, 1875-08-10

Ford, Oliver Cal "crros 1866 a8
Tho frat fifteen lots In tho above tabio were
shipped to Hasklt Il llotselgeascz, Of 1pdian-
apolls, Ind. and the IhAt nina lots went to uun-
niugham l. Co., OF Dubuque, Ia. Tho trapsac-
ttons above noted aro ouiy those which tuok
ulaee In the mouth Of February ct the proBent
year. From indications It Is ihouslt that ne
many Of more "orroIB" will bo found ih the
months of January and March.
THE MEriIon or MARINA THERE t1t1rMENTs
was what iH called I'll revenue Hnng tho lndiu-
rutbor pnckage.-thAt iy, tito Qauger, acting
for the 1tctitlor marks the package pEopar]y, md
the firm then mako tho ofror in their aworu ro-
port to tho Collector
It may be said In passing that tho revenue
Agonta who visited 1ndiauapoliB, found what
Beema like convincing proof that MessrB. Ford,
business at shipping out Liquor and making
talhn RETURNS therefor. This evidence consisted
III tludiug the bills made by tue Chicago houao
for the lltlunr ns shipped by dates. These bills
enumerated the trno contetlta of tho pnckagoa
lust n they are given ia tho last column OF tho
abova table, and the figures thus given wcre
placed upon Mess1a. Aaslat i uiteolgessor'B
beoaa.
TnK IMMEDIATE PnocEsa
of mixing fAlBo ahipmpnts by tho india rubber
method regulren tho connlvAtlco Ut dishonest
GauSor. Every FcctltyinH establishment Inns
aauRer asslgued to tt, and hS iB furnished with
book OF au0 stamps and stubs corresponding.
i In hls duty, whom package IL taken ont Ut
and to I'LL out the stub with corresponding fg-
uloR, signing both. TAe fact that tho stub and
stamp ats numbered In duplicate IOnGerH thpir
resosefy ni.d comparison comparatively
lool At tho first limo In tile Above-printed table,
Il shows that OIL tue 9th OF February rcctIicr'a
hIalnp No. Ds4, $50 WAS hed out Try the uAuRcr,
aud Dlaced OH paokaRa which contained 0,272
gallens. Ihen, instead Of properly A!hng ap sl'e
Sal!uus on it. The repetition, Of this process IL
sbnwn BY comparing the stnbs now III Col
Alasthowa' posscs4lon with thu, books Of tho
firms to whom the goods wore aant. SUI
more convincing proof H. found By com;
stamps brought from Indianapolis, Placed
side by eitta with the ntub Of tue same number,
they show tho fraud in an instant. This, ~ be-
fore said, could not have been done without tue
oolniyAnoe And sct!vo Bgenoy of she QauHer.
The person who 10 thus brought into unpleasant
connection with this caYs iH j. II. Hood, whose
ua1no figures u Gaugsr on most, II not ail, OF
the rect!fiofB' STAMPS iss,lad tn Is. III. Ford,
nRn,e has baloEo bech brought bofoso The public
in connection with wh|aky cahes.
III order 70 maGo scheine like thls success-
3ul, Il 10 ueCusaRty
to tho other incidental crimes. This comes In In
tue HhAps OF tHor return t!ed each month by
tho Iitm knd attaHted befuro proper officer, Tho
return Of MesHrs. Ford, Oliver b Co. for tho
mouth III question WIS sworn 10 BY Herman
Wobbeke, and contniued the ltouas OF shipments
A stated in tho third column Of shs taple i is
hardly necessary to htata that II must have been
falaa report, cooled up to hgres With the daus-
et's stula.
=, ..t0v .,,so TIE TIE oa'EGr an,ss. an, ny.
Been without word VI explanation. Tho rectL
ior pays no gallon tax, aud heuce It would not
ut O1,co appear why hu need reaort 10 this method
Ut false rsports, 1t il. l,o"aysf one Of the pro-