The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-29
GEN. M'D0NALD'S PARTNERS
THE POWER That PROTECTED THE
GREAT WH ISKBY RING


GREAT WHISKBY RING.
Letters that would mako a Sensation in
Wash'mqton VIII Mcdonald Dare TO uso
themr -Why tue Conspiracy was not
Earlier Exposed High Heads In Danger.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25.-There Is much diff
! ference OF opinion here to the course Con.
John Mcdonald wall pursue now that he has
been convicted and secs the cherries walls Of
the.penitentary staring him in the face. what
| Will be the extent Of his punishment can only
he surmised as II IL very largely viii hin the dis
| erection OF the Court. lie charged with
| eight separate offences, and was fOun guilty Of
| every one. The maximum imprisonment which
the court can infiict h twenty-iour years, and
| the minimum -four years. The law does not
! specify whether the imprisonment snail be sim e.
| pie confinement or at hard labor. and therefore
| the discretion Of the Court can be exerclsed In
this particular also. II Ia not probable that
Judge Trent will swerve from the strict line ~
| duty and therefore 1t - generally believed that
Mcdonald will be condemned to pay heavy
fine and to UNDERGO an imprisonment at hard -
Dor for period ~ four, six, or ten years. Jude
| Treat declined to pass sentence upon the mem
| bers " the Ring who plead guilty. until he had
heard all the evidence, aud for the sam reason
he refused to sentence Mcdonald when the Dis
trict Attorney asked HIM to Immediately upon
| the announcement - the verdict. lie eNl
| denty means 20 deal foarlessly with tqese mon.
WILL MDoNALD WEAKEN.
| II Mcdonald has to % to the peuitcntiarv,
! VIII Will he dor There are tut few ~ his
| friends and arquaintarCrs here whO express
any doubt ~ To tia power to implicaie the
] White uOuse aud many dsunguis iod people
| cut. 'ue thHt ltiht. 10 auartv 81 gem leWen VINO
visited him m VI Yesterday he eNhtbited In bulk
hummer # lett,rs. and at the same time Sid
| with significant einpnass int u lie was disposed
| TO play ini'rmei tie had AT the III itrri 10
one gentleman he showed tie signatures to
several Of the letters. aud said the contents ~
| those alone would bring low some Of tho high
est heaus In the land. he person who was
| favored with this slight cxhib't 81 McDOnald's
" hand" would not tell me whose SIGNATURES
were attached To the letters, but he said that he
had no DOUBT 81 their genuiueness, INA tnat II
| REPRESENTED their publication would mako u
| digger noise than did Cakes Amoss celebrated
| letters to MCCOmb.
Ths is the DIST Intimation from McDonnld
| that he might revenge himself on some OF his
| friends who have failed to afford him the pro
| MELON Id discovers that lac ha, long aud weary
| years of coulne ueut at hdtd Labor, ne viii tell
| all he knows. although my i'm. IRE sion u toe
man Is ali together different lie mas no delc tie
sense ~ honor, but he uuQuestlODdUlJ believes
| la standing Oy by his frienus.
EVIDENCES OF PROTECTING POWER.
Whatever may pa McDunad's policy with re
| gard 1" implicating his silent y rt"ers al ~ d.
nEton. sue fact that he has mad suci par ner~
| grows NOR apparent with every new revelation
| of ltins Il, iuls. TIE theory tuai the CONT INA
| ton WAS able. with the Intervention nf any
| uigner tower II Washington, to uefv treachery
| within tts own circle. wei u any ana all
interference from without, Is simply prcpOs-
ferrous.
a giant conspiracy 70 defrlud tho Govern
ment u millions annually through the 81 uduc-
! ton and di-pu~tu ~ Oi Illicit whi-k y COulI not
| nave lasted dur az Tour tett- vttuout the con
sent aud cpnuivance 81 higher ofici h at wash
,nstpn tnan M.O. Avery, wnu was. ~Ith the tx
epuon e about one We y, e mere Len X IN the In
| tcrnl KcNcuu" Bureau Inc principal cuusli-
rat r.. WI .uon" uad much 70 lose. would have
been AZ tue mercy # scor Of low rogDe- WHO
alt. IA. a Ia 1000
dollars anu halt A ass ti-ncd storekeeper "r
sauger, Or a disch ed engineer, distlilcr OF
buOkNecprr could 4 anN time have brousht the
wnoie combination ~ thieves 10 gr,ef by SIM
uly m king an AFFIDAVIT am seeming !. tu Wash
iugton. Mithuut tne tnenoshiu aud prOtec-
u Of the hignest ONE - OF tne G"V,r"mcht
1T w sungtOu Ia, re cOull ne ~ long couNn cd
,lhhuntN l"t a cn'7pr''y OF LIS mnHhltuu,
Its Ere tnesS here. without more D1teut J.
lance at Was iigton than s,i n'y clerk
would oniv have FASTENED It's uownldl.
THE wEsrLIcur PosI's EXPOSURE.
As Tar uack a., Tue spring ls,l the existence
o. the hiseev lNug Wa known here, AID ,
positive Niuuf t.c.euI ~ ~ then All tiepi, NJ /,
.uersaitrr given 10 tue heVenue Bite.u AT
MasnInstou, and made pUultc t.lou4u the
eolumns Ot he ieaDiig German PAGER of this
clty. rue Wtstttcte FJei contained prOf os
eaf,y 80 1871 t. D. iui.I whi.key W = n,iug ex
yxt n-tvr,y m.uiui ctutrd ~ -. Leiris
- ou"u ,ud uvh ~ was me Klng that IT.
"a ia mere at LIS Tn n tue COS, Il Its produc-
ti'n. luer, re. 50 ..r. rtactorin-. the cditui
tern an. VIA wuuW ne welt a,qu.lutad
Mtu we're .nuiug s.t.i rtrs. lhVY "a, qutntlN
ld hin tuat tn,r businc-- r. ntiag Ruined
~ tue Riug. ine uia hct was cun-L,. Nv ~up
! pli" WtNn tr"oN,d Wut-kvy. ana o. ounrsr thcs
! q ,1Id NOT Cuuisle ~ h n,auu-. c.Drer- wnt
vaiu tne EXCISE du.te. "a less thn ~ Il tten
.ro ,uctiuu. in,.e Gcru u di-tili"rs we're ap
pi"a ued Jay aiter y by she agents of M,-
Donald ana joyce and tOld that II war tns de
s,r' 81 the AZ ini.tra,'h tn"t II the dis,,i-
leles -uou run 'rrOOAed 81 aud contiI1ult
lueiall, out at tne ironts arS puIpose s
he German ui,ihl ~ consuiteI Win MIR
Praeturlus, VINO urged tom u iutOrm the Com
missioner OF lnt''nh Revenue Of ne ovcrtures
- ! had oevh mac - lhvul' OUT tneV we're
timid and feared tne power al tue ,ing IL MUIR,
tnem. lhey assured MIN that lettcr- irOm an
cock, ana Others III eue Closest irlutlOn with tht
| President. hdG been shown them to satisfy ne "a
that no del .clNe romlses OF prOiecuoh wer,
Ueihg made. Finally Mr. PraetoTius Determined
| t. MAKE IN exposure himself, ana fur tnts pur
pose he y oc-rvd from some OF the German dis
OILERS Il .l-uientr ia whiting, ,vhlcu he puush d
| OF course Withholding the names VI the M
lie dil this frequently IN 1871, and az IN n
1872, when ue mauv IA persistent war on tue Kim
Inc iinI roguer ,,uly i,uuhsI al MIN. and Id
his q rin.n tiien-s mat lnvy Jiu n. care con
tiucut"l wat was pinned, SINCE the Admins
ration would TO eco iLs fieuds.
After the elech"n Of CRAM ~ 1873 the German
whiskey men conrldded tat /. was useless /.
hJld o"t any longer. Ihey had been shown uur
Ing tho c.mpisn OF that We r "a tcivgrapniu ne
spd.ci irOn sen tor MUrtun, IN which ne s,d
tha more money was req iiIed, alI he W nls
tn raise "nsi wa needed. "hy should tney ~,
driv, n gu uf busincs, and uuukr.p.e Tor tne
sake Il an abetrac, Irln. lIID - ,ney arEuru
nj one by one tuey HuUcuuDsd to tue kul
yoke.
| " ALL RIGHT AT wAsItINGTON "
The German dsulers were not tue only one,
who were iu.crd INTO tno illicit trade. rher,
were Amcriudn manufacturers seduCed by pre-
Cinciy II nil.r arguiueutS. lney u,u re-
psatei exnnsureh al tue duinss Of the Mnlske,
llng pri"ted - iHk SuN, wlLnOut irO, eng
the sllsnt.st eueo. az M.sain-tO Ia 1879 Li,t
Sun Curr -pOnd"nt ~ Nsn0uiurton gave , de
tailed avcouht OF Low tho Ring was operating
-. LJuis, and ca rged That 81, - iuald a. d Julo,
were pfUn Ing thereby .iCD ~ las Ia I'm t.
rel tlOnr at the WUlto lLIus- were "a uded 70, .u
ms Cuata Ter ul-rFC,ed wlthOut uIuciii- WO as
Inc official quotations OF VIII keV, as gwen "
toe ni.,o CuiIouts OF 81. Louis, New Orleans nj
NcW hurh. W. re- "ilUu,d 10 aud pIO.f up n
proof ui tne trutn ~ his change gwen. Out 10,
tie slightest attention Was - I'd ,hsrsf0 ~ Nc
| Guvet n.ntut OH tbs al " ahui i-,.tn A. u,',.,I
coutinued 10 Vislt mo Whlt" ttuu ~ md "a, rae
Oh the venue ,'ith the t'r.st .enL, henind the
Voty nurs. whirn nau D,en 40 an MA IN.
poo. eos OF h'uH an my ihe IRE "a MS vi q
ec,NPnH lWs'nts from the =. me- source, ana
Gen 'uc"'h ana his wife wore diaiuuuut
""''n W - bought with mon, y cuheCted iinnl
uls men uy DO ce tor th"t uv0Wrd .rpu e.
Mh"' ever the President, " "A cuihu.tuieu byNru