New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-11

plea that it was necessary TO raise IN election fuul
This was simply ga Blind and when the Off 'cg7
were once captured in this way ii easy to hood
Oh to them. In 1872 the Ring was becoming r
midaiIc. Stiil there 10 regular payments
There was much bluckmailing. and con>iderahlc
bribery. The next year IL had greatly incr,H-eh
in power and Dimensions. but used tho same
irregular les OF corruption. Ent when tualy
rxprsd tho reader las already discovered, II was
gigantic II deemed Itself impregnable. 1t hah its
PAID agents and ,pies in Washington and actually
in tie departments ~ the premature information
hey promptly received corcusiycly shows. They
scd Officers Of Justice ard officers or the revenue in
~. Louis. They did not believe it possible that any
Secretary would dare 10 graprlc with them ana 80
ihcy have mar, he'd boldly on to their destruction.
The follow IN g-namcd rcctifyng- houses in 81.
Ious are implicated:
Gcorqo Ionsbcrc. Hcvis Frazer & Co. Cninlin
BROTHERS F. C. Fedcrer. Roltm1n d O'!laIa. T.. 4.
Damon {, Co., and J. 3. Irrn"ckcr.
4 comparison ol s,mo If The figures obtained AT
Il. Louis by actual CONT If The barrels Withdrawn
wIh the number r,ror:ed Withdrawn 20 The rove
me officials shows difference for i've Gays only oil
iS9 barrels in the ease of one firm.
THE rXrrRii.NCE oF \ sUprRvisoR.
Col. J.. g. Hunt, the new Supervisor for Kentucky,
Alabama Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. with
officers Of the Department who fully aware of
what the Secretary aud Solicitor Wilson were doing
when the movement was iiIst undertaken, and III
fact before it was under full hcafway, Col. Hunt
WAS ord. red to IrJcccd to NcwOrlears 10 lrocure
correct assessment Of some 'istrrcs. These hah
ccn seized some tire previous and low assessment
had been pat upon the property. ana propo"i
filed hy the owneIs TO pay the assessment
if the Government would release them and allow
then 10 run AGAIN. Wien Col. Hunt reached Holly
SPRING. Miss. gentleman stepped M tn him Oh tie
y AT form called HIN by name, and appeared very
friendly lie tnnk the tram with HIM. and soon after
began tc talk business. lie WIS one Of ~" rrin-
cjpai iistll!ciS of Ncw-Orlrans They had heard di
rcrtiy from Washington tnht Col. HINT was
coming. which shows that clerks OF otli-
GERS in the Department Lad telegraphed tie
fact Without much hcNit ton or delay This
man. Walsh by name, proc-e.i-d 10 say that they
were willing io pay ~ they had done before. MIR.
Cobb his predecessor, received from all spnrc"s IN
New ricans from ten to twrl,e thousand dollars
year. and they did not corS der that very liberal.
Coz Hunt put him OF ve?y decidedly. walsh. how
ever, was very persistent; called on him IN New
Orleans followed him back to Louisville, and in
creased hIs oler there. and followed Oh 10 Lexington
TO mist that il should lc accepted.
Col. Eut lowcyor. III Ills AID sri s'Gucnt trip.
80
the lsi!lcrics in Oreau5 to suspend operations
1t WAS asccrtained that they had been cons antly re-
porting their productions two and one-half gallons
To tie barrel. whereas Col Hunt fonnd, through
storrlci.r of his own whom he c0nll trust, that the
actual production was three ana half gallo s.
Finding that they wou.d not DO allowed 80 run
fraud lently, they al Suspended. lac cool manner
in which they set 10 work to buy up Col. Hunt
,h0ws what they have been accustomed To 90 nero
toiorc.
TIE ACTORS.
No such move as is above detailed has ever before
been mado upon the great Whisky Ring of the
country. 1t has. in reality, been the work "f eight
weeks active campaigning. Some time WAS occupied
in accommodating tho cLcmy, but tho active opera
lions have only extended over the period named.
While Secretary Bristnw directed and neTyed the
whole movement il ~ but Just to Gem Grant to say
that from first to last the Pr siden, whom he con-
suited and tn whom lie made known the character Of
the work ho hal begun, gave him fnll and unhcsta-
ting support. The laboiinS fell to the lot Of
Major Biuford Wilson. Solicitor of the Treasury, to
whom the details were intrnsted. Ii was deemed
best from the outset TO work wholly Independently
of the Office of the Commissioner Oi Internal k"Ne-
uur, not hccanse Che Commissioner was dismissed.
but because il certainly known that soic ono IA
his office. and probably several of them. promptly
communicated every official secret that az
f,ct,d the Whisky Ring to its chief managers.
When the work was done. tho results
we're made known to the Commissioner.
In the SANE manner the orders and official cone
sponIeuce on the subject not allowed 10 pass
through the usual channels in the Secrotarys office.
All was kept personally 10y Solicitor W son. No
work Of this magnitude or Importance was ever be-
fore performed by any Solicitor. and MaJor Wilson
deserves unstned praise for lis energy, couiagr,
and skill.
Special Revenne Agent H. T. Naryan and Super
v,oT f. Il. Hunt alone Of the VIII lc force at COM
This is 9nite sufficient show their standing with
the Secretary. Their brilliant work in tins matter
has not only justified his high opinion of them, but
enhanced it.
The course taken by Mr.. Fishback is entitled 10
great praise 1t required no small degree Of courage
to begin it, and as the huge dimensions the power
and the wealth Of the Ring began to appear they
wers enough to make bold man hesitate.
But no backward step taken. and from the ont
set the campaign pushed vigorously
Mr. Coonys work and plans speak for them
selves. With these seizures the real work has only
begun. The records, papers and evidences secured
are II a character that will discover the countless
notifications Of the vast conspiracy and insure the
punishment of the guilty. Numerous prosecutions
will be begun at once.
FATAL ACCIDENTS ON TIE EAST RIVER.
EARLY tf.v ptuipU M hired