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roll in blank but had never received from fad nastg,h
ihe said Burkins had several times told lin THE ard
Spfs'i S he sad @ S@sts,ea to DO ! or words Ss etS
rha: the dcponent then sent tor the san hurhi Wo
p8Tts1 6s l,'Ss case H once % ,o Con char y Bowcrman
lis Immediate superior who requgfted him TO make
known The facts At once 20 John l. Thomas ihc co,
Ihomaa acknowledged that the case was clearly rr",en
s w. soH TS ~ NV SHd We e %tS his S up c words
20 that cngct The dtgonent rsnli,&d 49, n1Vc H1T 3h hhg
SGg S M IL but v IN, @a more ~ Bsds az Sag Sl & Il Uaa
il is his btcf That after this the pr,cticc Wa broken
'sui.crir.d and sworn to before ~ III day and
ycJr Grtt above writ .cn. WI. INWARD, j. T..
OPERATIONS IN Illicit wnIsNEY.
7 next sought out Mr.. william r. Prime, and
stated the object Ot my visit w~ TO- learn some
Collector 1homas had made to him la order to
induce him To allow cert ain whisScy cases To- be
settled. Mr. Prime stated that he had embodied
AL the facts in this case In an affidavit which n
had personally handed to the Secretary of the
Treasury some threc months aHn' accoinranlod
10y Letters from number % the most ptoml-
nCnt gentlemen In the city CCrtiiying tn his
Prime ~ hlgh character. Nc. That the Score
made. hui thai was the last he aolrd ~ IL. Ar.
,rime then proceeded to say that In 1873 he was
in the revenue service. Whom hc disco'rrcd that
to Bnlt moro from York county, fCnnsliW-
nlg rh,s Nhsscy yS.,o Wa oonsbt BY yyc5sq, cot
LIQUOR ,deslsrs, ON, l4xht street, HlI, t4l.,
q number ~ small distilercs owned by Geo. ".
RUBY. SlrcW sAurv. Pa, Adam Borthucr. ditto,
williau Fa!st, Gl.n Koc's. and man named
thrn prucrc,lcd as follows. b" On Juno n. t~1s,
seized these disillcrics. with larac quantity Of
ThcSy f. h. S ~ smnn hInJ bo So, E% ndTStd WS@
then, ~ embark Ia tho dangerous hus ness, and
had noniis'd o. take care u them IN the event
of ,heirRts.uE Into Iophlr. Ihey ad l>td thT,n
to con suit john T.. Thomas. which thcy did. IL
told chem tnn hgy gSpl1 pss re s ;cSt "a t1T i
tbnm nG' rrar W f,r tRai Sula. and n he faied 10
| money should be returned Ia them, Ices 500
They put ny $50. oil tley could raise Ruby,
| .s.s1, rorthuer, sl,%0 cash and note Tor $40 :
| faust, $500.
ATTEMPTING rn coRRrrT Az orricrR.
| "A few days after this was in Washington at
| the 'rrg nsury Department on business aud here
| met M Thomas. he took me- to one side and
| said be had been euphyed hy ruby Borthner
and Faust and be was anxious To get them ~ scot
| free. II | would asrco tu work with him ne
| could accomplish ]. tod hin must do my
| duty ne an officer ~ the Goycrnment, when he
| replicd that ne could make II to INV advantage
| t3 agroo 70 his proposal THAT he could fet ne me
HS tTS "F.end n II woG d" d" rgSt & y M 6m % in
| this case. told him ihcn and there that he had
mistaken his man was not III thN kind OF bu-
sncss, and left him.
| The cases against the distiprs were brought
to trial at Philadelphia Aug ~. lsos, where they
pleaded guilty, and the Government recovered
| the following amounts from each: Bprthncr,
| Si,Oii Faust. s5(Oo; Rulry. SiGG.
But this is not all These men csrnc to Got
schalk Spilman ard demanded the S~.Si,, loss
| :u, they had deposited with them for Collector
| IhCmns provided he got them on. II was re-
fused ON the grouud that Thomas had receit ed
IL a. his fec. They then brought suit tn recover
| u from GotschaR 4 spilman IN tho ~th ~ sep-
| tcniher l,GH. and NJ. Thomas cnIiuycd Milton
| whitney to defend them, paving him goo re-
| ni''n- fc" and 500 To- delay the case as long
| ~ possible.
| s ontvE CHARGE.
| Correspondent Nfr Prime. d. YOU mean TO
| say that YOU embodied This charge u an aliuaNit.
| and th. YOU personally gave 1t TO Secretary
| boutwell,
Nr Prime do And IN, re were other and
| et''i more serious Chnrgee va n, too.
Cores ~pundent AID ut investigation has been
| mr. he into any ~ these matters
| M Prime No, sir. rul ed IN the Secretary
| eftcrward and asked him what action he ~
| tended to take, aud he Hssurcd tne THAT lic had
ordered IN inNcv'i igatipn. and NJ the proper time
| 4 special agent - tho department would call on
| mc. He has not made his appearance yet.
| lcft Sir Prime and called OH Mr.. Mnitney.
and asked that gentleman II he had hecn Uni-
picYed In the cases shove mentioned. ard he re-
| Piled that he had. l asked II They hud been
| bruugh! Ia trial Yet and lac replied, Mo-
| Thctc 20 csrtninly mod FOR the application ~ \
| little civil service reform IN the Baltimore Gus
| tom huu-e. sAPpHO.