Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-11-24
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ST.. Lofts, Nov. l6.-The principal
witness in the case of Gen. - ohm Me-
Donald, .ex-Supervisor / of Internal
Revenue, was G. G.. NcGrue, who. tcs.
titled to having repeated ,convcrsaa.-
tions with observation-disclosures about
making money out ofillieit distillin9.
The substance i of these CONVERSE
tions was that the distillers should be
Ipr0tected in making crooked whisky.
on the condition that they wottld give
|acertain part Of the taxes saved ITO
certain parties. he also testified to
conversations, held with Beves, and
Tracer and other distillers, in which
he assured them that they could run
in violation Of the Inv and receive
sanction Of government officers pro-
vided thcy would comply with, the
terms previously menti,oned. This
was done by authority OF Gems, Joy ce
and Mcdonald. sS5,0O0 a week Nps
collected and paid in at witness house
lie paying the different subordinate
officers, the balance being divided in
/ two parts, Joyce and Mcdonald each
receiving their Share. Others were
given to oaLcavenwo orth. with the altln
derstaIlding that Mckee should get a
share and Lord a share. He said this
arrangement commenced in IL. Me-
Donald complained once that Joyce
should not receive as much as, the
rest On one occasion witness gave
him., Mcdonald, $1,000 more than the
rest, without giving joyce his full
share. The arrangements were flat
the distillers should make up the de.
/ ficiency.. The tax OH whisky was then
fifty cents per gallon and witness. coll
lected about thirty cents per gallon.
It was the understanding at the ST.
pervisor's Office that the cStorekeepers.
Gaugers and others were to receive, a
dollar to a dollar and q half per, bar
rel, but Leavenworth generally paid.
Witness took the money to the mem
| bers at the Supervisors Office. and
there wasnO particular rdisguise,abouti
his delivery. He always set asidc,a
portion of the money; part of, the
| time 800 per week and part Of the
time $500 per week for Win. o. Avery
Chief Clerk Of the Internal Revenue
bureau at Washington. This increase.
was made Mt the instance of, joyce.
who came from Washington once and
said that Avery was complaining of
not receiving enough money, hence
we increased it to $500 per week.
During the cross-examination the
witness admitted having been indict-
ed for the bribery OF Phil Warner, IA
United States gauger. but denied the
charge and said the indictment should
be .nOlle prosecuted. lie also denied
that any arrangement existed by
which the Indictment against him will
be dismissed. EIe could not state
positively the amount he realized out
Of the ring here, but thought about
$4,000 to 100000. most Of which he
lost in stock operations in New York.
Louis Thompson, distiller. testi-
fled that Joyce had permitted him to
run an extra tube. Two witnesses
paid Joyce $500 for services rendered
at Washington, and that he made
from % to 30 per cent. on the crooked
whisky. l ,5ta,3 III, ,,,, a{t II, {...
Alfred DAVIS testified, that he made
crooked whisky, with the knowledge
Of Joyce and Mcdonald. f4a itaf
ST. Louis, Nov. l7.--In the Nc
Donald trial to-day, Frazer, of the
firm Of Bcvis 4 Frazer, testified that
the firm were making crooked whisky
in 1874, when he took charge, and
distillers were supplying Government
officials with money at that time.
Joyce once told witness that he must
have 5000. which was raised. The
same amount'was also. paid him in
May 1870, at the suggestion of j. NJ
Fitzroy, chief clerk in the ,Colleetor's
Office. This was done to prevent
seizures. After seizures occurred the
latter sum was demanded but not.re-
ness everything was ar rrgnff. rrtts I
that he would have advices from
Washington If trouble was ahead.
C.G. Megrue testified that he run
Bevis Il Frazers' distilkry in 1871 and
1872. and one-third of the whisky
made then was crooked. Mcdonald
frequently told witness that he must
make more crooked whisky. that tile
thing would notpay as ii was. s'i !
l.. ID. Thorpe testified that he was a |
storekeeper at Peter Curran's distill-
cry, and while there Mcdonald told
him to see that it was run according
to law; that ii any violation occurred
he would.lose his place. While at
Choutcau's distillerics Joyce told
the witness the house had to make
ornnl-,l x-bt -l-,. a,,J ~ a ~, nt,n,- ,n,Jn
was to pay him and Joyce. land toipav
no attention to McDonald'sl instrue-
tions. The witness said about 30 bar
rcls of crooked whisky was made
weekly at Jouett's at 60 gallons To file
barrel-that d being the assessment
made in that distillcry. Some weeks
that amount could not he. made and
then Joyce would send for the Wit
ness and demand the reasons for the
delinquency. joyce told the witness
he was working for officers at WASH
ingtOn, Babcock. Avery, and others
and the money was being used for
political purposes. joyce would come
round and make special Assessments
saying the folks at Washington Want-
ed money and must have ii. Heia as
sured witness 800 occasionally. was
for the folks at Washington. The
parties named by Joyce as receiving
money here were District Attorney
Gen. Mcdonald, Major Gunther, Ma
jor Fitzroy, Chief Clerk in u. S. Col
lector's office, VIM. Mckee. Of the
Globe-Demociat, and Constantine
Mcguire. U.dS Collector. Witness
did not know how money was dis
tributed after ii left his hands, sr
Jos. M. Fitzroy, chief clerk in the
Assessors office, testified.te atconver-
sation held with Mcdonald. in which
he (McDOnald) said he wanted 5000
TO remunerate some parties in WASH
ington. for information received from
| them. Witness raised the amount
| and threwit over the transom Of the
door of McDOnald's ro0m.t as per
agreement. This occurred i'm 1898.
Witness had a conversation with Nc
Donald in regard to this testimony
before the grand jury. Mcdonald
told him he must stand firm; that ii
would not amount to anything; that
they must stand by each other. Wit
ness told Mcdonald after he had testi-
fled that he had failed to recollect
considerable, and some things he did
not know anything about Mcdonald
and Joyce said it was all right,
ST.. LOUIS, Nov. lS.-In McDonald's
trial to-day b. II. Engel, rectifier, tes-
titled that Joyce had repeatedly told
him that he could manufacture crook
ed whiskey and would be protected
that Joyce urged and encouraged him
to make all he could handle; he wa
always notified Of intended visits OF
Washington officials. Avery used. to
send the desired information. Joyce
once told the witness that his friend
BAbcock wrote to him that they were
In trouble and must get out. 's'i
/ Witness paid Johns. Heaven worth
two assessments for what was called
the campaign fund. Hntchin's Sixth
ward fund reached 5000 and all were
rou mi RAJ tN Aot,e ~ hsvto b. tn - for ~