The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-16
WHISKY.
Hearings To-day Before the United States
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Hearings To-day Before the United States
Commissioner.
AT half-past 12 o'clock to-day, before United
Theodore Filter, and BENJAMIN f. Erweer had a
hearing upon charges OF having committed certain
violations of the Internal revenue laws The EVIL
dence elected was as folows:-
Alexander p Tuition sworn-I the Supervisor of Iu
terns hovonue of the Eastern District of Ponnsyya1a;
have been such November last was to
this district last knUw SSyo RSfs ed ne the acs S
first visit there the Saturday previous to the th OF
Filter also don't know that ever saw Mr. Erweler the
gauger of that disory Mr. Ftler endesvoTed 3D. 70 see
the Collectors office he told me that he had been engaged
place he told me about the hour in the morning that be
bad done it. and which knew vas not eorrect because
Fey not there he Sitergsrds varied ne h9ur ana nd
disery With the collector Of the district assessor
Detectives Brooks and Prime and myself; on opening the
which Mr. lter said he had guaged @ that morning and
marked and they ampef & WITH wrsboe sS Smp the
barrels were branded Tax paid August II, 1853" when
pad n PGidd' PSnd Mr. Filter fS knew it was not paid
Tn has NO % TO pH bs nf R On evidence
that the is paid and it can only be done after the
been in the there were also number Of par
Ies there branded in the same way but married. & Jew
Mr. Htler said to that Mr. Stewart the night store
way; think MIR Stewart told me 50 himself; Mr. Stew
art storekeeper at that place. and told me that ne was
2SgSs and Sa'G@S sSnSay Sd Sunday night
a de THE S Mr. did G to
cals he should have done according to law during
from Hundred TO 5roqsand bushels Of grain
me 6s Ee Mss Tom eae 2 darps 6 n
didn't see the grain removed went that disiery
been
6y ne he sad & that nat ne . aaS % 9 at R
night said he didn't that the grain and chop had
Collectors once and kept him there until the Collector,
MI 5 told me that ne It Sd sud hs
whisky and had Mr. Stewart with him. when Stewart was
Mr. Erweiler the ostensible daystorekeeper at the
nS say @ bs S nqSS aps Maoday ioF
day or during the hours rs thSt WAS there
thrtthree barrels we're not there neither we're they in
Gross eTaminedWft was eight or ten days after the
seizure that went there with Marshal Gregory; it
then learned of my own knowledge that the barrels had
v. r Prime sworn-Am adjective officer in the Inter
on the 10th and fIth Of August the barrels there
was about Il O'clock; there brand on the barrels
the distiller's brand-and the brand contained the
not ali Che barrels the serial number Sf the pack
Ss1 saped so Of them
date could not astermine of the defendants
brand omission oversight in order that the
may sS & BoS s1e Sit
n Ss a d $
hSvs esn s6 the
Philip Stotsenberg sworn Was appointed watchman by
m
Charlotte and Third street was appointed watch
man the 10th OF August last; Mr.. Ridgway als
apponted watchman we shared the time ! saw the 9
barrels in the cistern had the key of that
| Mr.. Murray Deputy Marshal, gave the key: when
| would leave l gave the key TO Ridgway, anC
the barrels were marked but counted them Monda
the 18th, went with Mr.. Mountjoy shorC tim
before O'Clock, p. NJ We went in buggy after mai
by the name OF Whiteman he took me TO Oakdale Park
it he said quite likely could find there
| We didn't find him there, and came back to No Ill
Market street he not there; then went home
my supper and went back to the distilery. When ef
| gave the Key to "a young man nance
Mountloy couldn't go because Ridgway not there
Mountoy said there nothing in there to steal
gave the key to Conner when got back to the dster
Hound it locked up; l climbed the fence got in ami
opened the office asked for Ridgway and he was no
there asked the boys outside; boy for Ridgwa
to his home didn't Mountioy again after L wen
| back.
| Case still in progress as we go to press.