The New York herald., 1875-11-19

me business he would sometimes advise 10 branch out
ana get more crooked; he told me 10 take all could
no,n oirci and Busby but 10 so light Chouteau and
youetti he said he did not want them 10 make much;
e,,o 9,oas az agent, was here think. in 1871 he
ss S"eu oy other revenue men az divers times; Par.
Svhs an empoye or Spaldng Downs notified me that
th would visit my place Leavenworth notified
@ coming Of Brasher and told me TO straighen up;
% Anew hogue was coming; Barton or Bingham Brothers.
advised & 'oo me Of his comingi other parties also
ur rosrKD By oPy1c1ALa
.xarat ~, ~ any one was coming from Washington to
=, s sne astilleres always posted about it
s,ans ~ ~ some OF the St. LOUIS officials; the sub
stance oI these limitations was 10 straiphten IN get
a. "use IN order TO be prepared receive company
90 Joyce saio 10 me one time, 'My friend Babcock
and must get out OF IN - - sFs
avery Avery used TO send the Ring information OF any
moVeinonI thal looked dangerous; paid my quota or
the money raised for Hogue also paid nv share az the
Wpng out fund this fund stop any proceedings
against us previous 1874 and wipe out The tha
money was paid 70 Fraser; he gave II to Fitzrov
and he handed II to Joyce or Mcdonald Which,
ever man going TO Washington: when we
told TO money there was little satistactor
given us for the request; were told 10 do n and n
had 70 be done paid twice TO Leavenworth for what
he called the campaign fund in 1922 paid 500 for the
Hutchins Sixth ward fund and $3.50 for tho general
State fund; the Hutchins fund.- understood reached
In 1871 and 1872
THE MEMBERS OF THE RISo
were hegrue, Mcdonald, Joyce Mckee Ford;
that's all know OF as living here; this Information
In 1872, 1878, 1874 and 1875 the Ring was
Mcguire, Patrick, Newcomb and Grosvenor, OF the
Democrat Grosvenor got 81. 900 TO let up Mcguire;
Joyce handed him the money and think he let up;
these years. the gaugers and storekeepers got their
shares al the dstilleres; think Grosvenor only got
81 0OO In 1871 and 1872 the heavier members Of the
Ring received i've cents gallon as their shares
COMPLETELY or THB GAUGRRs
Leayenworth Chat, Hardaway, Warner, Kelam,
hcFall, Howard, Everst and Knnear we're gaugers at
various times they all knew what going on; had .
talk with Mckee IN the fall Of 1871 about these mat
ters; the OF the seizure In 1871 asked Concan-
about the reason; he sent me 10 Joyce and was
eventually sent back Concannon he told me to pay
and the matter could be settled; Mcdonald told me TO
pay $1,000 but | refused and went TO Ford;
ne ADVISED 10 pay it, and after pareyng finally
did pay $500 TO Major Megrue, who was a revenue
the matter
Engeke followed by John r. siedonkopf, fore
man OF the extensive distlery OF Rudolph UrlcL HIS
testimony was fully corroboratve Of Engelke and the
witnesses who testified yesterday concerning the
ntodus operanda by which crooked business was
Quoted.
yoURrr's TESTIMONY
william X Jouett dstiller testified to his COM
plicy in the crooked business Jouett was the last dis
tler 70 plead guilty He IS cousin of Collector Casey
and 1t was charged that he would plead guilty on
account Of assurance OF protection from Washington
Ring had protection at Washington but never heard
the names OF particular officials mentioned
Louis Tenscher, distiller testified that he in the
King and paid his assessments and had conversations
with Mcdonald Joyce about crooked whiskey
David Filstead from Chouteau's distiery testified
that stamps used many as five or six times or
until they were worn out
Sanford W Barton, distler, paid money to Joce on
account of crooked whiskey Joce alleged that he was
In correspondence with Babcock about Illicit whiskey:
witness saw letters from Avery Rogers and Holt
After the witnesses had testified the District Attor-
letters written by Mcdonald to Commissioner Doug
lass reporting that everything isfactory here
Several important witnesses will be on the stand to-
morrow.
TALK ABOUT BABcocK.
Much talk has been made about General Babcock day
HIS friends here are anxious that he should come on
and testify and thus clear his skirts Several kilograms
have been sent asking him TO come
McCulogh, one Of the proprietors and manag-
ing editor OF the Globe Democrat will have in
rows issue OF that paper lengthy card in
REPLY TO COLONEL GRosvENoRs
article In yesterdays HERALD, which the name Of
Grosvenor is handled In of peculiar severity and
bitter denunciaton. The Grand Jury are still at work
on the whiskey cases. No indictments were returned
to-day.
PROMINENT PEOPLE PRESENT
Among the distinguished people present at the trial
to-day were General Sherman Levi p Lucky the Presi-
dents private secretary and Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees,
FRUITFUL RESULTS OF THE wHIsKEY FRAUDS
PRosEcUTIoNs-ExTENT OF RING OPERA
TIoNs.
WASHINGTON, Nov Is, 1875
The whiskcy Ring prosecutions begin to bear fruit
Within the last month forty persons have either
been convicted have pleaded guilty in Missouri.
Wisconsin and Indiana, and 1t is believed here that
least dozen MORE and most of them prominent mem
bers of the Ring, will be convicted before the present
series of trials ends Besides this the government has
secured already. by forfeiture and fines actually
enforced, about $4,000, 900, and will probably get
s4oo 900 $500 900 in St Louis, Milwaukee and
Indianapolis 1t is estimated here that this whiskey
ring which is the most complete and extensive COM
bnation to deraud the government which has yet been
discovered cheated the of about 600 900 IN
the last two years The already recovered covers
handsome proportion of this loss
But another and incidental good result OF the recent
convictions is in immediate increase in the
whiskey tax receipts, which for the current
month at the rate Of s125 ooO while the receipts
for the year bat $40 ooo 1t is intended 10
sue the bondsmen of all the excise officers who have
pleaded guilty and about $780, 900 will be obtained by
the Treasury from this source and much has already
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