, 1870-08-28
rdce- Tse ,.o.sy had not been recovered Up IN
:. 'r!rck last evening. Hfs parents reaiAe ut No.
40 South Je6er8Qn st1ret.
WHlsKEY IN PHIL ADELpHIA.
Seizure OF nm Illicit DissiNl esy-T~o
Men AEreAted-Tho Uni Il ~tHtTs
Mnrehala Assnulted-The Marines
Aruf-

From tAr Ph.iadctFh+a iN7uurT, Aug -.
At an early hour yesterday morning Unitod
States Revenue Officers Clark and Mccaullev
and Deputy United Btates Narshs1a Ndgxzy
and Showers started out on a raiaing tout
through the southeastern tectiou Of tue city
IN search OF Illicit ph1skey distille.ies- Among
other places Visited Was the distille1y At the
corner Of Wheat and Boren streets, said to be
run bv the El!ingrrs. This establishment has
within three mouths past beeh vislted no lesa
tlau 6ye times, but the officers were never
fortunate enough to sccuro tho arrest Of the
alleged owners Of tho place or the parties en-
plosed On the premises. Each time the estab-
Gsbmept waa found in running order. and thu,
Officers od6ceTs would close II up, int destsoying t6e
p,asl,es and then se1ztrg hll movable prop
Il wss nearly o'clock VIXEN tho place was
.y,eited yesterday morning. I1o door v1s
and John HfcGinnis, were found in the. place
Tho former was asleep. Tho etiu Was running
In fall Last, and c1ase by Has barrel and \
half Of w1,lskey, which the officers seized. The
prisoners showed no resistance, but went
peaceably to tleSecond District Station House,
There they we're locked up. The ness OF
their capture snon hpread throughout tne Dr.
trict- and in a short time tho frienas OF the
fortunate one. APPEARED about tho st4,iou
| house in large numbers. ItW4s evident that
| They talked loud and in angry terms Of the Of
| iicefa who had made the Arrest.
| Shortly before 10 O'Clock Deputies Ridgray
! Marry, aud Bea1e re1aired t. ths lookup Ger
The purpose OF taking tic prisoners ont and
I ercts,iug them into the presence OF 4 United
States Commissioner for heaTiag. At this
time tho eame anE1! mob surrounded the sta
tion houte. The officers ~ they passed were
eyed very closely, bnt they did not suspect
thu, au attempt would he m1de 70 vTess their
prisoners from them.
Elnger and A1cGinnin were brought -
~ md cd tn a frfYrf S71QF
Hardly had the portals beeu paese< Wae1
William Elli1cer struck Deputy F4K"ay n
the mouth. and then his rriaonr. Joseph f.
ns1F 1a1s ssoss ~ arny from n ri.htht asss.
snc< s ' Of tie se:oul u M.test policemen, he was
reareetpd, brought sack and 1ocksl up.
1hi1e tlli1 ,n<lee wss going on Mct}innis had
b,olen away from Deputy Beae. The latte!
rurrned ar1 would have captured him. had
lot jacob Ellinger and the rest Of the mob in
terfersd. Tie police came to the ..sistanes
! Of the Deputies, aud aided in as1estlnE Jacob
: ElhHgeE. and escorted him to the lookup.
: William EllingeE Vas next taken into ustodJ
for interfering with the United 6tAtes officials
in the discharge Of their duties.
At one time lively fight WAS going on be
tween the roughe ard the Deputy Mar.hale
| The latter were rrrtty roughly handled, ant
but for the preeel CO OF the policemen f1ou
the station house ttcy would have received al
unmorci'u1 beatiug. .
prisoners up, reported to MkrallaI GrcEor,
that it would he worth their iives to attemp
. 70 take the Ellingers betoro the United State
Con missioner.
!, TIE Marshal then gave orders to his depr
ties to proceed I, the navy yard and obtain
: detachment Of marines. This waa done, Au
i the dttail. consisting Of thirty men under Il
E command ct SeEgea1ls Reese. proceeded to Il
. stst,op. and. having epened tauks, the F
!; linser brothers were rlncrd between the al
y and thus marched TO the United States Cou
! Room, followed by large eoncoutse
], reor3e.
], While confined in the station Revenue Oi
. cor Clark welt to the cell to have talk vi
+ tho rriRoners. One Of them drew pock'
= knife aud made srlunge At Atr. Clark, throu
: the tars, but fortunately the weapon did t
Ia touch that officer.
H. Each OF the defendants was held in s3.t
n hail One Chs-. Moore became boudsman
ID thesu. Jacob Eniuger, along With Moo
,e then offered themselves ~ bail in the case
r. They were accepted, and the Pzisoners "
ne all released.