The New York herald., 1870-01-22
TOBACCO FRAUDS IN TIL. INDIAN TEaR,.
TORY.
Their Extent-vi.orous Proceedings-Prose.
cmliOua md lanYY Seizures.


Their acknowledgement Proceedings-Prose.
cutious and Heavy Seizures.
From the Little Rock lArk.l Republican, Jan. Ill
There has been for tho past two years an illegal
manufacture Of tobacco In the Indian Territory near
the boundary line OF this State, which has recently
grown to such an alarming proportion as to demand
the specia attention Of the OF Internal
Revenue
About three years since certain cotton was pro-
duced In the Indian nation and q collector or IN
ternal reycnuc for one OF the districts OF TINS state
competed the parties 10 pay tax thereon; but
Of the articles OF The treaty with the Indians urovces
that no tax shall 30 levied upon products OF the
larins owned py Indians, the government refunded
the tax imposed upon the cotton IN question.
10 guard against fature enorss parties to cvade
the revenue laws IN ine Indian Territory Congress
passed law on the 10th OF Juy 1863 which effect.
ually cuts or tobacco rather revenue thieves om
plying tneir h!iclt TRANSACTIONS In that Territory.
section I07 OF the act OF July ~, 1865 reads as io-
lows
And be further enacted, That the internal lava
baeco, snur ana cigars shall he held ana construed
y extend to such articles produced within the
| shall be within collection dsrsc. not
The facts In This tobacco swndle show that the
| Leaf tobacco manufactured In the Indian Territory
~ purchased by the fraudulent manufacturers Ia
the states OF Missouri. Kansas, ArKAnsas ami Ken
t1cky, and therc IL little II any, produced or pur.
chased in the Territory. The manufactured tobacco
| IL put upon the market unslainped aud hoods the
supervisor John McDoualo has been the instrt.
ment through which the honorable Commis sioncr
las nanacd the fraude. lie has recently rcturncd
IRON hls RAID upon tho tobacco thieves and mas.
understand seized every tobacco factory IN the n-
dian Territory, thousands OF pounds 0i unstampcd
tobacco, and has inaugurated proceedings Ia REM
fled criminal Information against riessrs BOsic and
Ryan, Of Fort Smili; Tandy walker, OF the indian
Territory, and Il. C. Boudinot, OF -, and tue
United states Court, before whom the cases were
heard at Wan Burcn. has bound the parties over Tor
their appearance before tho next Grand Jury IN tue
sum or ea,6 500.
The civil proceedings will be heard before his
Honor Judge Caldwell At the next terih of the United
States Court which cOnveDes nc Van Buren, IN May,
and we shall then whether one citizen OF his re-
perform act that works an injustice 10 his neigh
OoT
SHOOTING AFFRAY IN BRISTOL, X. I-Dristol is
place there ABOUT eleven o'clock Monday Night.
Two young lads visited q nelphboring house where
| another lad resided, named Edwin h. White, and
knocking at the door, ran OF short distance and
then returned After doing 80 few times v mle
came to tie door with = gun loaded with duck shot
and taking aim at one Of the u, ing men. named
Jerome Ford, hrcd ana shot hfn. lie immediately
fell, aud the ncgnb0t5 beng alarmed by tile report
nastcned to the scene aDu carried the wounded u2
~ ms mothers house rear by. Upon exaninax
II found that he had been shot In the riu
and face. Tuesday he was brought to tnls1
carried TO DR.. Caswell's oilicc, and afterY
10 the Rhode sand Hospital. iis cop/
accounts was very criticai. WHITE
cousire. and about the same ar
The AFFAIR mas caused q grey
and has been the only tCS1
the occurrence. White W
before Jusic. Monroe or
dangerous weapon wiJ
Ueillld, Jan. ~.