Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-19
Ihe DistilIery Seizures.

w Ao ohINUION, May ll.-nT. DOuS-
lass the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, In card, tonight, says:
In regard to the matter of the seiz-
ures of distilleries in some portion of
the West, allow me to say that when
to Secret Service Office was reorganiz-
ed under it's present management, I
made the request Of one or both that
whenever the Internal Revenue Of
fcials and the distilers, happened, in
the course of their public employme-n n
IN any section of country where distll-
ing was carried on, that I would be
@reahy pleased to have them make in
vestigations and inform me of anything
wrong that they might find, and thus
more certainly insure close enforce
ment of the laws. The twenty-five
Revenue Agents allowed by law were
all but two or three on duty with the
supervisors throughout the country,
and of course with the triAing excep-
tlon of the two or three above refer
ed to, are not Immediately available to
this Office. AS 10 whether some Of the
subordinates of this office, are unfaith-
ful, | can on y say that out of the 250
persons employed, many of them I
know personally to be gentlem en- and
ladies' OF excellent character and abi-
tiles. If there is a man in this office
who has wilfully betrayed his trust,
have only to say that no means should
be spared to detect and bring him to
81 gnal punishment
Yours, respectfully,
J. W. DOUGLASS.
Commissioner Douglass to-day tele-
graphed to various Supervisors who
are experimenting the work of seizing
illicit stills to send the names of all
Revenue officers employed at any of
the establishments seized, id order that
they may be Immediately dismissed,
and reported to the several United
States District Attorneys for prosecu-
ton in every case where there is evi-
dence Of collision 1t is said in the
Internal Revenue Office to-day, that
there is not yet sufficient evidence be-
fore the department upon which to
base It's action concerning certain Of
hclals who must have had some knowl-
edge of fraudulent transactions, or else
have been grossly negligent in per-
mlttlng them to be carried on, aud
: hus tar no removals other than those
of the Gaugers and Storekeepers here
tofore mentioned have been made.
Additional instructions were to day
sent to Collectors at various points
East and West, where the Department
is satisfied fraudulent whiskey has
been shipped to seize all such supplies,
and teles rams have been received from
several places announcing seizures the
heaviest among them being the estab-
lshment of Bingham d Co., at Evans
vile, Ind. Other seizures have been
ordered at Pekin, ILL.,, Cincinnati and
e sewhere, and the Secretary to-day d.
rected that legal steps be taken at all
points where fraud had been discover
ed. and that arrests be made where the
evidence ls sufficient to justisy them.
The officers have already ascertained
that great quantities OF this "crooked"
whiskey have been distributed thro ugh
out the country. especially in the
South, but the form of packages in
hich it was originally shipped has
been changed in many instances, and
it will now be impossible to detect
much of 1t.
MILWAUKEE, May ll.-The follow
ing additional wbIskey establishments
were seized to-day: The rectifying
| houses of Christian Salentine and
Philip Weimer, on Reed street, and
the Milwaukee Redistliling and Recti-
flying Establishment, and Bergenthal
& Brothers distillery and Charles
Grau's distillery. Thomas O'Niels
distillery was released after fight be-
tween the lawyers in the United States
Court, under bond for the value found
| by Assessors. It is understood that
the following Revenue Storekeepers
were temporarily displaced to-day {:
Louis Boemis, H. A. Salentine, Dan.
O'Driscoll, D. H. Griffith and Charles
May.
JOHN G. observation-disclosures
INGToN. d. c. May l6.-The condit-
ion Of Gen. Breckenridge remains un-
changed. He still remains cheerful
He seems to be much less concerned
at his condition than those. around
him. He has the papers read to him,
and conyerses with his few chosen
friends who are admitted. Some OF
his more hopeful friends entertain
hopes of his remaining among us for
some time, but the more knowing ones
see he cannot remain muGn longer, and
is liable to be called away at any mo.
ment. His illness is the topic Of con,
versation, and every word uttered in
relation to his condition is listened t.
with interest MANY of his rn!a4;ra,