Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08


rendered the responsible Office Of su
pcrlntcndent Of tho principal express
companies and became revenue Of
6ccr and an associate Of Mcdonald ant
Joyce. His friendship for Grant, whsl
friends were few and far between, wa
ut once his fortune and bis ruin.
l now proceed to sketch the rise ant
progress, as well a. the decline ant
fall, Of tho great whiskey ring. Al
soon as Mcdonald and his chief clerk
Joyce, got fairly installed In Office ant
effected tho necessary changes in IL,
subordinate offices, they began to up
proach the distilers and rectiHers
and to suggest feasibility in increasing
their revenues by running crooked
and paying the revenue officers ant
their friends thirty-ive cents per gal
lon, instead of giving the governmen,
seventy cents The whisky manu-
facturers were not unwilling but they
wanted TO bc certain that the ring
was perfect and without flaw. They
were not prepared TO risk their prop.
crty as well as jeopardize their per
sonal freedom on the assurance of pro
lection from two penniless advcntur
crs who had neither property nor per
sonal honor to forfeit. They believed
the collector, Mr.. Ford, to be beyond
the control of either Mcdonald OF
Joyce, and as test Of the truthiulness
OF the statements made by those two
worthless that they had fixed things
at Washington, some evidence of Ford's
acquiescence in the arrangement was
required. In order to satisfy all par.
ties, II was arranged that c. &. Mcgrue,
OF Cincinnati, should be brought here
to act AS the general manager Of the
ring Megrue was known to have 10.
Io,;ons with pahoool, 40 ,,ou 80 a..
con6dcncs or ,hs pres;dor, fro,, ,ho
s;,,lo ,a., ,h., La L..a .o,n.'d A., g.,
Dom;noo ripo "a a confidential ho,,or
or dosno,chos c.on, N. viii uo,.o
and s,o,e denar,msn, n poLcock
Fabens Cosnsa, and R,er Tbo nron
os;,;o, 90 u.Lo Mo,,,o ,ho oo,la,,a,,
and dish,rsor of ,he corr,n,;on cad
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ha No LONGER eor,hoom;nn m. ,ocor,,
wont ,o further Than uorrro ,ho
discovered ,bo, tho comb;ro,;or ,,.s
s,,on,or ,h,n hs ;moa;nod n. ,ra.
no, only so,op on, here hu, ho sorrd
an unexnec,ed coolnoss n.ry.d;na ,ho
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wsro M, alarmed hv Moar,a,s ,h,a.;s
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