, 1875-12-30

porsherly direction, followed by reporter
Thhy wont along Clark atreet to Water. aud thca
turning ehst "ent straight t1 No. 81, tue plact
OF business Of netsra. Keoly It kerNin, rec!t
Hers and con'pouodors. Ths two w4lRod iutk
the Office. which Was tonantea by Mr. Kcrnte
sud sume clerks. Dir. Wolf malked au!otI,
to tho rear, notified tua men whq
were ~ work that they had battcs stop opera
tionS A. ouce and clear OUT a. thors Was t,othlnR
further for them 10 do. aul locked tbs reae
doors and took puBscsbou Of tho keys. Dfr.
Campbell On bis part produced hia warrant, aud
notified 3fr. Kor@in that tloy had come there
for the purpose Of sei:ing lis estabIlslr,out
taking possession Of all tie liquors, hooks. pa.
tera. etc. uo gathered mp tho various blaukt
aud books which wesu wing around, uus them in
tho safe, md locked md realed i. Ut. kerw,u
seemed littlo dumaroanie1. Ilo Hals nothing,
anil his face expressed 10 particular emotion
He asked what
TIE NEXT sTEr
would be. and 3lr. Campbell said that Con.
Webster and Col. Matthews would be atound tc
tito Course Of tie afternuon and woutl tell him
w1at was to be dGne. Mr. kerw.n seated hin.
teit 10 hib h,tie pirate olica; Mr. Campbell
al" one OF the clorks we.lt to looking oscr tho
papers, a,ld a1r. Wolf seated himself plac,uiv
neas the door. Presently
. AIR. KEELY
canio iu, was Informed by hls partner Of wha!
Ind hRrpuned. aud after brief CONSULTATION
70 9 IVA. iess2 s wobsss &C., ayes ass' '~hs KsfMss
marched on: Tho reporter stepped back iute
tln rear oilico, where tho ex-toungy Treasurer
and independent candidate At tho reconk cleo
ton WAS seated. alr, keely did not look quits
NJ happy ~ Wlea he WAS domlc!led in lis head.
quarters Oh Randolph street running bis Eeccnt
ca!ncaigt!. aud was apparently dieiuullaei toglya
Information. alleging, however, aa lis principal
reason therefor the fact that be lad nono.
f!lA raj k51i Iso% /, ~.
waa cumsns, sts. kecly7
Dir. keelS-Not tho lcast.
H.-llave you Any Idea VI the reasnn for ft2
Mr. k.-Aot at all, sn. TAe ouly thins
cer chuau aud told uB Ac ougn. to take out d 70
talers' liecneo. which we did day OF two after,
1t may have been for that that We arc seized. o1
gu account Of some tr!aing technical lrregu.
lArty. But what 1t is l Aayo not tie least tdea,
n.-Iow heAyy business bsSe yoa boer
doing?
Mr.. K.-Abont $4,000 MONTH
R.-llave yuu decided what your future course
Mr. K.-No. I hare not got had an oppor.
tunlty of consul1u: wlth my pGrt1os OH tile
subject. We shaA probably decle By to-inor.
row.
,lr., Keely then asked a1r. Campbell soms
question AZ to when Gen. Webster would be IL,
and was informed he would not bo arouud thai
evening. ME. koely waited L short time until
Mr. Kerwiu camo to relieve him, and then do.
parted.
A TR1nusE reporter subsequently questioned
MI. KELVIN,
whom ho found keeping. guard ID tho iunor
sanctuary, concerning 4is views Of the seizure.
Roporter-Wo1e you here, a1r. kcrwln. whon
tue Deputy Collector arrived tsns attaraoou2
3fr. khrWin--l was.
R.-Wers you expecting visit Of that kind7
A1r. k.--Qt COURSE not. Why should we2 a.
far ~ that III concerned 1t made very little dlf-
feseuco to lis. The revenue people knov wlero
tn Hr,1f ff.nHt NIL &rN Sx<
Auy time.
h:-Haye you beon doing good opslness
ia.cyl
ME. K--woll. Dir. would rather no. ssy any.
thing about our affairs IT present.
R.-nut tho readers Of TUE TR1auXE arc Ina
teEcsted tn them to Au unusual extent tutt pow.
Mr. X. (oomeWhat ratcorouafy}-I don't care.
I don't want any notoriety,-Rt leaat not until wo
know bow stlIngs Will settle.
!. R-lou can, perhaps. toll something about
the
u1sroRr or THE r1nn.
Mr.. K.-0h, certainly; tia lirtn Of Keo,y d
Kerwtn began business 10 this fall Of 1871, ou tho
coruer OF Canal and Harrison streets, Wo
moved Into tleso au4rtnrs about year ago.
R.-What dlstilerles CO you pstrou,zo MoHslye
1fr. L. (doubtfuily) dont know but
We do tic must business with ds.tcsles II
B.-lIaYo you any connection With Chicago
disl!lerieB
Mr. K.-No.
N.-1t ss supposed that you do business with
W.l'lam Cooper's distrllery.
extent
K.-To what do you attribute tho sczuro7
As. K:-I1o~ do know auYfhsns ub.'ss it7
haven't tho faiutes: itlea toll you again that
don't want 10 say al, thing about It.
R.--Sslll you must have some theory.
Mr. K.-The cauae, II ANYTHING. must bo soms
l!ttta omission Of whlcu I ain not Aware. i
mau came in hsre fo n days ago and told us
that II was necessary fur lis to have . rotaileya
license. 1t IL true that we lad so!d Bolnctlmol
or gallons ut q t41ne tu men who wauted tc
buy little bitters os lllanr, bat wo Lad usver
thought it Docessary to got rotail tlceusc. Nell
taer dld Gcu. Webster think 10; But, after thi.
nosl1ltat,uo, Mr. keciy won't Immediately and
Eot a ]lconBe. l supposa tho seizure must ba
due to tho want Of . icsnsc.
R.-Now, do you really think 80 Z
hlr. i. tso!ctuuy VII do. "
R.-uow long havo you been engaEed in
sectifyiug?
Mr.. k.-About yes-.
R.-can you tell MO tue carac!ty Of your ap.
paratus aud the anount of rectisyiug that you
have done tbs year!
Alr. K.-No | am an oueaido man In the
business, aud don't know anything about lts de-
tails.
n.-ls Ibis all that you eau tell u,es
Mr. K.--Ai, alI more, too.
Inquiry and Investigation showed Tho reporter
that tltora whs q large stock Of goods IN haud In
tho establishment. Tue tlrm occHpy al the four
doo1s Of tho building ~hcro they ara located. and
the aoorn wore groaoiue under long !lues Of baz.
rcfs There 10 about $4,000 worth Of "lieky
stored awhy up and down etairs. Mr, Wolf ro-
maiutd n charge OF tho establishment durlna
thu night.
MaTTHEl.
LITTLE PREMATURE.
Understanding yesterday afternoon that Will
lam Matthels rect!fying establishment. No. II
nina fHtAn6 hvhnIfn ef3ZDH TnINnNF "a.