, 1875-11-27
stttks higher than Conh!ip3 and tia subordinate

btlIk9 u1FnHf kHAu tuH.1DH hAu H1n h1ttVl1AlHhto
thIesar. f3ut
THE nEIAnHAntY usaATlsrAC1oar TEA.s'nE
about tile Milwaukee WHISKY rR.ea thus lar ]las
becn shat with all tho tonn-tlrawn+ons "sanina-
tions Of Witnesses bofoto thn Surorrinorn. tho
Commlss,onere, tho Grand Jnry and in Court,
It lha 10 happened that Il has not bccn brought
ont "Lo cofnposcd tho official toycn' Ring f,r
which Conkllng WEB chief collector -ln other
rasscr rona1 "hS Sorv got t tho to euk nv '' d.. ins
appointment. I confess ! laye beou unal,e
to find an, body WHO could toll. OF WIN would
ventura to Rncss w'tl, any approach, to definite.
ntss. "ho pocketed the money. 1heroEB shat in
the ar hero which tayors q terror Of tho b,s
tiona, 1t In doubtful wi,et1ler thoy Will he *.
rosod. Cortain it IL. .hat II tAer are known,
nobody darna nnrno tho1n and onfnohor, fu sil
that haH been mad0 public nothing has boon dl-
vulgcd to c1aoHo them, hud tI1oy evidently Rrt
yet power dreaded here.
TIE EXTENT or TIE HIEALfsd
OF tho Official Ring Ia Indicated. however. BY the
ptof1lgato expenditures and YuIR.r aplnrRe, or
thieves ato HOW concealed. They weFo = lox
los, and snent thor mouoy 10 thc qualification Of
tho lowest and most licontious Appetizer. tho
rllle, after tho manner ot lhelr klnh. making
osten.a!lons display 81 t!'ett 'sst no, iart
thls niow-golng kown. Conkling, - Docatno hts
posttipn u chief OF tho }ittie thio4es King, TOOK
tho load In this. 1iin champsgne slinnera 10 this
day ate regarded by the average Mll"huieoAn 10
about
TIE nopD1EsT AFFAIRS or THE KIND
that ever cnrae of, excepting always tic ban
Huots rLich "princn" Sam Nlnoskopf used u
give Revenue Agenta auA other olliciasa VIM
can1o hero from Washington and wcro permitted
to eee everythlnX--thrpuKh HamB ct1ampagno-
glasses. WeIsHort. tho chlof Of the ling Dopt,-
t1ea In Collector Erakjno's oflics,-aa tho dis
pntchns seized by The Government officials bhuw,
-on bis Halary of el,5oo 4 ycar rent remit
tances almost weekly TO brother IN Nevada for
diEcloho that tho Hing allowed him about u, 600
4 Yeek for his siIaro Of the swag.
MIBTEniOE5 AffLCENCE+
Fitzgerald Gauget. 20 poor to couldn't nav
bis hou8e-renk. suddenly purchased . splendid
residence. sont his wlfe to iho wntoring-plsccA,
and. putting tho balance OF his money wAotO H.
would do noss good, II now reported wealthy:
A Stoyckeercr on paw OF e4 per diem, by rigid
ffuEtl!ty, was ennbled also TO give CHAMPAGNE
10 indulge In the furlhcrlu1ury OF two rnistressea
1t tho BANJO limo, one Of whom boasted that ier
pockot-monny allowance was $500 = year.
With this Ill 30 rapidly did these s1nal. fsy ac~
only fov days bsfore tho lightning struck tlley
had notified tho Whisky hing that tho assess-
1nont for gsuging tbo crooked would be raised from
$5 to SC per barrel What With 1"d,A.gubbcr
stamps, and false dumping, and ossr. masbes,
and tho like, and everybody IN tho Hing, tho
frauds on tho rnyenue wero 30 enormous that
there was share in tho awag for everybody. On
THE TRIAL OF COLLECTION KRskrHE
for tho mild oi1ense OF hllutting htH eyes to the
thlcvorv. which waH legally styled "ot'ieisl neg
ligouce," QUO Of Erskine's Deptttes At The very
tal1-ood Of tha force, Sherman by nA,ne, lot out
that even his toward wha to ba tho qualification
Of lts highoss anbitton-that Of managing tho
opefa~House hore, which 30 evidently aspired to
ruin ~ the late laneatod FisE did that at Nav
York. For bis ehAroin tho falae isaue Of stamps
1t waB 10 ba lcaeed for him.
These follows alt have been decapitatod and
seem In a fair way to 10 made bcapegoats for the
alns Of tho whoie ling, Of whose plundes they
got 80 small share.
trhe semi-oflic,aI history Of tho trial Of Sam
Rindakopf for hin participation In tho crooked
distillory at II ad non ehons how completely tho
Hing Was organized. 1tlnaekopf Eas inflicted
abont tho time of Copkllng'a appointment, juno,
1874, Tho case was adjourned until September.
through tho lns.rnmcntality OF Collector Mum.
In September. through bis rnsulpntHtious, It VAS
adjourned until December. Then ho advised
Woissert and Moeller. Gauscs (sipoo convict
tho trial ho wrote Commissioner Douglass that
1t MAS his
UNDERSTANDING WITH hEsAroa cAnrExTEB,
counsel for the dofense, that tho case should 80
over 70 June; that Hltness, Rogers, without
whoeo Testimony conviction was impossible, bad
become insane, and that, beside9. It would be H.
convenient for Mum to attend Tho trial in
December. Commissioner Douglass, however,
f6luHeu 10 CEuGr ku0 E8bO COHtluHGus IL DOUG
altogether too solt-eyldsnt fabrication About
Rogers' ineauty, and tho sham of tho other
grounds for continuance boinR no less mAntfeet,
But two or three daya beforo tho time set tor
Mndskopf's tsial, District Attorney Mckinney re-
celyed ordern from Commissioner Douglass. At
tho request Of Senator Carpenter, 10 continue
tho cAao. Mokiupoy. houngcr, went aboAd NTH
tue case. On tbs tfial Weissert. Etskino's Chief
Deputy, and 11ocler, tho Gauger. developed
AN ASTONISHING LOSS or MEMoiy,
anH ~ Y4rc1tnrt Ant1tt ahnut HfnHAkcnf1a
receipt ot tha "croaked from Madison, 1lnds-
kopf, horeyer, WAs convicted, but 80 wcll Was tho
case manipulated BY Ring influence that he MAS
let OF with sentence OF 25,o00 fine and one
tence uan executed BY assigning him to tho best
apx xtmeut ia tho priAou hutldlngs, wdere he
held the moet elegant reception ever witnessed
thcreabouts. topping on wltb champagne ban
tho frauds here. but all that over came Of the
developments thele was the seizAro Ct q small
lot Of Cognac At nlndskopf's dlstil1ery hero
and tho Rug continued its operations with i'm
puui,y. The exposures In this caso Wero anpin
as to the share 10 tho official Ring Of Wei%ee,t,
Ersk,no'a Chief Deputy, and Of Moelet, tho
GauRuE. siuce convicted, and vho, being al
loved his liberty on bbll after ha conviction
has rnu away. Tho testimony IL explicit IN tho
;ase thai Weiassrs ~ had beso in Tho pay 81 .e
Ring d.stillerics. and presumably prcclsely
the aame sum from tho others
Both men we're removed from Office
on tho 3lBt OF December last In consequence nf
these disclosures. But the remarkable fokure
about tho cuslness Whs that on tho Uth OF Jauu-
,lry both men wero reluatated through Senator
Carpoutsr'a Influence, a. + Am informed VI On
excellent authority. aud on the strength OF let
ter from Erskine, tho Collector, requesting IL.
Tho fact Ia that, judging ftom tho surface ID
dlca.ions. there has been
CHEAT DEAL OF CARPENTER ABOUT THE WHISKY
I,H1
II half TINT is to be learned hero IL to DO be.
lieyed. The Hing ATTAINED most 1ourishing
growth under the manipulation OF Conklins,
Carpenters appolntce. Tho elccttopeernR
funds were COLLECTED at ioaat for Carpentors can
vass for The Bsaate: the Se'stines MAS purchased
in be Interest, aud pretty expensive Invest
ment, too, and = great share OF tho stork
wsa directly or indirectly paid for BY
tho Ring. and the Sentinel has since treated tha
indicted Whisky Ring Witu That tonder consid-
erasou which smsoka OF Gratitude tor tAyoFs
douo and other fayora expected. Tho reappolnt-
ment OF Weiesere and Moeller waa an ext1aor-
dsnary occuIrenoe, and Carpenter throughout
has been leading counsel fur the Hing thioyes,
merely give tho facts for whAt they ala north,
and ~ ther are given me upon undoubsod
authority, merely remarklpg thAt thero seems
10 bo great deal OF Carpenter about the b1lsl-
mana which fact 10 YfoH of tho ptsbo &urIeLy To