 5A5 Ster mt S % &
meantime would have time to investigate the subject
Mr. Alexanders office day when there money
on the tai table did mot appear to be large pile of
in the pile unless there was some large bills at the bottom
los and bs there haste in gathering the
only taid n the room lSF tbis minute in the
summer Of 1865 was in Alexander office frequently did
than 1S this was Of the counsel for Mr.
that the advice oret to Leave the place
cence all the way through,
n M Yo3er b b9d1e was Of frame Mr. Donne
hover tore down this building and built brick one fur
Gross examined They began to tear the building down
S Sns What there Ss
Samuel Donncrhower sworn-I live noKt door to Mr..
Yoder, towsrs the vest lived there in the spring of
1885, part of my house was brick 10 by about a. two
about feet long commenced the 4th of July to alter
where the old brick ons ended; took down old frame
feet Of the front brick 81 in all then u feet sumnep
as the rest the space between Mr. Yoders building and
mine is 70 feet my business is a saddle and harness
mine before made the alterations was in Hoders house
and found tEat could see any person who might
Gross ned-went into the house this morning to
see the parties whom was coming down with
aSs but OF y wS Swn o y T
Deputy Marshal Richleigh at the keyhole long
wss S no ss in tRe $ it 0S was ,hs
dod in we h a he o saw don't Rnow n Mr. e
Yoder of his the Office is in one of tho
Gce See from the By door and glass on
each side ns sTg ae is Tine door o North Ninth
visited of MIR ds hs n5 onHg
1 could persons coming into the store.
% qosT dealer & me an asses
in % s 6 @a sS Ss %
aends in Yoders store to go out to find out il he
could be seen when ne came m can % nee over the Whole
could not barrels the floor tried it both ways with
5o along the middle Of the store person coming into the
store comes in along the eastern wall. r,-,. -.
cas- siT; was lit when looked through,
house day and looked through the keyhOle in parlor
door could have seen one who might have come into
Of Gpscember last and looked through then at about
nD and shut my is tns when the ofce door
Is shut could not be the store II he very
| small; he would have to be medium-sized man.
| Gross examined-Was not requested by to
anime the premises did to satisfy myself gas lit
when the this morning. but not the 2d OF
December passed into the stoor either occasion
William A. Sands sworn-I examined the ksyhole yester
day afternoon about o'clock but the view then into the
sore obstructed by in the office; satisfied
mat could into the store ii tho stove had
been there examined the cellar in company with Mr. Va
entine DR. Luther and perhaps Mr. Close went into the
cellar hear If could hear through
| nine; Mr. Valentine aske where had met the mar
Anal did not answer but wrote the reply piece
paper (paper produced) in the cellar at the time that
an that Mr. Valentine said 10 was standing the
ground the pipehole; the chair and box in the
| cellar.
The case was still progress at the close of our report