The New York herald., 1875-12-31

had been in the habit shipping daily and had sui
fered much 10 accumulate. The government officers
duly at the dlstlery Mcssrs Phelps and Beecher
gangers and Messrs. Moore Taylor and EllIel, store
Keepers All OF them SAID to have been implicated
PENALTIES AND PoRFElTuREs.
The following the amounts Of taxes and penalties
due the government without taking into account the
iorleitures for which these firms will be sued:--
Chicago Alcohol Works both housesl $lS5, 900
Dickinson, Abel Co. tboth housesl 100000
heely \ herwin.. .-..........-.......- oo,oOO
South Branch Distillery Company ......... $4,000
Black Hawk Distilery Company. 100000
Total s7I5 600
wnile easy give exact figures as to the
value OF the real estate and buildings used by the
distleres and rcctying houses seized yet APP
proximate valuation may be set upon them Win
works probably ZOO build and repair, but
they would bring anything like that sum at
present The Chicago Alcohol Works have been valued at
about $40 900 but that sum would probably not replace
them II they were totally consumed by lire Keely n
Kerwins establishment very costly 10 the grounds
and building but not SO much so as TO furnishing and
equipment Tor running. Probably SIS, 900 would
their property outside of real and stock Mather
runs sma business and $40, ,00O is outside limit
or AL his fixtures and property except hts stock The
South Branch Company is the best vi the lot IN point Of
equipment and value thereof, and the same building
could probably be erected again for less than
sos 000 The Black Hawk DislilleTy t.'Cooper's' Is
said something like SIS 900 put up but
tar down that II will probably not bring that
sum by considerable.
Although ali the dlstilerles we're nominally seized
and stopped yesterday yet the production Will be
stopped till to morrow night In most This Is
because all OF them are on seventywo hour time; or,
in other words, the mashes are allowed 70 ierment
seventy-two hours before they drawn of
Tor the still IL follows OF course, that although
mash will be made alter the SEIZURE Of yesterday
there remain two days work in distllng the mash
already IN the tubs
The first duty the deputies of the Collector and
Supervisor proceed TO take inventories OF all prop
erty found on any OF the premises seized some OF this
work done yesterday and to-day. II may take TIL
10 complete these Inventories even with the
utmost diligence. Until these inventories filed II is
mpossbl TO say exactly how much the government
has prohied by these seizures provided the results OF
trial shall confirm the action taken yesterday. Ii 1t
should proved thar the distleres have been running
'crooked, or breaking the law in such way should
justify their SEIZURE they by law forfeited the
government together with such penalties and assess
ments tor back taxes the trials shall show 10 be
proper
Mr. Miller, OF the dstilers implicated, Is reported
to have said:.'It looks as # there had been gen
era giveaway guess those indicted fellows have all
gone with the good ones and are making the best
terms they BY telling All they know" He was
asked "What terms do you think they have made or
win be able 70 makeSn and made this significant reply
sMy idea that they will Just about manage TO keep
themselves out Of the Penitentiary by pleading guilty
paying line ard forfeting their property. It's pretty
haru these men. IN venture 10 say there Is not
dslillcr Chicago that any richer than he was two
years ago II has been uphill work with them The
TACT matter the government is to blame for all
this trouble There could not he gallon OF crooked
whiskey made If the officials willing and in
fact anxious that II should be. We fought this
thing here as long as we could know
exactly when the nrst ventures were made by
officials 70 into this business. They were made
10 Gibson OF Cincinnati Then they made propositions
TO us, and fought the thing hard as we could.
people generally imagine II they have made crooked
whiskcy il was because they could not help them
selves ieel they have been very much wronged, and
/ mean to stick by them"
TuK PROSECUTION rREpARrxa. ,
Mr. Burke, the Assistant United states District At
torney, busy all day preparing the information
which has to be lodged against the seized distleries
The papers will be filed to-day, and the dlstlers will
then come forward and offer bond their places
Judge Blodgett will have to appoint three dsnteresed
persons apprase the value oi the property, and II
The dstlers give bonds for twice the amount Of such
value they resume operations. AS already above
Indicated most Of them will hardly find bondsmen
that the great whiskey manufacturing business Of
Chicago which yields to the government a revenue OF
almost 81 900 200 per month Will be almost entirely
crippled for some time 10 coma
THE SITUATION AT THE LATEST MOMENT
BONDS TO BIZ GIVEN BIZ DIsTnLERs FOR THE
CONTINUANCE OF THEIR BUsINEss-NFoRMA-
TIoN RENDERED By TEE INDICTED PARTIES
WITH A HOPE OF LENIEscY.
CHICAGO, Dec 80 1875.
Your correspondent has visited all the leading dis
tillers whose establishments were seized, with
10 ascertain how quickly they intended to bond them
out The result may be briefly summed up
follows:-The Alcohol Works, Dickinson, Abel &
Co.'s and Cooper's, which the most impor-
tant, intend to give bonds possible
III
require bonds to tho amount Of s40o Ooo The South
Branch whose bonds the basis o the present valua-
ton would amount 81 600 900, s the only whose
owner is undecided whether TO continue business or
not Mr. Powell disgustcd with the whiskey
business that he may not look for bonds and may
let the government have It's way; but he will
probably think better OF alter the nrst bitterness Of
feeling gone II the others lind their bondsmen and
they satisfactory TO Judge Blodg2lt they will
sumo operations in a week ten days
IMPORTATION DsTILLERs
The papers and books OF the various dsterics were
all brought to the Collectors Office this afternoon be-
ing deemed too important to be left at the disterea
To morrow Colonel Matthews will send his Official
port OF the seizures to Washington, asked him
night whether that the indicted distillers
had helped to brng asbout the seizures He replied
that some OF tssvA2aa given him important aid Oy In
formation, waich they volunteered ana without which
noting could have been done II " important 70 note
that Colonel Matthew'S who either says nothing or says
tho TRUTH denies In emphatic terms that the govern
ment had, in return for this information promised
them immunity IRON punishment All that could oe
said that the indicted parties gave the information
purely Ia the hope OF cnioncy but without having any
promises TO 60 upon.
Colonel Matthews by the way, denies that there
exists any Whskey Ring in Cincinnati Or Louisville.
Ho saws only to-day he received report from one Of
very best detectives who 10 now IN Cincinnat de-
earng that after months ceaseess ferretng he had
discovered any evidence whatever pointing To the
existence Of Whskey Ring at Cincinnati and ne had
also received similar reports from LOUISVILLE
POLICE TO BR INDICTED
The most sensational event growing out OF theso
seizures ii the alleged certainty Of the Indictment OF
Chief Of Police Jake Rehm. Tho revenue officials say