The New York herald., 1875-12-27
THE VHSKET FRAUDS.
The Attack of the Chicago Inter- Ocean
on Secretary BriStOw.
THE STATEMENTS POSITIVELY DENIED.
A Desperate Attempt to Stave Off
Investigation.
INDIGNATION IN KENTUCKY

WAsHNcTos, Dec. 20, 1875
The arrival OF the Chicago Inter here this
ing with long story plan by which General Babcoc
and some OF the persons prominently accused OF being
concerned in the Chicago whskey Ring to appear
before Congressional investigation committee, has
created some excitement The proposition that General
Babcock shall appear, and by conessng also inculpate
the Secretary Of the Treasury based upon the theory
that witness before a Congressional committee
thereby
AVOIDS PROSECUTION
for any wrong he may have done. The Chicago distl-
lers Also It is sald thus TO avoid punishment well
as General Mcdonald OF St Louis. But if this is
than bravado, the persons who propose thus
TO act have forgotten that they could not thus
be saved from civil prosecution on evidence by other
parties The OF the safe burglary shows this suf
acienty. Whitley, Nettleshp, Harrington and A. B
Williams all
WITNESSES BEFORE COMMITTEE
Of Congress-; were all examined touching their com
plicity in tho safe burglary aud yet indicted
tried at the next term of Court The statement that
General Babcock is ready confess any
with the whiskey Ring is secuted by his friends here
tonight, who say the inter ocean article IS
INSULT
to him after his protestations or innocence The
statement that the persons question have arranged
Y
chairman, with four democrats aud three republl-
cans, Is
DENIED BY MR. RANDALL,
who authorizes the statement that he hears Of the thing
for the first time tonight He thinks that the Ways
and Means Committee ought investigate the whskey
frauds with the purpose preventing their repetition
by proper legislation. Neither he nor any committee
will do the least thing shield any one He adds that
he is perfectly sure that
SECRETARY BRlsrow NOTHING.
The statements about Mr. Bristow's connection or
friendship with whskey dealers in Cincinnati and
Louisville entirely alse also the statement
about certain railroad frauds.
CHICAGO INVESTIGATIONS.
The Treasury Department has information tonight
that everything is moving well in Chicago, and the
publication the Inter ocean is regarded by Chicago
men here as additional proof that the Ring there
badly frightened The whole scheme is evidently born
of fright and desperation among the guilty in
Chicago who have planned in the hope
of avoiding the conviction which awaits tnem.
THE ATTACK OF THE CHICAGO INTER-ocEAN
UPON SECRETARY Observation-Disclosures IN
KENTUcKY-rHE FACTS or THE CUNNINGHAM
CASE.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 26, 1875
The Chicago Inter 0cedns charges insinuations
at length on Saturday last we're reproduced in
the erJourRai to-day, and read very generally
Louisville As ii was well known here that Secretary
Bristow is not has been connected with
counsel for Louisville whskey firms these
| only receive ridcue in Kentucky.
WHERE rnE SECRETARY LIVES
1t is alleged in the Inter Oceans report that when
Secretary Brstow visits Louisville he invariably makes
his stay the house Of Mr. Jacob Weller, his brother
/ in-aw, and the brother of W. L. Weller, whiskey
dealer and rcctifcr Both Wellers deny this and say
while Brstow and his brotherin-law have always been
friendly they not at all intimate; further that
Brstow always puts up at the Gait House and votes
the ward which all residents OF the hotel mentioned
are required do their voting AS far as Mr.. W. I.
Weller is concerned he says Mr.. Bristow has never
acted counsel for him. but time assisted in
duty bound the prosecution Of his firm alleged
technical violation OF the Revenue law In reference TO
whiskey Of j. A. Cunningham seIzed at Peoria and
ferred TO by the Inter Ocean
THE FACTS
are, the whskey sold BY Monks and Cobb Of this
city to j. A. Cunningham After the seizure Bristow,
while here. and before he became Secretary Of the
Treasury a friendly for the Messrs. Monks and
Cobb the district Attorney at Chicago request
ng that he defer action until all tho facts
tanned. subsequently, that whiskey and part of the
lot seized at Chicago forfeited because there
was defence the parties Interested in the defence
having been taken by surprise. new
trial granted and the is stin pending
j. A. Cunningham has refused the compromise offered
because they insist tho whiskey was all right After
Mr. Brstow became Secretary of the Treasury he was
applied to by Cobb to order the release OF the whskey
but declined TO give any order upon the subject for the
that he had been consulted by Cobb prior be-
coming Secretary unless the Com OF Internal
Revenue and the solicitor OF the Treasury
mend its release These the facts gathered
from Mr. Cobb gentleman Of high standing here. He
also says agent OF the government investigated the
whole and reported that there nothing wrong
about the whiskey. He has really complained that
Secretary Bristow's Official proprety
has prevented him from doing what the facts would
have justified him in doing.
WHAT MR.. CUNNINGHAM SAYS.
Mr. Cunningham says there excuse for the
seizure the whskey; that Commissioner Douglass
was apprsed of the concerning and intmated
that money would its restoration Mr. Gun
ningham says he has paid nothing and does intend
10 use money what properly belongs 10 him.
All other whskey named the Inter. Ocean arti-
Gle az having employed Brstow, including Newcomo.
Buchanan Co, deny such Democrats here
indignant at the Inter Oceans attempt ally them
with = scheme TO aid the whskey men and BaDcock.
DENIED
1t is ascortaned from reliable that Secretary
Brislow does not know Hobart OF Cincinnati, with
whom tho Chicago IRter charges he always stays
when in that CITY.
MOODY AND SANKEY.