The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-20
A REVENUE CONSPIRACY,
an ATTEMPT TO RUIN A REspECrx-
DIE EAST SIDE BREWER.

Revenge thar may Cost the Conspirs tor.
SomethinR-The Sudden End Of a Pass
Career-A Gross Misuse Of the Revenus
Laws-"P Putting up Job"
On Saturday last Gustav Meister, q German.
laid complaint against William r. Brockvay. !
brewer. OF sa5 East Eleventh street, charging thar
he had used cancelled stamps. On the same dsy q.
omccr accompanied BY Charles 8. Mccormick visited
the brewery, and the latter pointed out an old
drawer In the Of the coun ting room on search
ing which the onicer found few old cancelled
stampe. Mr.. Brockway was arrested, and on being
taken before Commissioner Shields, asserted that
the charge originated through revengeful feelings %
the part OF two discharged employees. Mr.. Brock
woy was held in 5000 bail.
Mr.. Brockway says that Gustav Meister. whs
prefers the charge, was
DISMISSED FROM THE pRRwRFr
abou. week ago on charge OF fragrant dishonesty
and that Charles $. Mccormick, who accompanied
the onHcer and pointed out the depository OF the
cancelled stamps, also discharged from the DO.
sition Of bookkeeper in the brewery for sending
out ale without making entries OF the transactio,s
aud for collecting and appropratlng moneys belong.
ing to his employer The manager, Il Ia charged,
bad also detected him cutting out leaves from he
ledger
Mr.. Brockway adds that Charles Mccormick isa
OF are, and was In his employment six months pre-
vious to the 26th OF April last at salary OF sfs6e
per week. lie married q Miss Kent, . highly ro-
spectacle young woman OF Brooklyn. and had By
her two children. Some time ago, Mr.. Brockway
says, he
DESERTED MS WYE,
and whiio he was In Mr.. Brockways' employmept
wrote letters Ia which lie said that he was engaged
In contrsbsnd trade between Canada and the Slates
and that $4,000 reward was offered In New York
~ had n MI
fellow clerk, and got severely battered about the
head head and 1,ec; the same nisht he sought out his
New York that the officers had attempted to arrest
him, and that the wounds be bore bad been re-
nEsIsrrSo rHE POLICE.
lie soid he had finally escaped ffom their clutches,
put would have TO keep Out of the way till the affair
All this time, Mr.. prockway says. the young man
was employed In his brewery, dressing In fashion
Brockway adds that lie was keeping bad company
in Twelfth street, visiting billiard rooms and ss-
on several occasions, g. Sir. Brockxy sdds, he had
found the
CASH SHORT
at the close OF the day aud on one occasion he un-
money. Mccormick ihereupon now into a passion
@ day. On as sSoSsn OCCASION S
had lust counted the cash, and had to leave the
Brockway asserts, Immediately passed behind the
counter, and on young Mr.. Brockway's return go
was missing. On sui another occasion &Sf was ab-
stracted, and Mr.. Brockway charged Mccormick
with the theft Tho latter denied It, but next morn
log refunded the money. At another time $40
CoUSTERFEIT BANK SorR
myseriousy found its way into the TILL which Mr..
Brockwsy banded 10 Mccormick, telling him he
must replace 1t with a genuine bill The same night
he was arrested and locked up a charge OF en-
dcavori ng to pass the cnunterfeit
MT Brockway further says that Mccormick ana
another man called on John McNelly, a liquor dealer
OF Greenwich street. who dealt with Mr.. Brockway,
and proposed that they should put an old cancelled
stamp on an empty ale hogshead In McNelys cellar,
ana that hcNelly should nssert the hogshead had
leaked, and 20 get back tho cost Of the ale which
was to be divided amonE them.
TUE TRIAL THIS MORNING.
This morning. In the Marine Court an action OF
Mccormick against brockway s to be tried In whick
the iorinor claims 5000, which he sfrms IL due for
wages by Il latter. Mr.. Brockvay says that he
paid Mccormick all that was due to Him, the last
payleni being Si2 so; Mccormick, bowever, only
took f250, and the s10 have been lying IN the count.
'1R house for him whenever he chose to take them
he most extraordinary feature OF the case is that
Mr.. BkocKw' rs WAGES BOOK
which hns been in use for i've years. is missing Mr..
Brockway says he prove that 1t either stolen
by Mccormick himself or by another man at his in
stication.
The high standing OF Mr. Brockway in the COM
munity, and the unimpeachabe character lie bears